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RandDarkstar wrote:
I'm sure I've seen one at some point or another, but I've never tried a Waffle House. I shall assume that it is one of those Resteraunts-of-the-Damned, based on some responses. Kinda like a Denny's?
At the risk of sounding about 14, Waffle House pwns Denny's. (sorry, couldn't resist)
It's more a greasy spoon, diner-type place. They're often a little dingy, so neat-freak types won't like it. But the food is great. It's mostly breakfast food, they do have other stuff, but why bother? It's better to go in the middle of the night for some reason, I'm not sure why. But it always seems like the perfect type of place to stop at 4 am when you're on your way home from a party and had way too much to drink. It's also my road-trip food stop of choice.
They always have a jukebox that has a lot of songs that are actually about Waffle House (my favorite is "Why Would You Eat Your Grits Anyplace Else?") but unless you're a cute little kid the staff will often give you dirty looks if you play one because they've probably heard all those songs way too many times.
OMG you guys rock!!! This thread is great! I completely agree w/ the sweet tea line for the borders of the south, the mason dixon line is long dead, long live the sweet tea line.
And for those who have not been to a Waffle House, scattered, covered, and smothered, must have! 
Alliaya wrote:
OMG you guys rock!!! This thread is great! I completely agree w/ the sweet tea line for the borders of the south, the mason dixon line is long dead, long live the sweet tea line.
And for those who have not been to a Waffle House, scattered, covered, and smothered, must have!
*sighs* Knew I was living too far North. Stupid unsweetened tea. *grumbling* Add sugar my…
Alliaya wrote:
OMG you guys rock!!! This thread is great! I completely agree w/ the sweet tea line for the borders of the south, the mason dixon line is long dead, long live the sweet tea line.
And for those who have not been to a Waffle House, scattered, covered, and smothered, must have!
Totally forgot that line. I used to cook in a WHouse before we even put that on the menu, but true southerners knew how to ask for it.
And for a new word to discuss: Homer Simpson's favorite utterence:
D'OH
(oh, btw, there are lots of other cool regional dialect thingies on that survey - about 150 questions, I believe!)
Oddly, the stuff that threw me the most were all the peculiar Northeastern regionalisms. It's like the Philadelphia-Boston corridor is just north of me, but a whole 'nother world linguistically!
Message Edited by SueDenim on 02-24-2004 02:52 PM
Sugar does not disolve in cold water. Having a taste for Absinth, I know. Absinth is a bitter, licorice-flavoured drink. It is also around 160 proof or more, with a neurotoxin and hallucinogen in it. It's the stuff that sent Vincent Van Gogh crazy, along with Byron and a host of other artists from the turn of last century. This drink is prepared by mixing water, sugar and the absinth together... but the sugar is dipped in the absinth and set on fire, to drip into the glass, as it caramalizes, it will mix properly. Cold water is poured in and Voila! Yummy.
I would caution anyone that is interested in trying this. The hangover will last days, the headache is nasty nasty boo bad, you are literally poisoning yourself with it.... but the colours are fantastic, and the dreams are amazing.
When they were actually still in Spain, the other guy on the trip ordered some in a bar. He was brought the glass with Absinth in it, a spoon, a sugar cube, and a bottle of water. I wish I could have seen it. But he apparently ate the sugar cube, drank the Absinth straight, drank a tiny bit of the water, ordered another, and did it again. He was completely fine until they were walking back to their hotel, but apparently somewhere along the way he swears that some daleks from Dr. Who started following them in the street. Leave it to my nerdy friends to hallucinate about dorky british sci-fi television.
Also, be careful with the fire around the alcohol. My bf accidentally lit his entire drink on fire, he was already a bit tipsy at that point. It was very pretty, but not exactly what you want to do.
Ernest Hemmingway has a bar in Cuba. (Well... it's named after him. He's dead you know) I'm sure no one here has been there, but it's got a sculpture of him, and the prices are pretty astronomical (compared to the rest of Cuba) - I can go there, being canadian, with no repercussions. Anyway. Hemmingway had a scale of what happens with drinking absinth. The first glass makes you see things as they are. The second glass makes you see things as they are not. The third glass makes you see the truth. Apparently he had it for something like 17 glasses. But if I even tried to have 3 glasses, I'd be in trouble. (160 proof... that's like 4-5 drinks in one) So 3 glasses of this stuff would be like 12-15 glasses of whiskey.
Yes, Absinth does burn very well. 
Daleks... I am not surprised because:
Wormwood (artermisia absinthium) is a herb that has psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties.It is said to affect the neuro receptors in the brain in a similar way to THC (the psychoactive component present in cannabis).
Oh yes I did! I had a very Twilight Zone experience at a WH in GA around 3am and haven't been to one since. Of course they don't have them up here in the NE
donnah42 wrote:
Oh, I know you didn't!
And you beverage people will find this interesting...
SueDenim wrote:
Donnah, I think your demarcation line must be almost precisely right. I grew up in Maryland, went to school in Central Virginia (Charlottesville) and live in Northern Virginia, and I've never even *heard* the term "sweet tea" before! What does it mean, precisely? Obviously, it's something more than "iced tea with sugar?"
It usually is just "iced tea with sugar," but the problem is that sugar will not make tea decently sweet if the tea is already cold. I dunno why, some chemistry thing. You have to mix the sugar in while the tea is still warm, or at least room temperature. So the idea that they can bring you plain iced tea and you put your own sugar in is a damn dirty trick. You can use fake sweetner, that dissolves in cold tea, but it's only a last resort because it tastes a little gross.
So in the real south (I don't think much of Virgina counts as the south, but that could just be because I'm an NC girl
) most restaurants have two seperate tea pitchers, one made with sugar and one without. Sweet tea was the whole reason we ate at Luby's as often as we did while we spent a few years in Texas (which I refer to now as my "temporary insanity" years).If you ever try it, be careful. It's relatively addictive. My bf grew up in Florida, but he started ordering it sometimes when we went out to eat because that's what I always got. And he always had it when we visited my parents. And now he's hooked.
RandDarkstar wrote:
For me, a coke is a coca cola. Ice tea will prompt the waitress to ask which style you prefer. Oatmeal would come with a container of cream to be added yourself. Soda is carbonated water (Soda Water)