Diner Capital

Random Diner Slang

Mike and Ike:

salt and pepper shakers -Synonyms: The twins

Walk a cow through the garden:

Hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion

Blue-plate special:

a dish of meat, potato, and vegetable served on a plate (usually blue) sectioned in three parts. This can also refer to the daily special.

Hounds on an Island:

franks and beans

Coney Island:

a hot dog, so called because hot dogs were popularly associated with the stands on Coney Island. -Synonyms: Coney Island chicken

Flop two, over hard:

fried egg, flipped and cooked until the yolk is solid all the way through

Angel:

sandwich man

Sweepings also known as Clean up the kitchen or Sweep the kitchen:

a plate of hash

Burn one:

put a hamburger on the grill

Paint a bow-wow red:

a hot dog with ketchup