Northern Diners

[Randall53]

I used to work up north sometimes and was always amazed at the Diners that was everywhere it seemed.  Most had a massive menu with everything you could image on it.  I always wondered where the heck was all the food stored at???   I don't remember any gravy and biscuits, grits or fried chicken though....LOL

 

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[Joe357]

you don't want to know!

Edited April 22, 2013 by joesig

[Raoul]

Corned beef hash and a beer. The breakfast of champions.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Raoul

[Randall53]

I may be crazy, but I like me some corned beef hash and eggs smothered in ketchup..!!

[Jonnin]

Seems to be a different set of food for sure.  I once met a northern woman who was ranting that there was nothing to eat down here.  I cheerfully agreed and suggested she go home...

 

The strangest thing to me up north was the all in one places.   Bills subway taco bell BP gas station type places.   Efficient, but they seemed odd to me.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Jonnin

[Joe357]

my favorite is fries with brown grave (I must be a Yankee redneck)

Edited April 22, 2013 by joesig

[Guest Emtdaddy1980]

Yankee redneck is not a bad Club to be in. Ill send you your membership packet right away.

[Guest Emtdaddy1980]

No biscuits and gravy growing up, but I remember buying fresh lobster off the back of the boat less than an hour after it was caught, and for less than you pay for steak here.

[Randall53]

No biscuits and gravy growing up, but I remember buying fresh lobster off the back of the boat less than an hour after it was caught, and for less than you pay for steak here.

the only way I can eat lobster is either raw or cooked...lol. if i join, can I get cheap lobster?

[Guest Emtdaddy1980]

Hmmmmmm bootlegging lobster runs to the relatives in Maine? We could trade them truckloads of illegal southern fireworks maybe?

[Will Carry]

I went to one of those Northern Diners in Massachusetts once. I ordered a glass of ice tea. The waitress said "Here ya go Reb" hand handed me a glass of ice, a pot of hot water and a tea bag. I kid you not!

[tennessee01tacoma]

I went to one of those Northern Diners in Massachusetts once. I ordered a glass of ice tea. The waitress said "Here ya go Reb" hand handed me a glass of ice, a pot of hot water and a tea bag. I kid you not!

No sugar? Can't have tea unless its SWEET

and I'm not one of the weirdos who order sweet tea then squeeze a lemon in it then sweeten more.

[Joe357]

Up north they wouldn't know what you were talking about if you ordered sweet tea. The waitress would think you were calling her sweety ;) Edited April 23, 2013 by joesig

[tennessee01tacoma]

Up north they wouldn't know what you were talking about if you ordered sweet tea.

Ya I have grandparents in Maryland, and have been to Pennsylvania and New York. No such thing as Sweet Tea or biscuits and gravy 2 things I've been raised on, I do enjoy the seafood when we goto visit, and also there's a place that has Coney Island style chili dogs and I love them, I stop there every time I visit my grandparents.

[Murgatroy]

If they look at me goofy when I order Sweet Tea, I leave.

 

If they ain't got biscuits and gravy on the menu, ain't no need in me a being there.

[Randall53]

Go in one and ask for a Slaw Dog if you want a unique experience.....LOL..

[Murgatroy]

Go in one and ask for a Slaw Dog if you want a unique experience.....LOL..

I still remember the first time I tried to feed my Yankee wife a slaw dawg.

 

Ten years later and she still gets bent out of shape about it.

[rugerla1]

I cannot STAND lemon in my sweet tea. Here's a little story about it. I pulled up at a Sonic in Nashville several years ago with a buddy of mine about 10 pm. I ordered 2 Route 44 sweet tea's NO LEMON (yes, I say it like that). She brought them out and sure e-damn-nough, lemons floatin all in that cup. In the middle of her tellin me how much my total was, I handed it back and said, "I said no lemon". She huffed and puffed the whole way in like I did something wrong! <Insert really pi$$ed off face> But wait, it gets better. I guess she didn't think about the fact that I was in a K5 with 10" lift and 39 1/2" Swampers, so I could see right over the little wall, directly into the "kitchen". This (&(^^%(% reached INTO my cup with her freakin fingers and pulled the lemon out, put the lid back on, and walked right out the door with the same mean mug on that she'd left with. Me and my buddy couldn't believe it. I let her get all the way back the truck and waited for her to hand it up to me. My hands never left the steering wheel as I said, "I can't believe you put your dirty effin fingers in my cup that I was about to drink out of. Take that SH!T back in there and forget it. Make sure to call your Manager before you come to work tomorrow, I went to school with him." I rattled everything around when I hit the throttle as I left. Well I didn't know the Manager, but always wondered if she even showed back up for work the next day.

Edited April 23, 2013 by rugerla1

[Murgatroy]

I cannot STAND lemon in my sweet tea. Here's a little story about it. I pulled up at a Sonic in Nashville several years ago with a buddy of mine about 10 pm. I ordered 2 Route 44 sweet tea's NO LEMON (yes, I say it like that). She brought them out and sure e-damn-nough, lemons floatin all in that cup. In the middle of her tellin me how much my total was, I handed it back and said, "I said no lemon". She huffed and puffed the whole way in like I did something wrong! <Insert really pi$$ed off face> But wait, it gets better. I guess she didn't think about the fact that I was in a K5 with 10" lift and 39 1/2" Swampers, so I could see right over the little wall, directly into the "kitchen". This (&(^^%(% reached INTO my cup with her freakin fingers and pulled the lemon out, put the lid back on, and walked right out the door with the same mean mug on that she'd left with. Me and my buddy couldn't believe it. I let her get all the way back the truck and waited for her to hand it up to me. My hands never left the steering wheel as I said, "I can't believe you put your dirty effin fingers in my cup that I was about to drink out of. Take that SH!T back in there and forget it. Make sure to call your Manager before you come to work tomorrow, I went to school with him." I rattled everything around when I hit the throttle as I left. Well I didn't know the Manager, but always wondered if she even showed back up for work the next day.

Well, that was a mature way to handle the problem.

[rugerla1]

Well, that was a mature way to handle the problem.

So, you think I should have thanked her?

[Murgatroy]

So, you think I should have thanked her?

Nope, but a talk with the manager probably would have ensured that she never did it again.

[Transplanted Hoosier]

When I was stationed up in Maine, my wife taught school at the Jr High and the first Christmas there, they had a teachers potluck breakfast one morning and my wife brought in biscuits and gravy.  She said all of the ladies walked by and looked at what was layed out and was wondering what to do with it.  My wife finally explained and showed them what to do and according to her, they really liked it.  That was almost 18 years ago and  I still get a kick out of that story.

Don't get me started on the sweet tea thing.

[10-Ring]

Several years ago I took a young man under my wing that wanted to learn how to deer hunt.  One weekend we went and stayed at my grandmothers house to hunt.  Tradition is there to get up kill your deer bring in the tenderloins and grandma fries them up and makes biscuits and gravy.  Yeah, it is pretty awesome!  So we get the deer and are finally around to breakfast when I realize this boy doesn't know how to eat biscuits and gravy.  He cut a biscuit in half and used a fork to spoon a little on the biscuit and then put the biscuit back together like a gravy sandwich.  After watching him for a while I finally showed him how to properly eat gravy and biscuits since it was a learning weekend and all.

[Mike.357]

I am from Cincinnati originally and there was plenty of biscuits and gravy there.   First time I ever saw grits was in Round Lake Beach Illinois,  and they tasted like crap there too.

 

As for the Sonic episode I always figure when going anywhere to eat other than a home you are taking a chance.  Sending food or drink back to the kitchen will result in a spit sammich or dirty fingers in your cup.    Just play the cards you are dealt.  Fish out your own lemon.

[tennessee01tacoma]

As for the Sonic episode I always figure when going anywhere to eat other than a home you are taking a chance. Sending food or drink back to the kitchen will result in a spit sammich or dirty fingers in your cup. Just play the cards you are dealt. Fish out your own lemon.

I never send anything back unless its absolutely wrong. I'll pick my own food apart, then I know what's in there.