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Proper bacon can be cooked crisp, in its own fat. I like mine with the rind crispy but with the meat still having a bit if chewiness. In a butty, I prefer the bacon a little less cooked so the juices can soak into the bread, The only question then is red or brown sauce. I prefer HP. As to coffee, I found I knew my US detachments were beginning to end as by then, I could actually taste the coffee, at first it was just warm and wet.
As I wrote in a previous thread:
As any RAF AT/AAR world traveller who has visited the USofA will know, ordering breakfast in the US is a good grounding in resistance to interrogation. The aim of the game is to avoid being asked any questions:
"Good morning (name), it's a very nice day and we're ready to order!" Use of her name always invites a friendly smile!
"Two fried eggs please" positively invites questioning as the Americans seemingly have a vast number of ways of cooking the simple fried egg. So "Two eggs over easy" is the way of avoiding that.
The next question to pre-empt is "Ham, bacon or sausage?" Beware if you ask for sausage though - that might prompt the supplementary "Links or patties?" question.
Next comes toast. "White or brown" offends woke sensitivities, so it's best to go for "Rye toast please" - but we're not finished there, because you'll need to specify if you want buttered toast. That can prompt a "Regular butter?" supplementary - for the uninitiated, the alternative to 'regular' isn't low alcohol, lead free, low fat or somesuch, it's 'melted'....
Don't think you've aced it yet, because then comes orange juice, or rather 'OJ' - and that can be 'regular or large'...
Finally, don't forget "That's everything, thanks - and we'd like seperate checks please".
A silly crew game played in many a Holiday Inn or the like - but the delightful waitresses were always willing participants.
"Good morning (name), it's a very nice day and we're ready to order!" Use of her name always invites a friendly smile!
"Two fried eggs please" positively invites questioning as the Americans seemingly have a vast number of ways of cooking the simple fried egg. So "Two eggs over easy" is the way of avoiding that.
The next question to pre-empt is "Ham, bacon or sausage?" Beware if you ask for sausage though - that might prompt the supplementary "Links or patties?" question.
Next comes toast. "White or brown" offends woke sensitivities, so it's best to go for "Rye toast please" - but we're not finished there, because you'll need to specify if you want buttered toast. That can prompt a "Regular butter?" supplementary - for the uninitiated, the alternative to 'regular' isn't low alcohol, lead free, low fat or somesuch, it's 'melted'....
Don't think you've aced it yet, because then comes orange juice, or rather 'OJ' - and that can be 'regular or large'...
Finally, don't forget "That's everything, thanks - and we'd like seperate checks please".
A silly crew game played in many a Holiday Inn or the like - but the delightful waitresses were always willing participants.
Proper bacon can be cooked crisp, in its own fat. I like mine with the rind crispy but with the meat still having a bit if chewiness. In a butty, I prefer the bacon a little less cooked so the juices can soak into the bread, The only question then is red or brown sauce. I prefer HP. As to coffee, I found I knew my US detachments were beginning to end as by then, I could actually taste the coffee, at first it was just warm and wet.
And a large mug of strong stuff that our colonial cousins had the party over.
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As I wrote in a previous thread:
As any RAF AT/AAR world traveller who has visited the USofA will know, ordering breakfast in the US is a good grounding in resistance to interrogation. The aim of the game is to avoid being asked any questions:
"Good morning (name), it's a very nice day and we're ready to order!" Use of her name always invites a friendly smile!
"Two fried eggs please" positively invites questioning as the Americans seemingly have a vast number of ways of cooking the simple fried egg. So "Two eggs over easy" is the way of avoiding that.
The next question to pre-empt is "Ham, bacon or sausage?" Beware if you ask for sausage though - that might prompt the supplementary "Links or patties?" question.
Next comes toast. "White or brown" offends woke sensitivities, so it's best to go for "Rye toast please" - but we're not finished there, because you'll need to specify if you want buttered toast. That can prompt a "Regular butter?" supplementary - for the uninitiated, the alternative to 'regular' isn't low alcohol, lead free, low fat or somesuch, it's 'melted'....
Don't think you've aced it yet, because then comes orange juice, or rather 'OJ' - and that can be 'regular or large'...
Finally, don't forget "That's everything, thanks - and we'd like seperate checks please".
A silly crew game played in many a Holiday Inn or the like - but the delightful waitresses were always willing participants.
"Good morning (name), it's a very nice day and we're ready to order!" Use of her name always invites a friendly smile!
"Two fried eggs please" positively invites questioning as the Americans seemingly have a vast number of ways of cooking the simple fried egg. So "Two eggs over easy" is the way of avoiding that.
The next question to pre-empt is "Ham, bacon or sausage?" Beware if you ask for sausage though - that might prompt the supplementary "Links or patties?" question.
Next comes toast. "White or brown" offends woke sensitivities, so it's best to go for "Rye toast please" - but we're not finished there, because you'll need to specify if you want buttered toast. That can prompt a "Regular butter?" supplementary - for the uninitiated, the alternative to 'regular' isn't low alcohol, lead free, low fat or somesuch, it's 'melted'....
Don't think you've aced it yet, because then comes orange juice, or rather 'OJ' - and that can be 'regular or large'...
Finally, don't forget "That's everything, thanks - and we'd like seperate checks please".
A silly crew game played in many a Holiday Inn or the like - but the delightful waitresses were always willing participants.
I have lost my inclination for hash browns, and since I joined the Navy (back before the internet existed) and got stationed in places like Virginia (Tidewater area), Florida, and Texas, I acquired a taste for grits and much prefer them with my breakfast. But quality is variable, so an order of dry toast is always held in reserve when eggs are on the plate (if I take a look around and see grits that are too runny).
Very much miss passing through the MAC terminal for breakfast at Hickham. Western omelette with Portuguese sausage. Have been in search of that ever since. Some things you miss like the greasy eggs in the mess before an early departure and the hundred megawatt toaster. Think I prefer the American version of bacon than the British boiled.
This latest Class of US Aircraft Carriers come with many new and improved features over the previous classes....more stealthy, more power for propulsion and other energy users (Laser weapons?), higher sortie rate, increased crew comfort due to reduced numbers of Crew and embarked air squadron staff.
How does the new. British Carriers compare to these new American Carriers?
https://www.hotcars.com/why-ford-cla...-nimitz-class/
How does the new. British Carriers compare to these new American Carriers?
https://www.hotcars.com/why-ford-cla...-nimitz-class/
Sadly there’s no comparison to be made. If we fully man them ( other genders are available but that’s led to other issues ) we can’t man the destroyers that are meant to guard them. And we can’t embark a full air group on either. Moot point right now as one is laid up with a stuffed gearbox and drive shaft issues. So, the usual UK lash up.
We do have, however, two flyco bridges. One more for the hypersonic missiles to aim at.
Your bacon is still **** though. And the coffee
We do have, however, two flyco bridges. One more for the hypersonic missiles to aim at.
Your bacon is still **** though. And the coffee
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Which may end up being a brilliant design choice when all is said and done.
The next time you pass through San Francisco, I suggest you sample some Peet's - you may reverse that opinion. 
Your bacon is still **** though. And the coffee
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All very good but I have yet to see mention of an Egg Banjo. Us members of a 390 MU working party en-route to fix Changi's problems would make a pit-stop in Changi village to collect said egg banjos then endeavour to avoid a dribble of egg yolk down one's kd shirt whilst scoffing it.
All very good but I have yet to see mention of an Egg Banjo. Us members of a 390 MU working party en-route to fix Changi's problems would make a pit-stop in Changi village to collect said egg banjos then endeavour to avoid a dribble of egg yolk down one's kd shirt whilst scoffing it.
I have indeed tried Peet’s. And you can’t beat a Rueben from Wise Sons Jewish deli. It’s more the method of processing said coffee that seems ubiquitous in the US; the drip percolator method which seems to wreck any vestige of taste.
Memo to Self:
Egg banjos and similar hazards should only be tackled wearing what my famiy call "playing out clothes". These are two up from rags, one up from crawling under the car or painting the fence, one down from smart casual and two or three down from formal.
SWMBO in valet mode organises my gear so I have shirts and jerseys/ jumpers/ pullovers in separate compartments by tattiness. And, for the OCD in me, further subdivisions: I am green/ blue colour part-blind, so division is essentially blue/ black/ grey versus green/ red/ brown. Poofter pink is a problem.
Thus I can dress in the dark either matched if I feel submissive and conformist, or unmatched if the rebel streak spark flickers to life.
Messages of sympathy gratefully accepted.
Egg banjos and similar hazards should only be tackled wearing what my famiy call "playing out clothes". These are two up from rags, one up from crawling under the car or painting the fence, one down from smart casual and two or three down from formal.
SWMBO in valet mode organises my gear so I have shirts and jerseys/ jumpers/ pullovers in separate compartments by tattiness. And, for the OCD in me, further subdivisions: I am green/ blue colour part-blind, so division is essentially blue/ black/ grey versus green/ red/ brown. Poofter pink is a problem.
Thus I can dress in the dark either matched if I feel submissive and conformist, or unmatched if the rebel streak spark flickers to life.
Messages of sympathy gratefully accepted.
You need a reliable pair of drinking pants.
Aircraft carriers and food: I remember fondly the dirty shirt wardroom in the Indy, a bit forward and under the cats, and being able to have food there while still wearing a flight suit. I only ate in the 'normal' wardroom (which required one to be in khaki) when I had to...which was very rarely. I wonder if that's still a thing. Been a few years ...
Aircraft carriers and food: I remember fondly the dirty shirt wardroom in the Indy, a bit forward and under the cats, and being able to have food there while still wearing a flight suit. I only ate in the 'normal' wardroom (which required one to be in khaki) when I had to...which was very rarely. I wonder if that's still a thing. Been a few years ...