Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for January 28, 2009

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    Mmmmm. S.O.S. Haven’t had it in years. I’ve never understood why people complain about it so. Yummy. I’d go out and buy the fixings this morning if it weren’t snowing so hard.

    (Our chief cook at my base in Germany could have been the model for Cookie in Beetle Bailey. Boy, could that man flip an over-easy egg! Then they caught him with the trunk of his car full of frozen turkeys and they busted him down a pay grade. I’ll tell you about the soup someday.)

    But what’s baled hay and naked?

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    prasrinivara  almost 16 years ago

    I think “naked” means “black unsweetened Joe”.

    Baled Hay – tossed salad?

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    Groaner  almost 16 years ago

    Actually, I suspect that “baled hay” is a bowl of shredded wheat (or maybe “shreddies”?). Not sure about “naked”, as why wouldn’t the waitress pour the java from the urn behind the counter?

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    g6793  almost 16 years ago

    Maybe “baled hay” is hashbrowns?? Not sure about “naked”…gravy maybe? Hopefully Slim will be able to produce the orders…in any case, maybe now he’ll have a new respect for food preparation!

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    IGoPogo2  almost 16 years ago

    From www.jitterbuzz.com/diners.html

    Adam and Eve on a Raft: Two poached eggs on toast

    Baled Hay: Shredded wheat

    My guesses:

    Light crust doughboy = lightly toasted bread

    Cup of naked: Black coffee

    SOS: the military standard of Chipped Beef, Creamed Beef or Minced Beef on toast.

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    rmbdot  almost 16 years ago

    I suppose the next step in the progression of this shaggy dog will be that Slim screws up so badly as a cook that she has to cook while he waits on tables. Then, he’ll screw that up so badly that Corky will have to wait tables while Slim is host/cashier.

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    alondra  almost 16 years ago

    I hadn’t anticipated this. I just figured he’d eat everything he cooked. But the poor guy can’t even understand the orders.

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    farren  almost 16 years ago

    SOS is chipped beef in a cream sauce (white milk sauce, actually). Move to West Chester, PA, where the local diner had chipped beef on toast, chipped beef on potatoes, chipped beef on waffles, chipped beef and eggs on any of the above, and many more combinations. Perhaps it was because West Chester was the home of Steak-Umms.

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    pschearer Premium Member almost 16 years ago

    Farren: I don’t have to move to West Chester because I live just up the road on Rte. 202 in Devon. Next time I’m down that way I’ll see if I can find your diner. Thanks for the tip.

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