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I can't eat food within 4 hours of waking. So my breakfast is coffee and a cigarette. Hopefully it will just be the coffee someday soon.
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quote:Originally posted by Launchywiggin: Overrated:
Pancakes and waffles.
Bacon . . .
With all due respect, you're probably not having the right pancakes. IHOP, for instance, makes terrible pancakes. My pancakes, on the other hand, are amazing. You would not think they were overrated if you tried them, oh no. Also, you are likely a member of this sad generation of Americans raised on mamby-pamby "syrup-flavored" syrup instead of the real thing: maple syrup, which is good for the body and the soul. Artificial syrup is an abomination, and a symptom of the decline of our culture. It is the 70's Sitcoms of sauces. People slather their pancakes with butter because their syrup has no flavor but SWEET and no texture but THICK. Put real maple syrup on your pancakes, and you don't even need butter.
And as for bacon, most people don't know how to make bacon anymore either. Certainly, you'll rarely find good bacon in a restaurant, as they mass produce it. The trick, I find, is to use a baster to remove the grease as it sweats off of the slices, so that none of the slices deep fry. This makes the bacon cook up nice and crispy. If your bacon is not actively crunchy, then, again, you don't actually know what bacon is.
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I rather like real maple syrup. Can't eat anything on my waffles and pancakes but the real thing. Also i must figure out if I can still use this syrup in my backpack
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pumpernickel toast, just crispy enough and slathered in sweet cream butter... and chocolate milk or a glass of Earl Gray tea sweetened with brown sugar and just enough milk.
And I second (or third) the biscuits and gravy. I make a MEAN B$G, out of any type of meat you can think of. I've even perfected a veggie gravy using bouillion. With homemade biscuits with cheese, rosemary, and garlic. Yum.
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Gravy is disgusting. Gravy for breakfast is twice as much so. I don't like vomit when it comes out of my mouth; I'll be damned if I spoon it in deliberately.
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quote:Originally posted by Icarus: Gravy is disgusting. Gravy for breakfast is twice as much so. I don't like vomit when it comes out of my mouth; I'll be damned if I spoon it in deliberately.
But the gravy for biscuits'n'gravy is delicious! My mom puts bits of sausage in hers...mmm!
My favorite breakfast food list would probably be somewhat similar to Sam's, although he's got a few things on there I've either never heard of or that I'd classify as desserts. Wouldn't stop me from eating them for breakfast, though. My breakfast on the day after Thanksgiving is usually a couple slices of pumpkin pie, if I didn't finish it all the night before.
The ones I've been craving lately, though, are fried plaintain and chomporado (sp?) - this chocolate rice thing similar to oatmeal in consistency. And my mom's French toast. I miss my mommy...and her cooking.
Edit: On closer examination of Sam's list - mint juleps, wine, and mimosas? For breakfast?? Oh my. The only beverages that make it onto my breakfast list are coffee, hot cocoa, tea, and fruit juice.
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Quid - I've seen the Milo stuff at Asian grocery stores, and possibly in the Mexican food section of regular grocery stores, so it's available, just not widely. I think I may have had some once or twice in the Philippines, but I'm not sure. I definitely haven't had any in the US.
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It's advertised as an energy drink. Cuz it has carbs and calories, don't'cha know, but locals wouldn't necessarily... To me, it's a treat, not an energy drink.
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When I was going through military training I remember once they gave us biscuits and gravy. We were in heaven that morning (well, for six minutes anyway).
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Really? I'll have to check the packaging... The next time we buy it - we're currently out. We do have foods here imported from Australia, but also from other places like Malaysia, India, Singapore, Indonesia...
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Also, Quid, I love Indian food for breakfast. I tend to like traditional American breakfast food BEST late at night. However, the biscuits and gravy(which is a new discovery for me-WHERE HAVE I BEEN???) is great for camping, and on cold mornings.
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Yeah, imogen, I did a search as well and also found that. It must be imported, then. Not surprising... The best cheese we can get in this country is imported either from Australia or Cyprus. Local cheese is grosser than disgusting.
Elizabeth, what kind of Indian food have you had for breakfast? I should add that, at most cheap places that serve breakfast here, breakfast is usually a dark fish curry (I don't like dark fish), a vegetable curry, and bread for breakfast. As costs go up, so does the quality and selection of the food - big surprise. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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BC roll! BC roll! Steak Anything with goat cheese Olivia's grilled veggies
And some traditionals, including:
Fruit Frittata Pasquale's blue corn & pine nut pancakes Cheerios for sure, Libbie GrapeNuts (with a side glass of cranberry juice)
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quote:Artificial syrup is an abomination, and a symptom of the decline of our culture.
Yes.
For breakfast, I like lots of different things. Good non-fatty bacon, toasted English muffins with butter, good sausages, fruit, cereals.
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I'll eat breakfast foods for lunch or dinner. An' fatty bacon is best, then followed by eggs fried in the bacon grease.
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quote:String hoppers, pol sambol, and bittera hodi. Alternately, string hoppers with coconut milk & kithul palm jaggery mixed into a syrup.
Wow, awesome, I thought I was all cultured when it came to food, but I don't even know how to pronounce any of those things. I'm so going to to the Sri Lankan booth for breakfast this morning.
Edit: Oh dude, I think I have had pol sambol, but the guy here calls it coconut something? He serves it with masala dosai, we love it! Now I just gotta find me some of those hoppers and hodi. Posts: 1681 | Registered: Jun 2004
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I have a Coke and a strawberry danish from the gas station next to where I wait for my bus.
I'm up and out before anyone else is awake at my house (6am). So I'm on my own anyway, and I'll be damned if I'm going to try to cook anything in that condition. I'm so groggy at that time I'd set myself on fire.
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Cafe Flora's cheese grits. Ye gods, I have to learn how to make those. Mmmmmmm.
Sadly, when I get breakfast, it's as likely as not leftovers or something thawed from the freezer. After fourteen years or so of cold cereal before school, I found I'd lost my taste for it.
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Old fashioned oatmeal. Can't live without it now (acquired taste) and bacon but if that can't happen Golden Grahams, Shreddies (if I'm up North) or Life cereal will do in a pinch.
I'm also on board with many varieties of pancakes, pumpkin ones have sounded good since it's turned fall with cinnamon syrup...Mmmmm.
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quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk: I have a Coke and a strawberry danish from the gas station next to where I wait for my bus.
I'm up and out before anyone else is awake at my house (6am). So I'm on my own anyway, and I'll be damned if I'm going to try to cook anything in that condition. I'm so groggy at that time I'd set myself on fire.
Well duh, most of us don't eat all of this stuff on workdays. My workday starts at 7:20. I usually don't eat until my planing period, and I usually grab a banana or an orange or a grapefruit.
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quote:String hoppers, pol sambol, and bittera hodi. Alternately, string hoppers with coconut milk & kithul palm jaggery mixed into a syrup.
Wow, awesome, I thought I was all cultured when it came to food, but I don't even know how to pronounce any of those things. I'm so going to to the Sri Lankan booth for breakfast this morning.
Edit: Oh dude, I think I have had pol sambol, but the guy here calls it coconut something? He serves it with masala dosai, we love it! Now I just gotta find me some of those hoppers and hodi.
Pol sambol is a paste made with freshly grated coconut, red chilli pepper powder, salt, scallions, Maldive fish flakes, and lime juice. It's spicy to most people (not to me) and tastes absolutely delightful.
Bittera hodi is egg gravy. The egg part is a hard boiled egg, and the gravy part is onions, Thai green chillies, Maldive fish flakes, tomatoes, turmeric, salt, and red chilli pepper powder in coconut milk. It's another one that's oh, so surprisingly delightfully good.
String hoppers are a type of noodle made from red rice flour (red rice being the local version of brown rice) and steamed.
My mil makes the best versions of those that I've had, and I've had a few. You want a really really good Sri Lankan breakfast, you come for a visit and we'll get her to make it. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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(And thanks to this thread, I had gravy for dinner last night. With pumpkin and corn fritters, and beef strips and bacon. It was a lot nicer than it sounds.)
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kq, you know you're always welcome. And if anyone's game, we could still have a LankaCon... Oh, good thing is that I know how to cook some Sri Lankan food, and I'm continuing to get cooking lessons from the mil... I'm so lucky she's happy to oblige. So, the LankaCon would include the local cuisine... Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Finally! Someone said cold pizza!!! Honestly, I like apple pancakes... or regular pancakes with real maple syrup. I am from Quebec, if I don't have real syrup I will kill the person who serves me the fake stuff... with my bare hands! Ever had syrup on top of snow on a stick? very good.
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