What is the best American style breakfast?

Moon Over My Hammy!

It could be something as simple as cereal, bananas and milk. Corn flakes or Cheerios.

McDonalds has the concept down: eggs, bacon, pancakes, and hash browns.

Two eggs, toast, and hash browns.

Maybe bacon.

I like an omelette.

Plates and plates full of prepared eggs, sausage, bacon, toast and flapjacks.

eggs benedict and country potatoes with rosemary, coffee (or tea if I'm in the mood), orange juice and side plate of fruit (NOT grapefruit).

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ TWO EGGS, BACON, HASH BROWNS, TOAST, AND A 9MM PISTOL ♥

Is eggs benedict American in origin? If so, that gets my vote.

Biscuits and grits smothered in sowsage graxy!

Depends on the section of the country.

Huevos Rancheros, Chicken & Waffles, Fish (S. Carolina), Bagels & Lox, Corned Beef Hash, Grits & Grillades, etc.

R11, fish is eaten for breakfast in South Carolina?

Pancakes Barbara!

In Charleston they do/did.

Shoney's buffet

I prefer a breakfast burrito from a Mexican restaurant. American style might be a Sunnyside up egg on toast/English muffin with some avocado under the egg. Yum! Oh, don't forget the bacon drizzled with pancake syrup. Yum!

Bacon and eggs! Everyone's!?!

Pancake with bacon and eggs

Eggs Benedict. And the sauce better not be grainy!

Ass.

Its 2 eggs any style, breakfast meat of your choice, hash browns/home fries, and a short stack of pancakes.

Have yoU never been to a diner?

r20 American style ass?

American MORNING style ass

The entire buffet.

The Original Pancake House, entire menu. To go, can't fit in a booth.

Corn beef hash with eggs

The American basic breakfast is toast, eggs any way, and coffee.

I vote for a combination of R6 and R10, minus the grits.

Canada has the best breakfast ever.

Apple pancake from OPH!

At a local pancake venue, I used to like a sausage omelet (filled with crumbled breakfast sausage), topped with salsa and sautéed mushrooms, a bagel & cream cheese on the side, and a cup of hot tea.

nothing

Belgian waffles

Scrambled eggs or a cheese and mushroom omelet with a short stack of pancakes and coffee.

I prefer breakfast for dinner. I can’t do greasy, heavy food as soon as my feet hit the floor.🤢

I like eggs, hash browns, toast and maybe bacon or ham. Hash browns are the best at diners or restaurants - I can never get them right on my grill.

At home I make scrambled eggs, with either bacon or roasted rosemary potatoes. Sometimes all three.

I never make French Toast at home, as I don't want to keep maple syrup in the house, but I will order it out if it comes with real maple syrup (and usually fruit). Maybe I'll get bacon with it, maybe not.

Why no maple syrup in the house?

Fruit Loops ™ and chocolate milk for Pride ™

Cold, leftover pizza!

r38, I'll make French Toast every morning until it's gone. Or eat it on ice cream. Best not to have it around.

A Shug Avery Breakfast = The Best American Style Breakfast!

Ham, Eggs, Pancakes, Grits, Biscuits and I would add Orange Juice!

Although I haven’t had it in years, the best traditional American breakfast is coffee and cigarettes.

Two eggs scrambled, grits, toast, and pancakes/waffles with maple syrup.

Earrings

Caftans

Gin

Regret

I make a motion to disqualify Eggs Benedict. Yes, it is American, but the individual components convey the opposite; English muffin, Canadian bacon, and Hollandaise sauce--all literally named for other countries, accurately or not. I know Canadian bacon isn't canadian, but the other 2 ingredients originate from outside the US, Hollandaise being from French cooking.

It's also more of a frou frou brunch dish ordered out, not something the average American cook is going to whip up at home first thing in the morning.

Whatever the classic American breakfast is, it includes fluffy pancakes/flapjacks, which are truly American in origin.

Livermush sandwich on plain toast.

Congee American Style!

Just stir in a couple eggs and some dog sausage!

Eggs a la Francaise!

Eggos.

r46 - no.

Eggs Benedict is an American creation that was originally ordered with crispy bacon and toast.

Motion denied. Overruled.

Strong coffee regular and a bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll from a bodega, and a cigarette after before you get into the office.

R52 oh I remember those days. Though I just got an egg on a roll - no bacon and no cheese. I wanted to be skinny.

Biscuits (homemade) and sausage gravy (spicy).

Two poached eggs, sourdough toast (some for the eggs, some with butter and jam), hash browns (slightly crispy), coffee, maybe pineapple juice.

Let’s face it. The quintessential American breakfast is Poptarts, EGGOs or cold cereal. Something quick and full of empty calories.

r56 - ugh on all of those. I'm American and those have never been my breakfast choices.

Ever.

Meth.

I like a good corned beef hash and eggs, fried or scrambled -- with toast, no hash browns since the hash has potatoes. Must be the canned kind, crisped up. I don't want a healthy version.

Or, a huge bloody mary with all the fixings - the drink that eats like a meal. (This one is delicious, BTW)

I don't eat breakfast on weekdays but my go to on weekends around 10:30 or 11 am is 2 eggs Sunnyside up or soft scrambled with toast, bacon or country sausage and coffee.

If I go out it's the same but with hashbrowns. If it's a nicer brunch it's eggs Benedict and mimosas. I may sub toast for biscuits and gravy.

I hate Cracker Barrel but those bitches have great biscuits.

i'm having baked mac an cheese with champagne, inspired by gregg!

2 eggs, soft scrambled, over easy, or sunny-side up.

O'Brien style hash browns. (Cubes of potatoes vs. grated potatoes.) Ketchup & Tabasco.

Toast with butter and jelly or jam.

Bacon.

Toasted bagel, cream cheese, lox / smoked salmon, capers, onions.

Crêpes Suzette!

Bacon egg & cheese breakfast sandwich

Home fries/hash browns(with onions) topped with SOS, topped with two easy-over eggs, plenty of black pepper. Seeded rye or Italian bread, toasted, on the side. Coffee, cream, no sugar.

Barring that: a bacon, American cheese and fried onion omelet. Wheat toast, coffee.

The above, only when having breakfast out. At home, either rolled or steel cut oats, some chopped prunes(don't snicker, it's the secret to "success"), walnuts, a tsp.cinnamon and one of dark cocoa.

Eggs a la Francaise.

Sativa

I concur with the gentleman who cited Shoney's breakfast bar. That was my place of zen - hung over, dry/thirsty, head still spinning after just a few hours of sleep. SUSTENANCE to absorb the alcohol poison while swearing that I'd never do it again. Memories from my 20s. Yes, Shoney's! See ya next week!

did you steal the big boy?

New Yorkers have no idea how blessed they are to have ready access to fresh bagels every morning. Most benighted parts of the world can't have them, and we're jealous.

Breakfast tacos

My version of toad in the hole (hole cut out of the bread, egg dropped in the hole) with bacon on the side, coffee, and an orange.

I have a craving for this every time I watch Moonstruck. Rose Castorini makes it for breakfast at the end but she makes roasted red peppers with it. Roasted red peppers repeat on my so I don't eat them.

This recipe is by an Englishwoman, to celebrate Canada Day (today!), but it seems suitable for American tastes too.

I like either (a) eggs w/bacon and roasted potatoes and ketchup or (b) French Toast and bacon. But the bacon has to be on a separate plate. I don't want to pick something up in my hand that has maple syrup on it. And it has to be real maple syrup, btw.

R75, some of us use forks to pick up our bacon.

r76, do you also use a knife and a fork to eat corn on the cob? Fried chicken?

R73, I love toad in the hole!

Same for eggs benedict. My two faves.

But R1 wins the thread. Your response reminded me of Denny's and I haven't eaten there in years!

No, R77 -- but those are intended to be eaten by hand. I've never heard of anyone picking up bacon with his hands, unless he was sitting in a high chair wearing a bib.

Okay, Datalounge, who cuts their bacon with a knife and fork? And who picks it up in his hand to eat it?

Please identify if female.

I don't eat a lot of meat, but bacon with maple syrup on it sounds delicious.

R73 that's actually called a bird in the nest.

NY can keep their bagels. Too hard and lox is nasty. I've never understand how anyone can eat fishy crap in the morning.🤢

I eat bacon with my hands. It just crumbles if you try to cut it. Like pizza it can be eaten with hands. I've never seen anyone eat it with a fork and knife here in the US anywhere.

Guy here.

i'm not a lox fan either, but I love a fresh NY bagel.

Toad-in-the-Hole is sausages baked in Yorkshire Pudding. It's quite good, but hardly American.

if it is thin sliced American bacon cooked crispy, then almost everyone eats it with hands. If it any other kind of bacon or if it is soggy bacon, then knife and fork.

Bacon egg and cheese on a roll.

Waffle House.

Nice to see people posting about savory American breakfasts vs. pancakes, waffles, "French" toast, etc.

r88: do better.

R89: I never understand people that want to start their day off with so much sugar (pancakes, waffles, poptarts, sugary cereals, donuts etc.). It's counterintuitive.

Oefs en cocotte, topped with grilled asparagus and sauce Mornay; croissant with jam, Assam tea. Fresh-squeezed orange juice.

Pancakes Barbara

No one really eats pancakes or French toast as a daily breakfast. It's more of a once in awhile weekend thing.

No one eats eggs, toast, hash browns and bacon every day, either.

i eat eggs and toast almost every day. sometimes with potatoes (not hash browns though, they are difficult to get right outside of a diner).

I eat eggs almost every day, but I’m low carb and gave up meat.

Hash browns are relatively easy -if you know what you're doing.

Really r98? Because I've been cooking and baking for 30+ years and am frequently complimented for both. For some reason, my hash browns come out either too mushy or burnt. You must know some secret I don't.

Besides that, I'm not usually wanting to babysit potatoes for the better part of a half hour for breakfast. I usually like my breakfasts to be somewhat quicker.

let them sit and don't stir too much

Grate the potato into a bowl of cold water. Drain and press to remove all the water. Place in a hot skillet with about 1/4 inch of oil. Oil should be shimmering. Flatten the potatoes with a spatula. Salt and pepper as desired. Cover and cook. When totally browned on the bottom, flip. Cook second side uncovered to desired crispiness. Do not keep turning the potatoes -lift gently to see if the first side is thoroughly cooked before you flip.

why on earth would you grate a potato - which is already wet - into a bowl of cold water, only to have to press out/remove the water? What nonsense is this?

R102, it removes the starch, which is what turns gray and slimy when you cook the potato. R99 wanted to know the secret(s) of making good hash browns, and removing excess starch is one of them. The other is getting the potato as dry as you possibly can. I usually place my drained, grated potato on a towel and then roll/squeeze so the towel soaks up as much of the water as possible. Yes, it's a pain, but it only takes a minute -and the results are well worth the effort.

Anything at Patrick's Roadhouse

My hash browns.

Russet potatoes, sliced maybe 1/4 inch thick.

Use paper towels to blot exuded starch/water.

Oil in pan, lay potatoes down. Let them lie like that until browned.

Turn each piece over to get the other side brown.

Eggs in a basket

Easy breakfast potatoes:

Cut red or yellow potatoes into thinnish triangles, spread them on parchment paper in a roasting pan, toss in evoo, salt, and rosemary (I use Penzey's). I roast them at 375 for 30-35 minutes, during which time I prepare my eggs to be scrambled. I shake them in an old Talenti container with salt and a bit of cream (you can substitute water).

Very easy breakfast. I may or may cook bacon or sausage in the egg pan first, then drain, then cook the eggs in the same pan.

[quote] Anything at Patrick's Roadhouse

I just had dinner there. Good burgers.

Hashbrowns are easy.

Untoasted, chewy NY everything bagel with Irish butter and a cold brew iced coffee. If I'm out it's corned beef hash, 2 eggs over easy and rye toast.

R107, does the parchment paper impede browning & caramelization? TIA.

R111 No.

Non-event toast.

An apple, orange, or banana. Americans are fat whores!

Foolproof, delicious crispy hashbrowns

Thanks for the video, R115. I feel totally vindicated. :)

Breakfast for dinner: Ideally French toast. Breakfast for Breakfast: either poached or 5 minute eggs with toast tips, eggs seasoned with a bit of salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce. Breakfast for Brunch: (back when I still ate red meat): Steak and eggs with a good Bloody Mary

[quote]toast tips

What is a toast tip, r117?

It's a cut slice to four, also called toast points (my grandmother called them toast tips, so does my mother, etc)

Something I have 2x/year when visiting parents in Midwest: country/chicken fried steak w/sausage gravy, sunny side up eggs & hashbrowns, followed by long nap

Consider that most Americans used to eat this much food every morning and were slender.

R121, most weren't sitting on their asses all day either- especially kids.

I gave up on homemade hash browns, too much work in the morning for me. I just buy the patties that go in the oven

I do like making potato pancakes/latkes which are practically the same thing . But that is a big batch and not at 8 a.m.

[quote]R66: At home, either rolled or steel cut oats, some chopped prunes(don't snicker, it's the secret to "success")

Bronzie, I use Craisins in oatmeal for that, and it does equally well.

i do like me some toasted avocado bagel with lox

lolz

Lots of good breakfast casserole recipes out there. Just ask your nearest frau. She’ll hook you up.

while hubby is getting sucked off by the gay neighbor.

I'd say this combo at a local diner about sums it up: two biscuits with sausage gravy, two eggs, bacon, ham steak, hash browns, stack of pancakes w/ choice of syrup, served with your choice of toast. OK, I made that up, but so many American breakfast combos at restaurants/diners are about that big! It's insane!

Taylor Ham (pork roll], fried egg, and cheese on a kaiser roll.

Ass.

My father ate fried eggs over easy, bacon or sausage and an english muffin with Orange Marmalade every morning and he lived to 84. This started at his retirement at 63.

What I like to cook for myself on Sundays:

Fruit: rasberries, strawberries, blueberries combo

Poached eggs on ham, avocado, tomato, and whole wheat or rye toast, sausages

Blueberry muffin or pancakes with Maple Syrup

what cut of steak is used in chicken friend steak.

Coffee and OJ. Not much of a morning eater.

French toast with cinnamon sugar, and bacon. Butter, sugar and salt in combo.

Not just any french toast either but the puffy twice-cooked version you use to get on trains. The secret is to fry first then bake. (Various recipes around; Google Sante Fe French Toast if you want to try it.)

Cube steak for chicken fried steak.

Those of you plannng to emigrate in the other thread should be aware that cube steak is largely unknown outside the US.

[quote] Coffee and OJ. Not much of a morning eater.

R134 you’re going to give yourself an ulcer putting all that acid in an empty stomach.

R137, then round steak will do. Cut the fat off the edges, and tenderize it well with a meat tenderizer hammer. Follow the recipes from there.

This one looks pretty good, although I don't know how I feel about chili powder and smoked paprika in that spice balance.

r139, was just about to post that you can make cube steak on your own. From wiki:

Cube steak or cubed steak is a cut of beef, usually top round or top sirloin, tenderized and flattened by pounding with a meat tenderizer. The name refers to the shape of the indentations left by that process (called "cubing").

I haven't had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy in sooooooooo long. Might need to make this soon.

Homesick Texan has a good chicken fried steak recipe.

French toast is best made with challah or brioche bread.

Hash browns, egg in a hole, bacon can be made easily and perfectly in an air fryer.

A frozen biscuit line called Mason Dixie is wonderful.

Don't cheap out on jams and preserves.

Did you mean this one, R141?

That's it R143.

Cream of wheat (farina) with butter and sugar.

R145 BROWN sugar!

This thread has me going to the kitchen to fix breakfast for dinner. I'm having crisp bacon, sausage links, hasbrowns in the form of tater tots, scrambled cheese eggs, and a slice of wheat toast with strawberry preserves. I eat what I want on the weekends, baby. Here I go...

^ and that's exactly what I cooked and ate. It was delicious!

i had to opt out of my usual egg-based breakfast this morning because my stomach has been cramping up all day long. But tomorrow I'll be doing an omelette with spinach & feta sausage and red/yellow peppers, country potatoes and sliced blood orange. Tea for the drink.

R66, I love home fries as a once-in-awhile indulgence. Once the secret to getting them crisp on the outside?

Pork roll, egg and American cheese on a roll, each bite dipped in ketchup.

oven, r150.

Today just a simple omelet and an Englis muffin. Didn't overdue it as I'm cooking baby back ribs and corn bread for later.