# I'm going to have Waffle House this week! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554 "2013-11-10T05:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/21 "2013-11-11T19:43:40Z")
If you aren’t used to Cracker Barrels stop at one of those for lunch or dinner too. ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/22 "2013-11-11T19:53:07Z")
Oh LAWD, Don’t get me started on Cracker Barrel. Love all their breakfast items, not too fond of their bacon laden lunch and dinners. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/23 "2013-11-11T19:55:17Z")
May God have mercy on your arteries. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/24 "2013-11-11T19:57:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I think they’ve changed within the past decade, but for the longest time WH never accepted credit or debit cards. It’s the only place I check for the visa/mastercard labels on the door before I go in. JEFF FOXWORTHY: “If you have a Waffle House credit card, you might be a redneck!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/25 "2013-11-11T20:10:07Z")
> [@Happyasaclam](#): > > Oh LAWD, > Don’t get me started on Cracker Barrel. > Love all their breakfast items, not too fond of their bacon laden lunch and dinners. I like CB as well, but can’t stand the cutesy names they give their menu items. I just tell the waiter - “I want two eggs, some bacon, and grits. I don’t care if that’s Grandma’s Breakfast, the Homestyle Breakfast, the Homestead Exemption Breakfast… whatever it is that y’all call it, I want two eggs, bacon, and grits.” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/26 "2013-11-11T20:14:54Z")
Curmudgeon Special on table six! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/27 "2013-11-11T20:19:17Z")
As long as my bacon is crisp, you young whippersnappers! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/28 "2013-11-11T20:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > [@](#): > > Jeff Gaffigan “I went to Waffle House last night. I’ll tell ya, I thought the iHop was a dump until I went into a Waffle House. Wow they’re not even trying in there! Here’s something you’ll never hear in a Waffle House, ‘Nice job cleaning up!’. Now if you’ve never been to a Waffle House, just imagine a gas station bathroom that sells waffles. Now you’ve been to a Waffle House. I love Waffle House. And not just because watching someone fry an egg while smoking reminds me of my dad. It’s the people in there. It’s like a white trash convention…or for me, a family reunion!… I’ve seen a gun five times in my life, three of those were in Waffle Houses. There’s definitely a dangerous feel to them. Even the sign looks like a ransom note. There’s always a letter out, occasionally it’s the ‘W’, so it reads ‘AFFLE HOUSE (awful house).” Eh it’s 2 am, lets go to the Affle House. Their slogan should be: ‘It’s 2 AM; Still Time to Make One More Bad Decision." You go in there and everyone’s drunk. You know everyone’s drunk in Waffle House because they have pictures of the food on the menu. How drunk do you have to be to not remember what a waffle looks like? ‘Oh yeah, it’s like a plaid pancake. I’ll have 12 of those for a nickel.’ Did you ever go in a Waffle House during the day? That’s weird. ‘This place looks farmiliar. I think I threw up in here…Oh there it is!’" ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/29 "2013-11-11T20:52:06Z")
Remember when the Waffle House got sued for racial discrimination for serving a group of black people grits with dead flies in them? And their response was “Hey, a lot of our grits have flies in them!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/30 "2013-11-11T21:06:53Z")
[high pitched whispery voice] **Labdad** , you must have missed my post[/hpwv] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/31 "2013-11-11T21:16:48Z")
**Jim** Gaffigan ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/32 "2013-11-11T21:21:13Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [high pitched whispery voice] **Labdad** , you must have missed my post[/hpwv] > 😉 Well, I certainly did! And too late now to edit, so this will just stand as a monument to my dumb assery! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/33 "2013-11-11T21:24:10Z")
Their chili isn’t bad either. There are times when your colon just demands the lowest common denominator! ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/34 "2013-11-12T06:21:36Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I have tried and tried to recreate the Waffle House “Cheese n Eggs” at home, but without success. They blend the cheese and eggs together so perfectly- and no one else does it the same way. I do not live in a Waffle House area. Waffle House is one of my favorite things about doing road trips. > > Jealous. I am a former Waffle House “Grill Operator”. This is how they’re done. A lot of the time, the difference in taste and texture in the eggs from Waffle House is due to the use of a product called Lo-Melt. It’s a butter-flavored vegetable-based shortening that comes in a big can, and is what all eggs and hashbrowns are cooked in. You do NOT want to know how much goes into those nice, fluffy WH omelettes. You need a small Lodge cast iron skillet. These are stored with a thin layer of Lo-Melt to prevent rusting. One skillet per order of scrambled w/cheese. Take two slices of cheese, dip into Lo-Melt, place in skillet at the side of the grill. Make an order of scrambled eggs (2 eggs), and dump into heated cheese in the skillet. Mash together with a spoon. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/35 "2013-11-12T06:26:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Their chili isn’t bad either. > > There are times when your colon just demands the lowest common denominator! I seriously think THIS needs to be a bumper sticker!!! ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/36 "2013-11-12T06:30:48Z")
> [@Time\_Like\_Tears](#): > > I am a former Waffle House “Grill Operator”. This is how they’re done. > > A lot of the time, the difference in taste and texture in the eggs from Waffle House is due to the use of a product called Lo-Melt. It’s a butter-flavored vegetable-based shortening that comes in a big can, and is what all eggs and hashbrowns are cooked in. You do NOT want to know how much goes into those nice, fluffy WH omelettes. > > You need a small Lodge cast iron skillet. These are stored with a thin layer of Lo-Melt to prevent rusting. One skillet per order of scrambled w/cheese. > > Take two slices of cheese, dip into Lo-Melt, place in skillet at the side of the grill. Make an order of scrambled eggs (2 eggs), and dump into heated cheese in the skillet. Mash together with a spoon. > > That’s it. Holy Crap where can I buy a rusty can of this manna from heaven called Lo-melt? Thx for this great insider, behind the scenes, Anthony Bourdain nugget of experience. Much appreciated Tears. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/37 "2013-11-12T13:39:01Z")
> [@Happyasaclam](#): > > Holy Crap where can I buy a rusty can of this manna from heaven called Lo-melt? > Thx for this great insider, behind the scenes, Anthony Bourdain nugget of experience. > Much appreciated Tears. I love that they’re one of the last products to stick with trans fats. No fear, there. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/38 "2013-11-12T19:44:00Z")
Jesus does no one appreciate butter? No offense but lo melt (butter flavored crisco?) on waffles is just horrible. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/39 "2013-11-12T19:55:18Z")
Yep. . . and you’re all excited about it. . . not sure what I think about that. I eat there maybe once a month of so. Not a bad place to eat in a pinch. . . or if you’re hungry and it’s late. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554/40 "2013-11-12T23:10:41Z")
Ooooh, I loves me some Waffle House. From Peachtree City, GA to the one in northern Maryland on I-95, they’re a blessing. Also found one near Scranton, PA. Scattered, smothered and covered please. Cheese omlette, side 'o sausage ( and yeah, damned fine spicy. Like Scrapple, actually. ). Unsweet tea. Heaven… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-have-waffle-house-this-week/673554.md?page=3)