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Top Comments: Notebook #52: They serve WHAT at the pancake house? [1]

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Date: 2022-10-28

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I first saw the collective urge to hurl on Twitter so I just had to investigate.

IHOP has launched several new menu items to appeal both to guests who are looking for more indulgent items as well as lighter ones, and also has removed high-fructose corn syrup from its famous pancake syrups. Chief marketing officer Kieran Donahue said the new dishes were the result of research they started more than a year ago. “With the pandemic and off-premise and so many things changing, we thought it was really important to do comprehensive research. In fact it’s the most comprehensive we’ve ever done,” she said. They found that the most important aspects of food to IHOP customers was quality first, followed by affordability. They also were looking for what Donahue called “two sides of craving:” Indulgent items, but also items that fit a wider variety of diets.

Some of new menu choices at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) include:

New dinner side dishes: Steamed broccoli, yellow & green beans, loaded mashed potatoes, and bacon mac & cheese All-Natural Salmon: A six-ounce grilled Atlantic salmon fillet served with choices of accompaniments including the new side dishes Sirloin Salisbury Steak: Chopped sirloin steak with freshly sautéed mushrooms and onions and beef gravy. Jalapeño & Cheese Bites: Six breaded and fried croquettes of cheddar cheese and jalapeño peppers served with buttermilk ranch dressing for dipping.

The “All-Natural Salmon” item was the offender that made nearly everyone in my Twitter TL hurl. And I think that I understand.

I know that IHOP sells a variety of dishes for both breakfast and dinner and I do know a few IHOPs that are open 24 hours a day even in this post-COVID era.

I can’t get out of my mind, though, that...it’s in the damn name of the chain restaurant: IHOP is famous for selling pancakes.

(Full disclosure: I rarely go to a IHOP. Frankly, Chicago has better and more local pancake house chains and diners that I prefer. When I do go to a IHOP, I only eat breakfast dishes, never the burgers or the shakes or any other dinner-type foods.)

“A six-ounce grilled Atlantic salmon fillet” don’t go with no pancakes.

I’ve eaten and enjoyed salmon croquettes for both breakfast and dinner. I’ve also eaten fried catfish for breakfast with all the breakfast sides. I like it.

There’s something about the idea of a salmon fillet at an IHOP that makes both the salmon and the IHOP seem...unappetizing. Even though I do know local chains and pancake houses that are open for dinner that will, at least, broil the fish upon request and maybe even grill it.

Generally, I’ve never liked the idea of fast food joints and restaurants traveling too far from what is supposed to be their speciality (i.e. a salad at McDonald’s). I do understand that time and mobility (lunchtimes) sometimes limits one’s options but still…

I don’t think that I’ll be having the salad the next time I go to a McDonald’s. Or the salmon fillet at an IHOP for that matter.

This kerfuffle over the IHOP salmon brings up something else.

I can pretty much it any breakfast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner: I’m as likely to scramble a couple of eggs or even eat cereal at 11pm as I am ar 8am or 11am.

OTOH, I occasionally (though not often) really do enjoy eating, say, the pizza that I didn’t finish last night or certain dinner leftovers for breakfast (spaghetti is my favorite).

I’m wondering if this became popular due to almost everyone having a microwave oven; I don’t remember the leftovers for breakfast trend being a feature of the early 1970’s.

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