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The European's idea of a typical breakfast in the USA and the Ireland breakfast made me laugh.
http://sabotagetimes.com/food-and-drink/14-breakfasts-from-around-the-world
aristocles
(594 posts)After a long day shooting grouse and killing fox, and philandering in the manse, nothing beats a good British breakfast. Always with a bumper of whiskey. God bless the Queen! Those after Victoria don't matter.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)cooked for us by the lady of the house where we stayed in Cornwall; it will get you ready for the day - if you can move after eating so much food.
My breakfast these days is coffee. And more coffee.
Best ever breakfast I had was in Amsterdam - great bread, prosciutto, cheese, butter, jelly and cantaloupe.
d_r
(6,907 posts)I'm not of fan of the beans at breakfast. I like bean and bacon, so I get that, but not a big fan at breakfast. Also, I can't get in to the blood sausage.
That mexican one looks good to me though. Go figure.
best breakfasts are in Hawaii.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)I am always entertained by the different reactions folks have to posts like this. I believe this was originally done by Reddit. They asked people to send in pictures. Sabotage Times, I believe, simply posted it on their web site.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)for breakfast" made me LOL. The whole package of bacon...
CrispyQ
(36,514 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)CrispyQ
(36,514 posts)Or doesn't it count if you put it inside quotation marks?
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Geeze ya got ta splain everthin?
Igel
(35,356 posts)Obvious, that's a kid's breakfast.
Otherwise, too much bread and not enough bacon.
Not sure what the white-and-yellow things were off on the side. Perhaps some sort of odd plant?
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)hlthe2b
(102,360 posts)Personally, I loved Ireland...LOL
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Or throw in an IPad showing one of the many DU flame wars
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)I am sure we can flesh out a true picture the world has of us
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Our dumb culture.
NickB79
(19,265 posts)THIS is a typical US breakfast
Get it right, people!
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Cold cuts, cheese, dark sour rye bread, butter, sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, fresh chopped dill and scallions, hot oatmeal, fried eggs, smoked fish, more rye bread.
And you'd better eat every bite, or how will you get through the morning?
treestar
(82,383 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)tasty to me. Yum.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)It's a crisp tortilla topped black beans, fried egg on, a dry cheese and canned pleas served with fried platains. I've never been able to get the taste right at home.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)I've had huevos rancheros in Arizona and made my own version.
One of my favorite breakfasts is something I made up myself. Torn, fried corn tortillas go on a plate, then steamed asparagus, pork chile verde, fried eggs sunny side up, and then queso fresco on top.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Starts the day out right. It is a pale imitation of the actual huevos rancheros, but I get scrambled eggs, hash browns, and salsa a couple times a week. The other times I usually eat a salad for breakfast (yes I know I am weird).
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)I have made it for my family, but we just call it French Toast.
We have a recipe that uses thick pieces of french bread and the custard includes Cointreau. I haven't made it for years. It used to be the Christmas breakfast my mother traditionally made.
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(10,820 posts)Cheers!
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1awake
(1,494 posts)So I laughed at it, and was offended at the same time. We do it to ourselves... our projected image to the world collectively.
senseandsensibility
(17,130 posts)Or sprinkles from the Netherlands? Couldn't tell from the picture.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)It's just a high-quality version of chocolate jimmies/sprinkles/hundreds and thousands.
senseandsensibility
(17,130 posts)That was my first thought, but then I thought, no it couldn't be.... hope they're good quality Belgian chocolate. Then all is forgiven.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)sprinkles as a kid.
senseandsensibility
(17,130 posts)No worse than a doughnut.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Quite a few of those pictures have me thinking I might look up some recipes today. My American breakfast, so far, has been a cup of coffee, half a glass of Dr. Pepper, and a slice of cheese.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)now and we call them sprinkles...
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I ended up making my own doubles a few years ago -- amazing stuff. If you like chickpeas it's pretty heavenly.
enough
(13,262 posts)Just found a nice link to making it from scratch, wrap and filling, with good pics of the method.
http://www.simplytrinicooking.com/2009/09/doubles.html#axzz2vOG1C4V4
Codeine
(25,586 posts)except I recall using chickpea flour for the bread part. You definitely need to make a batch.
enough
(13,262 posts)or only a part?
KG
(28,752 posts)JHB
(37,162 posts)I mean, the toast should be white bread.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Which is sorta... yellow. But close enough, I suppose.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)eom
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)amandabeech
(9,893 posts)hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)At least at the hotels where I've stayed it was usually hard rolls and cold cuts, plain yogurt, muesli, and hard boiled eggs.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)The eggs were soft-boiled and in a cloth napkin in a basket. I was there on business with my father. My parents had been to Germany a few years before and my mother really liked those eggs.
My dad and I were up early one day and saw some stainless steel egg cups like those at the hotel in a winsow display in the town square..We went in and attempted to buy those egg cups for my mother. It turned out the store was selling cupboards and full kitchens and the egg cups were just props. They gave the nutty Americans the egg cups without charge.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)and a nice hot cup of Double Bergamot Earl Grey. I've also been known to breakfast on a bowl of ramen with leftover broccoli and a handful of potato chips however, so perhaps it's best to avoid following my lead on morning meals.
RandySF
(59,225 posts)Had an early morning Dr at the Kaiser Medical Facility in San Francisco when I stopped into the cafeteria for breakfast. I treated myself to a huge bowl of pork-filled won-tons, seafood, bok choy and broth. I can still smell it to this day.
Kali
(55,019 posts)cold pizza!
My favorite!
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)3catwoman3
(24,045 posts)...to it. Cold corn on the cob is pretty good too.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)nt
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)Roast Beef in a cup
Love the "this is how we think Americans eat" with the pistol next to the plate
Lars39
(26,116 posts)Nothing can beat a biscuit made with lard. Done right they are delicious.
My MIL used to make better biscuits than the 'Biscuit Lady" at the Loveless Cafe.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)at the Loveless Cafe,had some last week,but it wasn't breakfast.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)Sounds good, though.
B2G
(9,766 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)tkmorris
(11,138 posts)I get your point but... do parties tend to end when you show up?
edbermac
(15,947 posts)Like this pic on the front page of DU. Wrong thread to make a point I guess.
Sorry all.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)... and the one from the Philippines. Netherlands and Sweden scared me. British breakfast looks good too, although I think I'd have to skip the blood sausage. I'd try the Taiwan thing and the Turkish bread / cheese thing too.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)I love Weetbix with soy milk. The Chilaquiles look the best, but for lunch or dinner. Northern India's spiced sago looks de-lish. As does Russia's Grenki (even though we're in hate Russia mode...).
(Oops, replied to the wrong post and too *lazy* to move it!)
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Although everything they have on the menu is great.
amandabeech
(9,893 posts)I'll take caviar on anything, anywhere, any time.
I also like pickled herring.
But I'm part Swedish, so maybe it's genetic.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Gah. Not a huge caviar person anyway, but the picture reminded me of that McDonald's meat paste goo from a while back.
I remember when I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series being fascinated with the eating habits of the (Swedish) characters. Cheese and pickle sandwiches; pickled herring on a piece of bread. And gallons of coffee, of course.
The food seemed more "foreign" to me than anything else in the books (except maybe the clean, safe, book-filled prison) and really added to the ambience. I wondered about the impact of the cold Scandinavian environment on diet and tastes.
amandabeech
(9,893 posts)I think that the diet derives from foods that were available in the days before the 1,000 mile salad.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is on my list. Your post makes me want to move it closer to the top.
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 8, 2014, 03:27 PM - Edit history (1)
and the servings are not nearly that big. You usually get an egg or two, sausage or bacon, sometimes blood sausage, sauteed tomato and toast.
No one ever gave me Guinness for breakfast in Ireland, but they may have been keeping it for themselves.
I also seriously doubt most people in the Philippines can afford to eat meat for breakfast.
That Swedish thing looks disgusting. Sure doesn't look like caviar to me.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)which is every so often...it's: 3 sausages, 3 rashers of bacon, 2 slices of toast with marmalade, grilled tomato, mushrooms, 3 sausages, 2 slices of black pudding (I skip the beans), and a fried egg. (There's a place near here that does what they call "the Fat Bastard" breakfast which is 4 rashers, 4 sausages, 2 eggs, 4 slices of black pudding, fried bread, etc.)
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)so portions have obviously increased a lot since then. I was never served a meal that size.
I'm thinking of what I was given in bed and breakfasts, which I assumed to be standard.
RandySF
(59,225 posts)Eggs are widely available as most people seem to have at least one chicken, even in the cities.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Southern USA breakfast (I've had many a helping of biscuits and sausage gravy) and the Irish breakfast. Something tells me, though, I wouldn't get very much done that day.
janlyn
(735 posts)Fried eggs, sausage, fried tomato, fried bread. Yum!!! Of course on a school day it was weetabix with lots of milk and sugar. At tea time we would have eggs,beans and toast.
Of course I try not eat fried anything anymore. No wonder I was over weight as a child!!
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)The great global food gap: Families around the world photographed with weekly shopping as they reveal cost ranges from £3.20 to £320
Snapshots of families' weekly shop from countries around the world shows the food gulf between nations
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 12:32 EST, 5 May 2013 | UPDATED: 05:18 EST, 9 May 2013
Stunning info, IMO.
left is right
(1,665 posts)the family from Chad made me cry. Made me cry again today when I clicked on your link, even though I knew it was there
Bombero1956
(3,539 posts)My wife has it every so often before heading off to work, it reminds her of her childhood in Holland. By far the best breakfast is Loco Moco.
treestar
(82,383 posts)It is cereal with fresh fruit, milk and yogurt on top. Maybe toast for dessert.
Violet_Crumble
(35,977 posts)Breakfast when I was a kid was Weet-Bix with milk coz no-one but an idiot would eat them dry, with sliced banana and sugar on top. Yum! And usually followed by a slice of toast with Vegemite, though it was never called dessert, coz that'd be weird having dessert for breakfast...
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I can eat a disturbing number of those little biscuits in a sitting.
Violet_Crumble
(35,977 posts)I could only manage two at the most
kwassa
(23,340 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)My friend there would always make toast after eating the cereal. But the yogurt always went on it. Both with her and it came with cereal wherever you went, on Qantas or at people's houses or other places. I guess you could choose not to put it on your cereal, but I did figuring I'd do it their way while there.
1000words
(7,051 posts)A yawn, a piss and a good look around.
bullimiami
(13,104 posts)They are delicious.
When I worked in Trinidad we would go in the mornings down Long Circular Road across from the Long Circular Mall to the doubles cart.
They are steamy, hot and spicy.
MMM MMM
Initech
(100,102 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Is it something about the wooden grips? I have a 226 with plastice grips but also have Hogue Rubber Grips.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)The non-negotiable components of a traditional Japanese breakfast are rice, miso soup, nori (seaweed), a raw egg (to be broken into your soup or rice) and green tea. The more expensive versions feature those other side dishes.
However, their version of a Western breakfast, sold as "morning service" in coffee shops, is thickly sliced toast with butter, a hard boiled egg, coffee, and a tossed salad with vinaigrette dressing.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)The regular breakfast sounds pretty good.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)not enough bacon!
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)from Turkey.
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)ham and cheese omelet with salsa and a little sour cream with fried hash browns and peppers covered in sausage gravy.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)My own breakfasts (when i have actual breakfast) consists of whipped eggs spread over pan-toasted homemade sourdough. Sometimes with some chorizo if I've got it. Chai milk tea, followed by plain greek yogurt.
It fools me into thinking I have a healthy an normal diet
pnwest
(3,266 posts)My parents are Dutch, and haagelslag is a big effing deal! LOL. And it is NOT the same as the candy crap we sprinkle on cakes and cookies, this is real, fine chocolate.
I used to sneak into the kitchen and pilfer a teaspoonful of it as a treat now and then (all the time). It's even more awesome to sprinkle it on bread and peanut butter.
I still buy a box whenever I run across it in specialty stores.
Best. Stuff. Evah!
MFM008
(19,818 posts)in a military household was cold cereal... occasional hot oatmeal or lumpy cream of wheat. Period.
Peanut butter/jelly sandwichs with chips and milk for lunch, meat and potatos for dinner. everyday.
My dad was a picky eater, nothing unusual, no food but what my mom cooked, if he didnt eat it we never saw it again.
You never helped yourself to the fridge or anything else, you didnt drink till you were done. You ate everything..... i used to have to stick stuff like brussel sprouts in my pocket to dump in toilet.....
mainer
(12,029 posts)Chocolate sprinkles on toast. ewwww. They really do eat it.