I love fried eggs with fried chicken livers. Big hassle to make at home, but a truck stop near me serves some of the best fried livers I’ve ever had. Smoosh the livers around in egg yolk, with a side of hash browns, and you’ve got heaven on a plate!
<drools and rubs hands in anticipation>
Actually, after a stint in the Navy with watchstanding (working rotating shifts), I can eat anything at any time. No “Oh, I couldn’t eat that right after I get up” for me.
Well, not quite “never”. Americans really do eat something called “American cheese”, for instance (it’s like an extremely mild cheddar).
But steak tartare, in any form, is quite an uncommon dish over here. I’m sure there are some Americans who eat it (it’s a big country, after all), but it’s certainly not part of our national cuisine.
No mention of country ham? It is salty and tough, like something you’d eat on an 16th century ship. Still it can be quite good on a biscuit. I seem to understand it is uncommon outside the southeast.
When I exceed my monthly quota of breakfast pork and beef (typically on the 5th or 6th day of each month), I switch to MorningStar Farms Sausage Patties for my breakfast meat fix. They are great! They don’t taste like meat, but they have a pseudo meat-like texture and a faux meaty mouthfeel. The taste is unique, but quite enjoyable. Really.
Here’s my recipe: microwave a MorningStar Farms Sausage Patty for 1 minute. Put a thick slice of cheddar or pepper-jack cheese on top of the patty, then microwave for an additional 5-10 seconds (until the cheese begins to melt). Place the patty/cheese inside of a buttermilk biscuit (Brits: I mean a real Southern U.S. biscuit, not a cookie! … and, you Aussies, don’t try sneaking your bloody Vegemite in there—I’m keeping my eye on you! … and, you Norwegians, god knows what you’ll try to sneak in there, some type of rotten, fetid fish, no doubt—don’t do it!). Stay faithful to the recipe and you will be rewarded.
But, be warned: All MorningStar Farms products appear to be lacto-ovo vegatarian-friendly, but only some of their products are vegan. I learned this the hard way. I’m a carnivore/omnivore, but my teenage daughters are strict vegans.
Sweet dad that I am, I made what I thought was a vegan version of this breakfast sandwich for my kids: MorningStar Farms Sausage Patty, vegan cheese (which tastes like Elmer’s Glue) in a vegan biscuit (which tastes like plasterboard).
I woke up my girls and proudly served them these “vegan” sandwiches. They liked the taste … they then decided to read the MorningStar Farms Sausage Patty ingredients.
… it was all downhill from there.
Girls: [spitting out the breakfast sandwich onto their plates] *DAD! This has egg and milk products in it!!! *
Me: Wha…? I didn’t know girls, I promise!
Girls: Why do you hate animals!
Me: I don’t! I like animals. Sometimes I like to eat them, but generally, I’m pretty darned nice to animals. Ask Daisy and Tibby (our dog and cat), I’m very nice to them. And, guess what? Neither of them are vegan, or vegetarian … they are meat-eaters! They like to eat the flesh of other animals even more than I do. If you want to pick a fight, pick it with your damned pets, not me!
But, yeah, if you’re not vegan, try MorningStar Farms Sausage Patties, they’re not bad
I’ll bet it’s tofu. Yeccch! :mad:
In re eating meat, show your girls this video. 
