I wondered why things sell like hotcakes, but don’t sell “like waffles”, so looked it up -
SELL LIKE HOT CAKES - “Hot cakes cooked in bear grease or pork lard were popular from earliest times in American. First made of cornmeal, the griddle cakes or pancakes were of course best when served piping hot and were often sold at church benefits, fairs, and other functions. So popular were they that by the beginning of the 19th century ‘to sell like hot cakes’ was a familiar expression for anything that sold very quickly effortlessly, and in quantity.” From “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997)
It’s the bear grease that makes all the difference….
I don’t eat hotcakes and waffles were served to me by my great Aunt Wilemina. She grew up during the Great Depression (though she did let me know it wasn’t so great) and liked to use cardboard as a filler. I felt my first pangs of guilt in eating her breakfast fare when I saw a homeless man living in a cardboard box. I told Auntie Wiliemina that I could no longer partake in her delicious and delightful cardboard waffles because it made me feel as if I was eating someone out house and home.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
They are hotcakes!
Digital Frog over 14 years ago
He should have been more decisive when deciding on his menu plan instead of waffling…
TheRedHatt over 14 years ago
Maybe Oval John should stop in and stir things up a bitt ! Ha
CoBass over 14 years ago
@TheRedHatt Oval John??? Who or what is that? (A quick Google search proved unedifying.)
aljar8 over 14 years ago
maybe he should try HOT waffles
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
it’s all marketing: “better ingredients, better than hotcakes, papa john’s”
TheRedHatt over 14 years ago
Thanks Doc !
Ushindi over 14 years ago
I wondered why things sell like hotcakes, but don’t sell “like waffles”, so looked it up -
SELL LIKE HOT CAKES - “Hot cakes cooked in bear grease or pork lard were popular from earliest times in American. First made of cornmeal, the griddle cakes or pancakes were of course best when served piping hot and were often sold at church benefits, fairs, and other functions. So popular were they that by the beginning of the 19th century ‘to sell like hot cakes’ was a familiar expression for anything that sold very quickly effortlessly, and in quantity.” From “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997)
It’s the bear grease that makes all the difference….
calvinandquestionmark over 14 years ago
Joe Allen Doty would say
I don’t eat hotcakes and waffles were served to me by my great Aunt Wilemina. She grew up during the Great Depression (though she did let me know it wasn’t so great) and liked to use cardboard as a filler. I felt my first pangs of guilt in eating her breakfast fare when I saw a homeless man living in a cardboard box. I told Auntie Wiliemina that I could no longer partake in her delicious and delightful cardboard waffles because it made me feel as if I was eating someone out house and home.
calvinandquestionmark over 14 years ago
rricchhterr would say…
l would say, prey on this one… l’ll straighten you out…
Was I right?