Two words that don't go together

[cjsmith]

A pancake house near me has "clam pancakes" on the menu. I have never had the courage to order it, even though I'm pretty sure clams don't make me hurl. (I have a fish/seafood allergy the extent of which is uncertain.) But I confess to a lingering morbid curiosity. Clam... pancakes. Clam. Pancakes. Those two words just don't seem to go together in my brain.

Another pair that took me a while to accept was the phrase "ground failure". Obviously they were talking about earthquakes, but not just shaking. I couldn't quite imagine what a "failure" of what you stand on would be. "Including liquefaction," the text continued. Ground... failure. Ground. Failure. I couldn't make that connection for the longest time.

Comments

[ambar.livejournal.com]

I've never ordered them either, but it doesn't seem fundamentally wackier than, say, a bacon waffle.

And then there's my beloved ex-housemate (http://www.clock.org/~fair/), who puts maple syrup all over perfectly good sausage patties at the same pancake house. Now, *that's* weird.

Ambar

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Mmm, syrup on sausage and bacon. Ya know what's good? Take a runny fried egg, put it between two pancakes, add bacon or sausage on the side, and eat it all with warm real maple syrup. (It's not that good with other syrup, like boysenberry.)

I'd try clam pancakes but definitely without syrup.

"Ground failure" is scary, especially for seismophobes like me.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

I stopped dead at "runny" and "egg" in the same sentence. On my plate, if the egg is still moving, it's not dead yet. Cook it some more.

:-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

YEAH!! Me too. In fact, if the egg doesn't BOUNCE when it hits my plate, it's not dead yet; cook it some more. :-)

On the other hand, I think maple syrup isn't any worse on sausage than on anything else. (shrug).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I should take you to The Original Pancake House some time and buy you breakfast. That way I'd get to SEE clam pancakes but I wouldn't feel any guilt if I didn't eat a bite of them! :-)

[mighty-sam.livejournal.com]

I was looking at sausage at the grocery a couple of days ago and saw a maple-syrup flavored sausage. Ick.

This discussion "breakfast from the sea" brought on by clam pancakes has inspired me to tell my "fish biscuits" story... I'll post it soon.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've had some of that. (maybe a different brand, but maple-flavored sausage.) Wasn't too bad.

I don't tend to like maple syrup all that much. I don't really like syrup, even. I loooove boysenberry, enough that it will overcome my dislike of syrup and I'll sometimes actually USE boysenberry syrup, but I am pretty sure I would NOT like boysenberry sausage.

Clam pancakes. Ground failure. Boysenberry sausage. :-)

[elflet.livejournal.com]

K and I had a brief flirtation with a (really yummy) clam and garlic pizza, with white sauce and cheese. Sounds evil, but 'twas divine.

Clearly, I've recovered -- 18 months of commuting to San Diego and I never stopped by te B Street cafe for that pizza once!

[ambar.livejournal.com]

Deep-dish seafood pizza is delicious, especially if enough butter and garlic is used in the preparation thereof. :-)

Ambar