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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2111794" data-attributes="member: 99">All I've got to say is that looks totally yummy!One of my all time favorite foods is wrapped up in a wonderful blend of fatty fantasy, vacation nostalgia and the haze of sleep deprivation:  The Captain's BreakfastThis is a meal that I have eaten several times at a place called Gannim's Kountry Kitchen in Key Largo Florida.  As an avid scuba diver, the Keys are my vacation destination of choice.  Back in the day I used to drive down with my dad for a 4-5 day long weekend of diving a couple times a year.  We'd drive straight through from NC so it took around 14 hours to get there and we would time it such that we left here around 5:00 PM and rolled into Largo around 7:00 AM.Gannim's Kountry Kitchen is right there as you get onto the island and there's no point in trying to check into your hotel room at 7:00.  So we stop off to eat breakfast and there on the menu for $6.99 is The Captain's Breakfast.Deep fry some hash browns and put them in a nice deep bowl.  Then cut a buscuit in half and throw it on there.  Smother that in sausage gravy (the white kind with big chunks of sausage floating in it).  Add to the top of that two fried eggs, sunny side up.  Lay on a lattice of 4-5 pieces of bacon and then sprinkle on some shredded cheese that'll melt and you've got The Captain's Breakfast.  Then just pour on a liberal helping of Tobasco sauce and dig in!After you've stayed up almost all night driving and eaten this thing, hopefully the sting of the Tobasco will keep you awake long enough to drag yourself down by the pool at the hotel.  There you can fall asleep on a beach chair and get sunburned while they get your room ready.  Then go diving, come back to the hotel and eat conch chowder and lobster tails for dinner and you will sleep like you've never slept in your life.Good times.</blockquote>

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