Pie

There is chocolate pie that stays in the freezer, and there are pecan and apple pies that sit in a stand under a plastic cover on the counter. The pecan pie can either be pronounced /pi-KAN/ or /PI-kæn/ depending on where you're from. There's a word for such regional pronunciations of words in linguistics. I can't remember what it is at the moment. Carolyn Fryberger knows. She's a geographer.

The Waffle House also carries these little cheese danish pastries which look a little sketchy. They just sit in their little packages all the time. No one ever orders them. I you come in to my Waffle House and order a danish I'll pay for it if you eat the whole thing.

We don't sell ice cream, which is kind of a bummer. The thing is, we don't have a freezer at all. We have a big ice machine in the back, but no freezer. I bet the initial cost of installing freezers in all of the WaHos across the country is what's preventing that from being a regular menu item. People come in odering pie all the time wanting a scoop of ice cream with it. It'd be a big seller. Better than the stupid soup. Actually the soup looks pretty good. Nobody orders it though. The chili is also pretty good-looking. In fact I recommend the chili. I mean, it's basic. Not too spicy or anything, but better than what you can buy in a can at the store. And that seems to be the type of chili that most people buy.

Hey, get this:

Although there is one "official" website, an Internet search turns up more than 2,200 Web sites that mention Waffle House® restaurants.. Waffle House® restaurants ranked in the "Top Five" of "Around the Clock Eats" on the Food Network

That's quoted from the "Fun Facts" section of the Official Waffle House Website. I'm going to have to look into that. Last time I checked, a lot of the websites Google listed after a searh of "Waffle House" were REALLY old. I've linked the Waffle House Shrine at the menu bar to the right. That site was actually created by another Duke student who I have yet to get back in touch with. There is also a poem entitled "Waffle House" that pops up. It's written by Rosie O'Donnell, and can be found on her blog (also linked above). I'll add some more links as I surf around and find WaHo websites. It seems like there ought to be a web ring out there somewhere too... Do people still have "webrings" or is that just something from the early days of the internet that has begun to fizzle out in the 21st century?

A slice of cheese signifies "add cheese."