Any Special Eats When Far From Home?

henapple

Drink 34 beers and go to waffle house.. Hash Browns all the way
Drink 3 more and go to Krystal.... Rectal rockets 
Sonic... I love the onion rings 
Skyline chili belongs in a diaper.... Yet I eat there when in Ohio. 
Scrapple? Aw hell no. 

theyolksonyou

No 1 rule of travel. No eating someplace you can eat at home. The more of a dive, the better. 

Fred19Flintstone

I like the pecan waffle at Waffle House.  There are no Waffle Houses in Michigan either.

DMW

Fred, where in PA are you heading? Definitely have scrapple for breakfast some morning. 

Fred19Flintstone

We are going to Slippery Rock & should get there around 3.  After I get my toy, it's turn & burn back to Michigan.  After reading a number of opinions about the nastiness of scrapple, I'll pass.

DMW

Fred19Flintstone said:

We are going to Slippery Rock & should get there around 3.  After I get my toy, it's turn & burn back to Michigan.  After reading a number of opinions about the nastiness of scrapple, I'll pass.

Some people don't like pulled pork either, just saying...  

buzd504

I'm a bit surprised at the amount of people on here with usually excellent taste in food that default to crappy fast food when away from home.  That's one of the best opportunities to try new things and have new experiences.

I'm am disappoint in most of you. 

DoubleEgger

Fred19Flintstone said:

I like the pecan waffle at Waffle House.  There are no Waffle Houses in Michigan either.

No Waffle House or Chick Fil A and you've got crappy water? Time to move sir. 

Doc_Eggerton

We never eat fast food at home, but when on the road we usually do lunch as take out and keep driving.  The only time we ever get to eat Chick-Fil-A.  Unfortunately the back half of our trips is usually on a Sunday.  I refuse to eat McDonalds or any other burger chain except Wataburger, and they are too messy for the car.  In a pinch we'll do Walmart chicken strips.  When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.  If possible I'll get Olive Garden take out and go back to the hotel.  I always get hotels with a fridge in the room and my lunches are always hard salami on rye sandwiches with olives and pickles on the side.

buzd504

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

Botch

I actually like scrapple, as long as I don't have to smell it being cooked.  

Doc_Eggerton

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

buzd504

Doc_Eggerton said:

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

Something something something drinking alone... But, hell, who am I kidding. 

DMW

Doc_Eggerton said:

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

You can do both. I've proved it...

theyolksonyou

Me too, D! Me,too. 

Sea2Ski

@dmw. I am with you. scrapple is wonderful.  Ever have Kerby Halloway?

DMW

Sea2Ski said:

@dmw. I am with you. scrapple is wonderful.  Ever have Kerby Halloway?

I don't think so, will have to look for it.

shtgunal3

henapple said:

Drink 34 beers and go to waffle house.. Hash Browns all the way

Been there done that! Also used to go to Denny's after drinking all night.

Botch

Doc_Eggerton said:

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

I eat lunch almost every workday alone, and always catch up on my Time magazine.  I'm a little less comfortable eating dinner solo, mainly because its darker and I can't read (maybe I should get a Kindle or something).  
If I only ate out when I had a date, or friends, I'd miss out on a lot.  

Doc_Eggerton

Botch said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

I eat lunch almost every workday alone, and always catch up on my Time magazine.  I'm a little less comfortable eating dinner solo, mainly because its darker and I can't read (maybe I should get a Kindle or something).  
If I only ate out when I had a date, or friends, I'd miss out on a lot.  

I use a Kindle, mine is not back lighted but the case has a little reading light.  And that is exactly what I do too, if eating alone in a restaurant.  I tried playing my concertina, but it is hard to do that and hold a fork.  It seems to irritate the other customers as well.

McStew

Traveling and working u get accustom to eating alone ... It only takes about five seconds to strike up a conversation with anyone around you 

onedbguru

When I travelled weekly as a consultant, I would find a local dive that would become "homebase" and I always ate at the bar, because, like others, I hate eating alone. I have met a lot of really interesting people over the years.  And "interesting"  has been both good and bad.  

I had a knack for finding places that offered free appetizers and would have a big{ger} lunch and then this lighter fare for dinner. 

and scrapple fried to death ain't that bad... 

jtcBoynton

fishlessman said:

if you havnt tried scrapple give it a try, every one should try it once, once was good enough for me

My stock of scrapple is getting low, only about six pounds left. Time to stock up.

blind99

I'm boycotting google. Wtf is scrapple?

FarmerTom

Doc_Eggerton said:

Botch said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

I eat lunch almost every workday alone, and always catch up on my Time magazine.  I'm a little less comfortable eating dinner solo, mainly because its darker and I can't read (maybe I should get a Kindle or something).  
If I only ate out when I had a date, or friends, I'd miss out on a lot.  

I use a Kindle, mine is not back lighted but the case has a little reading light.  And that is exactly what I do too, if eating alone in a restaurant.  I tried playing my concertina, but it is hard to do that and hold a fork.  It seems to irritate the other customers as well.

"Mamma's gotta squeezebox - daddy never sleeps at night"

DMW

blind99 said:

I'm boycotting google. Wtf is scrapple?

The most awesome breakfast meat ever.

blind99

To answer the question:
kenosha, wi: brat stop
Rochester, ny: dinosaur bbq
hilton head, sc: sea shack

Doc_Eggerton

FarmerTom said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

Botch said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

buzd504 said:

Doc_Eggerton said:

When I travel alone I hate to eat in a restaurant by myself.

I have zero problem eating in restaurant by myself.  I am excellent company.

I'd rather drink cheap booze and watch TV in my room than watch other people eat.

I eat lunch almost every workday alone, and always catch up on my Time magazine.  I'm a little less comfortable eating dinner solo, mainly because its darker and I can't read (maybe I should get a Kindle or something).  
If I only ate out when I had a date, or friends, I'd miss out on a lot.  

I use a Kindle, mine is not back lighted but the case has a little reading light.  And that is exactly what I do too, if eating alone in a restaurant.  I tried playing my concertina, but it is hard to do that and hold a fork.  It seems to irritate the other customers as well.

"Mamma's gotta squeezebox - daddy never sleeps at night"

This is my baritone, the video made just before they shipped it to me.  The one on the right side of the picture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4IOTStb6eA

Isn't is amazing how some of these OT posts wander around.

onedbguru

blind99 said:

I'm boycotting google. Wtf is scrapple?

Scrapple is made from a filler (usually corn meal) and meat from the boiled remnants of a pig (head, feet, tail, sometimes organ meat) ground to mush, mixed with the filler and other stuff, formed, then sliced and fried. 

poster

buzd504 said:

I'm a bit surprised at the amount of people on here with usually excellent taste in food that default to crappy fast food when away from home.  That's one of the best opportunities to try new things and have new experiences.

I'm am disappoint in most of you. 

Maybe that's why I feel like absolute crap every time I go on a trip? sit and drive or sit and fly then eat crap you never would at home, sit and drink all night then wonder why do I feel like @^%#