(No official-type web-site.) Place: Cranberry Cottage Location: 246 Marion Road, Wareham, MA; phonicular contact: (774) 678-4593 Hours: open at 7:00am every day of the week Meal: (me) Great HillOmelette ~ Great Hill Blue[1] cheese, bacon (which was 86-ed, of course) and sliced apples, served with homefries and toast (I went with cinnamon-raisin); and, to drink, a cuppa (and two refillas) New England Coffee® (I did not ask which specific roast/blend, though) (Once again, I did not write down what either Kerry or Sean ordered that morning. I seem to remember that they both liked whatever it was that they had to eat.) https://www.newenglandcoffee.com/
(I do not know what Charlie Marie thinks about the combination of blue cheese and apples in an omelette, but she is a new local singer outta the Providence, RI area [yes, a Country-and/or-Western singer from the Island of Rhode, New England] and I always like to promote good new talent. The second song is my sister Sharon's favourite of Charlie's.)[2] It has been a few years since I last ate at Cranberry Cottage (see last 'blog-entry from Saturday, September 17th, 2016). They had closed due to a fire back on September 1st, 2017 (which, if my Common Core Math is any good, is 'zackly two years ago today) and had just recently reopened in June of this year. The entire restaurant had to be rebuilt. It looks like it can seat about the same amount of customers as it had in the past (possibly a few tables less, but there are now many more booths all along one back curved wall). The nice thing about this restaurant is that it is just about a mile down the street (and then around the corner) from my mother's house in Wareham. It was my mother's favourite breakfast place in town. If I lived in Wareham, I can see it being Breakfastary Starting Rotation-worthy, but I still like Persy's Place and the Riverside Cafe a bit more. In spite of the vehement protestations from both my cousins Cindy and Carmie, we had to check out this new-old restaurant. Cindy had warned us during breakfast just the day before that the noise-level and service were terrible. We decided to be the judges of our own breakfast fates, though. Their menu looks to be about the same as it was in the past (I know this by comparing my last few 'blog-entries from there with their newly printed menus). This is another great little local place that offers many decent choices both for st*pid vegetarians and those that partake of the dead, decaying animal and fish flesh. They offer about twenty different omelettes ('cause twenty of the same omelettes really ain't much of a choice, nu?!)[3]. Here are a few that looked interesting: Florentine ~ Swiss cheese, spinach and onion; Irish ~ Cheddarcheese (I just hope it is an actual IrishCheddar; we do not want to have the United Nations coming here to break up the omelette) and corned beef hash; Portuguese ~ cheese, linguiça, onion and tomato; or Philly Cheese Steak ~ cheese (they do not specify if this is Cheez Wiz or not), sliced beef, onion and pepper. They also offer six different Eggs Benedict choices. I think that I might have talked either Sean or Kerry into ordering the New England Benedict (homemade [well, Cottage-made] fish cakes, English muffins, 2 poached eggs, Hollandaise sauce & homefries). There is another menu-section called Cottage Favorites that has a number of other interesting selections: Chili Skillet ~ homemade (again, Cottage-made) chili, scrambled eggs, Cheddar cheese over homefries and toast; Fireman's Toast~ Texas toast topped with scrambled eggs, bacon, chili, beans and Cheddar cheese w/ homefries; or New England Breakfast ~ 2 homemade (ditto on the Cottage-made), fishcakes, 2 eggs, baked beans, homefries and toast. Additionally, they offer two different versions of a Stuffed French Toast with either an apple compote or a cranberry relish (which is what I had on a previous visit and really enjoyed). And the best thing is that you can get them to do a combo with two halves of both apple and cranberry.
Now, I know what you are thinking (and you really should be ashamed of yourself!): "But... blue cheese and apples... in an omelette?!" Well, I did not concoct this mess and it all works very nicely (if you like both blue cheese and apples, that is). The blue cheese melts extra creamy inside the omelette and the apples (I think they used Granny Smith) give it a nice crispy tartness. Their homefries were very good, too (I just wish I had a bit more of them on my plate). I do not really remember exactly what they had to offer in the way of condimentary supplementation. I think that they had both Tabasaco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce) and Frank's®RedHot®Original. I think I used some of the Frank's® on my potatoes and left the omelette unsupplementated. I do not care what my cousin Cindy says, I highly recommend this place to anyone that might be down-the-Cape (or just down-the-Gateway-to-the-Cape) for a vacation. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Great HillOmelette ~ 6.7; New England Coffee® ~ 6.8 ___________________ 1. Great Hill Blue is manufactured just the next town westward from Wareham in the town of Marion (just follow the same road, Marion Road [Funny how that works out, huh?], that the restaurant is on). https://www.greathillblue.com/ 2. I saw Charlie Marie perform live one night last week while I was in the area. She was playing at a local country (but not western) club in Bellingham. She performed many of her own original songs as well as some famous covers (of note: Noel Yang's "Heart of Gold" [probably my favourite one from the ol' grunge-master] and a couple of old Fleetwood Mac songs, "Rhiannon" and another one that I have since forgotten). http://charliemariemusic.com/ 3. I think they were once thinking of calling the restaurant "International House of Many Omelettes", but someone from the local Republican Party Chapter pointed out that the initials would not be a very good idea in case Massachusetts ever becomes a Red State.
(*stockphoto*stockphoto*stockphoto* Someone forgot to remind Sean to tell Kerry to mention to me to remember to bring my camera with me that morning. This is just the photo from last year's visit. *stockphoto*stockphoto*stockphoto*) https://persysplace.com/ Place: Persy's Place Location: 3198 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, MA Hours: open at 7:00am every day of the week Meal: (me) Banana Split Pancakes; a side of hashbrowns with pepper Jack cheese and jalapeños; and, to drink, a cuppa (and one-and-a-half refillas) maple-flavoured Coffee (perhaps, New England Coffee? I have never bothered to ask) (Truthfully, there were just too many of us at the table for me to remember what everyone else had ordered that morning; besides, they are all free to write their own silly li'l 'blog-things for what they had for breakfast.)
(I bet you were not aware that both Paul Wilchinskyand Charles Dawson Butler were originally from Cape Cod.) If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Persy's Place For reference to the above sub-titular remark, it looks like I also had eaten at Persy's Place (see last 'blog-entry from Wednesday, July 25th, 2018) on a Tuesday during my previous two visits to Wareham. I probably would have gone later in the week, anyway, but my cousins Cindy (née Sammarco) and Carmie (still Sammarco) and his wife Helen (now Sammarco; don't know her née-name) and my Aunt Jean (mother to the two aforementioned Sammarcos, but now last-named Abruzzese) were in town and suggested this place for breakfast that morning. Additionally, two of my brothers, Kerry and Sean, joined us all for the meal. You can forget about me listing any other good ideas for breakfast at this place. They probably have the largest breakfast menu in all of New England. It is almost impossible to make a decision for what to eat. You are best to just close your eyes and point to something on the d*rn menu... and, even then, you will still have to choose two sides (which they call "Druthers") from a list of twelve! Trust me, just get their very good cornbread (which is a large enough portion to feed two people, anyway) and totally wag-it on the second side choice. I do like that they offer breakfast potatoes two ways: as homefries or hashbrowns.
(This photo is courtesy of my brother Kerry who took it with some kinda newfangled mobular-device-contraption. He then forwarded a copy of it to my electronic mailbox. Amazing! I have no idea how all this technology-stuff works.) Because I did not even want to attempt trying to make a futile decision on what to get for breakfast, I ordered this meal off their weekly/monthly specials menu. It was the most disgusting-sounding dish on the menu; so I knew I would love it. I can not believe that someone at the table dared to offer me some maple syrup to pour over the pile! I think Sean and/or Kerry mentioned that the mess on my plate should have had both whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top of it to make it an official Banana Split. I told them not to be ridiculous, even I would never put whipped cream on my hashbrowns (of course, I have no problems with maraschino cherries on my potatoes... oooh!... and maybe some crushed peanuts or walnuts, too, Snorky). I do not remember what they actually called their amped-up hashbrowns, but this was a very smart way to go. While the jalapeños were not of the fresh-sliced variety, they were not overly vinegary either (I imagine even the persnickety son of NASA Astrophysicist Dr. John C. Brandt might not have minded these). Plus, after the over-the-top sweetness of the pancakes (this main dish should come with a side of hypodermic needle full of Insulin), the spicy, savouriness was a more than welcomed option. Initially I was going to order my potato side with homefries; however, when we were first seated our waitress told us that they were working on making more homefries for the morning and they would not be ready for about ten minutes or more. By the time our entire table (finally) ordered, the waitress said the homefries were now available. No matter, I still wanted to check out the hashbrowns all (pepper) jacked-up. Not that I really needed any extra condimentary supplements, but I think from past visits that Persy's Place has at least Tabasaco®Brand Pepper Sauce (Original Red Sauce), Frank's®RedHot®Original, and Huy Fong Foods, Inc.Sriracha HOT Chili Sauce. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Banana Split Pancakes ~ 6.7; amped-up hashbrowns ~ 6.7; maple-flavoured Coffee ~ 6.8
(Still no official web-site thing.) Place: Riverside Cafe[1] Location: 189 Main Street, Wareham, MA; phonicular contact: (508) 295-2050 Hours: open daily at 6:00am Meal(s): (me) Veggie Breakfast Melt ~ with spinach, tomato, cheese, and egg, served with home fries, fruit, or beans (I went with the smart potatoey choice); (Bruce Ozella[2]) scrambled eggs and (whole wheat) toast; (Kerry) Florentine Omelet ~ spinach, tomatoes or mushrooms, and Mozzarella cheese, served with toast and home fries or fruit (Kerry went with the fungi and potati choices and an English muffin); (Mom) Bolo do caco (Madeiran sweet potato bread [this is basically the Portuguese version of an English muffin]; thankfully, she chose something other than raisin toast for a change) ~ and they give you the option of having this toasted or grilled (Mom went with the grilled choice); and to drink: (me) a cuppa (and one refilla) New England® CoffeeCoconutMacaroon; (Kerry & Bruce) cuppas (and refillas) whatever the standard house Coffee was; and (Mom) a cuppa some kinda tea (I really did not pay attention) https://www.newenglandcoffee.com/product/coconut-macaroon/
("Chocolate Raspberry"?! "But, Brian, that was not what you said you had." Yeah, yeah, yeah... just read along in the d*mn 'blog-thing.)
(So, what is the EweToobular juxtaselection here? Apparently, Glenn Shorrock is a fan of CoconutMacaroon Coffee [but secretly wishes he had ordered Chocolate Raspberry Coffee], too.) I have breakfastarily eaten at Riverside Cafe (see last 'blog-entry from Thursday, June 1st, 2017) several times now. I can honestly say this is the Best Breakfast Place on Main Street, Wareham. (Okay, to be fair, I think it is currently the only breakfastary joint on Main Street, Wareham, but, even so, it is still a very good place for breakfast if you are ever in Wareham ~ "the Gateway to Cape Cod" ~ and do not feel like venturing much further than their Main Street.)
What can I really say about this meal? It was a grilled cheese sandwich with scrambled eggs and spinach and tomatoes in it. I liked it. Their homefries are very good, too. For condimentary supplementation, sitting on the table right in front of me was a bottle of Burman's®OriginalHot Sauce. So I used some of it on the homefries. I was not familiar with this particular brand of hot sauce; it reminded me a lot of either Crystal®Louisiana's Pure Hot Sauce or any other similar Louisiana-style hot sauce. I did also see bottles of Tapatío®Salsa PicanteHot Sauce for use on other tables, too.
(another not so very) Strange Coffee Interlude I really was hoping to try the Chocolate Raspberry Coffee which was pictured in the front window as the Coffee of the Month; however, sadly, I was told that they were already out of that flavour for this month... D*mn you, Coffee Gods! Either way, the CoconutMacaroonwas still a decent enough cuppa. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Veggie Breakfast Melt ~ 6.4; New England® CoffeeCoconutMacaroon ~ 6.5 (but I bet the Chocolate Raspberrywoulda been at least 6.7) ___________________
1. And which "River" might this be alongside? That would be the Mighty Wareham River (which is all of about two miles long ~ starting at Parker Mills Pond and ending at a Buzzards Bay estuary... or possibly the vice-a-versa; h*ck, even the Weweantic* River is about seventeen miles long). *(Stupid, useless cunning linguist/pseudo-geographical/pseudo-historical pointer of the day: "Weweantic" means "wandering stream" in the Wampanoag language. [However, my brother Nick likes to tell people that it means: "You wee-weeon your side of the river, I wee-wee on my side of the river, and nobody wee-wees in the middle." ~ after the actual place name Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.]) 2. You woulda expected him to order something with spinach in it at least. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Ozella
https://gatherandeat.com/ Place: gather Location: 35 School Street, Pembroke, MA Hours: open at 7:00am Tuesday to Saturday for breakfast Meal: (me) Green Goddess Frittata~ a classic Italian-style omelet with arugula, asparagus and Feta cheese, served with your choice of toast (I chose Ciabatta White), and a side of Chef's Home Fries; (Sean) Short Rib Breakfast Poutine[2] ~ braised short ribs, house-made (restaurant-made, whatever) mornay, fresh Mozzarella cheese curds and Chef's Home Fries with a sunny-side egg, served with your choice of toast; (Nick) Something Simple ~ 2 eggs any style (I think he went with scrambled), choice of sausage/bacon/chorizo (Nick chose bacon), served with Chef's Home Fries or a bed of fresh mixed greens and your choice of toast; (Mom) a side of raisin toast(again); and to drink: (me) a mighty fine cuppa (and one refilla) beanstockCoffee Blackfish Creek Blend; (Mom) a cuppa Earl Grey tea (I forget what Sean and Nick had to drink) https://beanstockcoffee.com/
(And, yes, there were each of parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme in this planter... and some lavender, too.) "Oh, my!" (to be read in your best Hosato Takei voice) If you are ever in Pembroke (the much larger city in Massachusetts, not that [original] fake one in Wales), and you are lookin' for a great place to gather for breakfast, look no further than gather. This restaurant is owned and cheffed by the son of an old high school classmate of mine (and by "old" I mean she is old, not me), Tambrie (née Piacentini) Wilson[3]. gather has only been open since the beginning of February this year. It was about a 45-minute trip there and back from Wareham, but it was definitely worth the ride ('specially 'cause I was not doing the driving this day for a change and we did not end up circling endlessly around Pembroke ["Siri, how do you get to downtown Falmouth from Pocasset?"]).
(Photo of Chef Nicholas Wilson with some skinny ol' geezer.)
(Nick [McGowan, not Wilson], Sean, and my mother.) As we were some of the first diners there that morning, we got to usurp one of the two long bench-tables out on the front porch area. The weather was perfect that morning for dining al fresco (Chef Nick is mezzo-italiano himself, too, so he will know exactly what I mean there). I was also looking at a couple of other interesting meals on their breakfast menu (Ah! Who am I kidding? I had cheated a few weeks back and had checked out their menu on-line, and went there knowing exactly which dish I was going to order; I mean, asparagus AND Feta... those are probably my top two favourite foods): Breakfast Burrito (Veggie or Meat) ~ a flour tortilla stuffed with your choice sausage, bacon, chorizo, or veggie, fresh scrambled eggs and Chef's Home Fries, smothered in a classic mornay cheese sauce and topped with a tomato salsa or Stuffed French Toast ~ stuffed with strawberry-rhubarb compote (Oh, yeah!), mascarpone and cream cheese filling.
I was very happy to see that my frittata was chock full o' asparagus and Feta (you would be surprised how a lotta places go cheapo on both of these items); plus, the Feta was in large chunks not those measly crumblies that many places try to pass off for Feta. Needless to say (but I am needlessly saying it here, anyway), I loved this dish. Knowing that the frittata (and toast) would probably not be enough for me, I wisely ordered the side of Chef's Home Fries. I was glad that I did so as these turned out to be very good homefries, too; they were made with both standard white potatoes and sweet potatoes. I did not ask (nor see the need for) what gather might have to offer in the way of any hot sauce condimentary supplementation. However (and this was a great "however"-find), gather makes their own jams/preserves/compotes-stuff to serve with the toast. This week's homemade (gather-made, whatever) jam/preserves/compote-stuff was a blueberry-lavender (I guessed [correctly] that this jam/preserves/compote-stuff included some lavender in it and Chef Nick confirmed my suspicions; when I first tasted it, I knew there was some extra flavour that I had before, but was not exactly sure it was lavender ~ which turned out to be a nice complement to blueberry; I even suggested to Chef Nick that they oughtta make a cranberry-rosemary jam/preserves/compote-stuff ~ he humoured me and said he might try that). Now the real condimentary find here was their more-than-awesome vanilla-butter! I can not really do it justice in trying to explain it here; but, trust me, be sure to order something (toast, pancakes, French fries, etc.) that you can try some of this on if you ever eat there. (not so very) Strange Coffee Interlude Another major plus was the brand/blend of Coffee that they serve. beanstock turned out to be a very good "local" (well, if you are from the Cape Cod area) Coffee roastery out of Wellfleet. Tha's a fac', Jack! This was one of those "It just tastes better'n'better with each successive sip/gulp" kinda Coffees. In conclusion, if I lived in the Boston-to-Wareham area (Pembroke is probably as far from Boston as it was from Wareham), this little place would definitely be Breakfastary Starting Rotation-worthy. Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Green Goddess Frittata~ 7.3; Chef's Home Fries ~ 7.0; beanstockBlackfish Creek Blend ~ 7.5 (and rising); Short Rib Breakfast Poutine ~ 7.5 (Sean has been schooled in the intricacies of the Glen Bacon Scale and can be trusted with his rating; Nick, on the other hand, rated everything as a "7.5"... fercryinoutloud, he just had eggs, bacon, and toast); blueberry-lavender jam/preserves/compote-stuff ~ 7.0; vanilla-butter ~ 7.5 (this was a general consensus among the table; and if they had rated it any lower, I was gonna overrule them and rate it 7.5, anyhow) ___________________
1. Where-broke?! Here-broke: https://www.pembroke-ma.gov/ 2. Tu peux répéter s'il te plait? http://mentalfloss.com/article/57508/brief-history-poutine I love poutine. What is not to love? French fries, cheese curds, and gravy?! C'est incroyable! It is just hard to find a decent stupid-vegetarian version, though. I usually have to just make it myself (See? I can "cook" when I want to.) and will use a mushroom-based gravy. The hardest part is finding real cheese curds in a local grocery store. 3. Tammy's (well, that was what I knew Tambrie as back in... well... a long time ago [Did I tell you she was really old?]) son Nicholas Wilson is the Chef-Partner in this great little (ad)venture. Nick was the runner-up on Season 1, Episode 2 of Guy's Grocery Games on the food network. https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/closing-time-challenge-0214762
https://persysplace.com/ Place: Persy's Place Location: 3198 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, MA Hours: open at 7:00am every day of the week Meal: (me) Harvest Benedict ~ 2 dropped eggs (or as you like) on a bed of zucchini, summer squash and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil blend on toasted English muffin topped with Hollandaise sauce; (Sean) Breakfast Crêpes ~ 3 sweet crêpes rolled and filled with scrambled eggs, ham, Swiss cheese, mushrooms & topped with Hollandaise sauce; (Nick) Portuguese Chourico Benedict ~ 2 dropped eggs (or as you like), with spicy Portuguese chourico, sautéed onions and peppers with Hollandaise sauce on toasted English muffin; (Mom) raisin toast; and to drink: (me & Sean) the Coffee Special of the month (or possibly week) ~ Chocolate Peanut-butter (I kid you not); (Nick) a glassa orange juice (I think; I forgot to write it down); (Mom) a cuppa plain ol' tea No trip to Wareham would be complete without a visit to Persy's Place (see last 'blog-entry from Wednesday, May 31st, 2017). That is not just hyperbole; it is the actual law in Wareham (Massachusetts really needs to rescind some of their stranger Blue Laws). The worst part about eating at this joint is trying to decide what to order off of their ridiculously humongous menu ~ they offer everything from Breakfast Sandwiches to Egg Basics to House Specialties to Burritos to Egg Favorites to Legendary Egg Creations to Scrumptious Scramblers to Bombs to Omelets to Crêpes to Buttermilk Pancakes to French Toast... and they also offer five different types of Belgian Waffles (and who humongous has not waffled a bit while ordering breakfast?). They even offer thirteen different ('cause thirteen of the same is not really much of a variety) Sunrise Sides from which to choose. I could list several other breakfast dishes that I was eyeing on the menu, but that could take several days and probably cost many lives. Just click on their d*mn web-site link above and check out the menu yerd*mnself!
Yeah, this was a messa gooey Hollandaise mess, but I liked it all the same. There were lots of zucchini and summer squash in the mix, and luckily I like both of them a lot. I did not notice until I was keyboarding up this 'blog-entry, but you may substitute an English crumpet for toasted English muffin. D*rn it! If I had known that, I would have done that for sure. Next time, perhaps? All Legendary Egg Creations (that would be Eggs Benedict dishes to you and me) are served with your choice of 2 Sunrise Sides. I went with baked beans and homefries (I thought about going with double-potato sides and ordering the hashbrowns, too); Nick went with homefries and cornbread. Nick's choices were great for the rest of the table as the serving of cornbread they give you is absolutely HUGE and the rest of us got to enjoy about three-quarters of what he could not finish. I am always game to try new and interesting-sounding (read: disgusting-sounding) Coffees. I thought this Coffee had more Chocolate flavour than peanut-butter, but the aroma was definitely Reese's® reminiscent. I really do not quite remember what Persy's Place might have had to offer for condimentary supplementation. I think that I used some Frank's®RedHot®Original on my homefries. (See? This is where it pays to write stuff down, kids.) Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Harvest Benedict ~ 6.6; Chocolate Peanut-butter Coffee ~ 6.5 (however, I did not poll [or Czech with] the rest of the table for their Glen Bacon Scale input for their respective meals... or toast)
(Ooops! I missed a photo of the normal restaurant-front this morning. Well, take my word for it, it looked the same as it did five days prior. The morning was a bit rainy, anyway.) (No official web-site.) Place: Riverside Cafe Location: 189 Main Street, Wareham, MA; phonicular contact: (508) 295-2050 Hours: open daily at 6:00am Meal(s): (me) Florentine Omelet ~ spinach, tomatoes (or mushrooms), and Mozzarella cheese, served with homefries or fruit and toast; (Sean) River Rat Omelet ~ ground beef, onions, American cheese & topped with ketchup, mustard & pickles, served with homefries or fruit and toast; and to drink (both me and Sean) cuppas New England® CoffeeS'mores http://www.newenglandcoffee.com/ I gave Sean the option of either returning back to Persy's Place (we could probably go there every day for a month and not make a dent in their breakfast menu); however, he made the decision that we should return to Riverside Cafe (see last 'blog-entry from Tuesday, May 30th, 2017), which really wasn't a bad choice either.
I liked this omelette, just not as much as I liked my previous Scrambler there. I went with the tomatoes over the or mushrooms (which I felt went better with spinach and Mozzarella cheese) and, once again, chose the marble rye for my toast option (ya old bag!). Of course, I chose homefries over plain ol' fruit (like any sane person with those choices would have done) for my side dish. Sean's meal was as disgusting (read: way cool) as it sounded and looked (sadly, I don't think it actually contained any aquatic rodents in it, though). If I was a meatetarian, this would have been my first choice and go-to meal for subsequent visits, too. What diabolical culinary genius thought of putting ketchup and mustard (and just the plain ol' yellow kind) on top of an omelette or Scrambler? Sean had asked for this meal as a "Scrambler", but they made it as an omelette by mistake. He liked that this was made with bread-and-butter pickles[1]. Sean went with white bread toast and the (sane choice of) homefries, too. As for the S'mores-flavouredCoffee... yeah, it was as disgusting (again, read: way cool) as it sounded. The only thing I could think of that would have made it even disgustinger (read: way cooler) would have been if they served it with a large scoop of Marshmallowfluff® floating on top. For condimentary supplements, Riverside Cafe still had Frank's RedHot® ~ Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce, "Louisiana"BrandThe Perfect Hot Sauce ~ The Original, and Tapatío®Salsa PicanteHot Sauce. Once again, I used some of the Frank's® on the potatoes, and I think Sean did, too. Up next: Breakfast in Somerville on the way to Logan Airport (on my way back Westward, Ho'!) Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Florentine Omelet ~ 6.5; River Rat Omelet ~ 6.4 (I think Sean deducted 0.1 GBS points for the error in not making this a Scrambler, but added 0.1 GBS points for the surprise of bread-and-butter pickles, so it all worked out in the wash... or the omelette); New England® CoffeeS'mores ~ 6.5 ___________________
1. If you are like me (and, by that, I mean curious about word origins, not a middle-aged pervert... not that there is anything wrong with that), there is this explanation from WikipediA: Bread-and-butter pickles are a marinated pickle produced with sliced cucumbers in a solution of vinegar, sugar and spices which may be either be processed by canning or simply chilled as refrigerator pickles. The origin of the name and the spread of their popularity in the United States is attributed to Omar and Cora Fanning, a pair of Illinois cucumber farmers who started selling sweet and sour pickles in the 1920s and filed for the trademark "Fanning's Bread and Butter Pickles" in 1923 (though the recipe and similar ones are probably much older). The story attached to the name is that the Fannings survived rough years by making the pickles with their surplus of undersized cucumbers and bartering them with their grocer for staples such as bread and butter.
https://persysplace.com/ Place: Persy's Place Location: 3198 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, MA Hours: open at 7:00am every day of the week Meal(s): (me) Forest Benedict (off their May Specials menu-insert) ~ a grilled English muffin topped with sautéed asparagus, mushrooms, Swiss cheese, with 2 poached eggs & Hollandaise sauce, served with your choice of 2 "Sunrise Sides"; (Sean) Buffalo Bomb ~ a flakey croissant stuffed with Buffalo chicken scrambled in farm fresh eggs, topped with creamy cheese sauce, served with your choice of 2 Sunrise Sides; (Mom) raisin toast; and to drink (me and Sean) a cuppa Flavored Coffee ~ where we both went for the Gingerbread (because we could) and (mom) a cuppa plain ol' tea (again)
(What's the EweToobular juxtaselection? I have it on good authority that Mr. Sledge was a big fan of asparagus, too.) With eight locations throughout Southeastern Massachusetts (including three locations right on Cape Cod) and Rhode Island (well, one in East Providence) AND (supposably) New England's Largest Breakfast & Lunch Menu, you would be extremely hard-pressed not to find something good to eat at Persy's Place (see previous 'blog-entry from Thursday, September 12th, 2013). Their location in East Wareham was the prefect place to start the day before heading over to the Cape for a pre-Memorial Day visit to the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/massachusetts.asp Also of interest off their May Specials stuff were: Caramel BananaFrench Toast ~ thick cut French toast topped with banana, drizzled with caramel & topped with whipped cream (if I was in the mood for a sweet breakfast, this would have been my choice... probably); or White ChocolateBanana Caramel Pancakes. Another great thing about Persy's Place is the large variety of Sunrise Sides that they offer: Persey's Homefries; Hashbrowns; English Muffin; Applesauce (no sugar added); 1 Buttermilk Pancake; Cinnamon Crumpets; 2% Cottage Cheese (file under "WTF?"; Who goes to a restaurant to order cottage cheese?); Baked "In House" Toast; Grilled Cornbread (this is served as a HUGE chunka; I would have ordered this, but I already had the English muffin coming with my meal); Boston Baked Beans; Black Beans; Grilled Tomatoes; and Marinated Mushrooms. Otherwise, for what they normally have to offer for breakfast, check out their extensive menu yerd*mnself! https://persysplace.com/menu/
Asparagus and Swiss cheese on an Eggs Benedict dish? H*ck, yeah! Count me in on that any day! This had lots and lots of grilled asparagus (and, for which, I am awarding this meal an additional 0.1 points on the Glen Bacon Scale) and real (read: not that fake "processed" cheese slices junk) Swiss cheese under each poached egg. For my 2 "Sunrise Sides", I went with hashbrowns and Boston baked beans (I thought that those would complement my meal the best). There is no corresponding photo of Sean's meal (or Mom's toast). Sean chose hashbrowns and a cinnamon crumpet for his 2 Sunrise Sides. ("Hey, Brian! Why are you marking quotationally "Sunrise Sides" for your meal, but not for Sean's meal?!" Because that was exactly how they had it printed on the menu. I am an Intro-Net 'blogger, not a d*mn Intro-Net 'editor, Jim.) Persy's Place may offer other condimentary supplementation (I really didn't bother to check), but I just used some of their Huy Fong Foods, Inc.Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce on my hashbrowns. Up next: Back to Riverside Cafe Glen Bacon Scale Rating: Forest, Forest Benedict Gump ~ 7.1; Buffalo Bomb ~ 6.7 (per Sean's knowledgeable GBS input); Flavored Coffee - Gingerbread ~ 6.8 (this is solely my GBS rating, I didn't ask Sean for his input) (neither of us bothered to ask Mom what she thought of her raisin toastand tea, though)
