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Buns_of_Fire

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50. The places I eat at don't even ASK how you want it.

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 05:26 PM

Jul 2013

It's a matter of faith that when you order iced tea, everyone knows there's only one proper way to drink it -- so why bother asking? (Sometimes, I'll drop my lemon wedge in the water without squeezing it in the tea first -- but only if I'm feeling cantankerous and looking for a fight.)

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You might be a Southerner [View all] Aerows Jul 2013 OP

Puuhhllease...that's with onions, cheese and tomatoes. You only have had to go out clubbin' in the okaawhatever Jul 2013 #1

Amen Aerows Jul 2013 #5

I used to be able to recite the whole litany by heart. Even at 2AM. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #42

What exactly, did you think we were discussing Aerows Jul 2013 #48

My favorite: cheesy eggs, ham and raisin toast. I've tried to recreate their eggs 'n' cheese, which okaawhatever Jul 2013 #60

word n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #49

You forgot 'scattered'.. scattered and smothered for me. n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #2

Not bad :) Aerows Jul 2013 #7

WH is my comfort food. :) X_Digger Jul 2013 #32

Biscuits and gravy Aerows Jul 2013 #36

scattered, smothered and covered, peppered d_r Jul 2013 #22

Peppered Aerows Jul 2013 #24

not bell peppers though d_r Jul 2013 #26

I have to have a Aerows Jul 2013 #29

There ya go. With two over easy, grits in a bowl. No meat. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #52

If you say Coke when referring to 7 up or root beer. BainsBane Jul 2013 #3

I thought that was more of a Texas thing? KamaAina Jul 2013 #6

I'm so far in the South Aerows Jul 2013 #9

The places I eat at don't even ASK how you want it. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #50

You don't live deep enough in the south Aerows Jul 2013 #51

I blame it on my parents (of course). Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #53

My friend from Alabama said coke all the time BainsBane Jul 2013 #10

My friend from Georgia kickitup Jul 2013 #31

FYI: East Texas is the South Nevernose Jul 2013 #54

Seriously Aerows Jul 2013 #4

Waffle house Notafraidtoo Jul 2013 #8

I'm not even lying Aerows Jul 2013 #12

waffle house has the most amazing cross section of the community in there d_r Jul 2013 #23

It's a neat place Aerows Jul 2013 #30

or if you get into a fight with your baby mama's cousin's niece's girlfriend's baby daddy datasuspect Jul 2013 #11

That's part of the dinner show Aerows Jul 2013 #13

Ah yes, Waffle House, the Starbucks of the South KamaAina Jul 2013 #14

You can't breathe without encountering a Waffle House on I-10 between TX and FL Aerows Jul 2013 #15

There are actually very few around New Orleans KamaAina Jul 2013 #16

I live *VERY* close to New Orleans Aerows Jul 2013 #17

For someone going from, say, Houston to Tallahassee, I-12 is shorter KamaAina Jul 2013 #20

I never went that way to Houston Aerows Jul 2013 #25

I love the Awful Waffle! Yum. I heard they now take credit cards. n/t Butterbean Jul 2013 #18

It really isn't awful, though Aerows Jul 2013 #19

It's totally not. Their waffles are awesome. My husband and I Butterbean Jul 2013 #56

Are people in the south as awesome as True Blood LittleBlue Jul 2013 #21

Yes Aerows Jul 2013 #27

Oh, hell yes! kickitup Jul 2013 #34

Don't go there Aerows Jul 2013 #35

Bon Temps would be an awesome place to live Mariana Jul 2013 #37

Think about Forks, WA, where half the guys wear no shirts even though it's 45 and raining... Shrike47 Jul 2013 #39

Not to mention Aerows Jul 2013 #46

My God if only. I would just sit around on a lawn chair and Butterbean Jul 2013 #58

which explains why I had no clue what you were talking about. bunnies Jul 2013 #28

You might be a Southerner if your Dog Bowls are old buick hub-caps. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #33

At a Waffle House in Kentucky last Friday night . . . kickitup Jul 2013 #38

WH is always a crazy mix of people, all happily chowing down together. n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #40

Yep. Aerows Jul 2013 #43

I always called that HillWilliam Jul 2013 #45

That made me laugh out loud Aerows Jul 2013 #41

Scattered 'n' burnt for me, please HillWilliam Jul 2013 #44

Good to see others aren't Aerows Jul 2013 #47

It was at a restaurant alongside I 75 in Ga where I saw the choices for "Ice Tea, bike man Jul 2013 #55

my sister who lives in SC orders DesertFlower Jul 2013 #57

Oh, hell yeah! Sissyk Jul 2013 #59