Current Events > Eating out for breakfast is probably my biggest food annoyance.

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I don't even like going out to eat in most situations already. But breakfast, the foods are truly the same kinds of things I'd make at home, but with much less flavor.

Why don't places ever season their eggs, potatoes, etc.

Then you're probably still going to have to wait like 15-30 minutes if you're trying to go out on a weekend morning.

But people just love going out for breakfast and brunch* though.

*I'll admit that brunch is better than regular breakfast since the menu items are more unique.

I skip breakfast most days, protein shake and cup of coffee is all I need. The days where I don't skip breakfast, I usually make it at home on Sunday

Yeah I hate going out to eat period. I don't value food enough to spend 5x the amount on what it's worth so I can sit in a large room full of loud people.

The diners by me make some bomb-ass home fries and skillet potatoes, well seasoned an shit. God. want em

I don't eat breakfast at all

Finding out people don't even season their eggs at home shocked me.

they got salt and pepper on the table homie

I rarely eat out for breakfast. Lately I've started to treat myself once a week but I'm finding the kind of things you're talking about with the long waits and unseasoned food. Donuts and bagels are good but those are just pure carbs. I like stuff with a protein... honestly it's hard to screw that stuff up, but some of it is just bland.

Some stuff stands out on brunch places. Croque madames, fancy lox with avocados bagels. Specialty pancakes. Its all about where youre eating.

i go to ihop at nights when no one is dere

GranolaPanic posted...

Go to Cracker Barrel. They have the best breakfast food and its properly seasoned.

I truly hope you're joking.

Oubliettes posted...

they got salt and pepper on the table homie

Like, I'm not one to say that everything needs a huge amount of seasoning, but man. I want something a bit more than just salt and pepper.

Yeah, I don't like getting scrambled eggs at a restaurant. I like to have salt mixed in before they're cooked. The flavor sticks better that way, than salting them after they're already cooked. But I'm sure they do it so that customers have more control over how much seasoning is on their eggs.

emblem-man posted...

Like, I'm not one to say that everything needs a huge amount of seasoning, but man. I want something a bit more than just salt and pepper.

if salt and pepper isnt enough to fix it then the food is just shit
eggs and breakfast potatoes really dont need anything else
eat somewhere else or be a weirdo and carry around a fanny pack of spices idk

emblem-man posted...

I don't even like going out to eat in most situations already. But breakfast, the foods are truly the same kinds of things I'd make at home, but with much less flavor.

Why don't places ever season their eggs, potatoes, etc.

Then you're probably still going to have to wait like 15-30 minutes if you're trying to go out on a weekend morning.

But people just love going out for breakfast and brunch* though.

*I'll admit that brunch is better than regular breakfast since the menu items are more unique.

Have you considered going somewhere good?

Just go to hispanic places

Once you become a decent cook, most food out sucks

Go to the right place and it's awesome. Though, usually my "breakfast" outings are better called brunch or lunch outings. I never go early. I just go to breakfast places like Denny's at lunch time.

Oubliettes posted...

if salt and pepper isnt enough to fix it then the food is just shit
eggs and breakfast potatoes really dont need anything else
eat somewhere else or be a weirdo and carry around a fanny pack of spices idk

I have a feeling the owners having this attitude is probably why places don't spice their foods. Not understanding how to spice things properly without destroying the taste of the food it's on. Instead, gatekeep how you cook food and fail to understand that spices aren't to fix broken food, it's to improve food that is still effected by how well it's cooked to start with.

My favorite breakfast food is eggs benedict and thats not something Im ever going to take the effort to make at home imo

Lost_All_Senses posted...

I have a feeling the owners having this attitude is probably why places don't spice their foods. Not understanding how to spice things properly without destroying the taste of the food it's on. Instead, gatekeep how you cook food and fail to understand that spices aren't to fix broken food, it's to improve food that is still effected by how well it's cooked to start with.

properly cooked eggs and potatoes dont need seasoning beyond salt and pepper to personal taste
if you need to add spices to get flavor out of dishes that should have plenty of it on their own, they were cooked wrong. egg yolk is very flavorful. properly browned potatoes are very flavorful. if you have a personal preference and like dijon eggs or garlic potatoes or whatever, thats cool you do you. breakfast menus are typically a rather unique combination of sweet foods, savory foods, hot foods, cold foods, fresh fruits, etc, that are all intended to be served together, and simpler flavor profiles help balance the divide. restaurants typically serve with that in mind.

Oubliettes posted...

properly browned potatoes are very flavorful

I'm not gonna lie, I could eat Taco Bell's potatoes by themselves for every meal and never be tired of them.

Or like how restaurant chains like Taco Bell and Sonic will have a breakfast menu but don't open until 10AM. Like bruh, I needed that breakfast 4 hours ago

Null_Gain posted...

Or like how restaurant chains like Taco Bell and Sonic will have a breakfast menu but don't open until 10AM. Like bruh, I needed that breakfast 4 hours ago

must be a franchise thing. all the sonics around here open at 6

Waffle House have unique and delicious hash browns. I've tried to replicate them at home many times, just can't quite nail it down

Shabriri posted...

The diners by me make some bomb-ass home fries and skillet potatoes, well seasoned an shit. God. want em

This is the key. Diners.

*chefs kiss*

perfect breakfast

yeah, breakfast foods are my favorite things to cook and i'm pretty damn good at it, so it's almost never worth eating out for it, for me. especially with how expensive everything everywhere is lately. plus, if you wanna go out for breakfast, you gotta get up and get yourself together all early, and ngl i'd rather just cook at home in my sweatpants with my hair all messed up cuz i haven't showered yet and shit and just not worry about it.

and yeah, seasoning your potatoes should be done more often. whether i'm doing home fries or hashbrowns, i throw some sliced white or red onion in there about 2/3s of the way cooking, and either right before i flip the hashbrowns or after i take out the home fries and drain them, i like to season them with salt, pepper, onion powder, paprika, and parsley. it's sooooo good.

Really my big issue is getting my ass up and ready for a trip to a restaurant, before I even have my morning coffee and some food in yet