Another question for people in the south

[MattBaggins]

What do you put on your pancakes?

I know you have maples down there but it can't be near as good as Nor'eastern Sugar Maple tapped just as the snow starts to melt.

Admit it. Our syrup is da bomb.

[Skittles]

1. I WILL KICK SYRUP-BRAGGING MATTBAGGINS ASS

YES INDEED

[MattBaggins]

6. Respect the Sugar Maple

Clean snow packed down and drizzled with piping hot syrup fresh from the evaporator?


I love NY. It makes putting up with a North Country winter worth it.

[Skittles]

15. I gotta tell ya

every year I seem to tolerate southern heat less and less.........I sometimes dream of a Janaury in Minnesota

[arely staircase]

20. yeah I will defend our food and other things

But my ass will be retiring to the mountains of central mexico. I have family there and fuck the texas heat.

[piedmont]

57. A couple of years ago I made maple syrup in Alabama

Tapped about a dozen red maples, boiled down 10 gallons or so, got two PINTS (!) of syrup. But that was the best damn syrup I've ever had in my life. I wondered if I was the southern-most maple syrup producer that year.

[In_The_Wind]

65. You may have the ONLY southern-most maple syrup.

[madokie]

68. We have about a dozen sugar maple trees on our home place

and a couple years I've tapped them and made my own syrup. It takes a lot of sap but its well worth the effort. I keep telling myself I'm going to do it again but for some reason I always seem to find an excuse from making the 20 mile round trip every day to do that. Hopefully I will this February cause there just ain't anything like your own made maple syrup.
I'm not a big pancake eater though so a little goes a long ways for me. I've got pancakes burned off by 9 am or so.

ETA: We also have a big ass shagbark hickory tree that is supposed to be good for making flavoring for corn syrup that is awesome, or so I'm told.
With it you take a piece of the bark about 2 or so inches with by about 18 inches long and boil the fire out of it to get the flavoring. The part of the bark you use is the inner bark, not the outer bark and thats why I've not done it before because I feel like I'd be raping the tree to get the bark I need. I keep hoping I'll be there when a big limb breaks off and use the inner bark from it but so far I've not been there when that happens

[DonCoquixote]

78. hey, if you are going to praise Maple syrup

The canucks have the best, followed by Vermont.

[Change has come]

55. LOL

[Skittles]

56. I WILL KICK HIS ASS WHILE EATING PANCAKES

YES INDEED

[loli phabay]

2. nothing but butter

[TeeYiYi]

19. +1 ..nt

TYY

[brer cat]

3. sorghum.

Made just a few miles from where I live, and best purchased still warm. yum.

You keep "da bomb."

[Link Speed]

10. I'm witcha, brer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023946680#post8

[JohnnyLib2]

33. Yup!

[Jamaal510]

4. I'm from the West

and I put chocolate chips on my pancakes, along with both maple and strawberry syrup.

[BlueJazz]

5. I have a dealer and his helper. They cook up the North Maple syrup in these huge vats.

It'd good...it's REAL good...like 96.7 pure.
Walt and Jesse have never let me down.

[Tanuki]

7. Checking in from Nashville to agree with you, MattBaggins!

I love maple syrup! I love the regional diversity of our country, and feel enriched by much of it. It makes it fun to travel to different places, and I don't mind admitting that I have loved maple syrup for as long as I can remember. Maybe we can have a maple syrup summit for those who are intent on dividing us along regional lines.

[Link Speed]

8. Steens Ribbon Cane

Maple is far too lite for me, but, I will admit, I love the differences between the strains.

I like my pancakes in a skin of bacon grease and smothered in Cane Syrup with Serrano peppers on the side with some fried pork belly. Some eggs as I wish.

And bourbon with my coffee.

And pot (Sour Diesel at the moment).

Breakfast is best when served after noon. I set my alarm for 11:11 and get out of bed when I feel like getting out of bed.


Link Speed

[panader0]

14. Black Strap Molasses!

[Link Speed]

16. Oh, Hell yes!

But Black Strap doesn't work too well with Serranos.

Bacon grease on everything!

[Eleanors38]

73. Enjoyed maple and cane both! But I prefer waffles with...

A piece of bacon in every section (to prevent sticking, of course!), and a little butter before globbing on the cane.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. I question your true northern-liness

referring to them as 'pancakes' instead of 'flapjacks.'

[Bluenorthwest]

66. Both 'pancakes' and 'flapjacks' are mentioned in Shakespeare, 'hotcakes' is an Americanism

but the other two are not. Pancake is the term used commercially across the entire US for restaurant names, mixes, frozen cakes.

[Cirque du So-What]

75. 'Twas but a wee joke

Emphasis upon the 'wee' part.

[Squinch]

11. Crap. Now I'm hungry.

[RKP5637]

39. +1, yep, same here. Took my mind off that diet I was thinking about. n/t

[al_liberal]

12. WTF is eating pancakes in the South?

If we didn't have an IHOP there'd be no pancake making here in HSV. We have Waffle House and another ten places that use waffle in the name. If it's not waffles, it's biscuits of all recipes and forms. And grits, grits with goddam everything.

Being from Chicago I only feed my daughter pure Vermont Maple syrup though.

Apparently the south doesn't need no pancake syrup.

[Aerows]

45. We eat grits

with cheese and butter instead. Throw in a glass of milk, and you are ready to meet the day.

[dem in texas]

13. Yuk- Maple Syrup is too Sweet

I'd rather have dark brown molasses or Karo Brown Syrup on my pancakes, but don't eat them often. When I do, I don't put any syrup on them as my pit bull likes pancakes too, so I give her a few little nibbles.

[arely staircase]

17. I will give you that.

But some of our best dishes come from our AA brothers and sisters. Yeah it will kill you if eaten in excess. But hey, we all die at some point. Get you some fried okrah and pan fried chicken and sweet potatoes from a genuine southern establishment (black or white) and you will be in culinary heaven. Pecan pie. bbq (again. white folks and black folks take it to a high art) And dont even get me started on the Mexican influence here in Texas. And those Cajuns across the border in Louisiana! My family is black and white and Mexican. I will put our food up against any in the world.

[Glassunion]

18. We don't eat pancakes...

We eat flapjacks.

[Aerows]

44. I eat grits

I don't like all of that sugar in the morning.

[Uncle Joe]

21. Why Georgia Peaches of course along with a host of other goodies.

We have International House of Pancakes Restaurants down here, the South is going global.

Thanks for the thread, MattBaggins.

[RebelOne]

28. The only time I eat pancakes

is when I have breakfast at IHOP. Plus they have great omelets.

[TeeYiYi]

22. Next question: What brand of pancake flour do you use?...

I prefer Krusteaz.


TYY

[Tanuki]

29. Awww, this must be a trick question....

you know the right answer is Martha White! Don't take my word for it, ask Flatt and Scruggs!

http://www.marthawhite.com/Recipes/Detail.aspx?recipeID=2719

[TeeYiYi]

34. Interesting. Never heard of it...

We used Bisquick for everything when I was growing up.



As an adult, I prefer Krusteaz.

TYY

[Tanuki]

43. Would Rhonda Vincent lie?

(Martha White is a long-time sponsor of the Grand Old Opry)

[TeeYiYi]

51. Who's Rhonda Vincent?...

I just realized why I don't recognize anything. My apologies. I'm not from the South. Could that be it?

TYY

[Brigid]

31. Pappy O'Daniel's.

[TeeYiYi]

35. Never heard of that one either...

I'll have to look for it.

TYY

[Brigid]

37. See "O Brother Where Art Thou?" for further details.

[Seeking Serenity]

36. Pass the biscuits, Pappy

[Coexist]

40. lol! The Pappy O'Daniel's Flour Hour!!!

[Bluenorthwest]

67. Krusteaz is a Washington State product founded by women in 1932

'Just add water' pancake mix was pioneered by them in the 40's.

[TeeYiYi]

69. Really?... That's awesome!...

No wonder I like it.

Thanks, Bluenorthwest.

TYY

[Brigid]

23. Real New England maple syrup?

I want some!

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Confession time... I only like fake syrup.

Maple is too bitter.

[Rowdyboy]

25. I'm southern but I'm also American and I love food from all over...

Vermont maple syrup and Maine lobster, Maryland crab and Alaskan salmon, California avocados and Texas beef and Iowa sweet corn and apples from Ohio, Georgia peaches and crawfish from Louisiana-its all good!

I much prefer maple syrup to molasses.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Don't forget Michigan apples and cherries!

I hate that I have to pay so much for them down here in TX.

[Rowdyboy]

27. I could eat my weight in cherries! They're my favorite fruit and unfortunately they just

won't grow down here. Not enough chilling hours. If they did, I'd have an orchard!

[Sissyk]

38. +1

Good food is good food. I don't care what part of the US it's from.

Except, I'm southern and don't like grits! My husband doesn't just call me a fake southerner, but un-American. lol!

[Rowdyboy]

47. Grits are definitely not for everyone-not even every southerner. I love "cheesy grits"

as Mitt Romney would say, shrimp and grits New Orleans style, and-on a cold winter morning-grits loaded with butter, beside eggs over easy, biscuits and homemade jelly and bacon. If I hadn't just finished a blt, I'd be hungry.

[Sissyk]

52. I think it's what you grew up with, right?

We had sausage gravy with biscuits, eggs over easy, bacon, slice of tomato. Yum Yum.

Hubby, from the same state, grew up eating cheesy grits with a big breakfast.

Oh! Homemade jelly. My grandmother use to make the very best blackberry jam I've ever put in my mouth. There is a bunch of good ones out there, but nothing taste quite like hers.

[Rowdyboy]

53. Absolutely. And I love blackberry jam. We have a couple of muscadines so my partner and a friend

made muscadine-blueberry jelly last years. Made enough to feed a small army but I love it on biscuits.

My mom made a killer strawberry-fig preserves. I swear, I could not tell the difference in real strawberry preserves.

[Sissyk]

54. Sounds yummy!

[Tanuki]

79. Another idea for your muscadines:

http://www.hgtvgardens.com/recipes/boozy-botanicals-muscadine-sangria?soc=pinterest

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[ScreamingMeemie]

70. Huge fan of Tenessee Low Country Shrimp and Grits right here.

Now I'm hungry, and I can't have anything to eat until after my surgery.

[Rowdyboy]

72. I'm just back from 3 days of Halloween in New Orleans and my only regret

is I never got around to having shrimp and grits. There's just too damn much good food there. I'd mention what I had but in your situation it would just make you miserable and hungrier!

[Demo_Chris]

30. Gravy. Same as you. What else would you put on a pan cake? nt

[Hoyt]

32. Grits.

[Aerows]

42. Yep

I eat grits, too. Silly people think we eat pancakes for breakfast.

[Aerows]

41. I don't eat pancakes

I eat grits.

With cheese and Tabasco.

[struggle4progress]

46. I love maple syrup but my cheapo self won't pay for it, so I use butter and jam

[Aerows]

48. A real treat at a Southern breakfast

is biscuits and gravy. Fluffy biscuits, with a white gravy and sausage pieces floating in it along with copious black pepper flakes.

That is a delicacy. We don't need pancakes, we have our own things down here that are phenomenally tasty

[cynatnite]

49. IHOP freakin' syrup and if that's gone...Log freakin' Cabin...

[oneshooter]

50. Corn cakes or Buttermilk/oatmeal pancakes topped with real butter

and Steens Pure Cane Syrup.

1 1/2 cup oatmeal
2 cups Buttermilk
2 tsp melted butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup flour

You can find Steens at most supermarkets or use Grandmas or Brier Rabbit Molasses

Add a few rashers of bacon, coffee, and a beautiful family to share it all with.

[Samantha]

58. I would like to get an order delivered

Address and phone number to follow.

Sam

[Throd]

59. I like to put M&Ms (and a little butter) between hot pancakes and let 'em melt for a bit.

[Warpy]

60. My mother rarely made waffles and never made pancakes.

From NY through the midwest and down into the south the syrup of choice was the brown glop they still sell in supermarkets, don't ask me why.

When I got disgusted with everything and lit out for Boston in the late 60s, I tasted real maple syrup for the first time and it was a revelation.

I've only used brown glop once and it was homemade brown glop and only until I got the next paycheck so I could buy the real thing again.

[maced666]

61. Cane Patch.

To die for.

[longship]

62. Michigan maple syrup!

I buy local.

Alternative: Homemade Michigan elderberry syrup. I have them growing on my road. Too bad. Not enough for making wine.

(And no. My mother did not smell like them. But they're damned good.)

[Tom Ripley]

63. Crystal meth and Coca Cola

Your syrup is the bomb and that's why it goes on my pancakes, waffles, french toast.

[Art_from_Ark]

64. When I was a kid, we used the store-brand equivalent of Aunt Jemima

One time, we actually got *real* Aunt Jemima, and it was a real treat.

[Beearewhyain]

71. No Pancakes-Biscuits with Honey

Or molasses, or molasses mixed with butter. And if you want to go savory you can have your biscuits with a regional variation of a bechamel sauce that includes spiced and cured meat...otherwise known as sausage gravy. Pancakes are just too one dimensional no matter how much syrup you add.

*Full disclosure, raised in the south but no longer live there.

[Recursion]

74. I've used karo and molasses. But, I mean, we do have *stores* in the south, you know?

And they sell maple syrup, both real and imitation. As well as butter pecan.

[get the red out]

76. Yes it is

I put Maple Syrup on my toaster waffles this morning. I got it at Trader Joes.

None of that is very Southern, but I hate grits, gross. But now that it is getting cool outside maybe Kentucky isn't Southern until next summer? No, forgot SEC basketball, we're still southern

[DonCoquixote]

77. don't forget honey

especially as Florida has a lot of it, great for pancakes and for tea