Cheese Fries and Gravy

Cheese Fries and Gravy

A friend of mine was down this weekend with his wife. He is a resident of upstate Massachusetts and we let them sleep at our place.

Sunday morning rolled around and I made the following offer -- You guys was to go to a trendy-ish breakfast place or a diner that I don't know anything about? He immediately jumped at the opportunity to go to the diner. He later commented to me that he misses diners so very much up there and he wishes that Massachusetts had more.

We used to go to diners a bunch when we were in high school and in college. We would all order the same thing -- Cheese Fries With Gravy. Each of us seemed to order it differently too. I remember ER would get it with American cheese, while I would order it with Mozzarella cheese. I also remember JP would put a ton of salt on the gravy -- ton is an understatement.

We thought we had the market cornered on cheese fries and gravy -- no one else would ever order that. Then... I met others in college who did the same thing. It totally blew my world apart. Felix #9 diner was the only place to make cheese fries and gravy! I swear!

That weird combination got me thinking .. what else do I like that may seem odd to others but I am sure that at least one of you enjoys?

I love omelletes with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese in it and a layer of tomato sauce on top.
I love drinking soda in the morning -- no coffee for me.
I used to love to cover chicken patties in the orange cheese sauce at Rutgers. COVER
Food is always an interesting experiment with me. I love the standards and I love screwing them up somehow. Needless to say that I feel as though it was my density... I mean destiny. Was that Back to the Future on in the background?

I thought so.

Kudos to Cheese Fries and Gravy! I thank them for all the memories they helped create and friendships forged!