Breakfast - Most Important Meal of the Day

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Especially after some 50 years of trying, I finally came close to replicating my grandmother's tidy little breakfast. She might not have been a great cook, nothing imaginative except what her Tennessee hillbilly upbringing taught her, but she was GREAT at it!

The late Mrs. Griff was never interested in breakfast, but I happen to love it. She'd sometimes eat if I fixed it, but rarely bothered except for Sunday's pancakes. Somewhere after my grandmother passed just short of my 19th birthday, I tried slicing potatoes like grandma, many, many attempts then over these many years since; and finally just gave up.

After being widowed, and taking the time and patience to have what I remember as the best breakfasts of my life, I decided I'd give it a whirl whenever I'm home and have time and the ingredients! Plus. having gotten tired of scrambled eggs on nearly a daily basis, I began practicing slicing potatoes by hand as my grandmother did, like thick potato chips... then fried in bacon grease, until cooked, but still soft, adding over easy or med eggs on top...
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I'm sure the Doctor's about will have something negative to say... but save it... tastes too good to pass up... and the feeling of accomplishment is great also! The fact that I can't do it as fast as she could is tempered with the knowledge that by the time she passed on at just shy of 90, she'd probably had 70-75 years of practice!
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Looks mighty fine. Eggs on taters is a staple of mine. Usually with onions and peppers mixed in. And cheese on top.
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They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, ill eat breakfast for lunch & dinner too! Pancakes or waffles with over easy on top, some kinda pig and im a happy camper!
2 things I regret not learning from my grandmother was her pie crust and her bread recipes!
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My wifes favorite breakfast is one of my grandmothers recipes. Potatoes diced thick, fried in bacon grease with onions and bell peppers. Then chopped bacon is added and once almost done I add 4 whole eggs. Seasoned with salt, pepper, sage and rosemary. She will practically lose all table manners when eating it 🤣
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Looks perfect!
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That's what I would call a great start to the day... :D Shirley often cooks up something similar for breakfast.
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I've incorporated a potato into my breakfast the last few years.
It sticks to your ribs. Mostly just potato onion and eggs.
Sometimes ham or bacon on a weekend.
Just like grandma use to make!
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Man, that looks good !!
What time is coffee and eggs Griff ??
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Looks good Griff i can`t eat bacon anymore because of lack of teeth :roll:
When i was a kid and stayed at Grandma`s i`d ask her what`s for breakfast and she would say dry bread and ear slaps , we had oatmeal with raisins in it every time. :roll:
Now we have eggs, hash browns and sausage or ham. :)
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Made pancakes the other day for the first time in maybe two years. The smell and taste rushed me back to childhood. Mom also made waffles with a little bit of finely diced ham in the batter. Omigosh!
Love my biscuits and gravy, too -- and when I am really ambitious I will make restaurant-quality hash browns.
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Looks Great Griff ! One of My favorites is corn beef hash and eggs ,which All the Grand kids love. One of them asked Me how I learned to make perfect eggs all the time . I said I learned from My Grandpa 60 years ago . the look on His face was priceless. :shock: ..... :lol: .
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I love the taste of breakfast food, and often have it for lunch, and even dinner sometimes. But had so many stomach issues through most of my adult life that I rarely eat breakfast, unless it's close to noon when I do. I get together every Monday morning around 9:00 a.m. with the guys in our car club for breakfast, but usually just a couple eggs and country potatoes, with toast. It is a stuff shoot how that sits on my stomach every week, but about 50-50 if it's OK, or not. But I enjoy the guys, so it's the one day I eat breakfast close to breakfast time.
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This thread caused me to have 2 over easy, bacon and waffles tonight! ( plug for Snoqualmie Pass pancake mix) :lol:
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This rememberin' stuff reminded me that as I kid I grew up to mom's Pyrex percolator bubbling in the background brewing coffee for the grownups while us kids would wolf down the "canpakes."
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PillHer likes her eggs runny. She uses them instead of syrup on pancakes. I prefer my eggs scrambled and almost overcooked. Allergic to bell peppers. I love breakfast burritos with potatoes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and nopalitas with melted cheese and pico de gallo. To me, there is nothing better. Pico de gallo is perfect with jalapeños or even serranos. Habañeros in it give me an upset stomach. I have quit eating pancakes as they have too many carbs for me.
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Burritos, try some Stokes Green Chili with Pork! Heck its great on fries, burgers too!
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Unfortunately, so much of the various flavorful foods we like are high carbs, just not fair !
I love pancakes, but rarely treat myself due to the carbs. Heck, real maple syrup ( all I'll ever use up here) is high carb.
.....back to bacon and eggs, which is just fine. There is a meat processor near me that makes very good venison bacon.
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