Mmmmm. I love a good Huddle House / Waffle House breakfast for lunch or dinner. Nothing better when you are on a road trip. I always hit the Huddle House in Robbinsville when I go to MOTD. Last time I picked up the check for a table full of local LEOs (mostly plates of cheese fries and sodas... probably $15 for the table) and dashed before they knew who did it. I figured if the local cops were in a slightly better mood, then maybe the MINI folks would wind up with a few less tickets! That, and cops do a job that I value and that I wouldn't want to do myself... so they deserve a thanks for that, every now and then.
I see they have one Huddle House located in Seville Ohio..... I'll make a point of having lunch there on our upcoming road trip.
I had to do a search on Huddle House. "Huddle House is an American chain of 24-hour diner-style restaurants with over 360 locations in 23 states, primarily found in the Southern United States." Wow. I had never even heard of it until today. How did that happen? I do enjoy the occasional breakfast at Waffle House. I always order the same thing... Pull one sausage. Drop one hasbrown. Mark triple scramble plate. That and WH coffee is just what the doctor did NOT order. :devil: CD
I scored big-time at the Manager's Special section of the meat department at Kroger. Two big Flat Iron Steaks. They used to be cheap -- poor man's tenderloin -- until they got popular, and now they cost as much as tenderloin, so this Manager's Special was sweet. I cooked half of one, London Broil style. Sous vide and seared nice and rare. I sautéed some onions and baby mushrooms to go with the meat. CD .
I cooked some sausage and peppers with a locally made sweet Italian sausage, green and yellow bell peppers, onions, garlic, fish basil from the garden, and freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano. CD .
In the process of making a peach cobbler using a quart of peaches my daughter canned last year. Sitting and watching the timer now. Pics later if it's worthy. EDIT: Well, it ain't pretty, but it sure is tasty.
Huddle House is a down-market Waffle House... if you can imagine such a place. Take an old Waffle House, forget to clean it for a few days and then fire 1/2 of the employees... the better ones. That's a Huddle House. PS: I still go to 'em both! My Waffle House order is the All American... eggs scrambled well w/ sausage and a pecan waffle. PPS: Anthony Bourdain loves the Waffle House! [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_kbIVxl_o"]Anthony Bourdain tries the Waffle House - YouTube[/ame]
I guess HH varies according to location. The one here is nicer than any WH I've been to in years. And I'm a fan of WH! Never met one I didn't like. They used to have a kicka$$ hamburger steak, but no more. HH menu has way more choices than WH too. http://www.huddlehouse.com/# https://www.wafflehouse.com/waffle-house-menu/
I got a good deal on pork shoulder, and made some hard-cider-braised pork for supper last night. Had leftover pork on rice tonight. CD .
Hah.... We stopped at the HH for lunch.... I would classify this one as a down grade to the standard WH... WH is pretty good at what they offer / do... Clean fast cheap and you can get chunked your way..... They get you back on the road quickly... A big reach before either one approaches Cracker Barrel.... We didn't stop at HH on the return trip...
I've been to 3 different Cracker Barrels... I've yet to have a good meal there. Food was either cold, over-salted (massively over salted... like WTF happened here?) or simply made with absolutely no care at all. Hmmm... Now I'm hungry for lunch at WH! EDIT: I skipped the trip to WH when I remembered that I had some left over shredded hash browns and kielbasa sausage in the fridge. That and a few eggs made for a spectacular omelette lunch. Maybe tomorrow...
Yeah, Cracker Barrel does love the salt shaker. I had a country ham steak there years ago that I could not eat, it was that salty. CD
Dinner tonight. Fried potatoes, onions, and diced hot smoked sausage. Ain't pretty, but was darn tasty. And for desert, a hot cherry cobbler. All it was missing was the vanilla ice cream, but that dish was nixed on my last visit to the sawbones.
Made it home for a week, my most favorite lunch on the island: Fish sandwich on raisin bread, fried rock shrimp, industrial strength rum swizzle.
I found some veal scaloppine on sale, so so breaded and pan fried some in OO and butter, made a sauce with LOTS of butter, and had some Veal Picatta last night. Flash-fried broccoli and cauliflower on the side. CD .