It depends for me, I could eat it any time. From good ol fashioned breakfast to a Mexican style Breakfast, I like it all.

Of all the great food I have to choose from over here, I still crave American hunting-camp food. (best at -20F)

Here's how it goes:
You start off with 2 Cast Iron pans (18" are the best) Med flames
In the first pan---
2 lbs Bacon chopped 1" squares (cooked until grease forms)
2 cup oil (not Crisco)(Lard if you dare)
4 lbs cubed potates (stir every 5 minutes)
1/2 a tube of Jimmy Dean sausage (sage is best)
Salt
Coarse ground pepper

Start cooking in 2nd pan, once pototoes cook through.---
2 lbs Bacon strips (cooked as you like)
Remove bacon
12 eggs--FLOAT them on the oil until done. I like them crisp around edges (flip if you like--runny eggs can make you sick)

Oh, I forgot....this serves 4-5 people.

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If not, make an appointment to have your cholesterol checked, SOON, before it's too late.

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Originally posted by andymiami:
Great thread!

I made the mistake of reading it first thing this AM and I may have to have one of those monster scrambles Brendan was talking about!

Another breakfast that rocks is chilaquiles verdes with a couple of fried eggs on top. When I lived in Mexico City, breakfast was my favorite meal of the day.

Oh man, i stayed with some relitives for a month in mexico city. Some of the best street vendor food in the world down there.

How could anyone not like breakfast. I think sub-conciously it has something to do with starting fresh, a good breakfast can make your whole day, just like sex before work. Now the sky is the limit if you can get your wife to cook you a great breakfast after morning sex!

I had a fish breakfast at a local deli. Was great. Smoked salmon, smoked trout, pickled herring and bunch of other stuff.


On the road on business travel on the company dole. Hmmmm. I do love the scrambled eggs, sausage, ham , bacon, buttered toast, OJ, black coffee and fruit salad.

At home weekends. OJ, black cofee, plain yougurt with bananas, plums and/ or pear slices, fresh of course. Toast, waffles or croissants with jam but no butter, no margarine..

I think every city I have lived has had its own spectacular take on breakfast...here are my toss-up for a tie:

NYC - Barney Greengrass "The Sturgeon King" Sampler plate of belly lox, smoke whitefish and and sable... toasted onion bagels, good strong coffee, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, a piece of the Sunday NY Times and crowd outside drooling while they wait for my table.

Philly - When I was in Grad School breakfast in Philly was often a breakfast hoagie and diet coke -- like a cheesesteak with fried eggs, bacon and cheese. Not classicy a great breakfast, but it was the best, most private moment of a brutally ardous day as I walked in 20 degree weather across town eating my still-steaming sandwich.

Dallas -- Man have I developed a love for the Mexican food at breakfast. La Duni makes the best breakfast in Big D. Great family run little place with loads of charm and a pan-latin menu. The cappucino is the best I've had since being in Naples, It. Start with one of those and a fresh popover served with strawberry butter and lemon curd. Move onto chile rellenos filled with scrambled eggs, pieces of bacon, a few bits of fried tortilla (chillaquiles) covered with queso blanco, two salsas - tomatillo and roja. Great jazz in the background, fun people watching and loads of fresh flowers everywhere. To top it off they have a deal with the car wash next door -- a $20 detail for you while you have breakfast!

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Originally posted by QM:
I had a fish breakfast at a local deli. Was great. Smoked salmon, smoked trout, pickled herring and bunch of other stuff.

...I thought us Michigander's were the only folks who enjoyed herring. I've had creamed herring, it not bad. I steadfastly refuse to eat "pickled" herring no matter what!!!!

We've got a local diner here that has the best breakfast in the state...they make an omelet that is called the kitchen sink...sausage, swiss cheese, hash browns, onions, peppers and topped with cheddar cheese...they also have the best biscuit and gravy, and pancakes with perfectly cooked bacon...dang i eat there at least 3 to 4 days a week for breakfast or lunch

I really enjoy breakfast at "Mac's Breakfast Anytime". Good food. Smokum, they're down in your neck of the woods.

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Originally posted by Lorax429:
I really enjoy breakfast at "Mac's Breakfast Anytime". Good food. Smokum, they're down in your neck of the woods.

yea i eat there everyonce in awhile, when this other diner is closed or if it's more convienent for the guys i'm with...mac's has great service and decent food, but if you really want a good breakfast, try Eastwood Diner...right off 15-501 onto hwy 73 before you get to pinehurst...awesome food...let me know when you're coming and i'll buy

My favorite breakfast,

Nicely cut grilled ham streak, 3 farm fresh eggs sunny side up, home style pan grilled cut potatoes with red & yellow peppers and onions, 2 slices of homemade sourdough bread with Knott's strawberry jam.

In L.A. at Phillipes home of the original french dip sandwich since 1908. They have a great ham steak & eggs breakfast with home made hash browns. For lunch or dinner you can have one of their famous original french dip sandwiches, beef, pork, lamb or even turkey with a 10 cent cup of coffee. My favorite is a double dip beef sandwich with a side of home made potato salad and a slice of banana cream pie and a glass of old fashioned lemon aide. On the table you will find a jar of Phillipes famous hot mustard, spread a little on your sandwich and enjoy the moment. The decor will take you back 50 years in time. Yeah, it's original not retro.

Phillipes is located on the eastern edge of Chinatown at Alameda & Ord. 3 blocks north of Union Station.

Gotta give it up the the Jewish deli when it comes to servin up breakfast. Where else can you get bagels and lox, a pastrami omlette, and 2 potato pancakes all on the same plate. Also, any little greek owned diner is sure to offer up some good breakfast grub. Gyro meat omlettes are off da hook.

My mom...God rest her soul...used to make a breakfast cassarole every Christmas morning. Lots of sausage, cheese, eggs, onions, peepers, white bread for body, sour cream and maybe some other seasons. She baked a couple pans of these in a 9x13 pan in the over and she would serve us big, thick slabs with a spatula. A dash of salt and some peeper and I would eat until I couldn't move. Just one of the things I miss about here since she past away almost five years ago.

Funny the things you recall about people after they are gone. I think I'll make this for the family this Christmas.

Best thread I've seen in a while, I am truly a big breakfast lover. Breakfasts to me constitute a certain lifestyle; you take the time to prepare it, have a cup of coffee, sit down, talk, eat, read the paper, relax and enjoy the food, and follow it up with a cigar if possible. With this being said I can not normally experience such proper breakfasts like this all the time due to time restraints and obvious health reasons but when I can squeeze in such extravaganzas, I truly value them.

Cooking large breakfasts is a pleasure for me, I enjoy cooking for myself and whoever is hungry and over at the house at the time. My breakfasts are primarily made up of either omelets or migas (Mexican style scrambled eggs with tortilla chips) with hash browns and bacon on the side. Toast is usually also present with several types of fruit jams (peach or blackberry). I construct my omelets filled with finely chopped sautéed onions and bell peppers mixed in with some ham or bacon, several cheeses, a dab of hot salsa, and on occasion I sprinkle in some mushrooms.

Migas I make by starting off with the usual pan of simmering onions and sometimes ham, add 4-5 whisked eggs with a bit of milk to increase the fluffiness factor, and as the eggs cook I slowly add in some grated cheese and a liberal amount of salsa, and as the eggs are about ready I put in some flour tortilla chips (usually break them in half or keep them whole).

These breakfasts are always accompanied by some stove top espresso and a brimming glass of cold fresh orange juice with pulp.

My girlfriend who studied in Wales for a bit introduced to me the UK breakfast style that usually involves baked beans on the side of sunny sided up eggs with fries or hash browns. I was hesitant at first with the baked beans for breakfast idea, but was thoroughly impressed by its hearty factor and immediately took a fancy to it.

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Originally posted by SLO Bigdog:
In L.A. at Phillipes home of the original french dip sandwich since 1908. They have a great ham steak & eggs breakfast with home made hash browns. For lunch or dinner you can have one of their famous original french dip sandwiches, beef, pork, lamb or even turkey with a 10 cent cup of coffee. My favorite is a double dip beef sandwich with a side of home made potato salad and a slice of banana cream pie and a glass of old fashioned lemon aide. On the table you will find a jar of Phillipes famous hot mustard, spread a little on your sandwich and enjoy the moment. The decor will take you back 50 years in time. Yeah, it's original not retro.

Phillipes is located on the eastern edge of Chinatown at Alameda & Ord. 3 blocks north of Union Station.

Phillipes is great! I was first there in 1971 (yes, I know, that was pre-history for many readers) and I'm sure it hasn't changed since. Maybe next time I'm in L.A.

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Originally posted by SLO Bigdog:
My favorite breakfast,

Nicely cut grilled ham streak, 3 farm fresh eggs sunny side up, home style pan grilled cut potatoes with red & yellow peppers and onions, 2 slices of homemade sourdough bread with Knott's strawberry jam.

In L.A. at Phillipes home of the original french dip sandwich since 1908. They have a great ham steak & eggs breakfast with home made hash browns. For lunch or dinner you can have one of their famous original french dip sandwiches, beef, pork, lamb or even turkey with a 10 cent cup of coffee. My favorite is a double dip beef sandwich with a side of home made potato salad and a slice of banana cream pie and a glass of old fashioned lemon aide. On the table you will find a jar of Phillipes famous hot mustard, spread a little on your sandwich and enjoy the moment. The decor will take you back 50 years in time. Yeah, it's original not retro.

Phillipes is located on the eastern edge of Chinatown at Alameda & Ord. 3 blocks north of Union Station.

While mentioning L.A., also great breakfasts at the Pantry on 9th and (I think) Fig, and at Vickman's east of downtown near the produce markets. And both are (or were, last I saw) in their original state since the 1930's.

Oh man I am sorry I didnt get to this thread last month, it is a good one, well breakfast : hummmm I love breakfast, well not that lunch & supper are bad, I do enjoy food !
breakfast lately has been grilled Tofu with green tobasco & a pot of black coffee, but in the past it has ranged from a slice of prime rib & eggs to eggs benidict with a caviar topping sipping Mamosas or Bloody Marys , I love hash browns & grits, not at the same time , one or the other, pancakes are just great as well as Waffels or french toast , fresh fruit is good anytime, & lets not forget oatmeal, if you get the good stuff, the Irish thick cut , cook it right , serve it with a lot of melted butter & warm cream, a little brown sugar & some rasins or dates , a handfull of almonds or pecans , nothing better on earth, , I like my coffee strong & black, no sugar, & my juice cold but not frozen , a Don Carlos III when the meal is finished & I am one happy camper ! Enjoy, Vince

not ONE person mentioned cold cereal???

I've not gone to many days of my life without starting out with almost any kind of cereal, I like most everything except the real sweet stuff. Although, I also really like belgian waffles and a cup of coffee (or if available, espresso).

My favorite place I visit once a month (Good Days) serves 3 eggs(over medium for me) 3 slices of bacon, 3 sausage links, homefries, and last but not least...banana nut bread smothered in honey.mmmmmm good. And of course all the coffee you can drink. You can also get breakfast at any hour of the day.

I like all of it. My 12 year old son and I make breakfast for the rest of the family on the weekends. Could be omelets, pancakes, eggs in general... I know his favorite is thick french toast, with a little vanilla mixed into the egg/milk mixture. For me, it depends, I could just settle for a bowl of oatmeal or a full blown eggs, hashbrowns, sausage....

ahhhh my favorite morning meal, Breakfast , first & foremost Coffee , strong & black, rich , full flavor , Fresh fruit, Sausage , an omlet with the kitchen sink in it , & home frys crisp, with peppers & onions in them, whole grain bread tosted dark, lots of butter,lets not forget the Tequela Sunrise , got to get your Vit.C , now refill the coffee & fire up a Don Carlos #3 , thats my favorite, but I had a slice of grilled tofu this morning with coffee & juice . Enjoy, Vince