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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBest pancakes you've ever had?
My vote goes for De Leon Springs State Park in Florida, about an hour north of Orlando.
$6 for a pitcher, all you can eat. The griddle's right in the middle of the table and you cook them up yourself. You can order toppings (blueberries, chocolate chips, etc.) to add in, or bacon or sausage to grill on the side.
The unbleached white mixture is exceptional; the six grain whole wheat is simply out of this world. There are three different syrups (maple, honey and molasses).
After you've stuffed yourself, you'll want to work off some of that load, so there's the freshwater spring to swim in or the river run to take a canoe out into, plus plenty of hiking trails.
But those pancakes though.....
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I invented the other evening when I was absolutely desperate for brownies. Either way I'm good.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)Gluten free flour (yes I have that problem)
Some corn meal
Some ground flaxseed
Egg
Milk
Cinnamon
Vanilla
real 100% maple syrup
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)applegrove
(118,022 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I drove 2 hours to eat pie at Yoder's Amish restaurant in Sarasota. I can sure drive an hour for pancakes.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...force myself not to go there every day.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I'd weigh 400 pounds easy. Butterscotch is my kryptonite.
Oh and the corn cakes. (with the best syrup I've had so far)
And the chicken.
And the...(close your eyes and stab the menu with a fork. You'll land on something delicious)
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts).."Food Control"...There should be a waiting period before you can eat there.!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)Any in particular?
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and Pecan are my favorite but I can't possibly imagine they mess any pies up so get over there.
They have regular food too - the best fried chicken I can think of. Corn cakes (like pancakes but with corn. And some kind of syrup that blew me away the first time I had it.)
The first time I was there I had a piece of butterscotch pie for dessert. I had to order a whole pie to take home. Some of it even made it home.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts).....Key Lime Milkshakes at Robert is Here Fruit Stand in Florida City (right at the end of the Florida Turnpike before the Overseas Highway stretch to the Keys).
They are out of this world.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I'll add that to the list. We have nebulous plans for a Keys trip sometime in the next couple of near futures..(lol, how's THAT for nailing it down). My wife was born and raised in Orlando but never been to the keys so we know we need to go - just trying to figure out when the best time is.
And you can't ever hurt my feelings giving me key lime something. (That's another great pie at Yoder's by the way - both versions - their Yoders Key Lime and traditional Florida Key Lime with the graham cracker crust)
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)With lemon juice, powdered sugar and maple syrup.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)FlaGatorJD
(364 posts)Belgian waffles, with melted chocolate and bananas-yum.
Best enjoyed in Belgium
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)CTyankee
(63,771 posts)people eating those waffles in their little paper envelopes as they walk down the street. It was so odd...
CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)The best I have ever had was at a little hole-in-the-wall breakfast place in San Francisco called Doidges (now sadly closed). I swear they were using some variation of cake batter. Cake flour for sure. They were sublime.
I do love a nice buckwheat pancake though. Must be accompanied by very good coffee, or why bother.
Texasgal
(17,029 posts)The have the best bananna and pine nut pancakes!
catbyte
(34,174 posts)That way I can pull out enough for breakfast, lunch, or dinner & just pop them in the toaster to reheat. Wicked good.