# Pancakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950 "2004-08-02T11:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/121 "2004-08-04T18:14:52Z")
Although I could be upset and pout because no one joined in in celebrating baby toes, I’ll forgive you for the moment and instead grit my teeth and offer to eat some fresh wild Pacific salmon (so much better than Atlantic salmon, and we don’t even mention farm salmon 'round here). Grilled with a light dill sauce, with green onion mashed potatoes. In return, I’d like someone to eat real, honest to gosh New York cheesecake for me. Just plain cheesecake is fine–you may have strawberries on the side, but not on the cheesecake, please. If any other area thinks their cheesecake is as good a New York’s, I’d be willing to experiment, but I had New York cheesecake a few months ago, and there’s something about it that makes it unique. Toes, toes, toes, toes, toooooooooeeeeeees. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/122 "2004-08-04T18:15:43Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > I can not think of anything that Iowa is famous for. What about those previously discussed farm girls? 😉 \*"Is this Heaven? “No. It’s Iowa.”\* ``` -- Field of Dreams ``` ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/123 "2004-08-04T18:26:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kallessa] Toes, toes, toes, toes, toooooooooeeeeeees.[/QUOTE What wine goes well with those? I loves to nibble me some toeses. **Misstee** , to the best of my recollection Iowa is famous for attractive women who can be a tad naïve\*. Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you. \*I’m going on a ridiculously low sample population, so my data may be way off track. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/124 "2004-08-04T19:17:44Z")
**vunderbob** I meant I could not think of any food items Iowa is famous for, I am not doing so well on clarifying what I mean today. **Shibb** I tend to be terribly naïve. I believe everything people tell me, and I am way to trusting. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/125 "2004-08-04T20:42:08Z")
Why “city chicken”? Because it’s a fake drumstick. See, it’s the darker pork, not “the other white meat”, so it’s roughly the same color as chicken legs, then it’s on a stick, like the leg bones. “City chicken” because those city folks don’t know no difference. Here I am, not taking advantage of **misstee** ’s naïveté. Me, tell her something suggestive to see if she’ll go for it? Perish the thought. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/126 "2004-08-04T20:44:16Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > **vunderbob** I meant I could not think of any food items Iowa is famous for, I am not doing so well on clarifying what I mean today. I was out to make you smile, m’dear… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/127 "2004-08-04T21:23:54Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > **Shibb** I tend to be terribly naïve. I believe everything people tell me, and I am way to trusting. Okay, now I have two data points. To help quantify our survey, can you tell me if you are blonde and attractive? Just want to know if it’s something in the water. I once _almost_ had the other Iowa girl convinced that lakes were formed many years ago when clouds froze solid in the upper atmosphere (it’s cold up there, you know) and crashed to the earth, leaving a crater that filled with water as the cloud melted. Sometimes it still happens but places like Iowa and Minnesota are relatively sparsely populated so hardly anyone ever gets hurt. Tee hee. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/128 "2004-08-04T21:41:09Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > So, any idea _why_ they call it “city chicken”, one of the most unappetizing pseudonyms I’ve heard since “lake trout” (a Baltimore speciality which is not trout and may or may not have ever lived in a lake). I don’t think I’ve ever heard of “Lake Trout” but I agree, it doesn’t sound too appealing. More Baltimore specialties: We have snowballs. Blood orange and skylite! No one else has snowballs like Baltimore. Sno-cones and Italian ices just aren’t the same. Yum. And Berger cookies. A thick cake-like vanilla cookie with a half-inch of thick fudgy frosting on top. I used to be able to polish off a whole box all by myself. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/129 "2004-08-04T21:43:27Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Okay, now I have two data points. To help quantify our survey, can you tell me if you are blonde and attractive? Just want to know if it’s something in the water. :::: checks hair color :::: It’s still red. > [@](#): > > I once _almost_ had the other Iowa girl convinced that lakes were formed many years ago when clouds froze solid in the upper atmosphere (it’s cold up there, you know) and crashed to the earth, leaving a crater that filled with water as the cloud melted. Sometimes it still happens but places like Iowa and Minnesota are relatively sparsely populated so hardly anyone ever gets hurt. Tee hee. You mean thats not how it happened? 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/130 "2004-08-04T21:57:41Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard of “Lake Trout” but I agree, it doesn’t sound too appealing. > > More Baltimore specialties: We have snowballs. Blood orange and skylite! No one else has snowballs like Baltimore. Sno-cones and Italian ices just aren’t the same. > Yum. > And Berger cookies. A thick cake-like vanilla cookie with a half-inch of thick fudgy frosting on top. I used to be able to polish off a whole box all by myself. Go to Cross Street Market and there is a place that sells Lake Trout sandwiches down at the far end, just past the raw bar in the corner. Or there was, but places like that in Baltimore seem fairly stable so I’m sure it’s still there, lo these many years. There was a place, on Eastern Ave maybe, I’m having a mental block on the name right now, where we used to get these giant strawberry shortcakes for people’s work anniversaries and retirements. Don’t know if it’s still there, but those giant shortcakes were something else. Aside to **Misstee** : I’ll take a beautiful redhead over a beautiful blonde most any day of the week. Even more so if she’s from Iowa. 🙂 Double points if she’s strong enough to carry me home from the bar if I’ve had to many beers. 🙂 🙂 (I think I’m treading in **Vunderbob** ’s territory now) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/131 "2004-08-04T22:31:15Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Aside to **Misstee** : I’ll take a beautiful redhead over a beautiful blonde most any day of the week. Even more so if she’s from Iowa. 🙂 Double points if she’s strong enough to carry me home from the bar if I’ve had to many beers. 🙂 🙂 (I think I’m treading in **Vunderbob** ’s territory now) The question is, how good does our reheaded **MissTee** look in bib overalls and a flannel shirt? If she’s hot in that getup, she can carry me home from the bar anytime 😉 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/132 "2004-08-04T23:12:29Z")
I am off to search to see if I can find a pic of me in a flannel shirt… I know there has to be one. I went through a flannel phase. ---
**Author:** ![Den\_Mum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Den\_Mum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den_Mum)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/133 "2004-08-04T23:19:00Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > Although I could be upset and pout because no one joined in in celebrating baby toes, I’ll forgive you for the moment and instead grit my teeth and offer to eat some fresh wild Pacific salmon (so much better than Atlantic salmon, and we don’t even mention farm salmon 'round here). Grilled with a light dill sauce, with green onion mashed potatoes. In return, I’d like someone to eat real, honest to gosh New York cheesecake for me. Just plain cheesecake is fine–you may have strawberries on the side, but not on the cheesecake, please. If any other area thinks their cheesecake is as good a New York’s, I’d be willing to experiment, but I had New York cheesecake a few months ago, and there’s something about it that makes it unique. > > Toes, toes, toes, toes, toooooooooeeeeeees. Congratulations on the coming babies! I agree, there is nothing quite so sweet as those little tiny toes. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/134 "2004-08-04T23:30:55Z")
That really was my wife that time. Just so’s ya know. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/135 "2004-08-04T23:32:32Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > That really was my wife that time. Just so’s ya know. Yeah, sure. You pansy! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/136 "2004-08-04T23:37:32Z")
**Kalley** congrats! Twins to spoil and be the good aunt with the great presents for! 🆒 What fun! Ok, I’m willing to eat some authentic southern food (I know, I know, like that’d be a sacrifice) in exchange for somebody from the midwest eating a big ol’ plate of chicken paprikosh (I think that’s how that’s spelled). I just remember a chicken dish with teeny tiny dumplings and lots of paprika that I went into a near orgasm over while eatin’ it is all. **misstee** Iowa beef and pork is some of the best beef and pork ever. That’s what Iowa’s got going for it. That and people who can put away beer like nobody’s bidness. Well, there is that weird noise U of Iowa fans make whenever the Hawkeyes score a touchdown. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/137 "2004-08-05T03:02:44Z")
**swampbear** , please eat some barbeque for me. I will, in return, eat a lot more pancakes with lots of maple syrup. The ample syrup makes it Canadian. So, about that White Castle thing… is there one in Philadelpia? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/138 "2004-08-05T03:04:47Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Can a ham be made out of anything but piggy? Since no one answered, yeah- turkey- it’s tasty enough _S_ ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/139 "2004-08-05T04:40:42Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > **swampbear** , please eat some barbeque for me. I will, in return, eat a lot more pancakes with lots of maple syrup. The **ample** syrup makes it Canadian. > > So, about that White Castle thing… is there one in Philadelpia? I think this is one of the most apt anagrams I’ve ever seen. And so Canadian–“c’mon in, there’s plenty for everyone, eh!” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950/140 "2004-08-05T11:33:02Z")
More local Baltimore goodness: We got a bushel of crabs Sunday and in addition to eating them, I picked a lot of the meat out of them and saved it. I was very careful while picking, and made sure I got big lumps of crabmeat. I made homemade cream of crab soup, and now have two large Tupperware bowls of crabby soup (one in the freezer, one in the fridge) . Mmmm, mmm, good! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes/257950.md?page=8)