jmcquown wrote:
We
> (as servers) would stand at the end of the counter and yell something like
> this: "One steak with cheese, mayo, pickles, tomato" or "Two double steaks
> no cheese, mayo, no pickles, lettuce, tomato". They weren't given "tickets"
> to cook from and they didn't cook anything ahead of time. Of course, that
> was almost 30 years ago. No telling what they do now.

That's how they do it at Waffle House. It is kind of cool to sit at the
counter and watch how they cook pulls a plate out and places odd things
on it as a memory cue to the order. For example one cube of ham, egg,
a slice of cheese, etc will remind him as he gets to that order to make
it a ham omelet. I think where he places the egg on the plate might also
cue him to how it is fixed....it is just fascinating to me to watch.
When I get off some mornings after a long 13 hour shift I don't want
*breakfast* food...I sometimes am craving a hamburger and hashbrowns.
Waffle House can get me that at 8 in the AM. And you can't beat their
sweetea! When I'm in the mood for fries, I go to Huddle House instead.