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St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 2215 Third St., NE, Minneapolis, MN (612)789-6252 is having a PANCAKE BREAKFAST. It will be TOMORROW, Sunday, 9 November after the Divine Liturgy at 9:00 a.m. A donation is requested, with the proceeds going to the Franciscan Brothers of the Poor to help in their work. Please join us for the Divine Liturgy at 9:00 am and for the breakfast afterwards. This is sponsored by the ECF students in the parish.
May God bless all of us. [/LIST]

Shlomo Abun,
I will be their, and I will let others from St. Maron know.

Poosh BaShlomo,
Yuhannon

Alas, other commitments prevent me from making the trip to Minneapolis. However, I shall eat some pancakes (with Canadian maple syrup) in solidarity - and keep you in my prayers at the Divine Liturgy. Incognitus

P.S. the pancakes - here in cyberspace - were delicious, though I had to root around the cupboard to find the maple syrup. Hope the pancakes in Minneapolis were also highly edible, and that a few of them were dedicated to Saint Alexis (Toth). Incognitus

Just HAD to have a look here: every time I logged onto this site, I saw PANCAKE BREAKFAST... finally just had to stop by.
Sorry I couldn't attend - I even missed the ones in cyberspace!
CS

I could go for some flapjacks myself

with hot black coffee and a tumbler full of OJ

See what you started! :p

Well, you could use Paul Bunyan's recipe for flapjacks. In any case, remember to make the pancakes with buttermilk and serve them with authentic maple syrup. Incognitus

I was introduced to them at the weekend - fantastic breakfast of pancakes, maple syrup and bacon and egg - wowee - I really enjoyed it . And seeing as how it came somewhat later in the morning than my usual breakfast time [ well I had been up early and elswhere before hand - breakfastless] I was really ready for them

Don't we have odd topics of conversation on here ?

Anhelyna

Actually, I have never, in all my life, liked pancakes, but if I were to try them again it'd have to be with this special maple syrup - that does sound intriguing.....

CS

CofS
I have to admit that I was doubtful - but hey we get bacon that is Maple Cured - so I said "yes please" and it was really lovely - in fact I am looking forward to the next stack of them

Ooh it was a great weekend - lots of new things both liturgical and utterly mundane - all tried . Roll on the next one like this

Dear Anhelyna (Pancake Monster )

A cabbie in London, England (we have a London, Ontario here, together with the river Thames that runs through it . . .) once told me about his war-time experience with maple syrup.

A Canadian soldier brought with him some "maple leaf syrup" and they all thoroughly enjoyed it - rather.

But the cabbie-veteran kept referring to it as "maple leaf syrup" and I couldn't get a word in edgewise - don't you just hate talkative people like that?

Syrup is not extracted from crushed maple leaves . . .

Alex

Perhaps the Canadian soldier intended the phrase "maple leaf syrup" to be understood in a patriotic sense? Or perhaps he was enjoying a private joke at the expense of the pommies? Incognitus

The thought of you not getting a word in edgeways is - well shall I say rather funny in a mild sort of way Might be better to leave it at that I have to admit.

We are so used to syrup being rather sweet and sickly that I suppose Maple Syrup would strike them as being very different. Me I loved it used that way - oh and I have tried what could be described as maple leaf whisky too !! [ if you see what I mean] different too - but equally nice

Dear Anhelyna,

The Americans praise highly their maple syrup from Vermont especially.

I don't want to say anything to that - I might be called "childish and offensive" by some Americans here

Alex

Well I have to admit that I don't know where the Maple Syrup came from [ I'll ask ] but I do know where the Whisky came from [ well, other than a shop as some wise people would say ]

A