I know it may seem like epicureal heresy but...

I think some of the best pancakes I have had recently have been the hotcakes at the Golden Arches. They were not always this way, mind you. I seem to remember them being rubbery, over-cooked , over-salted, flavorless things. Something akin to what I imagined a sand dollar drizzeld in imitation maple syrup would taste like. But since my thyroid surgery, my throat has been so sore that I have had to eat much softer things. Pancakes go down verily easily, but they are not that convenient to whip together on a work morning. McDonalds to the rescue! So I have had them the past three days , and every day they are perfect. Light, fluffy and tasting like the ones you remember Mom making on Sunday mornings. Now if they could just do something about the syrup....