Slummin' It: Burger King

I found myself in North Carson this morning and in great need of a breakfast sandwich, as I usually am. Oddly enough for a breakfast enthusiast who purports to be the authority on Carson breakfasts, I didn't know where to go for this breakfast sandwich. There was a 7-11 nearby, and a Burger King. The 7-11 I had been in before (The 395 N. and College Parkway location) and wasn't thrilled with it. Their coffee refills are 99¢ plus tax, whereas the 50 E. and College Parkway 7-11 charges only 75¢, tax included.

Offtopic: Teddy Grahams!

Remember Teddy Grahams? Man, I do. These graham cracker snacks were introduced in 1988. They were really heavily promoted when they came out. We didn't even have a TV when I was growing up and I still remember the commercials. They featured the bears playing in a rock band and you can see the commercials on Youtube. If you want to sing along, the words to the song are:

ITEM! Real Butter at the Nugget Diner!

In a promising development at the Nugget Diner, today's waffle was served with real butter!

The waffle was the only breakfast food on today's trip to the Nugget Diner. I overcame the siren song of the breakfast burrito and ventured instead into the strange world of Lunch. Little did I expect what would arrive with that waffle.

A Tale of Two Potatoes: Hash Browns vs. Home Fries

They are the best of potatoes, they are the slightly less good but still not the worst of potatoes, they are the eternal question before breakfast orderers nationwide, they are cold and undercooked, they are blackened and overdone, they are swimming in fake grease, they are flavorful with genuine butter - in short, these potatoes are so alike and so different that in the noisiest of diners servers insist on patrons deciding, for good or for evil, whether they would like hash browns or home fries with that.

Let us explore the world of these two breakfast potato choices...