Breakfast
Ok, all hands to the plough here, the challenge is to create an East meets West breakfast.So ................ easiest is to say
(a) what you like for breakfast (not necessarily what you have, but what you would like to have) and
(b) the name or type, or at least whether East or West
These are the only ones I know - probably have variations you know or prefer - and all are West
Full English - bacon, eggs, toast. sausage, grilled mushroom, grilled tomato and sometimes steak
Full Scottish - bacon. eggs, square (Lorne) sausage, potato scones, black pudding and sometimes haggis
(Both of the above often served with baked beans but not when I make them
) (whistle berries) Continental - fruit, pastries, croissants, cheese, at least one type of charcuterie (usually ham)
American pancake heaven - stack of pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. I have no idea what other breakfasts are popular in the US, for the whole 10 days I was in the US I ate pancakes
I've been out with Jewish friends who had kippers with fried egg (in place of bacon)
Oh and by the way, to keep it topical and related to CS, the difference between being involved and being committed can be demonstrated by bacon and eggs. The hen is involved, but the pig is committed.
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Which is a bad thing, since there is half a Roscon de Reyes cake sitting in my fridge and I've been hearing its little angle voice all evening, eeeaaat meeeeee, eeeaat meeee, I'm choux pastry with cream and candied fruit .....
Hang on, that sounds as dodgy as my dunking
It would put an end to my dunking forever
if I'm in Philippines, we have "pre-breakfast" usually very early morn like 4 to 6 AM: milk and special Pandesal ( special crunchy outside chewy inside freshly baked bread plain or cheesy) or some yummy sweet tiny colorful rice cake or Bibingka ( rice cake in banana leaf baked in charcoal oven...then we have a real breakfast around 8 to 10 am : garlic fried rice, sausage or some special cured meat, fried eggs and some tomato salad and fresh orange juice ...or coffee afterwards
Now, If I'm with Arabs, it would be tea, humus, filafil, kubus( arabic bread) , cheese, pickled, veggies, some slices of meats, eggs etc...it's also load...
If it's just me...coffee first thing in the morning, bacon, eggs, toast , orange juice, same goes if I wake up with my date.
If I have kids around me....pancakes, french toast, oatmeals, cereals...
Stopitstopitstopitstop no more chocolate talk this is BREAKFAST
For me, both your and Annlee's big breakfast falls down on the garlic, I love it but only later in the day. Much later in the day.
Arabic breakfast sounds good, only item I don't know is kubus
And french toast is my favourite cheer-up quick meal. With lots of sugar.
Most of the people in Phils are early birds so we normally have a "pre-breakfast" and real breakfast are kinda heavy...
I'm not a big fan of kubus either but when it's fresh from the oven, it's also heavenly...
and kids love my french toasts with lots of cinnamon and caramelized brown sugar, not for me though
Alarm clock be switched OFF
To sleep - perchance to dream ... better walk the dog so she doesn't wake me early, come to think of it, she's used to early starts too now
I've just started watching a film, Albert Nobbs, now.
I don't have any particular food for breakfast. I would eat anything that comes to mind. And even that might change after seeing what's on the table.
But mostly I like fried rice or chicken porridge.
Surprised no one mentioned eggs benedict or toasted bagel with cream cheese with salmon...very good...
Like having bacon and eggs for dinner too...with toast and tea...
With a cup of hot green tea.
LouLou
DeeDee
Hope all is well with u x
Rare steak, eggs & beer
Sausage gravy & biscuits
Pancakes at times
Have a good one.......................
Then creamy double cream plain yoghurt and muesli...
Not big on food. I only eat cos I have to. A basic necessity.
My dad liked rusks...even made them...good with butter...
breakfast is a big issue to me and closely related to the English breakfast
I start with a small helping of cornflakes or weet-bix just for the fiber
That I follow with
Bacon, 2 eggs, toast, & tea (I had my first cup of coffee long before that)
And to that I add one of the following (I always vary it)
2 Kippers or a thin mutton chop or a modest piece of boerewors.
On Sundays I normally eat later and then I shed the last item not to spoil lunch.
I'll skip any meal but if you mess with my breakfast you're tendering for trouble.
Kal, YAY, 69th comment, you win breakfast on the upstairs patio. But first you have to explain what chicken porridge is, otherwise you'll get paella which is rice-based with seasonal veg, chicken, prawns ... not usually a breakfast dish, I think, but I'm new here, don't ever assume I know what I'm talking about
Pat, this is sort of the 'dream breakfast' blog - cereals and milk, which my dad used to have with sliced banana, is sort of a reality breakfast, isn't it? I don't rush to the cornflakes bar at a buffet breakfast, you'll more likely find me hovering hopefully next to the hibachi waiting for grilled delicacies
Karl, hi!
Dee, poached egg and avocado isn't a combination I ever tried but since you recommend it ... avo season is just ending here, perfect timing. I wouldn't have combined avo with cheese either until I found a restaurant which did sliced avo piled high on toast, covered in a sort of Welsh rarebit cheese sauce, and grilled. It was one of the best lunch options ever. I've tried it at home several times, never got it exactly right.
Mimi, wonton noodle with what, or is it an aphrodisiac all on its own?
Mic, you get the blog award for the Denver omelet recipe
And don't give Mic that award until he has confirmed that he has actually cooked that breakfast himself
It looks suspiciously like a google-breakfast
I'm assuming you mean the one up to a half inch thick and up to six inches across, but you could mean the super-thin ones dusted with cinnamon sugar and lemon then rolled up to serve or -
I'm so hungry now I could eat my own foot.
Diova, Greek yoghurt? supposed to be the healthiest and best, so maximum value if you don't eat much. And HI long time no see!
Eks, Ouma buttermilk rusks.
You have just ensured that I don't eat a breakfast of any kind
SA rusks are not completely unlike melba toast but much bigger and slightly sweeter. They can be dunked or eaten on their own, and they are crunchy to the last crumb.