John Regehrbetween 1968 and maybe a decade ago, there was a bar next to the U of Utah called Big Ed's, and I think you know the place already: the beer is not very good. zero photons of outside light are permitted. even the most hardened tobacco addict on the planet could survive for years just by licking the condensed nicotine off the walls.
anyway, before Big Ed's closed (the owner apparently had a gambling problem and borrowed a lot of money before leaving town suddenly), one of the items on the menu was The Godawful: a huge pile of hash browns topped with chili topped with fried eggs topped with cheese topped with raw onions. with a bit of hot sauce it was a glorious, perfect food. you could not eat it very often and survive, but still it was amazing.
anyhow, when home alone I still make myself one of these sometimes 😋
alt: it’s a Godawful, read the parent for a description, although mine is probably a lot healthier than the original
I took a few liberties:
- tater tots since I didn't have time to make real hash browns
- shallots instead of onions (too strong!! will not repeat)
- just one fried egg
- tater tots since I didn't have time to make real hash browns
- shallots instead of onions (too strong!! will not repeat)
- just one fried egg
Paco Hope@regehr I worked in Chicago 20 years ago and there was this restaurant that served what they called the “breakfast energizer.” Very similar concoction. A bed of hashbrowns, onions, cheese, eggs on a big ass oval platter. It was massive. Decorated with a sprig of parsley and a referral to a cardiologist.
Similarly glorious. Also similar in how often one can/should eat it.
Bhargav Kulkarni@regehr just one fried egg? you have too much self control
Xarn
ash@regehr with like idaho spuds hashbrowns I could see the vision. I actually have something similar for a regular breakfast item, just without the onions
@ashguy just an over easy egg on fried potatoes is something I eat probably 40 times a year
G. Wozniak@regehr This reminds me of the Good Morning Burger from The Simpsons (which I have made--once).
good morning burger. The Simpsons
@gwozniak yes please
@gwozniak The White Spot in Charlottesville VA, where I went to grad school, served this legendary burger. I never had one sober (nor had anyone I know) but at 2am it was glorious
@regehr There was a place where I grew up called Fast Eddie's. They used to have burgers for 29 cents as a special.
When sobriety was not on the table, those burgers sure as hell were.
@gwozniak we had a Fast Eddie's where I grew up too! it closed before I turned 18 😆
@regehr LOL 🤣 Well, this is what the ones here look like.
I've got a few stories about that place.
@regehr Looks like the price of a burger is about 10x more than when I was in high school.
Feel sorry for the kids these days.
@gwozniak on the other hand, other day my wife and I were remarking about how much our kids (both in college) seem to go out to eat. it seems like it's definitely multiple times a week, whereas we ate out like, I don't know, once a month in college? cause we had no money at all
@regehr Yeah, eating out was a treat when I was young (and well into university). I remember when I got stitches out my dad promising me we'd go to McDonald's if I didn't cry. I didn't cry. We didn't go to McDonald's. (I still didn't cry.)
But those drunk garbage food binges were a helluva a lot of fun.
Philippa Cowderoy
Sam@regehr yours probably doesn't have 10s of years of griddle char to properly season everything fried.
Stuart Marks@regehr Yeah I’d also think the raw onions would be rather too much. Shallots are a good choice. I was thinking scallions (the green parts), for flavor and as a garnish.
john spurling@regehr the only thing it's missing is some of that tobacco from the walls microplaned on top