Breakfast in America Now

stephenPE

stephenPE

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Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I loved taking my kids to breakfast when they were young. It was less expensive and I like breakfast foods....... I have met many friends for breakfast over the years. Mom and pop restaurants, Awful House, Cracker Barrel IHOP ,SHoneys etc. Breakfast is just simple and easy. I make great omelets and biscuits and gravy now.

Well, I meet up with this friend a few times a year for breakfast. I taught with her about 12 years. She mostly taught kindergarten and is single with no kids. We have been going to this great local place but today I said lets try IHOP.
Food was ok nothing great to me. I had Eggs Benedict and she had an omelet. Mine was below average and hers looked good. She had a Pepsi (not refilled) and I had coffee. Almost 37 dollars without a tip. Now it is worth it to me to buy our breakfast because she is a good friend but what a ripoff. I swear 10 years ago it was less than half this price. And the food was better.
We will go the other local place next time where the food is better and probably 10 dollars less. I don't go out much anymore because of my post surgery condition. I don't know how this IHOP stays in business. Their breakfast crow was maybe 4 other tables at most occupied. I drive by and see few cars in the lot. Well, my old man rant for the morning........
 

Totally agree with you on this. My neighbor and I go out for breakfast about once every 2 weeks. We talk about going to a new place but we always end up at a small family owned local spot. For that very reason. Too many hands in the money pot with chain places I guess because they sure don't make a better grade/quality of meal for the up in cost.
 
I get sticker shock every time I go into a restaurant.

For me, eating out isn’t about the food as much as the company and comes under the heading of entertainment.

At this point in my life, I would rather meet family or friends in a restaurant and pick up the tab than I would have them come to my apartment for a meal and everything that would entail.
 

Irishdude said:
This is so true. Who wants to pay forty bucks for a couple of eggs and some not-so-good coffee?
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actually the coffee was about the only thing that was decent today. And they had the small pot on the table so I had immediate refills.....even the IHOP pancakes were pathetic and the syrup flavorless......give me cracker barrel's real maple syrup
 
stephenPE said:
actually the coffee was about the only thing that was decent today. And they had the small pot on the table so I had immediate refills.....even the IHOP pancakes were pathetic and the syrup flavorless......give me cracker barrel's real maple syrup
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The IHOP in our town was open only about 5 yrs, closed this summer I guess.....this town is rough on sit-down restaurants...
 
I go to 3 breakfasts each month. High School class breakfast, Hometown Retirees breakfast and Retired Troopers breakfast. I go to the breakfasts every other month, except the retired Troopers, I usually make that one every month.

Hard to imagine, but all 3 are held at the same restaurant, which is family owned. Two eggs served any way I like, potatoes or applesauce, dry wheat toast and all the coffee I want $7. The food is very good. Waffle or 2 pancakes w/sausage or bacon and coffee, $10.

There are several other choices, but I stick to one of those.
 
stephenPE said:
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I loved taking my kids to breakfast when they were young. It was less expensive and I like breakfast foods....... I have met many friends for breakfast over the years. Mom and pop restaurants, Awful House, Cracker Barrel IHOP ,SHoneys etc. Breakfast is just simple and easy. I make great omelets and biscuits and gravy now.

Well, I meet up with this friend a few times a year for breakfast. I taught with her about 12 years. She mostly taught kindergarten and is single with no kids. We have been going to this great local place but today I said lets try IHOP.
Food was ok nothing great to me. I had Eggs Benedict and she had an omelet. Mine was below average and hers looked good. She had a Pepsi (not refilled) and I had coffee. Almost 37 dollars without a tip. Now it is worth it to me to buy our breakfast because she is a good friend but what a ripoff. I swear 10 years ago it was less than half this price. And the food was better.
We will go the other local place next time where the food is better and probably 10 dollars less. I don't go out much anymore because of my post surgery condition. I don't know how this IHOP stays in business. Their breakfast crow was maybe 4 other tables at most occupied. I drive by and see few cars in the lot. Well, my old man rant for the morning........
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I read this aloud to my husband and he knew instantly where it was going. We went to breakfast at IHop last Friday and had almost the very same experience. I didn't mind the ice cold hash browns, the over a little too easy eggs or the 1/2 inch wide bacon strips, but the pancakes being beige and tasteless was just unacceptable. It's the house of pancakes for goodness sake. Thirty-five dollars for us.

Like Aunt Bea, when I go out for lunch with my friends it's the social event I'm paying for so I don't mind the price too much, but when it's my husband and me it is mainly about the food.
 
stephenPE said:
Almost 37 dollars without a tip.
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That seems to be par for the course around here too. $40-$50 with tip for breakfast. The places I go have good food and service, but . . . :(

It doesn't seem it was that long ago that bacon, eggs, toast and coffee usually came to under $5.

btw, Last week it occurred to me that for some reason I'd never had eggs benedict so I thought I'd try it. It was okay, but when I got home I looked up the nutritional values. :eek::eek::eek: About 90% of the RDA for dietary fats in a single dish.
 
We went to Waffle House last Sunday and it was so good with the blueberry waffles. It cost about $6.69 or something per waffle.

I learned to make eggs benedict in home ec class in high school. I thought they were awful and I never wanted them again. Even the teacher's were not good.
 
stephenPE said:
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I loved taking my kids to breakfast when they were young. It was less expensive and I like breakfast foods....... I have met many friends for breakfast over the years. Mom and pop restaurants, Awful House, Cracker Barrel IHOP ,SHoneys etc. Breakfast is just simple and easy. I make great omelets and biscuits and gravy now.

Well, I meet up with this friend a few times a year for breakfast. I taught with her about 12 years. She mostly taught kindergarten and is single with no kids. We have been going to this great local place but today I said lets try IHOP.
Food was ok nothing great to me. I had Eggs Benedict and she had an omelet. Mine was below average and hers looked good. She had a Pepsi (not refilled) and I had coffee. Almost 37 dollars without a tip. Now it is worth it to me to buy our breakfast because she is a good friend but what a ripoff. I swear 10 years ago it was less than half this price. And the food was better.
We will go the other local place next time where the food is better and probably 10 dollars less. I don't go out much anymore because of my post surgery condition. I don't know how this IHOP stays in business. Their breakfast crow was maybe 4 other tables at most occupied. I drive by and see few cars in the lot. Well, my old man rant for the morning........
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I meet up with seniors at IHOP twice each month. There is a value menu where I order a ham and cheese omelet for six dollars. You need to search for it. Tomorrow is the day. I hope it is still on the menu.
 
I just read something saying eggs every day lowers our risk of dementia.

AI: Based on recent studies, frequent egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia, but it does not prevent all forms of dementia. This protective association is largely linked to the high concentration of choline and other nutrients found in eggs, particularly in the yolk.
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After my mother died, my father, like many men of his generation, barely knew how to turn on the stove. But he could do two things. make peanut butter sandwiches and scramble eggs. He mixed chunks of spam in his eggs. :sick:

So he was living on that and the kindness of his lady friends until the doctor told him his cholesterol was too high and he should give up eggs. He, not knowing a slightly high cholesterol level from a serious diagnosis, gave up all his eggs and even the peanut butter because "it was solid at room temperature." He died of mini strokes and dementia a few years later.:mad:
 
stephenPE said:
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. I loved taking my kids to breakfast when they were young. It was less expensive and I like breakfast foods....... I have met many friends for breakfast over the years. Mom and pop restaurants, Awful House, Cracker Barrel IHOP ,SHoneys etc. Breakfast is just simple and easy. I make great omelets and biscuits and gravy now.

Well, I meet up with this friend a few times a year for breakfast. I taught with her about 12 years. She mostly taught kindergarten and is single with no kids. We have been going to this great local place but today I said lets try IHOP.
Food was ok nothing great to me. I had Eggs Benedict and she had an omelet. Mine was below average and hers looked good. She had a Pepsi (not refilled) and I had coffee. Almost 37 dollars without a tip. Now it is worth it to me to buy our breakfast because she is a good friend but what a ripoff. I swear 10 years ago it was less than half this price. And the food was better.
We will go the other local place next time where the food is better and probably 10 dollars less. I don't go out much anymore because of my post surgery condition. I don't know how this IHOP stays in business. Their breakfast crow was maybe 4 other tables at most occupied. I drive by and see few cars in the lot. Well, my old man rant for the morning........
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Yes IHOP is over priced and underwhelming. Too bad.
 
We eat eggs most days but I mix 3 eggs with 1/3 cup egg whites. I add turmeric to bring back some yellow (also healthy) , mushrooms, peppers, onions, lots of spices. It makes a big plate each like a deconstructed omelet. Side of small lean pork chop or steak. Sourdough toast. Fills you up until lunch.
Or a quiche. Same start but blend with cottage cheeses and bake. A little cheese on top.
 
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stephenPE said:
actually the coffee was about the only thing that was decent today. And they had the small pot on the table so I had immediate refills.....even the IHOP pancakes were pathetic and the syrup flavorless......give me cracker barrel's real maple syrup
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You do know the cracker barrel isn't genuine maple syrup but that's ok. It is good.
 
I love avocado and I melt when I see Avocado Toast on the breakfast menu.
We have 2 places near us that serve it
Irish Cafe - served on 2 slices of Texas toast with about an inch of Avocado spread on it (with garnishing) $4.99
Dahlia Cafe - served one 1 slice of Texas Toast with about 4 inches of Avocado, tomato, green onion, bits of red bell pepper on top - $14.99
I love Avocado but not 4 inches of it at once and I will pass on paying 10 bucks more for 3 inches more of it.
 

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