Oh yeah. Now, you have reminded me of the difference in culture. In the South, every stranger in the elevator wants to say hi to you, and sometime mild about how is the weather, but sometime about what I think about the last college football game, and where do I work…etc… In the North, everyone just keeps to themselves.
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To be fair, I’d never seen a photo of Slash without his sunglasses and top hat before this image. Not sure I’d have known who he was either.
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What’s HEB?
I read through this and wondered why I haven’t been to a Waffle House, so I looked them up, and there are three in town, but it almost looks like they plotted to be as far away from me as possible and still be in town. So I’ll have to make a road trip.
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HEB i. Texas grocery chain – in some ways the very best grocery in the country. Wonderful produce.
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I just learned more about this in an interview with John Kung!
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This is distressing.
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I’ve never been to the Deep South. The furthest I’ve been is London Kentucky. When I went on a trip there the Waffle House was one item on my list of things to check out, along with The Boone Tavern in Berea, Burgoo and Cincinnati Skyline Chili. No fights broke at the Waffle House but I understand it’s appeal. Burgoo was interesting like a weird minestrone soup. The other two were also good.
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London is a home rule-class city[4] in Laurel County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county.[5] The population was 8,053 at the time of the 2020 census.[6] It is the second-largest city named “London” in the United States and the fourth-largest in the world.[citation needed] It is part of the London, Kentucky micropolitan area. Of the seventeen micropolitan areas in Kentucky, London is the largest; the London micropolitan area’s 2010 Census population was 126,368. London is also home to the annual World Chicken Festival that celebrates the life of Colonel Sanders and features the world’s largest skillet.
Did you visit the world’s largest skillet?
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No. From there I turned east towards West Virginia.
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Thanks for sharing. I hope they make progress toward their goals. I wonder if they will call for a boycott at some point? We do patronize from time to time…
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I’m embarrassed that I haven’t given more thought in the past to what the employees go through. Being charged for staff meals whether you eat them or not was pretty shocking.
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I too have never been to one and also can’t imagine a scenario where I would. (I dislike chains and rarely travel to places where that is the only option; feel free to insult me too.)
May I ask though, what’s the food like? I think of it as all pre-made mixes and products, nothing fresh. Then again, even a bad pancake is still pretty good. And you can’t really mess up a fried egg.
I’m going for the hash browns when I finally make it to Waffle House.
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There are many descriptions of the food upthread. There are also several other posts by people who feel they must express their scorn for a place they have never experienced. 160 million customers a year in the land of Waffle House are probably not wrong.
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In both Dallas and Houston there was a small chain of restaurants called Steak and Egg on their signs but referred to by many as Sweaty Betty’s. They had a lot of superficial similarities to Waffle House, but as we all know, appearances can be deceiving. There is a fine art to maintaining well seasoned griddles and waffle irons. Achieving and maintaining perfection really impacts the food. That is why Steak and Egg had its ignominious nickname, yet Waffle House is revered. Achieving and maintaining perfection while turning out not only breakfast but also lunch and dinner is incredibly rare. Waffle House does it.
In my various cooking gigs from truck stop short order cook to high end French, I have learned that every cuisine has its nuances. In the world of short order cooking it is essential to be able to nail various cooks of eggs, hashbrowns, toasts, waffles, pancakes, burgers, and so on. A good short order cook knows how Bill or Rachel like their food, too. I would love to see some of the rockstar chefs thrown into a Waffle House environment.
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Geesh - Lots of passion about the midwest and Waffle House! Isn’t that nice.
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From my post a few years ago:
“I wasn’t paying attention to the original order but overheard at a Waffle House recently when the guy behind us sent back his three fried eggs because they were cooked together in the same pan. “I specifically asked for three eggs over easy cooked separately”… he was nice about it. They apologized and got three pans going.”
I’ve only been there in the morning for breakfast. Everyone is so friendly and welcoming. Never been there late at night.
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Did I insult anyone? If so, I must have done it inadvertently. I thought I was responding to someone dumping on an entire area of the country that includes where I grew up without having been there. A prejudice of another sort.
If you haven’t been to WH and won’t even try it, then what’s the use of explaining as you have already made up your mind?
For those of us who grew up with WH, it’s part of a shared experience. There is a great Bourdain episode where he is with Sean Brock (clearly before his intervention watching that episode) where they go to WH. If WH is good enough for Sean, then I am good with it too.
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