What do you have for your breakfast?

[Anonymous]

The reason I'm asking is I'm watching an American film.

They just had a scene where they ate breakfast. There was bacon, waffles, cream, strawberries, maple syrup etc etc.

It got me thinking. I'm English, and in England even though a full English breakfast (bacon, sausage, cooked tomato, egg, fried bread, hash brown, beans) is traditional not many of us have it at home.

I will have either toast, or a bowl of cereal.

So, I'm asking, where do you come from, and what's your breakfast? Is the American way of waffles/cream/bacon/syrup/sausage/etc as normal as they make it sound, or is it similar to the "traditional English breakfast"

Just curious to see what people eat for their "most important meal of the day" :)

[peace-love-couture]

Monday-Friday: 1 bowl oatmeal(not the instant kind) with 1-2 tablespoons of flaxseed & sometimes raisins, 1 slice of toast with butter or peanut butter & 1 bottle of water

Saturdays & Sundays: Normally boiled eggs or scrambled eggs or sunny side up eggs with slice of toast & every now and then hash browns or I'll allow myself pork.

Every blue moon I'll have pancakes, but it's not often. A couple of times a year.

Tx, United States & yes most people from here have this uncontrollable eating issue which is why most of the population is fat

[Shrinking-Violet]

Fun question :)

I'm from the US. Usually I just have cereal, and maybe some yogurt for protein. This morning I made real oatmeal... not the instant kind.

If I had time every morning, I'd love to have that "stereotypical" breakfast... but sadly it takes a lot of time to cook the full meal, eat it, then do all the dishes. Too much work, so it's more of a special occasion kind of thing.

[Asker]

Haha, I didn't think brekkie would be so popular!

Fair enough, I agree with that. A full English we only do if it's a special occasion or if we're RIDIUCLOUSLY hungry and bored that day. But even then we have to be on the point of eating our own arms. So much effort!

[Anonymous]

I'm usually not hungry in the morning unless I missed dinner the night before. I live alone right now, so if I do eat breakfast, it will either be cereal, oatmeal, or an omelet. Back when I lived with my parents, my mom would sometimes make a big breakfast with eggs, bacon/sausage, grits, toast, pancakes, etc and you would come in a make your own plate. It was a rarity, though. Also, we did have it stacked away somewhere most of the time.

[Asker]

Aww so special occasions it's a buffet thing? That must be lovely to come home to!

[sketchy]

Pain au Chocolat, Croissants, Pancakes & Maple Syrup, Sausages, Bacon... (not all on the same day).

I used to always get up as late as possible, and then I'd be in a mad rush and not have time for breakfast (just a slice of toast or bowl of cereal or something). And then I discovered it's so much nicer to just get up 45 min earlier, have a nice proper breakfast, and not feel rushed. :)

[Asker]

I'd hope not on the same day :P

Don't you find maple syrup in the morning a little sickening?

[Quadrophonic84]

If I had a huge breakfast every day like that I'd be 300 lbs. Usually it's cereal as well. But on mornings that I go out to a restaurant for breakfast with friends or family or whatever then yes I'll order more than usual, but I usually skip a meal after that as well.

Anyway who wants to go through all the trouble of preparing that and cleaning it up every morning, just for themselves?

[Asker]

Haha, I guess I'm asking are American's faithful to the "most important meal of the day" and also, I would love to know what Europeans "traditional" breakfasts are!

And hey, if we're going with the stereotype, the wife who stays at home and cleans the house will clean up after (really sorry if you're American, I'm basing this off TV, films and stories from the few American's I know!)

[Quadrophonic84]

American women are increasingly more and more useless in the domestic sciences. I'm talking about the ones my age. I even lived with one and it was like having a teenage daughter that I slept with. Pretty creepy.

[Asker]

Ah, see, I became a young carer for my dad and my average day was get up, take dad to doctors, go to school, have a driving lesson, come home, buy dinner, go to work, come home, cook dinner and clean the house at the same time, collaspe after another 18-22 hour day.

You haven't met the right woman :)

[rachiee]

It really depends on your heritage. I know a lot of people who eat avocados or tortillas for breakfast. The things that are served at American breakfast restaurants are eggs, bacon, omelets, sausage, ham, toast, bagels, pancakes, french toast, fruit. There's a lot of other random things but those are the main ones. Personally I don't eat breakfast and if I do its a bagel with cheese and hot tea or coffee. But the cream is used for coffee.

[Asker]

Hmmm, fair point! I think the American breakfast is fairly similar to English, just tweaked a little. We do have bagels over here but it's not traditional. Something we have that you probably don't is black pudding?

[rachiee]

Yea we don't have that lol. And you guys probably don't have grits? lol. But its pretty much the same, except for a couple random things.

[Asker]

We don't have grits no. what are they?

Black pudding is blood, meat, fat, etc squiched together. Godda say, I've never had it personally but everyone says it's really nice and as soon as you forget what it's made of, it's fine :P

[rachiee]

Grits are coarsely ground corn kernels. They're more big in the south. But lol I don't know about black pudding, sounds interesting definitely though.

[Asker]

Grits sounds weird... is it a bit like people eating sunflower seeds and stuff? Like a chewy passtime?

Black pudding is... you have to taste it haha. The trick with it is to cook it well. If it's a bit floppy it will taste horrible. You fry it or grill it :)

[rachiee]

Lol no. Its like oatmeal but smaller grains and not much of a taste to them. You add butter and pepper or salt to them. Haha yea I def will add that onto my list to try.

[Asker]

Haha, I just googled it to see what it looked like. Looks a bit like watery porridge!

[toulouse]

yogurt with nutritional yeast, or fruit, or a power shake, or bran flakes with almond milk, or lactaid milk. or toast with banana & cottage cheese, or millet puffs with lactaid milk, or oatmeal with lactaid milk.

[toulouse]

if its well after 12: 00, I have multi grain toast, with spinach, tomatoes, cottage cheese- or tofu cheese, basil, dill, parsley , green peppers, hot sauce. or veggie meatballs in a multi vegetable tossed salad, with balsamic dressing, hot sauce, & veggie-booty, for croutons. .

[Asker]

Wow that's quite a breakfast range! Good going!

[toulouse]

hm. yea just depends on what I have been eating lately , and what I think I am in need of, to balance things out.

'breakfast' is not really a different meal to me. I mostly have one meal and a few snacks. so breakfast, is breakfast, lunch, or diner too. I listed pretty much everything I eat. In general.

hmm, I did not mention nuts, or egg-whites, or legumes., or protein powder. otherwise, everything there, its pretty much at least a form, of everything I eat.

[taster]

LOL! See how you like my answer...

[queenofpeen]

Usually eggs and toast, I can't stand eating sweet things in the morning for some reason. Cereal is more of an evening snack for me :P If it's just a lazy day and I'm not going anywhere, I sleep in and usually don't have breakfast.

[Asker]

Fairly standard brekkie! Fair enough! :) I sometimes get into that habbit too. :)

[queenofpeen]

I wish Americans called it "brekkie," haha.

[Asker]

Haha, spread the trend! :D

[monica7777]

I'm Canadian and, it might just be my family, but usually we have whatever is leftover from the other day. It's usually to save on time and because we wake up hungry, and you don't really want to be hungry while cooking.

[toulouse]

dudeman- "usually whatever I didn't last night"

Question Asker - "Haha, good answer. Male answer. :P"

You must be male ;)

[Asker]

I actually mis read your answer, and then after reading this answer, I realized what you meant! My brothers literally eat everything so I thought you meant, whatever's left in my house.

NOT whatever's left from last night's dinner :P

I meant to put an apology, sorry about that male person up there!

[monica7777]

O.o I didn't think my word choice was that bad...

[Asker]

No no, not you! The male answer. He put something like "whatever I didn't last night"

I meant that after reading YOUR answer, I realized what "dudeman" had meant.

[monica7777]

Ohh XD Well at least I'm not the only one then. =3 Thanks for the interesting Q BTW.

[Asker]

Haha, you're welcome. I didn't think it would grab people's attention so much! 23 answers...!

[toulouse]

lol ;)

[india101]

During weekdays, I have cereal or toast or waffles. And on weekends, breakfast is mostly homemade indian food. The "American" breakfast is what people from long ago ate before people started getting health conscious.

[Confused614]

I am never up for breakfast. The only time I am usually up is if I was up all night. The very rare times I am up for breakfast I usually take advantage of it with a good breakfast. Pancakes and Eggs or whatever.

[iwish46]

I'm from America. Lately, I've been having a packet of instant oatmeal and toast with peanut butter and jelly.

[Asker]

Can you explain to me the "peanut butter and jelly" thing to me?! I think American jelly is jam over here, but um. Why do you put them together...? Doesn't it taste funny?!

[purpleduck]

I'm from England too and can confirm that Peanut Butter and Jam are amazing together! I've been eating it for years and people have always thought I'm crazy until the've tried it. Other amazing combinations are: Peanut Butter and Banana, Cheese and Jam and Chocolate Spread and Jam.

[iwish46]

Dang, dang, dang it! I was going to say jam because I thought that is what you called it, but then I decided just to stick with jelly.

How to explain? hmm? I really like peanut butter and adding jam adds sweetness to the overall flavor. Wow. I apologize for the horrible explaination haha. My advice would be just to try it for breakfast one morning (unless you're allergic to peanuts, of course). If you do end up trying it, you should tell me what you think of it :)

[iwish46]

@purpleduck Cheese and Jam sounds crazy! What kind of cheese and jam do you use?

[Asker]

Haha, I will try it yeah! I normally have it seperately haha.

Aww, don't beat yourself up! There are less English people so we try and remember the little differences like jelly and jam, chips and fries, crisps and chips... ahaha. Although the funniest one, my dad has an American friend who didn't bother to learn the differences and told my dad his daughters like cider. Diasterrrrr...

Cheese and Jam?! Chocolate and Jam?! Really purpleduck?!?!

Btw, cheddar is the best, and strawberry jam!

[iwish46]

I had to look up the cider thing and that is funny lol. I normally have grape or apple jelly. I haven't had strawberry jelly in a long time. I will have to try it again some time soon.

[Asker]

Traditionally if you ask for jam here you will have a choice of raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, or apricot. There are others but those are the norm. Grape?!?!?

This man came from Florida. I believe American cider is just apple juice.

Here, cider is an alcoholic drink; femented apple juice ahaha. So his daughters accidentally got PLASTERED. It was amazing. And then we threw oranges at their grandma.

[iwish46]

poor grandma :( :P

[Asker]

Haha, we had a food fight that she started :P Yeah, I believe you call it "hard cider" ?

[iwish46]

Well then I guess she was fair game :) And you are correct on us calling it hard cider.

[Paullus]

In a blender: peanut butter, banana, strawberries, water, protein.

2 cold slices of ham and one turkey.

[Paullus]

FYI - the ham and turkey were not in blender

[Paullus]

I sometimes eat boiled eggs with different variations of things

[frankieisagirlname]

I'm American and I usually have the same thing, toast or a bowl of cereal

[Asker]

I think it's the easy breakfast choice haha

[frankieisagirlname]

Indeed it is

[taster]

I usually have a piece of toast with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, three advil for my arthritis and sometimes a large glass of my wife's pee...

[internet_user]

Oats and eggs. Followed by Paper Masala Dosa and eggs.

[Asker]

What on earth is Paper Masala Dosa?!

[internet_user]

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[internet_user]

It is a South Indian Dish. It is like a wrapper covering yummy baked potatoes.

[Asker]

Oh fair enough, I've never heard of that before!

[WardrobeMalfunction]

I usually don't have time to eat breakfast (as I abuse the snooze button on my alarm clock), but if I have an exam I'll try to eat an english muffin or a granola bar.

[menina]

Cereals,milk ,yogurt,bread,water or orange juice,crackers,cheese,butter.

[funkadelic5]

Usually don't eat breakfast. If I have something in the morning, it's an energy drink.

[Asker]

Wow! Really?

[Anonymous]

Egg whites and greek yogurt. Every now and then it is pancakes, french toast, and all that good stuff.

[Asker]

Egg whites? What do you do with the yolks...?

[Opinion Owner]

Throw them away, all the protein is in the egg whites.

[Asker]

Omg! That's bad! The yolk is the best bit, and besides you could do the opposite way round! Make a meringue with the whites, or have egg and soliders! That's the best!

[Opinion Owner]

Haha! I could.

[WoIIie]

Oatmeal with bran flakes. Yummy!

[dudeman]

usually whatever I didn't last night

[Asker]

Haha, good answer. Male answer. :P

[Asker]

I'm so sorry dudeman, I thought I apologized for misreading your question!

I put an apology and why on monica7777's answer.

I'm so sorry!

[iXenomorph]

Beer

[Asker]

Haha, hair of the dog.

[Ezmotts]

Usually eggs, maybe some toast and hash browns.

[Asker]

:)

[tc1125]

cereal or toast ;)

[Asker]

Atta boy.