Eggs over light, grits*, bacon, white toast, plain waffle.
North of Tennessee I get hash browns scattered** and smothered. I’ve found the quality of the grits to be variable in Kentucky and Illinois, probably because they weren’t raised on them, I just don’t risk it.
** The default is now scattered, not “in the ring”, but I still say it.
@2many2no were have a relatively new Hawaiian place here. They serve loco moco and i didn’t appreciate it that much. It makes more sense now that i see it in a breakfast light.
@djslack Supposedly it’s the surfers’ breakfast, high calorie and loaded with carbs. If they don’t have the Portuguese sausage, at least get the Spam. But don’t do it often unless you can burn it off.
@Doggo19 but with Oregon Coast crabmeat (real) instead of that Canadian pseudo-ham. Expensive but worth it. Also needs to be a place where they can manage their Hollandaise and not just take it from a refrigerator and microwave it. I am near-puking at the thought.
3 eggs over easy, hash browns, no toast, a meat of some sort (sausage, patty or frank, bacon, etc.). 3 bottles of champagne’s worth of mimosas (over about a two hour period). Not much of a diner, but it works for me.
2 eggs over-medium, potatoes, bacon, biscuits and gravy. Unless I am in the true South, then I want grits instead of gravy.
Did I ever tell Y’all about the BEST grits we found in a tiny little town in Louisiana?? Brought tears to my eyes…it was like grits Heaven. They sat on my plate like a scoop of ice cream and I thought they were gonna be awful, till that first bite. They were light and fluffy and so full of buttery flavor… Mmmm. I ordered seconds and ate my Husband’s too!!
@jimeezlady I make my favorite grits at home. I’d like to take credit for special skillz, but my secret is to use stone ground, no de-germed grits in my Zojirushi rice cooker.
My favorite grits so far are from the Davis Grist Mill in Georgia and the Weisenberger Mill in Kentucky. Because they still have the germ they are fine for a few weeks in a cool dark place but should be refrigerated or frozen for long term storage.
At night i put them in the cooker with water and salt. I set the cooker for “porridge” and tell it to be done at 6:30. This way the grits soak all night.
I have no idea what time the cooker starts to be done at 6:30.
@speediedelivery It might depend on which Waffle House you go to. I tend to like it. Some people call it the Awful Waffle, but they say that when they say they got food from the Awful Waffle.
@MntlWard@speediedelivery I think so, tho people either love or loathe it. My argument for loving it is that everything is made to order and the kitchen is in full view of everyone—so it’s always fresh and clean (you would see if someone spit in your food). Also, the food is (IMO) outstanding!
Corned beef hash. If it’s a proper everything-from-scratch diner, it’ll be great, and if it’s an everything-from-canned-or-frozen, it’ll be terrible, but it’s one of the few diner menu staples that is both gluten- and dairy-free.
@jcroxmisox there’s a great place a mile from us that serves homemade hash. Picture doesn’t do it justice
They also serve enormous pancakes they call love cakes
@Cerridwyn I used to order my toast with apple butter at Waffle House, and every time but one they forgot and i had to ask for it. Eventually i realized it was getting in the way of sopping up egg yolk and stopped.
Any an/or all the above because… BREAKFAST.
Shoney’s breakfast buffet used to be my favorite stop until they closed all the ones around me.
(Hey, is it my fault they were all you could eat??)
@chienfou we would hit those up on a motorhome trip in the 1990s. Felt so guilty because doctors had been telling me all the things I shouldn’t do! Funny thing is they now retracted some of those warnings because turns out some of it was bad science. So enjoy your buffet (in moderation)
When I was little my parents used to take me to local places (including Denny’s but some were better). I didn’t understand all the foods but remember saying I wanted “toast with jam and jelly” because I didn’t know the difference but knew I wanted them all!
In the 1980s there was a music/performance artist (some would say poet and storyteller too) named Laurie Anderson. She highlighted what was called the avant-garde moment of the time. Anyway this was from one of the songs/stories:
I know this English guy who was driving around in the South. And he stopped for breakfast one morning somewhere in southeast Georgia. He saw “grits” on the menu. He’d never heard of grits so he asked the waitress, “What are grits, anyway?” She said, “Grits are fifty.” He said, “Yes, but what are they?” She said, “They’re extra.” He said, “Yes, I’ll have the grits, please.”
@ItalianScallion I didn’t realize I was back in 2019.
I would love to be back in 1985 again but knowing all the stuff I figured out and/or screwed up since then. But that might make life too boring.
I swear Meh-bot bubbled it up to my list I have no idea why.
Steak and eggs
@duodec
Grits & toast
@ybmuG Add an egg and make it yellow grits.
@JT954 for me, the egg would be on the side. Breakfast grits are pain with butter salt and pepper.
Yellow grits are with cheese and chorizo sausage and would be a side dish for lunch or dinner.
Bacon,eggs,hashbrowns
I only get pancakes if I bring my own REAL maple syrup. No thanks for the high fructose corn syrup.
@kittykat9180 amen to that. Hate HFCS
Meh needs to implement checkbox polls so that there can be a poll for your Waffle House hashbrowns order.
@lljk I wish we had Waffle Houses around here. I could use a little sass with my hash browns.
Bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, hash browns, ham…
Something with biscuits & gravy.
Eggs over light, grits*, bacon, white toast, plain waffle.
** The default is now scattered, not “in the ring”, but I still say it.
Yes to all.
Scattered, smothered, covered and chunked.
I picked “something else” because this is akin to asking “What is your favorite sunset?”
A skillet. With hash-browns on the bottom and peppers, onions, sausage, cheese, and runny eggs on top.
And maybe some pancakes on the side if I am feeling like a fatty.
Loco moco with pancakes
(You didn’t say the diner had to be around here.)
@2many2no were have a relatively new Hawaiian place here. They serve loco moco and i didn’t appreciate it that much. It makes more sense now that i see it in a breakfast light.
@djslack Supposedly it’s the surfers’ breakfast, high calorie and loaded with carbs. If they don’t have the Portuguese sausage, at least get the Spam. But don’t do it often unless you can burn it off.
Two words: eggs Benedict
@Doggo19 but with Oregon Coast crabmeat (real) instead of that Canadian pseudo-ham. Expensive but worth it. Also needs to be a place where they can manage their Hollandaise and not just take it from a refrigerator and microwave it. I am near-puking at the thought.
3 eggs over easy, hash browns, no toast, a meat of some sort (sausage, patty or frank, bacon, etc.). 3 bottles of champagne’s worth of mimosas (over about a two hour period). Not much of a diner, but it works for me.
@widijaz 3 bottles for one person?
@RiotDemon OK, that was for two people. Two thirsty alcoholics.
Two eggs over easy with grits and bacon.
Hash browns, well done, sausage patties, 3 eggs poached and drained on a pancake.
@JoeSeadog ever do a pancake sandwich? Put the eggs between the pancakes, cover in butter and syrup and mmmmm
A bottomless pot of coffee
eggs benedict
2 eggs over-medium, potatoes, bacon, biscuits and gravy. Unless I am in the true South, then I want grits instead of gravy.
Did I ever tell Y’all about the BEST grits we found in a tiny little town in Louisiana?? Brought tears to my eyes…it was like grits Heaven. They sat on my plate like a scoop of ice cream and I thought they were gonna be awful, till that first bite. They were light and fluffy and so full of buttery flavor… Mmmm. I ordered seconds and ate my Husband’s too!!
@jimeezlady I make my favorite grits at home. I’d like to take credit for special skillz, but my secret is to use stone ground, no de-germed grits in my Zojirushi rice cooker.
My favorite grits so far are from the Davis Grist Mill in Georgia and the Weisenberger Mill in Kentucky. Because they still have the germ they are fine for a few weeks in a cool dark place but should be refrigerated or frozen for long term storage.
At night i put them in the cooker with water and salt. I set the cooker for “porridge” and tell it to be done at 6:30. This way the grits soak all night.
I have no idea what time the cooker starts to be done at 6:30.
I worked my way through college making breakfasts in a diner. Omlet, biscuits and gravy, a couple of sides of meat, and a boatload of coffee.
Quarter cheese plate, double the plate, hashbrowns in a ring.
@MntlWard That sounds good, too. Maybe add some fruit.
@speediedelivery I don’t know if Waffle House has any fruit.
@MntlWard I have never been to a Waffle House. Am I missing out?
@speediedelivery It might depend on which Waffle House you go to. I tend to like it. Some people call it the Awful Waffle, but they say that when they say they got food from the Awful Waffle.
@MntlWard @speediedelivery I think so, tho people either love or loathe it. My argument for loving it is that everything is made to order and the kitchen is in full view of everyone—so it’s always fresh and clean (you would see if someone spit in your food). Also, the food is (IMO) outstanding!
@Gypsigirl213 - Via El Camino to the Waffle House!
@Gypsigirl213 @MntlWard @speediedelivery And I’ve never seen people so happy about working so hard.
You can’t see the dish washing station because it’s on the other side of the counter seating, but you can see everything else.
i recommend skipping the wee hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings, since a Waffle House full of drunks is less than optimal.
I also recommend getting hash browns instead of grits north of Tennessee, because there’s a good chance the grits will be less than optimal.
Bacon (crisp), 3 eggs (over easy), hash browns (crisp), toast (white), jelly (grape)
Everything omelet. Well done veggies, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, cheese, hollandaise. Works as a skillet meal too. Anytime of day.
“The Trucker Roundup”
Corned beef hash. If it’s a proper everything-from-scratch diner, it’ll be great, and if it’s an everything-from-canned-or-frozen, it’ll be terrible, but it’s one of the few diner menu staples that is both gluten- and dairy-free.
@jcroxmisox I love corn beef hash. Had kinda forgotten about it, so thanks!
@jcroxmisox there’s a great place a mile from us that serves homemade hash. Picture doesn’t do it justice
They also serve enormous pancakes they call love cakes
Some sort of omelet with home fries, not hash browns. Or occasionally matzoh brei.
/youtube buttermilk biscuits
Crepes but their probably not at the diner so I’m going somewhere that has them.
@star2236
All star special, eggs over medium, bacon burnt, white toast with strawberry jam, hash browns covered, pecan waffle.
The special. If that involves any choices: scrambled, scrapple, pancakes, whipped cream.
bacon and eggs if i’m being good
this time of year, pumpkin pancakes if i’m not, no syrup just whatever passes for butter
and I’ve i’m in one of those lucky places with a waffle house, none closer than about 400 miles - waffles with apple butter
/image apple butter
@Cerridwyn I used to order my toast with apple butter at Waffle House, and every time but one they forgot and i had to ask for it. Eventually i realized it was getting in the way of sopping up egg yolk and stopped.
@Cerridwyn @craigthom sopping up egg yolk is what the hashbrowns are for!
@craigthom
you need two orders of toast
@Cerridwyn @chienfou i use the toast to round up the last of the hash browns and yolk.
@Cerridwyn @craigthom Win/Win!
Country fried steak. Always a favorite but there needs to be more meat than breading. Throw some eggs and hash in there as well.
Two eggs, over easy. Hash browns, extra crispy. Bacon. Rye toast.
And I will dip all of it in those egg yolks.
Any an/or all the above because… BREAKFAST.
Shoney’s breakfast buffet used to be my favorite stop until they closed all the ones around me.
(Hey, is it my fault they were all you could eat??)
@chienfou we would hit those up on a motorhome trip in the 1990s. Felt so guilty because doctors had been telling me all the things I shouldn’t do! Funny thing is they now retracted some of those warnings because turns out some of it was bad science. So enjoy your buffet (in moderation)
When I was little my parents used to take me to local places (including Denny’s but some were better). I didn’t understand all the foods but remember saying I wanted “toast with jam and jelly” because I didn’t know the difference but knew I wanted them all!
In the 1980s there was a music/performance artist (some would say poet and storyteller too) named Laurie Anderson. She highlighted what was called the avant-garde moment of the time. Anyway this was from one of the songs/stories:
@pmarin Now this is a reason to bump a 5+ year old thread. Bravo! (I’m adding grits to my shopping list.)
@ItalianScallion I didn’t realize I was back in 2019.
I would love to be back in 1985 again but knowing all the stuff I figured out and/or screwed up since then. But that might make life too boring.
I swear Meh-bot bubbled it up to my list I have no idea why.
/youtube steve Martin omelette du fromage