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I love this video, and I am a huge fan of the Waffle House. Plain good food served to inebriated people all over the south.
I am a foodie. I love to cook and I love to enjoy good food. I also tend to be a snob about my food being better than fast food. The Waffle House is the exception.
Where else can you go at 2am, hammered or stoned, and be served the ideal munchies food?
The hashbrowns are legendary. My go to order is Scattered, Smothered and Covered. I will occasionally add Chunked.
To those uneducated in the mystic ways of Waffle House, this means the hashbrowns are Scattered on the griddle, smothered in onions and covered in American cheese. Chunked adds chunks of diced ham.
The eggs come any way you want. Over easy is easily my favorite, to go with the hashbrowns.
And the waffles? Perfectly cooked with plenty of fake butter and tasty syrup. But the Pecan Waffle is the ultimate waffle. It defies description, especially for someone who's vocabulary is limited by vast quantities of alcohol and/or herbal intoxication.
The Patty Melt is a think of beauty for someone who has just spent 6 or 8 hours driving, with another few hours to go (especially in the middle of the night).
I have even worked up the courage to try Bert's Chili. Not the best chili ever, but passable, especially when spooned over the aforementioned hashbrowns.
FEMA even used (and still does in some areas) something called The Waffles House Index to describe the seriousness of a disaster.
GREEN - Waffle house has power and a full menu. Damages are limited.
YELLOW - Power is out, or perhaps running on a generator. Menu is limited and food supplies may be running low. Damages are serious.
RED - Waffle House is closed. This means the situation is dire and you should run.
In 1996 I was hired to manage a hotel in Jonesboro GA, a suburb of Atlanta. From my parking lot I could see the signs of 3 different Waffle House restaurants. Often I would get to work early, put in a few hours of work, and then take a mid-morning break for breakfast. Tasty, dependable food and always plenty of good coffee. I didn't understand how the 3 restaurants could stay open. Until I was staying at the hotel while my apartment was being painted. After midnight, all 3 restaurants were slammed. Feeding the inebriated masses.
Later, when I was working all over the eastern half of the country as a safety director and trainer, I came to depend on Waffle House for food and coffee as I traveled. It didn't matter the hour, the population of the area, my familiarity with the area, or the weather. The warm yellow glow of the Waffle House sign was always a welcome to a weary traveler.
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