IHOP

I must say, I never have understood IHOP.  What makes them the International House of Pancakes??  Are they an international corporation?  Is that enough to warrant the name?  Because, the last time I checked, there isn't anything remotely international about their menu.

Pancakes, however, appear to be beloved by much of the world's population.  Which is why, during exam week, Susanna, Philip, Veronika, and I decided to take a break from studying and celebrate the truly international nature of pancakes!  We went to the local mart and picked up some essential ingredients: bananas, milk, strawberry jam, vanilla spices (we'd never heard of it before, but thought it would be a good addition!), and eggs (we accidentally almost grabbed hard-boiled eggs).  Philip hosted the event at his apartment and was supposed to dazzle us with Danish pandekager!  Apparently, America really is the only country that does thick ole flapjack-style pancakes.  Europe, for the most part, has rollable pancakes that resemble crepes.  Doesn't matter to me, because the meal was delicious!  Philip flipped the pandekager for us three ladies in an oh-so-manly way; I cut the fruit; Susanna played DJ; and Vroni arranged the jam, bananas, and sugar on the pancakes, rolled them, cut them, and fed them to us.  

There's nothing like international cuisine to rejuvenate you before a midterm!  Stay tuned for later installments of our global pancake tour.  Austria is our next destination, and I hear they eat their pancakes with Nutella!