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Cracker Barrel (outside Philadelphia)

May 17, 2010 by Feisty Foodie 9 Comments

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Whenever I go on a road trip, I like to plot the route such that I pass by a Cracker Barrel.  My recent trip to Philly was no exception; I stopped by Cracker Barrel for breakfast directly before heading into Philly.  (Sadly, though it was a Friday and I’ve been seriously impressed with their Friday Fish Fry in the past, it was too early for them to fry me up some fish… boo…)  I opted for the Sunrise Sampler, which includes: two eggs your way, grits, sawmill gravy, biscuits, butter, fried apples, hashbrown casserole, smoked sausage, country ham and thick sliced bacon… Yes I did.  It was only $7.39!!!  At least I didn’t opt for the Grandpa’s Country Fried Breakfast (so tempting) which would include the above plus my choice of chicken fried chicken or country fried steak, for only an additional 40c (minus the fried apples).  I am sooo glad I don’t live within 5 minutes of a Cracker Barrel (one of my favoritest blog buddies does, hi Jenn!) – I would gain about 20 more pounds…

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I stupidly opted to have my eggs poached.  Stupidly because I really should just give up and order my eggs sunny side up or even over easy because those are harder to mess up… I think.  I was surprised, to say the least, to see my poached eggs arrive in little dishes with a lot of the poaching liquid.  Clearly, they use a machine/mold to poach… and these were overcooked.  Sigh.  Ah well, the hashbrown casserole was tasty per usual, and the sugar ham (NOT country ham), bacon, sausage were all pretty damn tasty.  Nommed up. 

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Dipping my biscuits into the gravy, I whispered to myself, “This is why you’re a fat b*” and continued eating.  As long as I know why, right?  So good!  In the bowl on the right is grits, which were horribly bland, but a touch of salt, a swirl of butter, and

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a dab of this apple butter, which was crazy delectable… made the grits absolutely amazing.  Salty, sweet, all at the same time… so good.  I gobbled it all up happily… nommm. 

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The fried apples, I only ate a little bit because that isn’t really my thing, but they were good – if you like that sort of thing. 

Yvo says: I love Cracker Barrel.  It’s super cheap, super tasty, and the staff is super friendly, too.  Though my food kind of took a long time that day (which might explain the eggs being overcooked – if they sat there for a while, they’d continue cooking!), I will continue to go out of my way a bit just to go to Cracker Barrel, since it’s hearty, delicious, cheap, and fun – the country store attached has a ton of stuff to browse, and they even had a ‘porch sale’ going on that day, 70% off everything outside; I scored a book on tape for about $4.  Whee! 
super recommended for road trip stops; forget McDonald’s or any rest stop ‘restaurants’ this is where you want to go!

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Filed Under: American, Americas, Breakfast, By Name, Cheap Eats, Cuisine, New Jersey, Restaurants, Travels, United States Tagged With: Breakfast

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Comments

  1. TT says

    May 17, 2010 at 9:18 am

    needs a link to http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

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  2. Witzel says

    May 17, 2010 at 9:37 am

    “Scored” a book on tape? Was it like a yard sale?

    If you hadn’t scarfed all six cheesesteaks that day, I’d say this is a reason you didn’t. That’s a LOT of food to be eating right before undertaking such a massive food challenge.

    Also, I heart the Crack Barrel.

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  3. T.C. says

    May 17, 2010 at 10:11 am

    Breakfast looks good. I haven’t gotten a chance to eat at Cracker Barrel yet. Boo!! Too bad they weren’t open at 3am the last time I passed one. I think we were ready to break the door down too. Haha. Oh well.

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  4. Lizz says

    May 17, 2010 at 10:21 am

    LOVE Cracker Barrel!

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  5. Aimee S. says

    May 17, 2010 at 11:56 am

    I guess this does look good. I was never a fan though. But who doesn’t love all that crap in the store up front?

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  6. Adri says

    May 17, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    As I’m not from New York, nor have I even been to, I’m happy to finally see a place you’ve eaten at that I also have! Love Cracker Barrel!

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  7. Edie says

    May 18, 2010 at 12:44 am

    I’ve never been to a Cracker Barrel and now I feel like I’m really missing out! I don’t like grits but I lurves me some eggs and ham!

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