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[Surly]

That's more a south west thing. At least that is the only place I've been offered kippers. Damn tasty, but too hard to get fresh kipper where I live.

[TatteredShoeLace]

I cant do pictures because I'm dumb.

http://www.chickfila.com/images/menu_biscuits_gravy.jpg
^Bisc & Gravy

http://www.culinaryconcierge.com/images ... ts.jpgmuch like oatmeal...I think

Both are southern dishes, so I don't know too much about them. I'm more of a egg and toast kinda guy...maybe french toast if I'm feelin fancy[/img]

CD EDIT: Your huge links broke the page width, so I;ve shortened 'em... (Revanael)

[west]

You can get biscuits and gravy in the North, too, especially in places like Chicago where there's a large percentage of people who migrated from the south (or whose ancestors did)

[kroner]

yeah, but it is definitely regional. i've never had grits or biscuits with gravy for breakfast or otherwise.

[TatteredShoeLace]

Resturants in NY serve them. I just don't have the taste for such things. And yes, they are in chicago and the like, but I was speaking of origins. I mean I can get sushi in my school dining hall but I don't think Rochester is the birthplace of raw fish consumption.

[Missy]

There's two different types of items here. Biscuits and gravy are what you get at popeyes and KFC.

Biscuits and sausage gravy which is the white gravy you can obtain at either of the above places, with sausage in it. Which makes it the breakfast item.

[TatteredShoeLace]

Missy, is it true that Hawaii loves SPAM? Just curious.

[Chrissy]

Okay... I don't understand some of this...Sparkle. What are grits? Please excuse my ignorance of American food

Sparkle, please explain grits to this man if you can. My most eliquentte response is "they're good" I know I know what they are, it's eluding me at the moment though.

DS4E. You have biscuits with breakfast? And gravy? That sounds like a damn weird breakfast...

Biscuits and gravy is my all my all time favorite breakfast food. I haven't had it in ages due to the fact that woman can barely eat anything good after the age of 18 It's not a dark beef gravy, or even a light chicken, it's a delicious gray pork gravy. lol. It's suasage, in a suasage fat based gravy, poured over biscuits. De-lic-ous.

And I have to say that when I was in America I tried waffles for breakfast... couldn't finish them. How can you eat them for breakfast? I mean really... I just couldn't.

How many were on your plate?! Depending on where you ate, it could be 1-50.

C.

[Stan]

Grits are the inside of a kernel of corn. They are great with butter and salt!

As far as biscuits and gravy...the gravy I usually have is made from the bacon fat, not sausage, though I've had it both ways. And biscuits in the US are not hard and crunchy. By biscuit we mean similar to a dinner roll.

Waffles are awesome as well! How could someone NOT eat those for breakfast, and lunch and dinner and well whenever!?!

[Surly]

I was in New York. In an 80s style diner. Can't remember exactly where...

Anyway, I just can't eat that many waffles. Made me feel sick. Now, the corned beef hash I had, I could eat platefuls of. That was good food.

And what's with the not being able to buy decent bread, which doesn't have copius amounts of sugar in it? It was revolting most of the time...*shudders*

Anyway, that biscuits and gravy thing does sound quite good. But I'll stick with my full English. It just can't be beat.

[Chrissy]

What is a kipper?

C.

[kroner]

american restaurants as a rule serve more food than a normal person can conceivably eat in a sitting. this has sort of become part of the culture. i think it's due to the fact that the cost of food itself has become so negligible compared to service costs that restaurants can serve more with barely any increase in price, and everyone knows americans like more more more.

so as a result, eating at american restaurants you just have to get used to not cleaning your plate. the good side it that you can bring home the left overs and eat for a week.

of course if your problem was just that you don't like american waffles, that's another matter entirely.

[Revanael]

What is a kipper?

C.

Kippers are smoked fish of some kind. VERY smoked, I think. Can't remember what kind of fish though. Might be haddock.

[Missy]

Missy, is it true that Hawaii loves SPAM? Just curious.

It is true. lol I couldn't tell you why they do, but they do.

The seven eleven gas stations here wihle they still have hot dog rotisseries, serve hawaiin items. Theres this stuff and I can't think of the name they have for it, but it's a hunk of spam with rice on top, wrapped in a piece of seaweed. (I guess it's cheap sushi? lol)

I don't have a freaking clue why it's so appealing to them. LOL They also have spam and eggs for breakfast plates in a lot of places. Even in McDonalds it is not uncommon to find Hawaiian based foods. I think I recall seeing the spam and egg breakfast plate at a McDonalds in a Walmart once.

[Chrissy]

We used to eat spam when we went camping in our youth. I bought it once as an adult, because I thought, hey, I like spam. I found out that as an adult, it was not that delicous. lol.

C.