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Last night we had Finals Mania at Univ. of Houston. The Library Administration with help from the University, puts on a one night event to give the kids some fun and some food for studying during the week before Final Exams.
About 1600 students got free snacks, fresh made pancakes, with syrup, butter, apples, strawberries, and whipped cream if they wanted, plus coffee, hot cocoa, orange juice, water, etc.
It was a lot of fun. UH is a very ethnically and nationally diverse campus, with students from everywhere in Asia, Africa, south America, Europe, etc.
There were several students who had no idea what pancakes with toppings were, and looked confused as they made their way around.
One guy, who I believe was from Pakistan, said as he held up his plate for more strawberries in syrup, "I love your American food!"
Hilarious.
Our President, Renu Khator, is a bad-ass lady, originally from India, and always comes to all functions. she was very put off when I asked if she wanted butter on her pancakes, asking, "You put butter on your pancakes?" to which my boss shook his head as if he too did not like butter on pancakes. I told her "don;t listen to him. he's from England!"
I love butter on pancakes.
It was a lot of fun. But I did not get much sleep last night.
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