# Breakfast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271 "2015-07-26T22:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/1 "2015-07-26T22:45:30Z")
Before the SO moved in, breakfast was whatever leftovers happened to be in the fridge. Could be curry, could be pizza. Since she’s been living here, we have what she calls ‘breakfast food’. Hashbrowns (made from scratch), bacon, pancakes, eggs, omelettes, ‘fry-up’ (diced potatoes and onions cooked in bacon grease, the bacon added back, and eggs cracked on top and ‘poached’), biscuits and gravy, ‘home fries’ (when I’m too lazy to grate potatoes for hashbrowns)… Oh, not all at the same meal, of course. Nothing wrong with this ‘breakfast food’. This morning we each had two 2-oz. patties of Jimmy Dean’s sausage, two eggs over-easy, and a biscuit with butter and jam. But leftover meatloaf or pot roast would sure be nice! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/2 "2015-07-26T22:50:58Z")
_“Cold pizza. It’s not just for breakfast anymore!”_ ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/3 "2015-07-26T23:16:22Z")
I think you gotta winner with the new SO. I like breakfast food. But I remember, in a previous life, eating leftover lasagna, garlic bread for breakfast. I did love it! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/4 "2015-07-26T23:20:31Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I think you gotta winner with the new SO. I like breakfast food. But guess who does all of the cooking! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/5 "2015-07-26T23:32:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But guess who does all of the cooking! :dubious: I think she’s trying to kill you for your immense wealth. Plus, YOU’RE doing the cooking? She’s got you digging your own grave; how Tarantino-ish. No one ever died from eating cold pizza or meatloaf (Mmmmm…meatloaf) for breakfast. Unless they choked on it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/6 "2015-07-26T23:34:45Z")
I cannot bloody figure out how to make crispy hash browns. Share your secret? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/7 "2015-07-26T23:36:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But guess who does all of the cooking! Well, that stealth brag took an unexpected turn. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/8 "2015-07-26T23:37:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But guess who does all of the cooking! :dubious: I think you need to renegotiate the contract. It ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/9 "2015-07-26T23:45:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No one ever died from eating cold pizza or meatloaf (Mmmmm…meatloaf) for breakfast. Unless they choked on it. 😉 Mmmm… Cold meat loaf with tomato sauce! > [@Sattua](#): > > I cannot bloody figure out how to make crispy hash browns. Share your secret? Grate the potatoes with the grating disc on your food processor. (Box graters are a PITA.) Rinse in a colander, squeezing the starch out. Keep doing it. Soak in water while you cook your meat. (I cook the bacon, and then hold it in the oven so I don’t have to dirty another pan.) Rinse and squeeze. Dry it as much as you can. Some people use cloth towels, but I use paper towels and squeeze the potatoes in them. Fry in butter or margarine. Not too hot, because you want the middle done. Just fry 'til crispy, turning once. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/10 "2015-07-26T23:56:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Before the SO moved in, breakfast was whatever leftovers happened to be in the fridge. Could be curry, could be pizza. Since she’s been living here, we have what she calls ‘breakfast food’. Hashbrowns (made from scratch), bacon, pancakes, eggs, omelettes, ‘fry-up’ (diced potatoes and onions cooked in bacon grease, the bacon added back, and eggs cracked on top and ‘poached’), biscuits and gravy, ‘home fries’ (when I’m too lazy to grate potatoes for hashbrowns)… Oh, not all at the same meal, of course. Nothing wrong with this ‘breakfast food’. This morning we each had two 2-oz. patties of Jimmy Dean’s sausage, two eggs over-easy, and a biscuit with butter and jam. > > But leftover meatloaf or pot roast would sure be nice! Easy! Have breakfast for dinner and leftovers for breakfast. (just don’t ask where the leftovers come from. I dunno). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/11 "2015-07-27T00:20:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > E(just don’t ask where the leftovers come from. I dunno). Mmm, I’m starving. What’s for dinner? Leftover parfait. It’s even worse than it sounds! Once a week Mom cleans out the fridge. Anything that doesn’t have something growing on it gets served for dinner. Did we have spaghetti or Chinese food on Thursday? Neither. Ah! No digging! (SQUELCHING) Sunday, Saturday, Friday… It finally happened! The fifth level of this week’s leftover parfait is last week’s leftover parfait! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/12 "2015-07-27T00:36:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Mmmm… Cold meat loaf with tomato sauce! \ My favorite sandwich all through grammar and junior high school–last night’s meat loaf on bread (Mom would include a ketchup packet to be applied just before devouring, so the bread wouldn’t get soggy.). If the meatloaf warmed up a tad before lunch, so much the better. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/13 "2015-07-27T00:39:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > My favorite sandwich all through grammar and junior high school–last night’s meat loaf on bread (Mom would include a ketchup packet to be applied just before devouring, so the bread wouldn’t get soggy.). If the meatloaf warmed up a tad before lunch, so much the better. Good times. Meatloaf sandwiches \*are \*the dog’s baws. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/14 "2015-07-27T00:42:16Z")
O’brian potatoes, bell peppers and onions, bacon, diced ham, and colby jack cheese. Place on half a 4 egg omelet then fold in half. Lightly salt and pepper and add a little hot sauce. Thomas’s English muffins, lightly buttered. Coffee and Orange juice. (for 2 people) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/15 "2015-07-27T01:58:15Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I think you gotta winner with the new SO. I like breakfast food. > > But I remember, in a previous life, eating leftover lasagna, garlic bread for breakfast. I did love it! I missed this post first time around. Cold, leftover, homemade lasagna for breakfast? You betcha! My mother was a hillbilly, but she could make lasagna from scratch that you’d pay $20 a pop for. It was even better the next morning, cold from the fridge. I’ve made scratch lasagna once; it was really good but, MAN, it’s a lot of work. Thanx, mom! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/16 "2015-07-27T02:08:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Mmmm… Cold meat loaf with tomato sauce! > > Grate the potatoes with the grating disc on your food processor. (Box graters are a PITA.) Rinse in a colander, squeezing the starch out. Keep doing it. Soak in water while you cook your meat. (I cook the bacon, and then hold it in the oven so I don’t have to dirty another pan.) Rinse and squeeze. Dry it as much as you can. Some people use cloth towels, but I use paper towels and squeeze the potatoes in them. Fry in butter or margarine. Not too hot, because you want the middle done. Just fry 'til crispy, turning once. Also, use either a russet potato or a Yukon Gold. Reds are too waxy and should be used in potato salad. No need to squeeze out the starch, but definitely squeeze out the moisture. You can also fry in bacon fat or duck fat. Most important, per your last sentence, don’t fuck with them until you’re ready to flip them over in one large piece. I’d also recommend using a cast iron or stainless clad steel pan, rather than non-stick. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/17 "2015-07-27T02:29:05Z")
Toast, coffee, and silence. That’s what’s for breakfast. I’m not a morning person. Once the blood gets moving, a nice brunchlike menu wouldn’t be amiss on the weekends. I’ll even do the dishes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/18 "2015-07-27T06:31:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > My favorite sandwich all through grammar and junior high school–last night’s meat loaf on bread (Mom would include a ketchup packet to be applied just before devouring, so the bread wouldn’t get soggy.). If the meatloaf warmed up a tad before lunch, so much the better. Good times. Mine was a leftover spaghetti sandwich. Mom would brown two pounds of hamburger meat with chopped onions, and use that in the spaghetti sauce then mix it into a stock pot with two pounds of spaghetti. Even feeding ten or more people, there was always plenty left in the fridge the following morning to slap between two slices of buttered bread. ETA: Meatloaf was also great. But there was hardly EVER leftovers of that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/19 "2015-07-27T06:36:01Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Toast, coffee, and silence. That’s what’s for breakfast. > > I’m not a morning person. > > Once the blood gets moving, a nice brunchlike menu wouldn’t be amiss on the weekends. I’ll even do the dishes. 😃 Nice of you to offer, but the restaurant really prefers to be paid with actual money… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271/20 "2015-07-27T14:06:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Mine was a leftover spaghetti sandwich. Mom would brown two pounds of hamburger meat with chopped onions, and use that in the spaghetti sauce then mix it into a stock pot with two pounds of spaghetti. Even feeding ten or more people, there was always plenty left in the fridge the following morning to slap between two slices of buttered bread. > > ETA: Meatloaf was also great. But there was hardly EVER leftovers of that. I feel your pain. (An aside: Heel piece, yes or no?) Kudos for thinking outside the box–I _ **never** _ thought of leftover spaghetti sandwich. I have wasted my youth. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast/726271.md?page=2)