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Why do you love Crêpes?

This is an exploration of why we love food and the stories that come from it. What are some memories you have about crêpes? Who were you with? How much did you pay for them? ext

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  • John Penn

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    Feb 16 2013: I was twelve years old, on the S.S France, with my family. A waiter made crepe suzettes for us at table-side. There were large flames! How can you not love that!? And they were delicious! I assume the food was in the price of the ticket.
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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Feb 13 2013: Hi Tom, my strongest memory of crepes is associated with my most favourite place to live some years ago. Just around the corner was a crepe shop and Sunday mornings it was a tradition, so that whoever wanted to join me knew that's where I'd be. Had some great chats and some very tasty crepes, they were very creative there.

    No idea how much they cost then, but I'm with Fritzie - what lead you to post crepes in particular?
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      Fritzie Reisner 100+

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      Feb 14 2013: What I really want to know, though, is how Tom managed to have his arms around those two elephant trunks.
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      Tom Olson

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      Feb 14 2013: Well, I'm trying to compile information to back a business idea. I was awarded a $5000 investment to prove people will buy crepes from a mobile crepe cart. If i do so effectivly I will receive an additional $20,000 to help me along the way. You can read the just of my thesis at http://startgarden.com/ideas/detail/velocity-crepes.

      As for the wonderful experience with two elephants, I took a break from school and my pedicab business in the fall to learn Thai massage and travel abroad for the first time.
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        Kate Blake 50+

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        Feb 14 2013: Way to go Tom, lucky you to get such an assignment. I'll come over and do taste tests if you want?

        School, pedicabs, Thai massage, what an interesting life you lead! Good luck with it all but am thinking a mobile cart might need to be in a very pleasant setting eg by a river or beach, opposite a nice park, etc because setting and company are a big part of the experience. And as its mobile you could try the business districts for immediate cash.

        Not sure people would buy from the same cart every single day but feel pretty sure you would have a roaring trade if you moved around. Novelty impact ...

  • greg dahlen 20+

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    Feb 13 2013: Seems like at the Stanford foodservice we got crepes maybe on Sunday morning, and I'd heap mine with fruit and whipped cream (didn't have to eat so healthy at age eighteen!) I'd usually go to some outlying dining room to eat alone and read the paper, but my friend would always find me and we'd talk. They were a treat, but I don't know if there was any absolute relationship between them and the other nice thing surrounding having them, talking with my friend.
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      Tom Olson

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      Feb 14 2013: Did you top everything yourself?
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    Fritzie Reisner 100+

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    Feb 13 2013: I have seldom seen crepes since I was at university several decades ago and they were, I suppose, something of a fad. One thing I liked was that, unlike many foods in which filling is wrapped in something of a dough, in crepes there was much more filling than dough. This may have changed in the way crepes are made today outside the home.

    As you mention crepes rather than food in general, please share what drew you to crepes in particular. Your name suggests you are likely not French?

    I have not yet viewed the talk you linked here about how food shapes cities.
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