WSR Gridiron Report

A verrrry good observation Wineknow.

Yes there is a chicken and waffles place. I forget the name but it is on speedway not too far from campus.

I've never understood the whole chicken waffle thing, last time I ordered it had buffalo sauce all over it and it was crappy. I like Dutch style waffles dipped in icing or hot fudge.

This whole fascination with chicken and waffles is kinda dumb.

Have some good waffles with butter and maple syrup or go get some good fried chicken, preferably without skin to avoid too much fat. Or, come over to our house when Mrs BlkMtn makes the most amazing oven fried chicken, no skin, no oil, great seasoning. You'll think you were somewhere in he south. Amazing woman!

Anyway, don't mix the genres of cooking.

We should reject, out of hand, any player who demands a good chicken and waffle place.

Ahh WATO, the things you are missing in life...

BnG is really dependent upon the quality of the biscuits and the gravy, both have to be good or the dish suffers. However, what defines good but one's own palate? Me? I prefer biscuits and gravy to hummus any day. :>

Now that is starting to sound like the delicious Canadian delicacy of poutine.

Thinking about this is making me hungry for some Mexican poutine (aka Nico's or Los Betos Super Fries). :)

Man I miss Tucson.

Having already eaten breakfast this moring - pancakes - you guys have gotten me hungry all over again.

Actually beleive it or not, chili is on the menu today for lunch. Since I am making it I suspect it will be quite good and fire hot.

And btw, Nuke and Ricky, both of you guys are defintiely right. My friend who loved the biscuits and gravy claimed that the dish in Globe was among the world's best.

As for the hummus I know a lot of guys here who love it for breakfast. The fact that I do not seperates me from many of the 'locals'. However, after about eleven in the morning, yeah, I can eat it until it is coming out of my eyeballs.

Now onto the chili.

Excellent thread Jerry, excellent.

There used to be a place here on the east side called Cory's. I thought they had some of the best "biscuits and gravy", their dish had a spicy sausage patty on the biscuit, scrambled eggs on the patty and smothered with gravy. Unfortunately they have closed.

For some reason, most places I have had biscuits and gravy at around the country, aren't very good - either the gravy is poor (e.g. too much flour) or the biscuits are not really biscuits or overcooked. Oh, and if you ask for biscuits and gravy or eggs and bacon in places like Montreal, you get a really strange look...

Fairly new place, Mays Counter, opened up on Country Club and Speedway for chicken and waffles. They get a lot of traffic. Nice guys fwiw.

Street view and location in attached link

I don't think I can really recommend anything "on campus". There are some of the usual places off-campus with a very short walk. Gentle Bens, Frog & Firken, and Zachary's Pizza.

Sorry Brad - I missed your post on this and repeated.

Uh, I hate to blow up anyone's image of what today's scholarship athletes eat, but most are on a fairly strict training table recommended diet. Team meals are augmented by diet rules customized for each athlete. Some are designed to control weight, or energy level, or to augment muscle-building.

Yes, they do go to a pizza place or to a waffle house, but not as much as they did in the past. Even snacks are pretty much controlled, and the "players choice" is pretty much once a week or less depending if they are hitting their diet numbers or not.

Most behave themselves pretty well.

Tate,
The only thing or persons I am able to 'spook' nowadays is occasionally my wife and daughters when I let out a sudden and very loud Bear Down about 3 or 4 in the dead of night for a unsuspecting household.