TOTALLY GEEKED!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

RE: For the first time EVER.....

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Even FEMA looks to Waffle House for guidance.

Ever hear of the Waffle House index?

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I bet waffle house is cleaner than red lobster.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I have two friends who managed the Red Lobster kitchen. They both said they had to fight to keep the scores up.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

And you don't see that kitchen. At waffle house everything is right there.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I wish we had a Waffle House. DH would be a happy man.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Hash browns a dozen different ways!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

He loves hash browns.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Hash browns are great any way you make them.

And now they have gravy too.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Hash browns are great any way you make them.

And now they have gravy too.

They are best if you grate the raw potato and fry them up with butter.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Not arguing at all.

Idea. I think all geek meets should occur in Waffle Houses.

WYSIWYG · Guru

I love Waffle House.

Always clean, always fast, always good food. And the prices are very reasonable. But that's not the best thing about Waffle House. The best thing is a Waffle House experience in Florida will be the exact same as a Waffle House experience in Texas, or in New York, or in California, or anywhere.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Hash browns a dozen different ways! - Southern_Belle

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Not according to the sign on the wall in their restaurants! I think it's somewhere in the thousands. ;)

I'll have to stop in at one and peek at the sign. I may or may not have a waffle while I am there.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Just had a thought.

Has anyone here seen "Kitchen Nightmares" with Gordon Ramsay? Maybe someone should contact him. Maybe he could help that Applebees.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

WYSIWYG wrote:
Just had a thought.

Has anyone here seen "Kitchen Nightmares" with Gordon Ramsay? Maybe someone should contact him. Maybe he could help that Applebees.

I LOVE this show. It's one of my favorites. I especially like when he tells the owners they need to change the menu and they respond with "we can't get rid of that dish, our customers all love it". Ummmm...what customers? If you had customers, you wouldn't need Gordon there to help you!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I watched that show one time. It was with the baker lady who was such a biotch. Gordon ended up walking off. That lady was horrible.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Stopped in at a Waffle House today. Found out they took the signs that said how many ways they served hash browns down during the last company-wide remodel. I was sad. Had a waffle anyway.

While waiting for my waffle, I talked to the cook, he remembered the sign.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Did he remember what the sign said??!

WYSIWYG · Guru

Sadly no. He remembered it was up in the thousands though.

I know there's a mathematical formula that could determine the actual number of possibilities, but formulaic math was never my strong suit. I stick with simple +, -, *, and /.

WYSIWYG · Guru

If anyone knows the formula, there are 8 possible toppings that can be combined in as many ways as 8 toppings can be combined, all the way from no toppings to all 8 toppings, and any combination in between.

Smothered, Covered, Chunked, Diced, Peppered, Capped, Topped, and Country.

Dang it. Now I want hash browns.

chef · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
If anyone knows the formula, there are 8 possible toppings that can be combined in as many ways as 8 toppings can be combined, all the way from no toppings to all 8 toppings, and any combination in between.

Smothered, Covered, Chunked, Diced, Peppered, Capped, Topped, and Country.

Dang it. Now I want hash browns.

8! = 40,320

The ! stands for factorial. 8! = 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

This formula is one of the few things I remember from statistics. It was how we were taught to figure out how many possible combinations exist.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Not to disagree with your formula in general, but wouldn't it be based on 9, since "no topping" is a topping option as well? 8 named toppings + 1 lack of topping.

Even with 8 though, that's a plateful of ways to make them!

chef · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
Not to disagree with your formula in general, but wouldn't it be based on 9, since "no topping" is a topping option as well? 8 named toppings + 1 lack of topping.

Even with 8 though, that's a plateful of ways to make them!

I didn't consider 'no topping' as part of the formula but it would only add 1 to the possible combinations since it's impossible to have both no topping and some toppings.

JPT · Senior Member

The Crapplebees here closed back at Christmas, it was sooo bad, the locals just quit going. Sticky tables and carpet, rude host staff, indifferent service and lousy food. I mean, it closed, and the next day, they took down the sign.
But there is a happy ending, it made room for Beach Diner to move up here from the JAX Beach and Metro area. Clean facility, good service, wonderful food. Took them 2 months to scrape out the accumulation of dirt and redecorate!

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I have been to Waffle House twice. It was disgusting both times. The food was greasy and tasted very bland and almost like it had been reheated. This thread has made me give them another chance if I ever come across another one.

FNW · Guru

I'm unimpressed with Waffle House. Greasy limp bacon, tasteless, dirty booths with sticky tables. Same issues in both VA and PA.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

We stopped at one to use the bathroom. I wouldn't have wanted to eat there.

I-Hop is okay. We have a local place called Flapjacks...superb!

flan

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

FNW wrote:
I'm unimpressed with Waffle House. Greasy limp bacon, tasteless, dirty booths with sticky tables. Same issues in both VA and PA.

Ok good. I was beginning to think I was the only one.

FNW · Guru

Me, too. I heard all these great things about it when I first moved to WV. There was one down the street in Winchester, VA where I had my car serviced so I checked it out. Never went back. Then were on vacation in Strasburg, PA and my husband wanted to go to WH. He said it was so good, etc., and again, not a good experience. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

FNW wrote:
I'm unimpressed with Waffle House. Greasy limp bacon, tasteless, dirty booths with sticky tables. Same issues in both VA and PA.

Why were you tasting the booths and tables?

WYSIWYG · Guru

I'm shocked. I've always gotten awesome service at Waffle Houses, and while the food wasn't ever "Michelin Star" quality, it was very satisfying and tasty.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

It's a $5 breakfast.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Well, my son loves Waffle House. We don't have any but only get to eat there on vacations. And, everyone I have been in was pretty dirty with a "feet stick to the floor" kind of feel. But, we haven't died yet from eating there and the food is always delicious. YOu might want to stop at a gas station to use the restroom prior to going though, lol.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

It's great for traveling because it's fast and cheap. Get's you back on the road quickly.

jlbear71 · Guru

No Waffle House here around Philly. But there are three on my way to Mom's next week. I may stop for breakfast.

Crapplebee's is always crowded here but we have not been there in years. We prefer the mom and pop type restaurants over chains. And they are not really on the list of chains that we will go to.

Lindley · Guru

I only at waffle house once. I have no memory whether it was good or not. I prefer either IHOP or cracker barrel