Once again, I am having family visiting from Germany in a few weeks. It seems to have become a yearly occurence. I even have them signing up for this February in Florida. That's what happens when you have a big family.

When my relatives visit I notice the meal that is most different for them is breakfast. They absolutely can't eat bacon and eggs in the morning, a meal I consider the epitome of a good breakfast. They would rather eat Muesli or a simple slice of toast with jam. They also like toast with a slice of strong cheese and jam. When I visit them in Germany breakfast usually consist of either what we call a continental breakfast or fine aufschnitts, cold cuts you can't seem to find in the states. Stuff like liver pate with sliced mushrooms in it, etc.

I know the Brits eat what many of us would consider weird breakfast, stuff like baked beans on toast.

I was wondering if there are any other unusual, at least to Americans, breakfasts.

This is a traditional full English breakfast....

http://www.spamula.net/blog/i01/Breakfast.jpg


We dont really have these much anymore,,,,maybe just at weekends.....

Ive noticed the differences when ever Ive been abroad...

Portugal they sell a lot of croissants ,,,Greece i had Yoghurt over fruit...

I stayed in an American guest house one time and they gave me pancakes and syrup on the same plate as my sausage and scrambled egg !! i was like,,,,whatsgoin on,,,,,dont let the syrup touch my sausages,,,,good lord!!!

I have a kinda nutty breakfast,,,,gives me energy,,,and i LOVE nuts.

I love it when the syrup touches my sausage or bacon.

I usually eat a bowl of puffed wheat cereal (lowest carbs of the cereals) but when I am going all out, maybe once a month I eat a Bauernfruhstuck. That's the old Farmer's Breakfast my father used to make Sunday mornings when he was alive. Eggs scrambled with bacon, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, green peppers and potatoes. Extra bacon on the side and lots of dark toasted bread with butter. A big glass of cold milk and a cup or two of coffee.

If I'm down South I like my biscuits and gravy with grits smothered in butter.

I try to watch my carbs now so if it isn't puffed wheat it is eggs and bacon sans the potatoes and toast or Atkins pancakes with sugar free syrup.

My breakfast is probably unusual to everyone.

During the week it is a yogurt with bran buds and almonds mixed in. Followed by chocolate soy milk with a grain supplement added to it and a hand full of herbal pills ...oh and 3 glasses of water over the course of the morning too. :)

On the weekend it would be fruit salad with scrambled eggs, tofu sausage and 12 grain bread havily buttered.

I know everyone is gonna throw up...hehe :(

It doesn't sound THAT bad, Sal--except for the yogurt, the bran buds, the soy milk, and the tofu.

My breakfast is cookies and java--lots of java, black.

http://www.hoghaven.com/pics/groundhog_pizza.jpg

That's my breakfast usually. Pizza and groundhogs....



Breakfast of Redneck Champions!

I feel so low class around you people and your elaborate breakfasts! (you too, Homer)

I just have cereal and maybe some fruit or juice, done that routine for well over ten years now.

I was wondering if there are any other unusual, at least to Americans, breakfasts.
Go to small villages in Malaysia and everything they eat will be unusual to Americans. Blech.

I guess it depends on your definition of "breakfast", if it's the first meal of the day then I have anything ranging from yogurt, bagel and cream cheese, to steak or tacos or chicken, etc. If it's the meal that you eat in the morning, then it's usually nothing except for a cup of tea, which isn't food.

I hate breakfeast

Breakfast for me is typically a cold diet coke. Maybe some toast. Generally, I don't eat a meal until mid-day.

It doesn't sound THAT bad, Sal--except for the yogurt, the bran buds, the soy milk, and the tofu.

My breakfast is cookies and java--lots of java, black.


BLACK coffee and cookies...hooooly girl, you are gonna rot your guts out and send your sugar levels over the moon...:p

Yeah mine sounds bad...we have slowly sort of devolved into this over the last seven years...hehehe. The tofu part has only been in the last three months or so and I am still adjusting. I still LOVE and eat prime rib a few times a month, and occasionally I will eat meat such as chicken but generally we now avoid it when possible.

Gonna have my general health blood tests done next month so I will see how this is affecting me, if at all. I sure feel better but hell that doesn't mean anything really. I need PROOF!

6 scrambled eggs, OJ, an apple and toast

6 scrambled eggs, OJ, an apple and toast

Hungry much?

weekdays: an orange
weekends: cereal, pancakes, or a couple of eggs

Damn, I'd love to be able to eat a breakfast like that Windwip.

What, no bacon and fried potatoes?

Damn, I'd love to be able to eat a breakfast like that Windwip.

What, no bacon and fried potatoes?
I have my metabolism workin for me :thumbs: plus I act like I'm taking speed with ADD

hahaha, yea I would eat bacon and fried potatoes, but its too much work to do all that in the morning. Eggs n toast are about as much as i can handle

Some weekends I make our own recipie breakfast tacos. Always a hit.

A favorite at my house:

Saute a bit of chopped Vidalia onion and garlic in a large non-stick pan, over medium heat. Olive oil works best, though butter can be nice every now and then.

Once that is going well (and the kitchen begins to smell really good), you throw in some diced-up hot links sausage. Actually, any left-over meat will do, but I prefer hot links. Stir occasionally, until the sausage begins to brown on the edges.

Add two cups of cooked rice (usually left over from dinner the evening before). Stir and season with your favorite spices. I prefer Emeril's Rib Rub, though the standard salt and pepper works fine.

After you've turned that once or twice, stir two or three eggs into the mixture. Turn once and season. Cover.

Set the table, and pour the coffee.
Uncover the mixture, turn off the heat, and sprinkle just a bit of shredded cheddar over the top. Season once more with black pepper, and cover.
Call everyone to breakfast.

Bring the entire pan to the breakfast table, and set it in the middle of the hungry houseguests on a large pot-holder.
God bless our troops, God bless the cook, and enjoy the classic Leftovers Fried Rice!!
:thumbs:

PS If there's any left over later on, you didn't do it right.

Fried rice for breakfast. Reminds me of the stories my daughter-in-law tells of her days as a student in Beijing, studying international commerce.

Breakfast used to be served outdoors and if you know anything about Beijing you know that outdoors can be mighty cold in winter. There were no tables you could sit at. Instead there were high platforms on which you placed your breakfast and before which you stood. Breakfast usually consisted of rice accompanied by pickled vegetables which you ate while dressed in a heavy, quilted jacket, a cloche type hat and mittens.

Breakfast? No thanks, I think I'll wait for lunch.

This is a traditional full English breakfast....

http://www.spamula.net/blog/i01/Breakfast.jpg




Whats that on the plate in the upper left hand corner? It looks like something that was burned to a crisp :p

Its black Pudding .....

lol....I dont eat it......rather eat dead flies !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage

A lot of cultures have puddings or sausages made from blood, usually pig's blood. I can remember eating blutwurst as a kid. I loved it until I found out what it was.

I used to nurse an old man who in his youth made black puding,,,,he told me that in them days hygine was not a big issue and they would just pick all kinds of fleshy bit up and add them,,,,they would put big buckets under the dead animal and let the blood drip drip drip and then leave it there sometimes days to let it congeal thenadd all the pieces they had picked up of the floor.

LOVLEY......

Mmmmmmm :)

Couldn't have been too bad. He did, after all, grow to be an old man.

I just read that wikipedia article on those things. They sound discusting