# Diner breakfast! Whatcha having? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353 "2017-11-01T01:32:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/81 "2017-11-02T18:32:51Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I used to drink Mountain Dew in the mornings all the time. My favorite soda, plus it’s one of the highest in caffeine. > > Many many years ago, I took a “Drugs and Society” class, which included a chapter on caffeine. There was a list in the textbook of sodas by caffeine content. Number one, by a landslide, was Jolt, with 70+ milligrams per can. Mountain Dew was #3, about 55 mg per can. > > Number two, for some oddball reason, was Sugar Free Mr. Pibb. I shit you not. Regular Mr. Pibb was around 37 mg, like most of the other colas. Not to derail this into a soda thread, but in the same vein as the Pibb, I used to drink caffeine free Mt. Dew because I swore it tasted better/had more flavor than regular ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/82 "2017-11-02T18:42:32Z")
The diner where I often have breakfast ([Tops American Grill](http://topsrotterdam.com/)) makes the greatest corned beef hash in the world. So I’d order my favorite: corned beef hash, two eggs over easy, home fries (also exceptional) and rye toast. When I get tired of that,I’d go with their bacon, tomato, and cheese (swiss) omelette with home fries and ray toast. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/83 "2017-11-02T18:53:18Z")
With a half dozen genuine diners within ~10 minutes of my house, a Jersey Diner Breakfast™ is a fairly normal thing. My go to? Scrambled eggs. Home fries, well done. Toast (usually white unless I’m trying to be healthy, then wheat) Pork Roll\* Mmm… coffee If you haven’t been to a Jersey diner you really need to try one 🙂 - Bacon is an acceptable substitute, but nothing beats pork roll\*\* \*\* Case’s Pork Roll that is… not “Trenton” brand, and definitely not that “Taylor Ham” crap. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/84 "2017-11-02T18:56:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Chicken-fried steak and eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, OJ, coffee light and sweet. This’ll do it, except I’ll take the coffee black. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/85 "2017-11-02T19:07:10Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Don’t forget the Portuguese sausage or SPAM:eek: as sides. SPAM is good with all meals 😃 Well there’s: egg and bacon egg, sausage and bacon egg and spam egg, bacon and spam egg, bacon, sausage and spam spam, bacon, sausage and spam spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam spam, spam, spam, egg and spam spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam or lobster thermidor aux crevettes, with a mornay sauce garnished with truffle paté, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/anwy2MPT5RE/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - Spam") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE) ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/86 "2017-11-02T20:01:17Z")
Two eggs over medium, home fries, toasted English muffin and homemade jam. Cup of coffee w/ cream. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/87 "2017-11-03T01:52:31Z")
I always order the _Where’s the men’s room Mac? Gotta go, and no foolin’!_ Somebody will get that. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/88 "2017-11-03T02:02:35Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > I always order the _Where’s the men’s room Mac? Gotta go, and no foolin’!_ Somebody will get that. I got it. Jesus Christ, a 1968 Don Martin joke from MAD Magazine? Why do I remember THAT, and not where I left my keys? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/89 "2017-11-03T02:08:56Z")
**Sternvogel @80:**. Weird how so many people don’t finish the home fries. I am one of those anal Russel Hoban\* people who makes their omelette, potatoes, sausages, rye toast, and tomato juice COME OUT EVEN. I made a highly successful pan of home fries last night to accompany a dinner of pork chops with mustard vinaigrette and grilled shiitake mushrooms. The secret is LOTS AND LOTS of butter. - See _Bread and Jam for Frances._ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/90 "2017-11-03T02:45:31Z")
Biscuits ‘n’ gravy, couple of sausage links (or patties), crispy hash browns, a ramekin of hatch green chile all washed down with some Jamacian Blue Mountain. Maybe a mimosa too (juice optional). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/91 "2017-11-03T02:48:24Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Full English, please. Failing that, Eggs Benedict or Norwegian. Damn, I’d KILL for a Full English. Never seen a grilled tomato or mushroom caps offered for breakfast anywhere in America, though, let alone a nice white pudding or gammon. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/92 "2017-11-03T03:29:32Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > YES! Just what I came in to post. Awesome, aren’t they? > > I also love their grilled mahi mahi with two over-easy eggs, rice, papaya half and a glass of POG. Alright, next time I am there, that’s what I’m going to try. Sounds healthier than the hash and fried rice. . ---
**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:** [November 3, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/93 "2017-11-03T03:49:21Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Damn, I’d KILL for a Full English. Never seen a grilled tomato or mushroom caps offered for breakfast anywhere in America, though, let alone a nice white pudding or gammon. [Where to Eat a Full English Breakfast in New York City](https://ny.eater.com/maps/full-english-breakfast-fry-up-restaurants-new-york-city) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/94 "2017-11-03T03:55:43Z")
A fresh made flour tortilla (from the store down the street) folded around diced bacon, egg and cheese - topped with hatch chili sauce. Black coffee to wash it down. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/95 "2017-11-03T04:08:02Z")
Cheese blintz with cherry sauce. Man, it’s been a long time since I had one. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/96 "2017-11-03T04:10:26Z")
Glazed cruller French Toast, sausage patties, three scrambled. Chocolate milk. Alternate: Omelette with mushrooms and swiss, sausage links, English muffin with butter and strawberry jam. Coffee light and sweet. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/97 "2017-11-03T04:16:06Z")
Eggs over easy, corned beef hash, hash browns, coffee with skim. Hold the toast. I don’t really care much for Tabasco sauce _execpt_ in a diner setting. It’s probably just habit but a couple dashes makes the eggs and hash browns sing. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/98 "2017-11-03T04:18:01Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Eggs over easy, corned beef hash, hash browns, coffee with skim. Hold the toast. > > I don’t really care much for Tabasco sauce _execpt_ in a diner setting. It’s probably just habit but a couple dashes makes the eggs and hash browns sing. The green Tabasco is ONLY good at breakfast. But only if you can’t get a real, fresh salsa verde. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/99 "2017-11-03T15:18:28Z")
I would eat all of the breakfast possible. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353/100 "2017-11-03T15:34:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Where to Eat a Full English Breakfast in New York City](https://ny.eater.com/maps/full-english-breakfast-fry-up-restaurants-new-york-city) Then kyew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diner-breakfast-whatcha-having/800353.md?page=6)