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Stuff I Won't be Reviewing: Horton's Pancakes!
I liked Dr. Seuss as a kid, my favorite is probably the Sneeches on the Beaches. I love that all of Dr. Suess' books have great core morals to them and are still filled with bright and interested characters that captivate children as well as adults. But I dont think Dr. Seuss would be too happy about the latest Dr. Seuss capitalization, IHOP. yep, i guess to promote the new "Horton Hears a Who" movie, IHOP came up with this mountain of cascading colored syrup with a lollipop shoved in the middle like the flag on top of a mountain top. Good lord, a diabetics' dream. Ok, i understand sometimes kids need a little creativity to get them to eat, but do this with healthful stuff like veggies and fruit, kids already love lollypops and pancakes, they dont need a mountain with rainbow confetti to lure them in. Would Dr. Seuss aprove? I dont think so, i mean why not green eggs and ham! sure a little saturated fat, but lots of protein and you dont even need all the artifical colored-ness (why not use spinach for the "green" part and god forbid sneak in some folate and iron into your kids, just a thought). I've been to IHOP once when i had a slumber party when i was fourteen i think. I believe i had the crepes (of the "french pancakes" as they call them). They weren't fantastic and from the commercials, IHOP seems to have no shame in slathering everything with syrup, butter, and "fruit" (try canned fruit with heavy sugary syrup). It seems like they are trying to mask the pancakes, i mean can they be that bad that they need all those toppings! anyway, i am not going to try this Dr. Seuss Mountain, but if you have tried, please let me know if at least its actually tasty.
ugh
gross! that doesn't even look appetizing :/ c'mon IHOP, don't we have too many obese kids already?
That's the scariest thing
That's the scariest thing I've seen in a long time...
Forgot to say! Star-bellied sneeches rock my world. That and all the awesome anti-war/violence cartoons Dr. Suess put out. He's probably turning in his grave due to this 'mountain.'
It looks like its a joke,
It looks like its a joke, right? i mean the lollipop on top just kills me, the first time i saw an actuall picture i burst out laughing, but its scary that this is real!
Blue = unappetizing
OK, so many things wrong with this. First, I feel like it goes against all the goodness Dr. S stands for, b/c feeding a child this is just mean and wrong. As he would say, "What was I afraid of?"
Also, isn't blue supposed to be the least appetizing color? Nothing natural is blue except blueberries. Who eats blue? Gross.
And can I just add...I used to waitress at IHOP (don't be jealous) when I was in college. It was one short summer but my god, was it frantic and gross. I still have nightmares of sticky syrup in my hair and on my face and of sausage links being thrown back and forth between the cooks and the waitstaff in exchange for bacon. One cook had a teardrop tattooed under his eye - which I believe is gang language for "I killed someone" - and they made his cover it up.
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Leslie, you crack me up! the
Leslie, you crack me up! the tattooed teardrop?! man i was on the floor when i read that! i guess i am not gang enough to know about these thing. but yes, i remember my pastry intrstructor told us at school NEVER use colors you dont find naturally in foods, chances are if they dont resemble food, they wont taste like food. I have to do a buffet this term for my new class and i need a theme and i think i will do a dr.seuss theme. I think i am going to make green eggs and ham but color the eggs with spinach or kale. No way in hell will i try to re create this mountian (BTW, did you know it comes with this weird jello infused soda?)
Gagsta Leslie
yes - blobs of jello floating around. sick.
you should have a contest to see which readers can come up with the most creative ideas for your buffet!
hmm good idea, i promise, no
hmm good idea, i promise, no lollipop mountians!
Ew! I'm sorry Leslie! I
Ew! I'm sorry Leslie! I had a friend who worked a Training Table for awhile and had a similar story involving cheese from the cheese fries... if you could call it cheese, that is.
Oh Barf
This has got to be the worst abomination in children's food I've ever seen. It makes Happy Meals look like spa cuisine.