Sunday is brunchday. I'm looking for your favorite things to eat for brunch, recipes if you've got 'em.

Here's one I concocted last Sunday and did up again today.

Buttermilk Waffles with Pears


For Waffles (you've got a waffle iron, right?):

2 cups flour
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups buttermilk (don't cheat)
healthy dash of vanilla
3 tbsp. of sugar
4 tsps. baking powder
1 stick melted butter
1/2 tsp. salt

mix, lightly spray preheated iron with pam or whatever. ladle batter into iron and let it spread before you press it. don't skimp on the batter, fill that fucker without overflowing it.

For Pears:

3 ripe pears (I like bartletts)
2 cups pinot grigio
1 cup white sugar or light brown sugar (white seems to work better)
1/2 stick butter
cinnamon to taste
nutmeg to taste (little goes a long way)
2 tbsp. flour dissolved in cup of cold water

slice pears thin, set aside
melt butter in skillet, add wine, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg (i just evenly sprinkle cinnamon over whole surface of wine/butter/sugar mixture, then a couple shakes of nutmeg).

add pears and bring to boil for 4-5 minutes

bring to simmer and add flour/water (roux i believe) to thicken, then remove from heat.

We've been scooping vanilla bean ice cream over the waffles, and pouring the pears and sauce on top.

That sounds great Phil. I do wonder how you're staying so thin eating that much butter, though. I haven't eaten added butter to food in 9 months.

Wish I could help. I don't do brunch too often but when I do the sole purpose is usually to go to a place that has a bloody mary bar.

If I'm going to eat a mid to late morning breakfast I usually just go the traditional biscuits n gravy, 2 eggs any way, and bacon/sausage.

I'm having trouble thinking of signature "brunch" dishes. I guess Eggs Benedict would be one. Any sort of egg dish or something with pancakes or waffles I guess.


That shit you posted sounds good as hell.

I did this up when I went back home. I figured I'd need a few more people to share it otherwise I'd keel over from a fucking heart attack after eating it. Anyway, it's delicious.

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Creole Breakfast Bread Pudding
From chef and author Emeril Lagasse

Ingredients
# 1/2 pound Linguisa sausage, removed from the casing and chopped
# 1/2 cup minced yellow onions
# 1/4 cup minced green bell pepper
# 1/3 cup sliced green onions
# 1/3 cup dry white wine
# 1/4 cup melted butter
# 8 cups day-old French bread, torn into 1-inch cubes
# 2 1/2 cups milk
# 1/2 cup heavy cream
# 1/4 c. melted unsalted butter
# 8 large eggs, beaten
# 1/2 pound Pepper Jack Cheese, grated
# 1/2 pound Monterey Jack Cheese, grated
# 3/4 teaspoon salt
# 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
# 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
# 3/4 cup sour cream
# 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until golden brown and the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes.

Add the onions and bell peppers, and saute until soft, 3 minutes. Add the green onions and stir well. Add the white wine and reduce slightly, stirring, about 1 minute over high heat. Remove from the heat.

Place the bread in a large mixing bowl. Add the milk and cream and stir well. Let sit for 5 minutes.

Pour the melted butter into a 10- by 13-inch casserole dish, and coat the sides and bottom evenly. Pour any extra butter into the bread mixture.

Add the sausage mixture to the bread mixture. Add the eggs, grated cheeses, salt, black pepper and cayenne, and quickly fold mixture together.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Uncover and bake for 15 minutes.

Remove the casserole from the oven and increase the temperature to 375°F. Spread the sour cream evenly over the top and cover with grated Parmesan. Bake uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the casserole is lightly browned on top.

I like to have pretty straight forward brunches. Nothing too elaborate.

Scrambled eggs. Maybe some bacon.

But I do like to have mashed potato burritos. It may sound gross, but if you mash em, load the mix with butter, shredded cheddar cheese and real bacon bits and then wrap it in a tortilla it hardly gets any better.

bacon bits, cheese, salt, butter, and potatoes all mashed together. Then wrap it. The chow.

Well, i'm biking a shit ton.

And, unfortunately, i will never be skinny. I've got a permanent first grader, just hanging on with both arms.

That, and I only had two waffles.

They say never trust a skinny cook. Let's just say i'm extremely trustworthy.

Beachy's brunch recipe:

2 humans (I use me and my wife, but feel free!)

3000 gallons or 8 hours of steady tropical rain

Two blankets

cats dogs etc as needed

add a dash of xanax prior to laying into blankets if desired

let lay for 12 hours

add crabcake benedicts and

Lambchop's "Damaged" to coffee and swimsuits

then one billion gallons of cool salted water, margaritas and sand until Monday.

NIce. We'll be over to ambergris caye shortly after we get hitched.

I'm printing this list and biking to the store now. If i can find Linguisa sausage, then it's on. If not, i'm thinking about substituting andouille.

I just made eggs and toast for my roommate and myself.

Eggs
milk
salt
pepper

a pat of butter in the pan

wheat bread w. grape jelly

two cherry cokes
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my pancakes lately have been rocking. I can't take credit, though. It's all Aunt Jemima. Toss in some fruit or chocolate and tis a meal. My french toast, however, is awful. I need some lessons.

I had "green eggs & ham" at this place called Orange yesterday. Basil pesto, tomatoes, eggs and buffalo mozzarella. Scramble everything and put the cheese on top. Good stuff.

I am the master of "Steel Shit" -- named after the fat kid in Juice.

You see what you got in the fridge, you scramble some eggs, and add it together.

It can be smoked salmon and dill with sour cream, or tomatoes, green onions and salsa.

I love eggs benedict, and I don't know what they call it, but if you ever see eggs benedict where they substitute the english muffin with a crabcake, get that shee.

I actually made mine with deer sausage. You got to make do with what you can in small town. I suspect andouille would be an awesome substitute.

amen. adapt so you can live to eat instead of eating to live.

Place we go to for brunch a lot up the street, Cafe Continental, has that shit, and I get it every time. Comes with asparagus, which makes my pee smell funny for a day, but totally worth it.

I haven't made crabcakes in a while. I'll have to do that. Also, if you get down to chicago with the first mate again... wishbone has a similar thang.

Highly recommended.

Then nookie's has that dixie benedicts, swap the english muffin for a biscuit, the canadian bacon for thick grilled ham, and the hollandaise sauce for sausage gravy. pretty unstoppable.

We ate brunch today at this new place that just opened near the house.

It was really good. 18 bucks for the all you can eat buffet style deal but it was well worth it.

I ate eggs benedict, bacon, smoked salmon, fine shrimp cocktail, roast beef, green beans, a salad, mashed potatoes, some fruit, a dark chocolate brownie and some cheesecake.

I'll be back. This joint is tight.

nice. i gotta find a place like that in a-tx. in chicago, the equivalent is stanley's kitchen and tap.

Resus, Rubba. Did you have a sweet tea, an orange juice, a glass of milk, a cup of coffee and a half of ripe grapefruit?

yeah, there are some pretty good places in Atlanta but not so many down here in the 'burbs, hence our excitement. We get stoked about anywhere new that isnt some corporate chain-o-raunt.

oj, coffee, water. and dude, this place is right up by the Peachtree National by 74, crawling distance from Redlands.

I figured it was there or in that strip mall by the gym in Tha Rone... Welcome to the Neighborhood.

(You should set up shop like Dr. Trey in Bennagan's )

it would be perfect for that, they even have a fine "private" dining room and the shitter part of the men's room has its own seperate DOOR and sink instead of just some stall door.

I found linguisa sausage, and i'm making this as we speak.

Coming up on the final 15 minutes.

All sounds awesome!

My french toast recipe:

-1 loaf challah bread, thick-cut

Batter (all is eyeballed, measurements approximate sorry for you anal measuring types):
-2 or 3 large Eggs
-3/4 cup heavy cream
-1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
-2 Tbsp brown sugar
-1.5 tsp. ground cinnamon
-1/4 cup grand marnier (may substitute orange juice for the kiddies)

Beat together all Batter ingredients.
Soak challah bread in batter.
Fry it up in butter in a fry pan.

Use REAL maple syrup, not that Mrs. Butterworth's crap! It does make a difference.

And I'm gonna try that waffle recipe for the kids (altered for Ethan's allergies, of course). The bread pudding would require too much alteration for the little guy, but it sounds freaking delicious.

1) Chicken
2) Waffles
3) Bloody Mary