Best Breakfast Food

[Texzilla58 4740]

naw mate
you use enough grease, then throw em in a colander lined with paper towels; immediately, while fresh off the pan, throw in the green onions and toss em around
the residual heat and grease is enough to sautee the onions outside of the pan JUST enough, and they add lightness to balance out the bacon fat and paprika.
if your green onions turn brown you cooked em too much; if they stay crunchy you cooked em not enough

Actually both correct. Onions in the bacon grease (plus diced fresh jalapeños) and toss in green onions and chopped parsley at the end.

[Rimbo 25988]

12 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

Actually both correct. Onions in the bacon grease (plus diced fresh jalapeños) and toss in green onions and chopped parsley at the end.

Ackshuallly no. I'm tellin' ya, don't put onions of any kind in there. If you want that sweetness, serve it with fruit on the side later or something. I've done the onions thing before, and it wrecks the texture and flavor of what I'm aiming for.

[Deej 76842]

14 hours ago, Frank The Tank said:

Sausage, Cheese, Egg and Cheese McMuffin…and bacon. 

[Sbbruin 21864]

14 hours ago, Frank The Tank said:

Sausage, Cheese, Egg and Cheese McMuffin…and bacon. 

[DalTxHornFan 3108]

Beer served in wax cups and Fletcher's corny dogs are quite obviously the best breakfast food combo!

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[Texzilla58 4740]

Ackshuallly no. I'm tellin' ya, don't put onions of any kind in there. If you want that sweetness, serve it with fruit on the side later or something. I've done the onions thing before, and it wrecks the texture and flavor of what I'm aiming for.

You make your taters I’ll make mine.

[Deej 76842]

[Rimbo 25988]

34 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

You make your taters I’ll make mine.

Yeah, that's what I'm sayin', man. These aren't the potatoes you're makin.

It's like if I had told ya about mashed potatoes and you'd suggested I bake em and stuff em with butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon and chives instead. They're delicious that way, yeah, but baked potato and mashed potatoes are different dishes, and you prepare em differently, because you have different goals. You don't dump milk into your baked potato (although pretty much anything you put in a baked potato is pretty good in mashed).

Anyhow I'm getting hungry

[Steamboat1874 4072]

13 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Yeah, that's what I'm sayin', man. These aren't the potatoes you're makin.

It's like if I had told ya about mashed potatoes and you'd suggested I bake em and stuff em with butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon and chives instead. They're delicious that way, yeah, but baked potato and mashed potatoes are different dishes, and you prepare em differently, because you have different goals. You don't dump milk into your baked potato (although pretty much anything you put in a baked potato is pretty good in mashed).

Anyhow I'm getting hungry

A little heavy cream makes mashed potatoes way better than milk.

[ztejas 43496]

1 minute ago, Steamboat1874 said:

A little heavy cream makes mashed potatoes way better than milk.

I add sour cream.

[Steamboat1874 4072]

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I add sour cream.

That works as does some cream cheese.

[Texzilla58 4740]

Half in half is the right product for mashed taters or buttermilk. While the potatoes are boiling warm the half in half and season it. Infuse with garlic and parsley. Also at least a stick of butter per pound of taters. That way it doesn’t chill your potatoes.

[Rimbo 25988]

4 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

A little heavy cream makes mashed potatoes way better than milk.

 

4 hours ago, ztejas said:

I add sour cream.

 

4 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

That works as does some cream cheese.

Yep

I'm a heavy cream/sour cream guy personally.

[Brisketexan 105161]

To go back to the topic, there are some breakfast foods that go in the Breakfast Hall of Fame:

Yes, the breakfast taco.  In most all of its incarnations.

Biscuits and gravy.

Perfectly cooked bacon -- crispy, but not crumbly.

Hash browns: both the shredded kind cooked in a skillet, and the awesome preformed patties of fast-food fame.

Grits.  Just....grits.

Fluffy pancakes.

Belgian waffles.

Black pudding (yeah, I went UK on you, so what?  And I know not everyone likes it...but those who like it love it).

Boudin balls from a coonass gas station (yep, I went coonass on you, too).

Eggs, cooked to order.  That means sunny-side-up, over-medium, poached, fluffy scrambled, even an omelette -- however you want them, EXECUTE, and make them well.

Edited September 26, 2023 by Brisketexan

[Deej 76842]

leftover, cold pizza

[Brisketexan 105161]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

leftover, cold pizza

List hereby amended.

[utee94 15835]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

To go back to the topic, there are some breakfast foods that go in the Breakfast Hall of Fame:

Yes, the breakfast taco.  In most all of its incarnations.

Biscuits and gravy.

Perfectly cooked bacon -- crispy, but not crumbly.

Hash browns: both the shredded kind cooked in a skillet, and the awesome preformed patties of fast-food fame.

Grits.  Just....grits.

Fluffy pancakes.

Belgian waffles.

Black pudding (yeah, I went UK on you, so what?  And I know not everyone likes it...but those who like it love it).

Boudin balls from a coonass gas station (yep, I went coonass on you, too).

Eggs, cooked to order.  That means sunny-side-up, over-medium, poached, fluffy scrambled, even an omelette -- however you want them, EXECUTE, and make them well.

Migas, migas con chorizo, huevos rancheros...

[elfenix 34328]

i've never thought to say 'omelette' when they ask me how i want my two eggs cooked.

[South Austin 52521]

16 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

To go back to the topic, there are some breakfast foods that go in the Breakfast Hall of Fame:

Yes, the breakfast taco.  In most all of its incarnations.

Biscuits and gravy.

Perfectly cooked bacon -- crispy, but not crumbly.

Hash browns: both the shredded kind cooked in a skillet, and the awesome preformed patties of fast-food fame.

Grits.  Just....grits.

Fluffy pancakes.

Belgian waffles.

Black pudding (yeah, I went UK on you, so what?  And I know not everyone likes it...but those who like it love it).

Boudin balls from a coonass gas station (yep, I went coonass on you, too).

Eggs, cooked to order.  That means sunny-side-up, over-medium, poached, fluffy scrambled, even an omelette -- however you want them, EXECUTE, and make them well.

Put me on the black pudding and boudin balls train. I’ve had black pudding in Kilkenny, Ireland and boudin balls from Scott, Louisiana. Both outstanding.

[South Austin 52521]

16 hours ago, Deej said:

leftover, cold pizza

If you mean leftover pizza at 3am when you’re still drink qualifies as breakfast, then yes. Outside of that undergrad context, I’ve never really been a fan. 

[ztejas 43496]

I had a boudin ball kolache recently.

It was alright. 

[Brisketexan 105161]

I had a boudin ball kolache recently.
It was alright. 

Yeah…I’m actually not a fan. The combo is too bread-y.

[Steamboat1874 4072]

18 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

To go back to the topic, there are some breakfast foods that go in the Breakfast Hall of Fame:

Yes, the breakfast taco.  In most all of its incarnations.

Biscuits and gravy.

Perfectly cooked bacon -- crispy, but not crumbly.

Hash browns: both the shredded kind cooked in a skillet, and the awesome preformed patties of fast-food fame.

Grits.  Just....grits.

Fluffy pancakes.

Belgian waffles.

Black pudding (yeah, I went UK on you, so what?  And I know not everyone likes it...but those who like it love it).

Boudin balls from a coonass gas station (yep, I went coonass on you, too).

Eggs, cooked to order.  That means sunny-side-up, over-medium, poached, fluffy scrambled, even an omelette -- however you want them, EXECUTE, and make them well.

Hash browns are great in most forms but breakfast potatoes are far superior....

[Texzilla58 4740]

I see no love for jellied eels.

[Brisketexan 105161]

37 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Hash browns are great in most forms but breakfast potatoes are far superior....

Disagree.  When I see that a menu has "home fries" instead of hash browns, I have a disappoint.

[Deej 76842]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Disagree.  When I see that a menu has "home fries" instead of hash browns, I have a disappoint.

Those aren't home fries. 

[Brisketexan 105161]

Just now, Deej said:

Those aren't home fries. 

What's the difference?  Seriously, they look like most "home fries" I've been served (sometimes they're crispier, sometimes they're not, that's the only variation I can think of).  So...educate me.

[Deej 76842]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

What's the difference?  Seriously, they look like most "home fries" I've been served (sometimes they're crispier, sometimes they're not, that's the only variation I can think of).  So...educate me.

Home fries were always more like this to me...

We always called the ones above "diced potatoes" or "skillet potatoes"

 

Edited September 27, 2023 by Deej

[Brisketexan 105161]

Just now, Deej said:

Home fries were always more like this to me...

 

Huh.  I googled "home fries," and came up with pics that look pretty much like the potatoes I originally referenced.  But you're right, I also recall getting potatoes with some veggies like onions and peppers stir fried in there.  But again....generally all called home fries.

Whatever they are.....I think hash browns (of both varieties) are the superior breakfast choice....

[Deej 76842]

I actually enjoy the diced version better. If you do them right they are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with onions, salt and pepper... 

 

[MalibuSheriff 1090]

The best breakfasts in the free world occur daily in New Mexico at various establishments.

I need a road trip.

[Rip76 4946]

Huevos - Isabel's (Port Isabel)

Best Stop Boudin/Scrambled eggs  - My house

 

Huevos/w cheese (fing delicious) - Cafe on the Square - San Marcos

 

Kelly's - Pearland

Edited September 27, 2023 by Rip76

[Texzilla58 4740]

The best breakfasts in the free world occur daily in New Mexico at various establishments.

I need a road trip.

This is a very true statement. Breakfast is always so good wherever you go. The only thing I’d change in your pic is add some sopapillas with butter and honey. New Mexico my favorite breakfast, followed by New Orleans, Japan, and Oregon.

[WhatTheBuck 28789]

On 9/26/2023 at 3:24 PM, Brisketexan said:

Perfectly cooked bacon -- crispy, but not crumbly.

That’s the way. I say “crispy, not brittle.” The Waffle House I usually go to gets my order right. Other places can be a gamble. But usually I get it the way I want it. 

[WhatTheBuck 28789]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:35 AM, Deej said:

Those aren't home fries. 

Yes they are.

On 9/27/2023 at 11:40 AM, Deej said:

Home fries were always more like this to me...

We always called the ones above "diced potatoes" or "skillet potatoes"

 

I don’t see much of a distinction. Try doing that with a russet potato. I’m down with the little cubes. Always seen them called home fries. I love hash browns but home fries are easier to make at home.

Here I mixed red and yellow skin potatoes.

The omelet came out wedge shaped but the homemade chipotle sauce came out great.

This omelet came out better. But I was running out of sauce.

[Al_4_ISU 12470]

Wife has Celiac’s and bought these shitty gluten free tortillas. They expire tomorrow so I had to think something up.

Sautéed them in oil until they were crispy, and topped with eggs that had chive sour cream whisked in, and were scrambled with red onions, leftover smoked pork shoulder, shallot, garlic, cheddar and Parmesan.

Finished the whole thing with a couple different hot sauces my mom made, pickled japs from a buddy’s garden, and my own homegrown salsa. Chase with black coffee.

[South Austin 52521]

3 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Wife has Celiac’s 

Side note: I never really understood Celiac’s until a couple summers ago when we were in Rosemary Beach with two other families, one whose wife has Celiac’s. We’ve always accommodated her diet with dinner parties and planned to do so on vacation. One night the kids were in charge of dinner and made bolognese. Her daughter accidentally mixed in some regular pasta with the gluten free batch, and we didn’t realize it until a few bites in. She ended up throwing up for most of the night. Just from a couple bites of regular pasta. Apparently gluten is like food poisoning to some folks.

[Tonesky 942]

On 9/27/2023 at 10:43 AM, Brisketexan said:

 

That's a fucking latke.  Needs sour cream and apple sauce!

[Al_4_ISU 12470]

Side note: I never really understood Celiac’s until a couple summers ago when we were in Rosemary Beach with two other families, one whose wife has Celiac’s. We’ve always accommodated her diet with dinner parties and planned to do so on vacation. One night the kids were in charge of dinner and made bolognese. Her daughter accidentally mixed in some regular pasta with the gluten free batch, and we didn’t realize it until a few bites in. She ended up throwing up for most of the night. Just from a couple bites of regular pasta. Apparently gluten is like food poisoning to some folks.

My wife usually gets effected on the other end.

She intentionally drank a couple beers last Saturday to try and relieve constipation and ended up puking multiple times.

It’s crazy, because she wasn’t always this way. Just progressively got worse.

[Mo Horn 8852]

One of my favorite breakfasts and it seemed appropriate in Christmas Eve. Toast topped with bacon, cheese, and an over easy egg. A little Sriracha to top it off. Extra bacon on the side. 

[ztejas 43496]

Team family effort this morning.

[Brisketexan 105161]

I went simple and classic this morning. Bacon, eggs with NM red chile, and garlic cheese grits. FTW.

[BigDHornfan 6549]

McDonald’s can suck it

[CooterBrown 18015]

Always parboil and dry your diced potatoes before you fry them. They cook up crispier and faster if you do that step. A pro move is to put a pinch of baking soda in the water. It’ll create cracks and crevasses in the potato exterior and the potatoes will have an even crispier exterior with an airy interior.

[Zepol87 9188]

Chorizo potato and egg never fails. Need the gf to hurry up with the tortillas though

[Buzzrock 14926]

McDonald’s can suck it

Canned biscuits, wnb.

Just kidding we aren’t above a canned biscuit in this house but every time I make them from scratch I wonder why I don’t do them more often.

Ate my weight in grits casserole this morning for brunch. Big nap in my future

[Texzilla58 4740]

Canned biscuits, wnb.

Just kidding we aren’t above a canned biscuit in this house but every time I make them from scratch I wonder why I don’t do them more often.

Ate my weight in grits casserole this morning for brunch. Big nap in my future

I like the Pillsbury frozen.

[Brisketexan 105161]

Solid Christmas breakfast: jalapeño egg and cheese casserole my wife likes, y un tamal because I’m freaking mexican:

[Anastasis 23479]

That’s solid.  Breakfast casseroles and Christmas are like hand and glove. French toast and breakfast sausage and egg casseroles here. 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Anastasis

[dcbc 14492]

Cross posted from the Christmas recipe thread. My wife made quite a sausage and mushroom quiche this morning.