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Brunch

ninjawife — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:51:04 GMT

A restaurant that is less than a mile from my home just started doing brunch again after stopping during the pandemic. They have the best lemon ricotta pancakes with lemon curd and blueberry syrup. I don't know if they will do their make your own belini and bloddy mary bar but I hope so as I love makng my own belini with a variety of juices and fresh fruit. DH and I are going this afternoon.

Do you like brunch? If so what's your favorite brunch place and favorite brunch eats and drinks?

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ThinkingOutLoud — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:14:50 GMT

I like brunch but restaurants seem to offer that on Sundays which is a no-go for me.

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:17:17 GMT

NO. I have to eat soon after I get up, so I'm breakfast, lunch and dinner person. I like a fiber and protein breakfast too, not sweets.

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KBEANS — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 14:53:35 GMT

I enjoy brunch every now and then. I usually go with an egg dish, like Eggs Benedict. My husband favors something more lunch like. Maybe a Monte Cristo.

In the summer, a place we love, has a Puppy Brunch.

We dress up our pups and take them there for their annual event.

They make the pups a special brunch of puppy chicken meatballs and sweet potato muffins.

It's a wonderful event that benefits dog shelters. We can all enjoy the event and the pups know it's all about them and love it too!

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cindyNC — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:01:07 GMT

We used to go to a restaurant for breakfast and then grocery shopping after. It was a bit of travel for us. We stopped going when gas was high and have never gone back. I recently looked at their prices online and the egg dishes we used to order have gone up $4-5 from what we used to pay. Lunches have become less expensive there.

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ScrapHappy — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:17:27 GMT

I enjoy brunch very much. We've gone to a couple in my area since moving here 6 years ago, I think it's too expensive, it's more like dinner prices. Once it cost over $60 for 3 people.

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We rescue cats — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:20:38 GMT

We used to get together with another couple and go on the 3rd weekend of each month...it stoppped during covid and we never resurrected it. Even just going to a local restaurant or a chain is now approaching $40 plus tip. Geez!!!

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mac116 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:54:44 GMT

We love brunch! Restaurants are expensive, but as a family we meet for brunch on special occasions (birthday, anniversary, etc.). We also enjoy meeting at someone's home for a holiday bruch, as a potluck. This frees the young couples up to have a dinner with the other side of the family or with friends.

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ECBG — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:06:49 GMT

No, I don't like brunch or brunch foods at all compared to other foods. I also find brunch foods leave me somewhat hungry before the next meal.

I prefer salads, vegetables, meats, sandwiches, maybe a slice of pizza occasionally.

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:31:44 GMT

I will say that back in the old days we used to stay at a Dallas hotel that had a fabulous brunch with an omelet station that did made to order ones right there in front of you. WOW! Too old to do things now, glad we went when we could.

And, again way back in the day, Sunday brunch at Commander's Palace when Emeril (before he was famous) was there cookin' for Ella Brennan was a real treat. Also the old Brennan's restaurant where we went for eggs Benedict that was always ended with bananas foster.

Those were back in the day! If you are fortunate enough to have family and friends, make them a little bananas foster sometime--even if oatmeal or a boiled egg is the main course!

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:05:47 GMT

When I lived in the city there was a Hilton that offered brunch.

Like @Sooner said, there was someone who would cook eggs to order at your table as well as a roast beef carving station.

I do enjoy brunch offerings, I just don't miss the crowds!

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:12:23 GMT

@Sooner My mother's Bananas Foster was an occasional dessert. It's made and kept warm in a slow cooker:

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup rum

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt

3 bananas, cut in half crosswise, then cut in half lengthwise (yellow, but not overripe)

2 tbsp butter, cut in half

1 tsp lemon juice

served over vanilla ice cream

Spray inside crock with PAM. Whisk sugar, salt, rum, and cinnamon in crock until sugar dissolves. Place bananas in syrup cut-side down. Cover and cook on high until toothpick easily slides in and out of bananas, about 1 1/2 hours.

Place bananas in serving bowls. Whisk butter and lemon juice into syrup. Scoop ice cream onto bananas. Top ice cream with warm syrup.

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Sooner — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:13:40 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
@Sooner My mother's Bananas Foster was an occasional dessert. It's made and kept warm in a slow cooker:

1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup rum
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
3 bananas, cut in half crosswise, then cut in half lengthwise (yellow, but not overripe)
2 tbsp butter, cut in half
1 tsp lemon juice
served over vanilla ice cream

Spray inside crock with PAM. Whisk sugar, salt, rum, and cinnamon in crock until sugar dissolves. Place bananas in syrup cut-side down. Cover and cook on high until toothpick easily slides in and out of bananas, about 1 1/2 hours.

Place bananas in serving bowls. Whisk butter and lemon juice into syrup. Scoop ice cream onto bananas. Top ice cream with warm syrup.

@deepwaterdotter THANKS! That sounds like the real deal!

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kate2357 — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:18:07 GMT

I will ditto what @Sooner said about Banana Foster ... have it sometime, oh my word ... so delish. There is an ultra fancy place in Seattle that is somewhat famous for their Banana Foster ... my girlfriends and I used to go just to the bar and share one or two. If my husband is taking someone out to dinner to that place, I will invite myself to join so I can have THAT dessert.

RE: Brunch ... I like to make it at home and invite people over. I do not enjoy going out to brunch because I never feel like I get my money's worth of food. We do go for event brunches that friends invite us to, but in that case, it's not about the food, but the friends.

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On It — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:50:41 GMT

@Sooner I think I know which hotel. They had a champagne brunch when the hotel first opened that meandered all over the vast lobby area. Back in the day Dallas knew how to Brunch.

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:51:05 GMT

I'm not a brunch person. I'm diabetic so I stay consistant with my meal times. I have breakfast as soon as I get up.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:57:00 GMT

I used to enjoy going out for brunch, but not anymore. The offerings are usually very high in carbs and sugar, and the whole experience leads to major overeating.

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drizzellla — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:51:58 GMT

@deepwaterdotter Thank you for the recipe for Bananas Foster

There is a local restaurant that used to serve Bananas Foster. We would order it everytime we ate there. It was so good. Sadly, it is no longer on the menu.

The same restaurant also used to have a WONDERFUL brunch. But they stopped serving it during Covid and never brought it back. They lost too many servers and chefs.

They no longer serve lunch and dinner is now a simpler and smaller selection.