What Are You Doing?

[wcc-curtis]

I'm thinking about food and this meal is excellent. It's called a Slinger. The ingredients are incredible: two eggs, hash browns, and a hamburger patty all covered in chili con carne and generously topped with cheese and onions. The eggs can be any style.

[Calidore]

Betting you're either in St. Louis, where the Slinger was supposedly invented, or Chicago, where our own Diner Grill is famous for it. I've eaten two there, and while I wish they'd use a better chili than canned, it's still a very satisfying, manly meal.

One correction, though: It uses two hamburger patties, not just one.

[DATo]

St. Louis natives are faithful to their home teams, keep toasted ravs in the freezer, and are privy to the St. Louis Slinger- a diner specialty consisting of one hamburger patty and two eggs (as you want them), all served with hash browns and chili.

While the Slinger is favorited by everyone from 7 AM breakfast regulars to the 3 AM bar crowd, little is known about the origin of the Midwestern dish. No cook can claim the fame, no STL diner can trademark the name, and no original recipe is in the books.

Courtesy (EDIT: Courtesy Sandwich Shop) created three variations of the Slinger- "The Hoosier" (Slinger with white gravy instead of chili), "The Hangover" (chicken fried steak covered in white sausage gravy, two eggs, and hashbrowns), and "The Devil's Delight" (Slinger minus the hamburger patty). We use STL's own Edmond's Chili.

Now, in reply to your question, "What are you doing?" .... Well, I was reading threads here at the Lit Net, but your question has given rise to an existential crisis from which I am having difficulty extracting myself.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Listening to "The Cramps" Don't Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk, drinking a screw top red wine blend, pondering the crop dusting of questions new member tomfyhr has sprayed across the forums.
At the moment I'm stuck on the effect of "smudges" in painting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFYv7ly-7EM

[Helga]

I am having my morning coffee, hoping it won't rain today, and just generally enjoying my alone time before my son gets up and I have to go to work.