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Use avacado instead and you get “California”.
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Or sprouts.
Not so much - that’s a trademark of Denny’s.
I avoid “_____ Surprise” like plague. It always seems to be “Surprise! It’s not really edible!”
Actually… SLAM is used, not Grand Slam. It’s used fairly often by restaurants trying to emulate Denny’s or in a lot of cases FORMER Denny’s that lost their license and are operating independently.
Also Basket, which is usually something fried (hamburger or chicken or fish) plus French fries. Sometimes you get cole slaw with it, too. If it’s a REAL diner, your order will come in an oval shaped plastic basket, with a sheet of semi-grease proof paper in it.
The diner I go to has a Slim Jim (ground beef patty, sliced tomatoes, one hard boiled egg, and one other veggie) and a Slim Chick, (grilled chicken breast instead of the burger).
Something like “The Big Scramble” under various quips, nominals, and monikers. Usually, a “skillet dinner” or “Omelette” that includes 3 or more eggs, a full array of breakfast meats, hash browns or homefires, onions and veg, cheese, and sometimes salsa. A couple of pounds of breakfast without borders on a plate.
Senior Early Bird Specials.
Elaine’s “Big Salad”
Hashneggs
Which basically means “with French Fries, cole slaw, and a pickle” for about 2 dollars more. I always want to negotiate, because I hate cole slaw and don’t want to pay for it.
If you don’t want the cole slaw, generally it’s easier to convince the server to substitute something else, rather than charge less. For instance, a larger serving of fries instead of the slaw.
I always thought that was a “blank-platter”.
No kidding, I actually had a chirpy young waitress give me that answer in a restaurant in Gillette Wyoming in 1981. I think she had probably been told what “soup de jour” meant the day before, and was sharing her new-found knowledge in all seriousness.
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Naturally, that is the “Boat” instead of the “Platter”, as Mrs. Bodoni has pointed out. Man, where do you come from?
Chicken Fried _________, where the blank is pretty much any meat that isn’t chicken.