Four Ways to Interpret Breakfast
Breakfast means different things to different people, as Reader's Digest points out.
For sumo wrestlers, it's a bulk-up food called chanko-nabe (chunky stew of vegetables, noodles, and meat or seafood). In rural Cambodia, school children digest morning lessons with a bowl of rice and split peas. The rest of us non-sumo wrestlers, non-Cambodians often hit up cereal (part of a $9 billion business) or a fruit smoothie.
Do you have a favorite breakfast specific to your lifestyle or region?
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16 Comments:
Instant oatmeal--I take it to work and it eat there. There's no time for anything else!
Junie at 9:14AM on 10/21/08
On weekdays, the granola/yogurt combo is my favorite, but on weekends I'll sometimes go totally Japanese style and have a raw egg cracked over rice and eaten with soy sauce or "chirimenzanshou" (tiny fish, salty from being simmered in soy sauce). Two years ago, I was a little squeamish at the thought of that combination, but now nothing quite beats the taste of fresh egg yolk as it mellows the saltiness of the fish.
sanbiki at 9:17AM on 10/21/08
I enjoy milk and cereal or scrambled eggs as much as the next person, but when I want to be reminded of home, I turn to rice porridge (aka congee) and all the tasty fixings you can put in it - preserved duck eggs, dried meat, fresh scallions, fried dough sticks, and chili bamboo among others. That's the beauty of congee... you can put anything in it!
JH4285 at 9:44AM on 10/21/08
Although I'm American, I truly enjoy a French breakfast the most, and luckily that can be found in much of the world. I like trying new and different things, and traveling the world over, but sometimes before I really wake up, it's nice to have a comforting croissant, egg (preferably boiled), cheese (preferably goat), and coffee breakfast.
seadkdc at 10:03AM on 10/21/08
Here in Austin, it's hard to imagine a breakfast that did not include migas or huevos rancheros or perhaps chiliquiles w/eggs & chorizo, refried beans, papas, and fresh tortillas and salsa. Maybe not everyday, but for sure every weekend!!
franktex at 10:47AM on 10/21/08
How funny! I was just about to post about breakfast options for people with my dietary restrictions. I'm allergic to wheat, eggs, dairy, etc., so that puts a big damper in my breakfast options. I've found that smoothies are the best breakfast ever for folks in my situation. A little rice milk, banana, berries, a handful of spinach and a couple Tbs. of raw cacao nibs and I'm full and energized until lunchtime. And, I can get in some greens without even tasting them!
thefriendlykitchen at 10:52AM on 10/21/08
On Sundays, I cook up a big pot of steel cut oats and pull them off to cool just a few minutes before they're done and store them in tupperware for my Hun and I to eat for breakfast throughout the week. Since I'm usually running late in the mornings, I have a little container of them ready to go to throw in the office microwave and eat while I work. On weekends, we have one day's breakfast usually at the local mom 'n' pop diner and one special hot breakfast at home--something like omelets or pancakes with sausage.
OneWallKitchen at 11:21AM on 10/21/08
I can eat anything for breakfast. Eggs, cold pasta, tuna melts, sashimi, pho...it seriously doesn't matter. Actually, I like to eat anything at any time of day, so eggs and toast for dinner is not uncommon in my house. My favorite thing to eat first thing in the morning though? Getting up for an awesome breakfast of dim sum!
O_Leaozinho at 11:30AM on 10/21/08
When I was on the Costa Brava in Spain, I did as the Spanish, and every morning rubbed my ciabatta-like toast with a piece of garlic, a bit of tomato, olive oil, and salt. Now that I'm home I skip the garlic, but it is the perfect breakfast.
Kerry Saretsky at 11:37AM on 10/21/08
In Rhode Island I suppose the regional, traditional breakfast would be a large regular coffee and a crueller from dunkin' donuts.
msmeghan at 12:12PM on 10/21/08
Spam with rice is my favorite. I can't easily get ahold of Portuguese sausage, but when I'm back home, I'll eat that.
Since I don't care for *cooked* eggs or most breakfast foods (bacon, sausage patties, gravy, biscuits, regular pancakes, home fries, etc.), I will typically eat ramen with raw yolk, various vegetables, shrimp, and fried Spam slices.
@sanbiki: I went through a phase of eating tamago gohan almost daily when I was in intermediate school. I loved it (still do)! Fresh cooked rice, raw egg yolk, and a splash of shoyu or memmi. Sometimes I'd opt out the shoyu and fry up Spam cut in triangles to accompany. My mother would be disgusted with my sacrilegous treatment of rice. I'm a rice purist these days, but still indulge once in a great while!
Cassaendra at 12:57PM on 10/21/08
My favorite breakfast? Spaghetti. Or, any other pasta, really. Or leftover pizza. Yeah.
mikaque at 2:47PM on 10/21/08
Breakfast tacos! My personal favorite is eggs and potatoes from TacoDeli here in Austin, with the red salsa. Mmmmm.
missmanders at 4:19PM on 10/21/08
My favorite breakfast is a big bowl of hot noodles in a rich and wonderful broth. Spicy and topped with green onions preferred.
Keebz at 6:21AM on 10/22/08
@Cassaendra: ooh, now you've got me thinking about spam, and particularly spam musubi, which I haven't had in far too long. Now I'm inspired to buy myself an overpriced can and make it for lunch this weekend!
sanbiki at 8:54AM on 10/22/08
Is that...garlic? Pictured behind the blueberries, next to the smoothie? Because, um. I have NEVER tried a blueberry/garlic smoothie.
My favorite breakfast is sauteed mushrooms and eggs. I prefer my eggs over easy, with the yolks dripping, all velvety and smooth, from each forkfull of mushrooms, but I'm currently knocked up, so I have to fry the eggs hard and mutter things at my unborn child about the SACRIFICES his mother makes for him.
At least it's not a blueberry/garlic smoothie, I guess...
Kiwords at 2:42PM on 10/22/08