OT: A question on a recent Jeopardy TV show

[TaleofTwoDogs]

asked this: In the southern term "meat and three" establishment, what does the three stand for.

Never heard of a meat and three. Maybe I'm out of touch here in Texas, anybody familiar with this?

 

[PineGroveBully]

3 sides, I’ve heard it but not commonly

 

[patdog]

Plate lunch. Meat & 3 vegetables (or 2 veggies & a dessert).

 

[TBone.sixpack]

They are all over the Nashville area. And in Memphis it’s basically soul food.

Good chit

 

[dawglawz]

I've heard it more in North Alabama than anywhere in Mississippi.

 

[dawglawz]

9 options. All referred to as vegetables. Only four actually contain vegetables.

 

[o_Spectre]

Called "Blue Plate" in other areas

 

[57stratdawg]

$9 with tea and tax..

God I miss The Veranda’s blue plate.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Meat and three is pretty common around here.

 

[Shamoan]

ive heard it a bunch (central ms)...that and blue plate.

 

[RocketDawg]

Around here, it's understood to be "meat and three vegetables". I'd never heard the term either until I moved here.

 

[MSUDawg25]

9 options. All referred to as vegetables. Only four actually contain vegetables.

I’ll have the fried chicken with Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and a second helping of Mac and cheese.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I’m from the coast, and I’ve heard it referred to as both a “blue plate lunch” and also a meat and three. To echo other posters, “for my three vegetables, I’ll take the macaroni and cheese, cornbread dressing, and banana pudding.”

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Get it all the time in Dallas. Mamas Daughters Diner. Pretty good.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Get it all the time in Dallas. Mamas Daughters Diner. Pretty good.

Been to Mama's Daughter's Diner many times but don't remember seeing the term "meat & three" on the menu. But I will defer to you because I don't normally go for the plates because their club sandwich or cheeseburger is to die for.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yep. It’s somewhat common— but more often I’ve seen it called by blue plate here.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Been to Mama's Daughter's Diner many times but don't remember seeing the term "meat & three" on the menu. But I will defer to you because I don't normally go for the plates because their club sandwich or cheeseburger is to die for.

Tuesdays they have sausage and sour kraut and on Thursdays they have Beef tips and rice. Both killer. Never tried the club though.

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[kired]

North MS resident here... I had no idea this wasn't commonly known throughout the entire southeast. You can even get a meat & 3 at gas stations here.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

$9 with tea and tax..

God I miss The Veranda’s blue plate.

Hopefully they will bring it back after cornteen? Their Blue Plate is outstanding.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Right next to a pack of NABS

Nabisco Crackers(etc).

Don't ya know!

 

[Dawgpile]

North MS resident here... I had no idea this wasn't commonly known throughout the entire southeast. You can even get a meat & 3 at gas stations here.

I had no idea that "meat and three" wasn't a common term either. I've known of it for years and to me it's much more common than 'blue plate'. Very common even in Dallas when I lived there in the 90's and certainly here in Mid-Tenn.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

asked this: In the southern term "meat and three" establishment, what does the three stand for.

Never heard of a meat and three. Maybe I'm out of touch here in Texas, anybody familiar with this?

you have probably ate it. Lunch special at Starkville Cafe. For some reason it’s not called a meat and three in MS anywhere I know of.

 

[The Peeper]

Speaking of "Meat & 3" the "Stagger In" (original District Cafe for all you older dudes like me) had been doing them for awhile and it was good, and cheap. They just went out of business though, had a sale and got rid of at least some of the fixtures. Hated to hear it........Its a great location so someone will open it back up soon, you would think, but maybe not now in these crazy times. Opening a restaurant anytime anywhere isn't easy.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

Lived in Mississippi my whole life and I've never heard the term "meat and three". Not once.

 

[HotMop]

Never heard it while in MS but I hear it commonly in FL.

 

[eedawg]

Hate to hear the Stag went out of business

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Speaking of "Meat & 3" the "Stagger In" (original District Cafe for all you older dudes like me) had been doing them for awhile and it was good, and cheap. They just went out of business though, had a sale and got rid of at least some of the fixtures. Hated to hear it........Its a great location so someone will open it back up soon, you would think, but maybe not now in these crazy times. Opening a restaurant anytime anywhere isn't easy.

Didnt know they closed. They had my favorite wings in town

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Lived in Mississippi my whole life and I've never heard the term "meat and three". Not once.

Blue plate or just plate lunch is more common here, although meat and three is used sometimes. It is much more common in B'ham, I regularly hear "meat and three" advertised on WJOX.