Back in "the days" of "Lunch Counter Lingo" how would the watress order a cup of coffee with sugar o!
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You would say "Draw one with yum-yum"!
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They wouldn't!. They bring you the coffee black and the cream and sugar is sitting on the counter for you to add!. I know what you are getting at, how about these:
? Adam and Eve on a raft: Two poached eggs on toast!.
? baby, moo juice, Sweet Alice or cow juice: Milk!.
? crowd: Three of anything (possibly from the old saying, "Two's company, three's a crowd")!.
? draw one: Coffee!.
? fifty-five: A glass of root beer!.
? gentleman will take a chance: Hash!.
? groundhog: Hot dog!.
? houseboat: A banana split, made with ice cream and sliced bananas!.
? in the alley: Serve as a side dish!.
? Mike and Ike or the twins: Salt and pepper shakers!.
? Murphy: Potatoes, so called because of their association with the Irish diet of potatoes, Murphy being a common Irish name!.
? Noah's boy: A slice of ham, because Ham was Noah's second son!.
? wreck 'em: Scramble the eggs!.
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? Adam and Eve on a raft: Two poached eggs on toast!.
? baby, moo juice, Sweet Alice or cow juice: Milk!.
? crowd: Three of anything (possibly from the old saying, "Two's company, three's a crowd")!.
? draw one: Coffee!.
? fifty-five: A glass of root beer!.
? gentleman will take a chance: Hash!.
? groundhog: Hot dog!.
? houseboat: A banana split, made with ice cream and sliced bananas!.
? in the alley: Serve as a side dish!.
? Mike and Ike or the twins: Salt and pepper shakers!.
? Murphy: Potatoes, so called because of their association with the Irish diet of potatoes, Murphy being a common Irish name!.
? Noah's boy: A slice of ham, because Ham was Noah's second son!.
? wreck 'em: Scramble the eggs!.
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I don't think they would!.
Back in the days of lunch counters (and I was there at Walgreens and HL Green's and Woolworth's and the like) you got your coffee black and added you own sugar - NOT from little pink and blue packets but from the large communal sugar dispenser on the counter!.
Even if they did make your coffee for you, it would be the waitress herself who did it - not the cook!.
But if I had to come up with something (like for a script) I guess I'd say "Jo - two sugars" or such as that!.
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Back in the days of lunch counters (and I was there at Walgreens and HL Green's and Woolworth's and the like) you got your coffee black and added you own sugar - NOT from little pink and blue packets but from the large communal sugar dispenser on the counter!.
Even if they did make your coffee for you, it would be the waitress herself who did it - not the cook!.
But if I had to come up with something (like for a script) I guess I'd say "Jo - two sugars" or such as that!.
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you would say ASUCAR! lol it means sugar in spanish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A cup of mud with sand!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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i want you to butter my muffin!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The waitress draws the coffee so it's not likely she'd call out anything unless she's really, really bored!. On any lunch counter there is creme (or substitute) and sugar and now-a-days artificial sweeteners!.
They used to have names for the various orders of food though - but there wasn't a formal list that all diners used!. A diner would esptablish a short memory jogger for the cook and that could be anything that worked!.
Here's a list for you:
This is our first cut at a full dictionary of Diner Talk!. Everyone is invited to submit entries that we either forgot or didn't know about!.
Adam and Eve on a Raft: Two poached eggs on toast (and Wreck 'em: = Scrambled eggs)
Adam and Eve on a log: Two poached eggs with link sausage [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
Adam's Ale: Water
All Day: altogether [Thanks to DR]
All Hot: Baked potato
Angels on Horseback: oysters rolled in bacon and served on toast
Atlanta [Special]: Coca Cola
Axle Grease: Butter [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Baled Hay: Shredded wheat
Balloon Juice: Seltzer water
B and B: Bread and butter
Beef Stick: A bone
Belch Water: Seltzer or Soda Water [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Biddy Board: French toast
Bird: Chicken [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Black and Blue: Meat served VERY rare -- so raw it's almost blue on the inside and charred black outside!. [Thanks to JACK]
Black and White: Chocolate soda with vanilla ice cream
Black Cow: (a) chocolate milk or (b) chocolate soda with chocolate ice cream
Blindfolded: Basted Eggs [Thanks to Barry Holbrecht]
Blowout Patches: Pancakes
Boiled Leaves: Tea
Bowl of Red Chili -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Bossy in a Bowl: Beef Stew [Thanks to Boudewijn
Break it and Shake it: Add egg to a drink
Bun Pup: Hot Dog [Thanks to Boudewijn]
c-board: Prepared to take out (in cardboard) [Thanks to Sandra Wapner]
Cackleberries Eggs (Thanks to Jim Gaglione)
Cackle Fruit Eggs Mark NechodaJohn Ross)
Checkerboard - a Waffle [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Chicago: Pineapple sundae
Chokies: Artichokes
C!.J!. White: Cream cheese and jelly on white bread
COFFEE
Coffee Regular - coffee with a cream and twosugars
Cowboy coffee - made with all chicory
Frosty Joe - Ice Coffee Thanks, RSM
Hi-test - Coffee with caffeine (is there really any other!?)
Java: Coffee
Joe Coffee -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Joe O'Malley - An Irish Coffee (often served in some hotel/diners back then) Thanks, RSM
Suthun coffee - made from Half regular beans, half chicory - best with molasses!. ( My favorite is "do y'all want Nothun coffee er Suthun coffee!?")
50/50 Joe - Coffee with half-and-half Thanks, RSM
Cowboy with Spurs: Western omelet with French fries
Cow Paste: Butter
Cremate It: Toast the bread
Deadeye - a Poached Egg (We love the imagery in this) [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Double Black Cow - A Double Thick Shake (Triple Black Cow also) Thanks, RSM
Dough Well Done With Cow to Cover: Buttered toast
Drag One Through Georgia: Pepsi with chocolate syrup
Drag Through the Garden: Put all the vegetables on it!. (e!.g!. Burger - Drag it through the garden)
Drag Through Wisconsin: Serve with Cheese (e!.g!. "Cheeseburger" = Burger - Drag it through Wisconsin)
Draw: To dispense a beverage on tap!.!.!."Draw" refers specifically to coffee!. [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Drop two - two poached eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Drown the Kids - Boiled Eggs Thanks, RSM
Dry Stack: Pancakes no butter [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
Eighty-Six (86): Stop taking orders for this item, we are out of it!.
Eve with a Moldy Lid - apple pie with a slice of cheese [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Firehouse It - Add Chili Sauce to an item (or chili, as in a chili-dog or chili-burger) Thanks, RSM
First Ladies - Ribs [This is one of our favorites] (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Flop Two: Two fried eggs, over easy
Foreign Entanglements: Spaghetti [Thanks to Helen Bowers]
Fry Two, Let the Sun Shine: Fry two eggs with yolks unbroken
Georgia Pie: Peach pie
Groundhog: Hot Dog [Thanks to Boudewijn
Guess Water: Soup
Hatching It - An Egg in a Nest (fried egg nestled in toasted bread which has had a hole cut out of it!. Thanks, RSM
Hen Fruit: Eggs
Hen Nuts - Eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Hoboken Special: Pineapple soda with chocolate ice cream
Hold the Grass: Sandwich without lettuce
Hope: Oatmeal
Hot Balls - Matzoh ball soup (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Hot blonde in sand - cup of coffee with cream and sugar (Thanks to: JoDee4300)
Hot One: Bowl of chili
Hot Top: Hot chocolate
Hounds on an Island: Frankfurters and beans
Houseboat: Banana split
Hug One: Orange juice
Idaho Cakes - Hashbrown Patties Thanks, RSM
Ice on Rice: Rice pudding with ice cream
Life Preservers: Doughnuts
Lighthouse: Bottle of ketchup
Limeaid - Bubble-Up, a Soda similar to 7-Up so I guess they called it this to keep from confusing them!. Thanks, RSM
Loaded: a full dinner e!.g!. "One bird, loaded" is a chicken dinner [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Log Roll - Extra Link Sausage Thanks, RSM
Mama on a Raft: Marmalade on toast
Melting Snow - Melted Swiss Cheese on an item Thanks, RSM
Mickey Rooney: With Mustard and Relish e!.g!. "Two dogs, Mickey Rooney" (Thanks, Jim)
Mike and Ike: Salt and pepper shakers
Million on a Platter: Baked beans
Mississippi Mud: Mustard
Moo juice - milk [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Motor Oil - Syrup [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Mystery in the Alley - a side of Hash [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Nervous Pudding: Jello
One from the Alps: Swiss cheese sandwich
On the Hoof: Meat done rare [Thanks to Boudewijn
On Wheels - To go (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Pigs - bacon [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Pink Stick: Strawberry ice cream
PITA ("Pain In The A**"): a difficult customer [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Popeye: Spinach
Pull: to dispense a soft drink
Put a Hat on It: add ice cream
put legs on it: prepare the food for take-out or "to go!." [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Put Out the Lights and Cry: Liver and onions
Rabbit Food: Lettuce
Ralph: a large empty plastic jar used for storage, usually a mayo jar!. also a term for 1 gallon because of the size of the jar!. [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Roller Link sausage (Thanks to Dick Wilhelm)
Scrape two - two scrambled eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Scrod (or schrod) is a young (2-lb or less) cod or haddock, split and deboned!. A staple in many Boston area seafood restaurants, but rarely heard outside New England!. Scrod is not actually a type of fish, but rather a generic term believed to mean "catch of the day," referring to any white, edible fish!. Scrod could have come from the acronym "Small Cod or Haddock Remaining On Dock!." The term was coined by the Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts after 1855!. Old Joke: "So a guy lands at Logan and gets in a cab and says to the driver, 'Take me somewhere I can get scrod!" And the driver says, "I've never heard anyone use the pluperfect subjunctive before!"
Seventy-Seven - A Seven-Up with Vanilla Ice Cream Thanks, RSM
Shake one in the Hay: Strawberry milkshake
Shivering Eve: Apple jelly
Side Arms: Salt and Pepper [Thanks to Laura]
Sinkers: Doughnuts
Skid Grease: Butter [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Slider Patty sausage (Thanks to Dick Wilhelm)
Sneeze: Pepper
Splash of Red Noise: Bowl of tomato soup
Splash out of the Garden: Bowl of vegetable soup
Squeeze: Orange Jiuce [Thanks to DR]
Still Mooing: Meat Served Rare [Thanks to Carla Martin]
St!. Pats - Corned Beef and Cabbage Thanks, RSM
Steaming Idaho - Boiled Potatos Thanks, RSM
Sunny Sundae - A Sundae served with Pinapple Chunks Thanks, RSM
Sweep the Kitchen: Plate of hash
"Stretch" refers to Coca-Cola: e!.g!., "Stretch one!"!. A small Coke is a "short stretch" [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Stretch One and Paint it Red Coca-Cola with a cherry -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Mark Nechoda writes and says that in New York, "Stretch" means a large size ( "pull 2" were 2 regular cokes!. Stretch 2 were 2 large cokes!.)
Sunny Brook Sunnyside up with bacon [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
TOAST
Down: Mark Nechoda writes that "down" is the generic term for "toast", leading to the following:
Whiskey Down: Rye Toast (i!.e!. Rye Whiskey!.!.) Thanx to:Adrian from the Malibu Diner, 23rd st and 7th Ave NYC
Brown Down: was wheat toast!. (also Wheat Down)
White Bread is the default; as: "BT down!" (bacon [lettuce] and tomato on [white] toast)!. [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Throw it in the mud: Add chocolate syrup
The Twins: Salt and Pepper Shakers [Thanks to Boudewijn
Tip Toe Through Wisconsin: Sprinkle with Cheese, variant of "drag through Wisconsin" (Thanks, Jim)
Twist It, Choke It, Make it Cackle: Chocolate malted milkshake with egg
Vermont: Maple syrup
Wart: an Olive
Wax: American cheese
with legs; put legs on it - to go (e!.g!. "Adam and Eve on a raft with legs!.") [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Wimpy: Hamburger
Winter - Whipped Cream on any item Thanks, RSM
With the Horns Still On: Meat Served Rare [Thanks to Carla Martin]
Wreck: Scramble
Wrecked and Crying - Scrambled Eggs with Onions Thanks, RSM
Yellow Paint: Mustard
Yum Yum: Sugar
From: Swing Kid
Burn the British - english muffin
An M!.D!. - Dr!. Pepper
Frog sticks - french fries
Noah's boy on bread - Ham sandwich
Paint a bow-wow red - Hot dog with kethcup
From: Darin Jensen
Henberries - Eggs
Broken Henberries - scrambled eggs (or Busted)
Make it Moo - rare steak
Swamp water - soda made of all flavors available
Zeppelins in a Fog: Sausages in mashed potatoes [Thanks to Boudewijn
Z: Mushrooms, (because all the other things starting with M were taken and Z was easily identifiable on a ticket!. [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Mark Nechoda notes that: "You put the table number on the end of the order… "draw two on six" = 2 cups of coffee table six "
AND!.!.!. we are very grateful to our friend Robert Santa Maria (RSM) for these Mexican Restaurant Terms!. He writes:
"!.!.!.Growing up in Arizona we went to many diners along Route 66!. I remember my Dad and Mom ordering stuff and then laughing when I heard the waitress call out some pretty interesting terms!. The Mexican food terms were told to me by my Aunt who worked as a waitress in many of the Mexican Restaurants in Tucson, AZ!. Grandma was usually in the kitchen of those restaurants since she worked as a cook !.!.!."
Cluck and Wrap - Chicken Enchiladas
Con Lumbre' - With Fire, add hot sauce!.
Dirty Water - Coffee
Friday's Choice - A Fish Dinner
Moo and Wrap - Beef Enchiladas
Red and White It - Top With Both Sour Cream and Salsa
Sour It - Add Lemon to a dish
Saddle It - Well-Done Steak
Stampede Blanket - A Bean and Beef Extrra Large Burro
Tie It Down - A Burro with Melted Cheese Topping
Top It With White - Top the Dish with Sour Cream
Top It With Red - Top the Dish with Salsa
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They used to have names for the various orders of food though - but there wasn't a formal list that all diners used!. A diner would esptablish a short memory jogger for the cook and that could be anything that worked!.
Here's a list for you:
This is our first cut at a full dictionary of Diner Talk!. Everyone is invited to submit entries that we either forgot or didn't know about!.
Adam and Eve on a Raft: Two poached eggs on toast (and Wreck 'em: = Scrambled eggs)
Adam and Eve on a log: Two poached eggs with link sausage [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
Adam's Ale: Water
All Day: altogether [Thanks to DR]
All Hot: Baked potato
Angels on Horseback: oysters rolled in bacon and served on toast
Atlanta [Special]: Coca Cola
Axle Grease: Butter [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Baled Hay: Shredded wheat
Balloon Juice: Seltzer water
B and B: Bread and butter
Beef Stick: A bone
Belch Water: Seltzer or Soda Water [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Biddy Board: French toast
Bird: Chicken [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Black and Blue: Meat served VERY rare -- so raw it's almost blue on the inside and charred black outside!. [Thanks to JACK]
Black and White: Chocolate soda with vanilla ice cream
Black Cow: (a) chocolate milk or (b) chocolate soda with chocolate ice cream
Blindfolded: Basted Eggs [Thanks to Barry Holbrecht]
Blowout Patches: Pancakes
Boiled Leaves: Tea
Bowl of Red Chili -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Bossy in a Bowl: Beef Stew [Thanks to Boudewijn
Break it and Shake it: Add egg to a drink
Bun Pup: Hot Dog [Thanks to Boudewijn]
c-board: Prepared to take out (in cardboard) [Thanks to Sandra Wapner]
Cackleberries Eggs (Thanks to Jim Gaglione)
Cackle Fruit Eggs Mark NechodaJohn Ross)
Checkerboard - a Waffle [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Chicago: Pineapple sundae
Chokies: Artichokes
C!.J!. White: Cream cheese and jelly on white bread
COFFEE
Coffee Regular - coffee with a cream and twosugars
Cowboy coffee - made with all chicory
Frosty Joe - Ice Coffee Thanks, RSM
Hi-test - Coffee with caffeine (is there really any other!?)
Java: Coffee
Joe Coffee -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Joe O'Malley - An Irish Coffee (often served in some hotel/diners back then) Thanks, RSM
Suthun coffee - made from Half regular beans, half chicory - best with molasses!. ( My favorite is "do y'all want Nothun coffee er Suthun coffee!?")
50/50 Joe - Coffee with half-and-half Thanks, RSM
Cowboy with Spurs: Western omelet with French fries
Cow Paste: Butter
Cremate It: Toast the bread
Deadeye - a Poached Egg (We love the imagery in this) [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Double Black Cow - A Double Thick Shake (Triple Black Cow also) Thanks, RSM
Dough Well Done With Cow to Cover: Buttered toast
Drag One Through Georgia: Pepsi with chocolate syrup
Drag Through the Garden: Put all the vegetables on it!. (e!.g!. Burger - Drag it through the garden)
Drag Through Wisconsin: Serve with Cheese (e!.g!. "Cheeseburger" = Burger - Drag it through Wisconsin)
Draw: To dispense a beverage on tap!.!.!."Draw" refers specifically to coffee!. [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Drop two - two poached eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Drown the Kids - Boiled Eggs Thanks, RSM
Dry Stack: Pancakes no butter [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
Eighty-Six (86): Stop taking orders for this item, we are out of it!.
Eve with a Moldy Lid - apple pie with a slice of cheese [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Firehouse It - Add Chili Sauce to an item (or chili, as in a chili-dog or chili-burger) Thanks, RSM
First Ladies - Ribs [This is one of our favorites] (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Flop Two: Two fried eggs, over easy
Foreign Entanglements: Spaghetti [Thanks to Helen Bowers]
Fry Two, Let the Sun Shine: Fry two eggs with yolks unbroken
Georgia Pie: Peach pie
Groundhog: Hot Dog [Thanks to Boudewijn
Guess Water: Soup
Hatching It - An Egg in a Nest (fried egg nestled in toasted bread which has had a hole cut out of it!. Thanks, RSM
Hen Fruit: Eggs
Hen Nuts - Eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Hoboken Special: Pineapple soda with chocolate ice cream
Hold the Grass: Sandwich without lettuce
Hope: Oatmeal
Hot Balls - Matzoh ball soup (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Hot blonde in sand - cup of coffee with cream and sugar (Thanks to: JoDee4300)
Hot One: Bowl of chili
Hot Top: Hot chocolate
Hounds on an Island: Frankfurters and beans
Houseboat: Banana split
Hug One: Orange juice
Idaho Cakes - Hashbrown Patties Thanks, RSM
Ice on Rice: Rice pudding with ice cream
Life Preservers: Doughnuts
Lighthouse: Bottle of ketchup
Limeaid - Bubble-Up, a Soda similar to 7-Up so I guess they called it this to keep from confusing them!. Thanks, RSM
Loaded: a full dinner e!.g!. "One bird, loaded" is a chicken dinner [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Log Roll - Extra Link Sausage Thanks, RSM
Mama on a Raft: Marmalade on toast
Melting Snow - Melted Swiss Cheese on an item Thanks, RSM
Mickey Rooney: With Mustard and Relish e!.g!. "Two dogs, Mickey Rooney" (Thanks, Jim)
Mike and Ike: Salt and pepper shakers
Million on a Platter: Baked beans
Mississippi Mud: Mustard
Moo juice - milk [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Motor Oil - Syrup [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Mystery in the Alley - a side of Hash [Thanks to Julian Rodriguez]
Nervous Pudding: Jello
One from the Alps: Swiss cheese sandwich
On the Hoof: Meat done rare [Thanks to Boudewijn
On Wheels - To go (Thanks to: Tony Bishop)
Pigs - bacon [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Pink Stick: Strawberry ice cream
PITA ("Pain In The A**"): a difficult customer [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Popeye: Spinach
Pull: to dispense a soft drink
Put a Hat on It: add ice cream
put legs on it: prepare the food for take-out or "to go!." [Thanks to Mark Nechoda]
Put Out the Lights and Cry: Liver and onions
Rabbit Food: Lettuce
Ralph: a large empty plastic jar used for storage, usually a mayo jar!. also a term for 1 gallon because of the size of the jar!. [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Roller Link sausage (Thanks to Dick Wilhelm)
Scrape two - two scrambled eggs [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Scrod (or schrod) is a young (2-lb or less) cod or haddock, split and deboned!. A staple in many Boston area seafood restaurants, but rarely heard outside New England!. Scrod is not actually a type of fish, but rather a generic term believed to mean "catch of the day," referring to any white, edible fish!. Scrod could have come from the acronym "Small Cod or Haddock Remaining On Dock!." The term was coined by the Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts after 1855!. Old Joke: "So a guy lands at Logan and gets in a cab and says to the driver, 'Take me somewhere I can get scrod!" And the driver says, "I've never heard anyone use the pluperfect subjunctive before!"
Seventy-Seven - A Seven-Up with Vanilla Ice Cream Thanks, RSM
Shake one in the Hay: Strawberry milkshake
Shivering Eve: Apple jelly
Side Arms: Salt and Pepper [Thanks to Laura]
Sinkers: Doughnuts
Skid Grease: Butter [Thanks to Boudewijn]
Slider Patty sausage (Thanks to Dick Wilhelm)
Sneeze: Pepper
Splash of Red Noise: Bowl of tomato soup
Splash out of the Garden: Bowl of vegetable soup
Squeeze: Orange Jiuce [Thanks to DR]
Still Mooing: Meat Served Rare [Thanks to Carla Martin]
St!. Pats - Corned Beef and Cabbage Thanks, RSM
Steaming Idaho - Boiled Potatos Thanks, RSM
Sunny Sundae - A Sundae served with Pinapple Chunks Thanks, RSM
Sweep the Kitchen: Plate of hash
"Stretch" refers to Coca-Cola: e!.g!., "Stretch one!"!. A small Coke is a "short stretch" [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Stretch One and Paint it Red Coca-Cola with a cherry -- thanks to Ethan Minovitz
Mark Nechoda writes and says that in New York, "Stretch" means a large size ( "pull 2" were 2 regular cokes!. Stretch 2 were 2 large cokes!.)
Sunny Brook Sunnyside up with bacon [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta]
TOAST
Down: Mark Nechoda writes that "down" is the generic term for "toast", leading to the following:
Whiskey Down: Rye Toast (i!.e!. Rye Whiskey!.!.) Thanx to:Adrian from the Malibu Diner, 23rd st and 7th Ave NYC
Brown Down: was wheat toast!. (also Wheat Down)
White Bread is the default; as: "BT down!" (bacon [lettuce] and tomato on [white] toast)!. [Thanks to: Paul Bogrow user99@eey!.org]
Throw it in the mud: Add chocolate syrup
The Twins: Salt and Pepper Shakers [Thanks to Boudewijn
Tip Toe Through Wisconsin: Sprinkle with Cheese, variant of "drag through Wisconsin" (Thanks, Jim)
Twist It, Choke It, Make it Cackle: Chocolate malted milkshake with egg
Vermont: Maple syrup
Wart: an Olive
Wax: American cheese
with legs; put legs on it - to go (e!.g!. "Adam and Eve on a raft with legs!.") [Thanks to Kevyn Arthur]
Wimpy: Hamburger
Winter - Whipped Cream on any item Thanks, RSM
With the Horns Still On: Meat Served Rare [Thanks to Carla Martin]
Wreck: Scramble
Wrecked and Crying - Scrambled Eggs with Onions Thanks, RSM
Yellow Paint: Mustard
Yum Yum: Sugar
From: Swing Kid
Burn the British - english muffin
An M!.D!. - Dr!. Pepper
Frog sticks - french fries
Noah's boy on bread - Ham sandwich
Paint a bow-wow red - Hot dog with kethcup
From: Darin Jensen
Henberries - Eggs
Broken Henberries - scrambled eggs (or Busted)
Make it Moo - rare steak
Swamp water - soda made of all flavors available
Zeppelins in a Fog: Sausages in mashed potatoes [Thanks to Boudewijn
Z: Mushrooms, (because all the other things starting with M were taken and Z was easily identifiable on a ticket!. [Thanks to George Nikas of Atlanta, this may be a localized term]
Mark Nechoda notes that: "You put the table number on the end of the order… "draw two on six" = 2 cups of coffee table six "
AND!.!.!. we are very grateful to our friend Robert Santa Maria (RSM) for these Mexican Restaurant Terms!. He writes:
"!.!.!.Growing up in Arizona we went to many diners along Route 66!. I remember my Dad and Mom ordering stuff and then laughing when I heard the waitress call out some pretty interesting terms!. The Mexican food terms were told to me by my Aunt who worked as a waitress in many of the Mexican Restaurants in Tucson, AZ!. Grandma was usually in the kitchen of those restaurants since she worked as a cook !.!.!."
Cluck and Wrap - Chicken Enchiladas
Con Lumbre' - With Fire, add hot sauce!.
Dirty Water - Coffee
Friday's Choice - A Fish Dinner
Moo and Wrap - Beef Enchiladas
Red and White It - Top With Both Sour Cream and Salsa
Sour It - Add Lemon to a dish
Saddle It - Well-Done Steak
Stampede Blanket - A Bean and Beef Extrra Large Burro
Tie It Down - A Burro with Melted Cheese Topping
Top It With White - Top the Dish with Sour Cream
Top It With Red - Top the Dish with Salsa
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