A Texan's Breakfast Menu (Austin: usage, fried, live)

[Sandstorm214]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

I always put ketchup on both!

Do you like the way they sometimes make huevos rancheros in NM, especially Santa Fe? They start with a FLOUR tortilla (rather than a crisp corn one), top that with fried eggs, then green chile sauce, usually bland.

I was shocked (several years ago), but I imagine they still make them this way.

The food in Alpine a couple of weeks ago surely did taste good......

That's the way we always had them growing up in NM, with the flour tortillas. Now that I think about it, I've had them both ways as well and enjoyed them both ways. Of course my mom didn't care for corn tortillas when I was growing up, so all of her cooking was done with flour tortillas and that's just what I was used to. Huevos rancheros can certainly vary a lot based on where you have them--I've had some that were just awful.

I'm envious of your trip to Alpine. I miss being closer to that part of TX.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Sandstorm214

That's the way we always had them growing up in NM, with the flour tortillas. Now that I think about it, I've had them both ways as well and enjoyed them both ways. Of course my mom didn't care for corn tortillas when I was growing up, so all of her cooking was done with flour tortillas and that's just what I was used to. Huevos rancheros can certainly vary a lot based on where you have them--I've had some that were just awful.

I'm envious of your trip to Alpine. I miss being closer to that part of TX.

When I was driving back and forth between Midland and Alamo, I lived at a popular restaurant here that serves great breakfasts. You had a CHOICE of tortillas for huevos rancheros--either corn or flour. The sauce was green chile-based, but very good, and they will bring you a hot green sauce on request. So, I'd get the corn tortilla with overeasy fried eggs, good green chile sauce and the hot green on the side. They were served with hash browns and refried beans, just really tasty!

That is also an anomaly for Alamo, given that 90% of the restaurants here are just horrible.

I ate at a restaurant (Best Western Alpine served a complimentary egg/bacon/biscuit breakfast with hot sauce on the table, so I had one meal out for lunch or dinner) for lunch after I got through looking at houses.

The restaurant was Texas Fusion, and each table got a complimentary basket of chips and salsa, even if you didn't order Mexican food. The salsa was hot enough that my nose was running...dang, it WERE good! It was a RELIEF to be back in a place where I didn't have to ask for decently spiced food!

The CFS was so huge that I doggie-bagged half of it, stuck it in the room fridge, and warmed it up a couple of days later when I got home!

Dang, I miss good food that I don't have to make myself.

So, next time you're in Alpine, do stop there. I really enjoyed it.

[spiritof68]

I remember when I was a kid, Grandma made biscuits and gravy every Sunday morning. If I close my eyes I can remember sitting between her and my granddad at the dining room table having the homemade biscuits and the gravy made from the sausage and bacon drippings and having the bacon and sausages patties with them. Sometimes Grandma would make an egg for me too. What a great memory.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by spiritof68

I remember when I was a kid, Grandma made biscuits and gravy every Sunday morning. If I close my eyes I can remember sitting between her and my granddad at the dining room table having the homemade biscuits and the gravy made from the sausage and bacon drippings and having the bacon and sausages patties with them. Sometimes Grandma would make an egg for me too. What a great memory.

There is no better cooking then what our grandmothers made. Mine could cook over an open fire as well as on a stove. She always told me God created our fingers before he created a fork. I miss her, her great cooking and all those fresh vegetables from her garden.

Ever had true eggs from chickens that run wild ? They have a much deeper orange yolk and taste about 5 times better then store bought eggs. That will spoil you.

Also, breakfast in west Texas is better then east Texas. The food just taste better when you can see 20 miles in every direction.

[BacktoBlue]

my goodness, that's a lot of fat filled food.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by Footballfreak

my goodness, that's a lot of fat filled food.

As a Football Freak you realize we have some big kids in TX that like to eat.

Even though we talk about all this good food, it's not something you can do everyday. (But we do still allow toys in our McDonalds Happy Meals)

[BacktoBlue]

Originally Posted by Rakin

As a Football Freak you realize we have some big kids in TX that like to eat.

Even though we talk about all this good food, it's not something you can do everyday. (But we do still allow toys in our McDonalds Happy Meals)

That's only in San Francisco where they don't. The rest of CA does allow it. SF is just a twisted backwards weird city.

[Pontificator]

Darn it, Reb! Now you have me wanting biscuits and gravy. And grits. And sausage. And more gravy. Lots of salt.

In the meantime, my breakfast blender will contain any or all of the following: fresh mango, fresh pineapple, carrot juice, fresh beets, yellow bell pepper, Bulgarian yogurt, brown rice powder, and LOADS of fresh ginger.

[harleytexas]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Not hard at all! Just ask them to hold the eggs - works for me, when I'm not in an egg mood.

Every place I have asked will take the eggs off and not lower the bill or will not substitute the eggs for anything else.

[CMDallas]

you forgot the Mexican food (except the hot sauce). Texas really wouldn't be as special without the integration of Southern-Mexican good.
stuff like Chorizo and Tortillas (as opposed to just toast)