Flat Stanley Makes Friends at Waffle House

Hi Adeline,
Have you ever been to Waffle House? You should go. If they don't have Waffle House in Ohio, you should come to Alabama.

This Waffle House is in Oxford, Ala. Oxford is a city in east Alabama, about 30 miles from the boundary between Alabama and Georgia. Oxford has about 21,000 people. It used to be called "Lick Skillet." When I got there, I was ready to lick the skillet used to cook my breakfast.

Waffle House is very bright and friendly, and it is open all the time. You can get breakfast at 10 o'clock at night if you want to. Anytime you go into a Waffle House, everybody who works there looks up and says, "Hey," or "Hi," or "How ya doin'?" Those are all ways that people in Alabama greet each other.

I made some good friends at the Waffle House. The ladies really liked me, and even the cook came over to say hello. He was amazing. He could cook food for five people at once. He had six waffle irons cooking waffles all at the same time. He had all the plates lined up on the counter next to his grill, and he would put eggs, toast, hashbrowns, grits and bacon on the plates.

I tried the grits. At first, I didn't know what they were. They looked like lumpy mashed potatoes, but they were made of corn. They had butter and salt and pepper on them. Some people eat them with melted cheese mixed in, and some people like them with sugar or pancake syrup. I won't eat them every day, but it's good to try new things.

Stan studies the menu. It took him awhile to decide what he wanted.

He got a waffle, of course.

Stan gets a kiss from the ladies at Waffle House.

Everything was really good, but the waffle was my favorite. My belly was so stuffed that it stuck out like a watermelon. You couldn't call me Flat Stanley for the rest of the day.

XOXO
Love and waffle kisses,
Stanley