As for breakfast...
Everything that has been mentioned so far! Breakfast it truly the one meal where I know I can and most likely will overeat - especially if I'm going out for breakfast - and there's a buffet!
French Toast - Good thick, fluffy slices with cinnamon and maple syrup. The "stuffed" variations - with cream cheese, fruit, etc. - tend to be a bit of overkill at times.
Eggs, Bacon and/or Sausage, Hash Browns, Toast and/or Biscuits - I usually like my eggs scrambled or over-easy. I'm a big fan of crispy bacon - especially pepper bacon. Now, if it's a really good thick-cut bacon, then I don't mind a little chew to it. The Hash Browns have to have some crisp and crunch to them! Otherwise, they're just steamed potatoes to me. Toast - wheat or rye. Biscuits - so many variables invloved here from the type of flour, to the liquid (water, milk or buttermilk), to the cook (the term "a good biscuit hand" is used a lot in the South). But a perfect biscuit to me is hot out of the oven, light and airy, fluffy, with a good crust - just enough to provide some give when you take that first bite all slathered in butter.
Scrapple - I'm a big scrapple fan too. And I'm a big fan of scrapple sandwiches, although, I usually like my scrapple on a biscuit. -I've never had it grilled, but I'd give it a try - I'm just trying to figure out how thick you'd have to cut it to make sure it doesn't get lost in the grill grates. And I like Tabasco on my scrapple too.
Pancakse and Waffles - My Dad used to make wonderful pancakes while we were growing up. He usually just used Bisquick, but Bisquick pancakes can be quite good. As for waffles, they can vary too from place to place, time to time. I especially like waffles when a piece of bacon has been pressed along with the waffle batter. Two treats in one! Oh, and lots of butter and syrup too - I like the selection of three syrups you get at Perkins.
Steak and Eggs - Nothing like a rib-eye in the morning!
Oatmeal - Sometimes you just gotta have it.
Grits - I don't normally reach for them the first thing in the morning, but sometimes the mood hits... I like them either with butter, salt and pepper, or the opposite route with butter and sugar.
Corned Beef Hash! - I almost forgot! This has to be my all-time favorite breakfast. And if I see it on a menu at a restaurant I'm at for the first time, I'll usually order it as a sort of litmus test. I like the canned stuff - even the Roast Beef Hash - but the true "Diner Red Hash" is quite wonderful - especially once that little bit of heavy cream is mixed in... Sooooooo good. -It's also hard to find. With some piping hots biscuits (with gravy if I'm feeling particular decadent and arterie-clogging), and two eggs, over-easy, I'm all set for the day!
