Comments for IHOP To Abandon Trans-Fats By Year End

IHOP To Abandon Trans-Fats By Year End

2007-10-01T22:37:29Z

IHOP has announced that they will be going trans-fat free by the end of the year. The chain said they've found a replacement oil that tastes the same as the old heart-killing trans-fat oil.

The did not, however, address the real issue with IHOP: Sticky tables.

Stop the insanity. Buy some sponges.

IHOP to stop use of trans fats [BusinessWeek]
(Photo:MattMcGee)

Comment from synergy on 2007-10-02

2007-10-02T23:52:22Z

I've gone to IHOP only once. I couldn't find anything on the menu I'd be willing to ingest without thinking I'd die before I finished rolling myself out of the "restaurant."

Comment from rdm on 2007-10-02

2007-10-02T18:04:01Z

After you take care of this issue and also NFFCNNR's issue, please stop putting pancake batter in your omelets. Thanks!

Comment from jmschn on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T02:51:40Z

@Starfury: Denny's sucks. IHOP is better. This is according to my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

Comment from girly on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T01:24:17Z

Perhaps they'll use interesterified fats?

I hear that the typical transfat replacement not only preserves the flavor, but also the health problems.

Comment from ElizabethD on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T01:23:04Z

I'm gonna open a trans-fat speakeasy in a couple of years. Bet I do a booming business.

Comment from Starfury on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T01:01:47Z

IHOP sucks. Denny's is better.

This is according to my 2 kids and myself. My wife can't stand IHOP and tolerates Dennys.

Comment from dohtem on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T00:22:32Z

@liquisoft: The plates won't slide off the tables but the food will slide off the plates.

Comment from nffcnnr on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T23:54:14Z

Sounds good. But when are they gonna stop doing this?? Blecchh.

Comment from liquisoft on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T23:32:20Z

Sponges won't cure the sticky table disease. Just like the dishrags they use, sponges will just spread the sugary syrup all around the table and create even more stickiness.

They ought to get creative and use the sticky tables to their advantage. I'm thinking tables that are slanted at an angle. They're so sticky, the plates won't be able to slide off! I smell a surge in profits!

Comment from Beerad on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T22:54:09Z

@mupethifi: Yeah, but I think it's one of the hazards you have to accept by eating at a restaurant where the most popular condiment by far is syrup.

Comment from mupethifi on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T22:47:42Z

Sticky is one way of saying it, however, mine was gooey last night. my girlfriend had to peel my arm off the table.

Comment from SimonSwegles on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T22:45:10Z

No more tasty trans-fats? Can I still get an $8 carafe of grapefruit juice? :-P