I stg it used to be (probably around pre 2020) that even the shitty hole in the wall motels had like pretty comfy solid breakfast - bagged eggs (my guilty pleasure) and cool steampunk communal toasters and shit. now it’s like mini cereal boxes and maybe bagged muffins.
getting old is hell. everything gets worse and most people just try to ignore it
I was going to a Day’s Inn yearly for a river floating trip, and each year their breakfast got shittier and shittier.
They used to have a Texas shaped (self-serve) waffle maker, muffins, toast, juice, and jam. Now it’s single serving cereal boxes and room temperature OJ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Which is ridiculous. Why should people self serving themselves eggs and bacon and toast be cancelled due to the pandemic? They didn’t shut down hotels, and fomites weren’t a vector of infection.
There was that whole thing where people weren’t comfortable with crowding into a single communal indoor space though. If no one gathers to eat the food, the food is a waste.
Pasteurized frozen scrambled eggs that come in a flat bag the size of a sheet pan. They are thawed and cooked in the bag, then sliced out of the bag, given a few chops to break them up in the middle of the resulting cloud of egg scented steam, and then dumped onto a steam table.
They’re just hard boiled eggs that have been shelled and stuck into a little bag that’s then heat sealed. I assume they’re produced by the big food service distributors like Sysco. I find them pretty unappetizing.
Not quite. All the threads point to it being a mass-produced scrambled egg mixture that’s distributed in bags, which are cooked to completion at the restaurant. Otherwise, they’d need to dedicate people to cracking and beating eggs, especially in places where turnover is pretty high.
I searched real quick—it looks like you put eggs in a ziploc bag, optionally with veggies or other omelet ingredients. Close the bag and dip it in boiling water for a couple minutes. Then you end up with sometime like an omelet or scrambled eggs. Honestly I’ve never seen that at a hotel breakfast.
They should have said “liquid eggs” because that’s really what they meant but food service packages are often in bags as opposed to the consumer style cartons.
Hotels have gotten worse. I travel for work often and I can see it. Housekeeping every day isn’t a given anymore since Covid and the breakfasts have continued to decline. Pretty much all I will get at hotel breakfast these days is an apple and nuclear reactor temperature coffee.
Yeah,same for me. I avoid non-chain-operated hotels for that meanwhile - they are usually worse and often the owners are on such a high horse that they expect you to be thankful to spend your money there.
With hotel chains you at least have a central customer support you can complain to.
Last highlight:
Was in a mid-market private hotel (no chains around there) and on the first evening my toilet seat broke.
I mean, yeah, I am a little bit overweight but not nearly enough for that being the cause normally, so very likely it was just wear.
Happens, no biggie.
The reaction of the owner was the reason why I will never visit that establishment again - and neither will any of my staff:
First they tried to ridicule me/accused me of intentionally vandalism, then they tried to make me put it through my insurance (won’t fly, they won’t pay a thing unless they can prove proper maintenance). And then she took 5 days to repair the bloody thing.
Saw her treat her staff incredibly bad as well…so…
Yeah, neither my staff nor me will come back. That makes them lose around 10k in income. But hey, it’s just “that remote working thing” and “everything getting more expensive”.
Nope. It isn’t. It’s them.
I stg it used to be (probably around pre 2020) that even the shitty hole in the wall motels had like pretty comfy solid breakfast - bagged eggs (my guilty pleasure) and cool steampunk communal toasters and shit. now it’s like mini cereal boxes and maybe bagged muffins.
getting old is hell. everything gets worse and most people just try to ignore it
I was going to a Day’s Inn yearly for a river floating trip, and each year their breakfast got shittier and shittier.
They used to have a Texas shaped (self-serve) waffle maker, muffins, toast, juice, and jam. Now it’s single serving cereal boxes and room temperature OJ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I feel the breakfast buffet was another victim of covid. Hotels probably realized the cost to re-open the buffet wasn’t worth it.
Which is ridiculous. Why should people self serving themselves eggs and bacon and toast be cancelled due to the pandemic? They didn’t shut down hotels, and fomites weren’t a vector of infection.
There was that whole thing where people weren’t comfortable with crowding into a single communal indoor space though. If no one gathers to eat the food, the food is a waste.
You seem not to remember what 2020 was like, particularly March through the fall.
What the hell are bagged eggs?
Testicles come to mind, but are not the answer.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Pasteurized frozen scrambled eggs that come in a flat bag the size of a sheet pan. They are thawed and cooked in the bag, then sliced out of the bag, given a few chops to break them up in the middle of the resulting cloud of egg scented steam, and then dumped onto a steam table.
Like this
What are bagged eggs?
haha i mean like these sort of scrambled eggs: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/martins-quality-eggs-5-lb-frozen-boil-in-bag-scrambled-egg-mix-case/873331035.html
they have a particular flavor / consistency / vibe that i find comforting
Ok, who’s dad named that site, “Webstaurant” Store? Because I’d like to shake their hand, at least on the “Webstaurant” part
They’re just hard boiled eggs that have been shelled and stuck into a little bag that’s then heat sealed. I assume they’re produced by the big food service distributors like Sysco. I find them pretty unappetizing.
Well, this raises more questions than answers.
I feel as if I am no closer to understanding bagged eggs than I was before.
Here’s a reddit post showing what the Costco version looks like. At a hotel there would typically be one per bag.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Costco/s/gXMfIIUR0N
Not quite. All the threads point to it being a mass-produced scrambled egg mixture that’s distributed in bags, which are cooked to completion at the restaurant. Otherwise, they’d need to dedicate people to cracking and beating eggs, especially in places where turnover is pretty high.
I’ve seen bagged boiled eggs at multiple hotels over the years and think it’s fair to say that both types of bagged eggs can exist.
I have the same question.
I searched real quick—it looks like you put eggs in a ziploc bag, optionally with veggies or other omelet ingredients. Close the bag and dip it in boiling water for a couple minutes. Then you end up with sometime like an omelet or scrambled eggs. Honestly I’ve never seen that at a hotel breakfast.
But I’d still like to know what OP means
They should have said “liquid eggs” because that’s really what they meant but food service packages are often in bags as opposed to the consumer style cartons.
https://www.eggsolutions.com/foodservice/liquid-eggs/
Hotels have gotten worse. I travel for work often and I can see it. Housekeeping every day isn’t a given anymore since Covid and the breakfasts have continued to decline. Pretty much all I will get at hotel breakfast these days is an apple and nuclear reactor temperature coffee.
Yeah,same for me. I avoid non-chain-operated hotels for that meanwhile - they are usually worse and often the owners are on such a high horse that they expect you to be thankful to spend your money there. With hotel chains you at least have a central customer support you can complain to.
Last highlight: Was in a mid-market private hotel (no chains around there) and on the first evening my toilet seat broke. I mean, yeah, I am a little bit overweight but not nearly enough for that being the cause normally, so very likely it was just wear. Happens, no biggie.
The reaction of the owner was the reason why I will never visit that establishment again - and neither will any of my staff: First they tried to ridicule me/accused me of intentionally vandalism, then they tried to make me put it through my insurance (won’t fly, they won’t pay a thing unless they can prove proper maintenance). And then she took 5 days to repair the bloody thing.
Saw her treat her staff incredibly bad as well…so…
Yeah, neither my staff nor me will come back. That makes them lose around 10k in income. But hey, it’s just “that remote working thing” and “everything getting more expensive”. Nope. It isn’t. It’s them.
I never wanted housekeeping every day anyway so it just means I don’t have to tell them to fuck off as often for me.
What does a steampunk toaster look like?
A 50s standard metal toaster with extra copper rods soldered on the outside.
I’ve noticed the IHG family hotels (Holiday Inn) usually has a pretty well done breakfast, even at their budget Holiday Inn Express hotels
Outside the US almost everywhere has a very good breakfast. Substantially better than the ones “nice” US hotels serve.
I loved being a kid with the fam on holiday and getting the free continental breakfast if we stayed in a hotel.