Friday, February 5, 2016

Waffle House Redux

I have been to The House so frequently that I had gotten past needing to talk about it.  Although in the past year there was a moment when Anthony Bourdain was inducted into the Waffle House experience by Sean Brock, which was kind of a letdown and not as awesome a thing as you might think.  But this morning somewhere in Wake County we were super hungry from various adventures and I think I might have had the singular most effective and tasty WH breakfast moment of all.  I will enumerate the elements:

* Coffee - hot!  Fresh!
* Scrambled eggs - hot, fresh, flavorful
* Grits (not mine - but you can bet I forked freely off of those of my companion) - wonderfully corn-y, buttery and dense - lumpy if you will - but in the best way
* Hash Browns - Diced and Peppered (translated: with onions and jalapenos) - I had asked for extra crispy but really in a Waffle House you can ask but you don't always get extra crispy but today it was - super hot, extra crispy, and mighty spicy - with ketchup and Tobasco combo
* Biscuit!  Had never ordered this and really should hold off doing this with any regularity but apparently the m.o. with the biscuits is they slice 'em down the middle and put them face down on the griddle so they get this crunchy top and absorb pretty much I guess we have to call it lard but whatever it is - you get these super subtle bacony and/or country hammy notes - just amazing - way too rich - but savory and soul good.

Forgot to shoot it in advance.  Had not even considered getting a picture in advance.  But at least here's a picture of the aftermath:



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