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The Great Breakfast Carbohydrate Debate: Pancakes vs Waffles vs French Toast
from #218 - Fake Business | The Tim Dillon Show · #218
7 min
Prompted by a keto tangent, Tim ranks pancakes, waffles, and French toast by reliability and execution, praising Clinton Street Baking Company's pancakes and shouting out Burnt Toast in Elgin, Illinois for its Grand Marnier French toast.
- Tim declares pancakes as his favorite breakfast carbohydrate.
- French toast, if executed perfectly, is the best—but only achieves that 30% of the time.
- Best french toast uses simple white bread, butter, and store-bought syrup rather than Vermont maple.
- Transcendent french toast can include orange zest and Tahitian vanilla to elevate it.
- Waffles often become too crispy, burnt, and dry—they turn into crackers you dip in syrup.
- Clinton Street Baking Company pancakes in New York are soft inside with a hardened brown butter exterior that reminds you of childhood.
- Burnt Toast in Elgin, Illinois makes phenomenal french toast with Grand Marnier that changes your life.
- Tim launches into a diatribe about how restaurants don't know how to market their food properly.
- Tour announcement: Tim plugs upcoming shows in Fort Worth, Dallas, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.
- Additional shows being added in Nashville, Tampa, and Dallas due to demand.
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