Idealized breakfast

On maple syrup:

I've eaten at places in the south (IHOP being the exception), where the restaurant just buys a 20-pack of Log Cabin squeeze bottles and plunks one down on each table. New Yorkers probably think their system is better, but I don't see how. I never thought I'd have anything good to say about IHOP's syrup, but at least it doesn't look obviously fake.

Actually, I saw the waitress refill the Log Cabin bottles at the greasy spoon the other day. As you can probably tell, they don't actually refill the Log Cabin bottles with Log Cabin, but with a jug from GFC.

I say relax and enjoy your frickin' pancakes.