Waffle House hash browns.

Scattered, Smothered, Capped for me

Scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked, please!

Yep, count me in too.. a double order and 2 Scram and grits please!

A long time ago, while on vacation, we stopped at a Waffle House around Newport News, Virginia, and they had the choice of Cackle.

Cackle meant: with egg.

I have never seen another with that option. I don't remember how the egg was prepared. I would prefer scrambled, but I can see other forms of cooked eggs being used. Personally, I don't think I'd want over-easy on top of the hansbrown unless they were simply smothered and covered.

Interesting note about Waffle House:

Pay attention next time you're there (sit at the counter if possible), You'll notice they don't have a ticket rail, and if the waitress writes down anything at all she just reads it verbally to the cook. How do they remember what the orders are? You'll see them lay out several plates in advance, and place flatware and/or utensils in various positions on the empty plates; for instance, maybe a fork pointing north-south and a spoon pointing east-west might mean 2 over easy, a diagonal knife might mean a ham and cheese omelet, etc.

When we were in culinary school my basic skills chef advised us to spend a couple hours in a Waffle House sitting at the counter watching the cook, because "those guys know how to cook eggs better and more efficiently than anybody". I took his advice and I've always been glad I did. It's not just the egg cookery, either - those guys are a model of kitchen efficiency, period.

Scattered and smothered for me, and occasionally covered, but only when I'm not getting the cheesy eggs.

Same here except double-covered if even when getting the cheesy eggs, which are GREAT!

BTW: I make them at home. Cube some cream cheese and heat in a skillet with a touch of olive oil until it starts to soft, then dump on some beaten eggs (with some Hellman's in it, of course, for fluffiness), scamble it up, and voila!!!

Marsha, I've always been fascinated by the "system" at Waffle House. It really is amazing how they juggle all those orders. Obviously, they're only human, but I swear the odds of them getting your order right is 10 times the chances of getting the right goods in your sack at the Mickey D's drive-thru with all their computers, printouts and monitors.

And, the way they work at W.H. with such a small amount of space is so impressive. In my Momma's immortal words, "It's so crowded, you have to go outside to change your mind!"

Scattered and well-done on both sides, when I get them, which isn't often because I'm not supposed to eat potatoes. If you don't say "on both sides" one side is nice and crispy and well-done and the other is a soggy mess!

Every once in a great while I get 'em chunked or covered, but am always dissapointed that I just didn't get 'em well.

I eat at Waffle House more than anyone should. I am always amused that, in my anecdotal observation, about 90% of the people who order hash browns "all the way" don't even eat half of them.

It seems as all (47) votes are in. The "ANY" category won with 13 votes, which isn't a surprise being as it included any and all toppings. The next most popular topping was Smothered with 9 votes. After that there was a tie for 3rd place with Covered and in the Ring (my fave) both garnering 7 votes apiece.

So, there we have it Louisville, of the 1.35 million people in the Metro, 47 have spoken of their favorite Waffle House hash browns. I truly wonder if this outcome is really indicative of how the other 1,349,953 feel. We shall never know, so eat well and live a long and prosperous life.