What's your favorite Diner Food?
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Worked in a diner in high school, and used to have a solid egg game. I have discovered an easy trick for over easy eggs. Get a glass lid for your sauté pan and cover the pan about halfway through your cooking time. The trapped heat & steam will cook over the yolk and you don’t have to worry about flipping the egg. A solid lid will work as well, but a glass lid lets you keep half an eye on the egg.
My grandmother would cook eggs in the bacon grease and spoon the hot grease over the eggs so as to not have to flip them. Probably one of the reasons why I have blocked arteries today.
Pat’s Diner in Belmar, NJ was a usual 2 AM stop for me in the early 90s. Pork roll, egg, and cheese on a Kaiser bun with a side of cheese fries and gravy was the go to. Needless to say,I got fat but never went to sleep hungry.
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Ha! Old school. Especially when the excess grease was kept in a can and used later.
Some things need to stay in the past...
My Dad cooked everything in the bacon grease
Deliciousand scary
at the same time
I don’t cook everything in bacon grease, but I always save my bacon drippings. One of my favorite guilty pleasures is to soften some bacon drippings in the microwave in order to spread it on toasted sourdough instead of butter. Manna from heaven.
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Reuben's / Rueben's are hard for me to ever turn down. Even the half a$$ed versions in the midwest/ save a few awesome deli's.
I do that. And there is nothing better than potatoes cooked in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease.
Agree on Belmar Diner. One of the best imho.
Here’s what I think of when I think of diners:
Jack tells Flo to hold the chicken
Here’s what I think of when I think of diners:
Jack tells Flo to hold the chicken
i go with breakfast 90% - pretty much everything mentioned here and anytime of the day. If i am going turkey or roast beef, I like the real thing. Turkey comes from a cooked turkey not meat put into a high pressure press. not a fan of the fabricated meats.
My Mother-in-law is Hungarian and she said this was one of her main dishes growing up. A big slab of fatty bacon skewered with a stick and burned over a campfire. The drippings would be caught on a piece of bread with onion.
Funny thing is, I recently found her cousins that still live in Hungary. And just last month, they posted a picture of them doing just that at a campfire.
I love traditions!
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breakfast of champions with a side of Atorvastatin!
Any diner - prefer breakfast.
At Ye Olde College Diner (back in the day), I liked the Undergraduate cheeseburger sandwich and Stickies!
At Ye Olde College Diner (back in the day), I liked the Undergraduate cheeseburger sandwich and Stickies!
Breakfast: Belgian Waffle or Eggs over medium w/ home fries, bacon, and toast
Lunch: Cup of Soup (Ham & Bean, Pea, Wedding, French Onion), Club Sandwich
Supper: Cup of Soup, Meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes & gravy or Roast Turkey w/ Stuffing, Gravy & Cranberry Sauce.
Lunch: Cup of Soup (Ham & Bean, Pea, Wedding, French Onion), Club Sandwich
Supper: Cup of Soup, Meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes & gravy or Roast Turkey w/ Stuffing, Gravy & Cranberry Sauce.
Stay in the past? F that.Ha! Old school. Especially when the excess grease was kept in a can and used later.
I have the same red Corning Ware small rectangular glass topped container my Dad used to store bacon fat. That beautiful off white substance is used for cooking eggs, fried potatoes, collard greens and spinach, cabbage, and whenever some dish needs a kick.
My son and daughter have similar containers and do the same thing with this precious substance.
Hint: For those of you going thru the Harrisburg Area, stop at Schmidt’s Sausage Shop. Yes, they have the best hot smoked sausage in the world ( many are convinced when they visit my home and eat it cooked in sauerkraut and placed lovingly in a hard crusted roll). But the real prize there is their bacon. It is enveloped in a red spicy coating. When cooked you have a red bacon fat that is spicy and Worth fighting for it is so good. You are welcome in advance.
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Now anyone with any diner experience knows that you want different orders, depending on the situation.
After 4 - (senior discount baby!), hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and stuffing smothered with gravy with that dollop of cranberry sauce.
Before 10 - 3 eggs sunny side up, fried potatoes (no onion) slice of ham, a barrel of coffee, extra rye toast, and a large tomato juice.
Noon - Turkey club and French fries with no sugar iced tea. Bottle of ketchup
When I’m there alone - Liver and onions, French fries, bowl of chili, sugar free iced tea.
After 4 - (senior discount baby!), hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and stuffing smothered with gravy with that dollop of cranberry sauce.
Before 10 - 3 eggs sunny side up, fried potatoes (no onion) slice of ham, a barrel of coffee, extra rye toast, and a large tomato juice.
Noon - Turkey club and French fries with no sugar iced tea. Bottle of ketchup
When I’m there alone - Liver and onions, French fries, bowl of chili, sugar free iced tea.
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Stay in the past? F that.Ha! Old school. Especially when the excess grease was kept in a can and used later.
Some things make life worth living. For me it’s what is pictured above and a good end cut of prime rib.
breakfast of champions with a side of Atorvastatin!
As a recipient of two five hour surgeries in one day, one for a quadruple bypass and another to fix the mess the surgeon made of the first, I believe it was all worth it.
Be a man, live life, and deal with the consequences. You only get one go at this world, you should enjoy it. A life of caution and sameness is no life at all. The real living takes place at the extremes.
It's all good! I just know too many folks from Mississippi that always had a grease can/ jar on the stove. Mom used to do it for a while then just stopped. She was a depression era baby. I used to think it came from that.
"A good end cut of Prime Rib..." Did you say anything else? Sorry you distracted me with prime rib talk.
(Sorry in advance Bob!) Be right back!...
I hear ya. As a CABGx5 and 8 stents and counting, why the sugar free iced tea?
I just got back from seeing a specialist at Thomas Jefferson Hospital today. I made a stop at Dinic's in Reading Terminal Market for a roast pork sandwich before heading out of town. I'm no angel, but I've cut back. I used to have 2
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That's amazing. I've worked in many a diner/restaurant in my day and had all my faculties. It is not an easy job.
I used to go to John's White House diner in Forty Fort when the Saba family owned it. The owner never wrote anything down. The order was always right. When you were finished, you would walk up to the register, tell him what you had and he would give you the total, push a couple buttons an an old cash register where it made a ringing sound and make change. It was hilarious. I believe he put 6 kids through college, and it wasn't that big of a place.
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Sure that wasn't 1-1/2 today? Asking for a... ah nevermind.I hear ya. As a CABGx5 and 8 stents and counting, why the sugar free iced tea?
I just got back from seeing a specialist at Thomas Jefferson Hospital today. I made a stop at Dinic's in Reading Terminal Market for a roast pork sandwich before heading out of town. I'm no angel, but I've cut back. I used to have 2
I hear ya. As a CABGx5 and 8 stents and counting, why the sugar free iced tea?
I just got back from seeing a specialist at Thomas Jefferson Hospital today. I made a stop at Dinic's in Reading Terminal Market for a roast pork sandwich before heading out of town. I'm no angel, but I've cut back. I used to have 2
I’ll make sure we have low sodium Bloody Mary mix for tailgating!I hear ya. As a CABGx5 and 8 stents and counting, why the sugar free iced tea?
I just got back from seeing a specialist at Thomas Jefferson Hospital today. I made a stop at Dinic's in Reading Terminal Market for a roast pork sandwich before heading out of town. I'm no angel, but I've cut back. I used to have 2
Super dogs may be limited as will scrapple!
liver and onions - yum! Good diner food. It must never be over cooked. Pink on the inside please, and if it’s fried with bacon, all the better. Mashed potatoes on the side for the gravy.
I prefer sugar free, obviously not for health reasons given my food choices.
Bless you my friend."A good end cut of Prime Rib..." Did you say anything else? Sorry you distracted me with prime rib talk.
(Sorry in advance Bob!) Be right back!...
Maple syrup is too addictive. Fell in love with this stuff. Bourbon barrel flavoring is a nice touch.and only one kind of syrup
Dippy eggs, pork roll, cream chipped beef and home fries.
Two meats! Be bold. Live bold. Good choices.
Dippy eggs? You from Central Pa or have an Irish Catholic mother?
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