A haystack is a fairly common supper among the Amish. It’s a favorite among young people and those just seeking an easy but hearty Sunday dinner. A haystack is a layered dish of usually taco-seasoning drenched hamburger, lettuce, tomato, peppers, sometimes potatoes and all covered with a mound of shredded cheese. The supper resembles a haystack. A breakfast haystack is a more recent but no-less popular variation making the rounds in Amish settlements. As the photo below shows, you put biscuits as your base and then pile diced ham, tomatoes, peppers, even some jalapeno peppers, plenty of eggs, some cheese and then drown the whole thing in sausage gravy. This is breakfast haystack or a.k.a. “heart attack on a plate.”:)
Breakfast Haystack??
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Magdalena
That is a little much!
Kevin
agreed:)
Angie Adair
We have something in our restaurants here we call Breakfast Skillet….this is about the same thing. Ours usually has hash browns on bottom, then, ham, bacon or sausage(or all three), 2 eggs however you like em, peppers and onions(mushrooms if you like), then topped with shredded cheese or white sausage gravy…yummmmmm!
Kevin
Let me grab the tums:)
hazel kitt
Angie’s Breakfast Skillet sounds great to me, I believe I’ll make some for breakfast! YUM!!
Erik Wesner
Where can I get the frozen TV dinner version of this bad boy? As much as I love it I’ve been on the Poland potatoes-and-pierogies diet too long, so I’ll take my haystack, along with the Tums Kevin 🙂
Margaret
My husband wants me to try making Angie’s version! Yum! BUT, on the day I make it, that will be all we have to eat for the entire day!! :0)
Cindy/KS
You lost me when you added the gravy! Not a gravy person at all here!
Jeff in Middletucky
That does look mighty unhealthful, but it also looks to be mighty tasty. It sort of seems to be in the same spirit as a garbage plate from Nick Tahou Hots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Plate#Garbage_Plate) or Hawaii’s loco moco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loco_moco). Along with both of the aforementioned treats, I’ll now add this to the list of just-this-side-of-disgusting (but not really) culinary feats that I long to partake of.
Kentuckylady717
Looks great…..and I’m not really a gravy person 🙂
Atlene
Nothing in the world as good as Kansas sausage gravy…
Kevin
agreed!
Nana
That looks good but would take up my calorie count for the day. Merry Christmas to you and your family. The girls are what makes Santa fun. Enjoy their childhood along with them as you are making indelible family memories. Sending you all the blessings this special time of year holds.
Ms. Catherine Melba Alston Hardy
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