{"id":200,"date":"2003-03-16T10:29:45","date_gmt":"2003-03-16T17:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2003-03-16T10:29:45","modified_gmt":"2003-03-16T17:29:45","slug":"kinda-like-french-fried-twinkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2003\/03\/kinda-like-french-fried-twinkies\/","title":{"rendered":"kinda like french fried twinkies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been admiring the new IHOP stuffed french toast from their TV commercials. They sounded yummy to me.<\/p>\n<p>So when we were in the middle of Saturday&#8217;s downpout, me and Chris decided comfort food was in order. IHOP popped to mind.<\/p>\n<p>We looked over the menu carefully, but they weren&#8217;t listed.  We did, however, find out that the International House of Pancakes is a California company, started here. That made me like them slightly better.<\/p>\n<p>I do try to maintain a snobbish avoidance of chain restaurants, but the fact that it is a local chain is slightly better.<\/p>\n<p>Chris would prefer to eat at the same three chain restaurants every day of his life. Fortunately, our relationship is more than just what we eat.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Maricela, our waitress about the stuffed french toast. Apparently, there is a separate flyer-type dealy that explains your stuffed toast options.<\/p>\n<p>There is the regular option, and then the Big option which has two extra pieces of fatty meat. The Super option included a total of six pieces of various fatty meat.<\/p>\n<p>I thought two pieces was enough, so I got the regular. Cause I was mostly interested in the toast, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the toast was like two pieces of bread sealed on all the edges. You might think it would be difficult to seal two pieces of bread. It is. IHOP&#8217;s solution was to deep fry it shut.<\/p>\n<p>They must have deep-fried it, and then warmed in up again on a grill, because one side had an extra browning on one side.<\/p>\n<p>Well, they had fruit and whip cream on the top. THe filling seemed to be cream cheese with a lot of powdered sugar mixed in. Mine did not have a lot of filling, which is probably good, because it was very sweet. Since there wasn&#8217;t too much, it tasted pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>It reminded CHris immediately of the State Fair&#8217;s deep-fried twinkies. We hadn&#8217;t actually tried the deep-fried twinkies, but we could imagine.<\/p>\n<p>It was good. ALthough the grease sat on my tummy the rest of the day. I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t opt for the 6 pieces of fatty meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been admiring the new IHOP stuffed french toast from their TV commercials. They sounded yummy to me. 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