What's For Breakfast? - Page 12

Trilby · 07-30-2011, 04:12 PM

how much is a rasher?

as to egg salad - just make a mess of it and tupperware it for later. sheesh! all that work for one lousy breakfast? ya gotta hard boil the eggs, mash 'em up, etc. same with spaghetti. LEFTOVERS people! LEFTOVERS!

Aliantha · 07-30-2011, 06:26 PM

peanut butter on toast with a coffee.

Pico and ME · 07-30-2011, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

how much is a rasher?

as to egg salad - just make a mess of it and tupperware it for later. sheesh! all that work for one lousy breakfast? ya gotta hard boil the eggs, mash 'em up, etc. same with spaghetti. LEFTOVERS people! LEFTOVERS!

I googled because I wondered too.
Its only a silly single slice.

Sundae · 07-31-2011, 07:17 AM

Aye - a rasher of bacon is a slice.

But if you're offered a truckle of cheese - take it. Unless you're allergic to dairy products I mean. They vary in size, but let's put it this way, you won't get it all in one sandwich.

I'm still working on a round of toast or a round of sandwiches.
It's baffled me since 1991, when I first encountered it.

Clodfobble · 07-31-2011, 09:02 AM

Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism?

BigV · 07-31-2011, 09:07 AM

coffee. a cup. Well, a cup at a time.

bbro · 07-31-2011, 09:42 AM

Same as yesterday. Added some ham in this time.

Sundae · 07-31-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism?

Not at all. I never considered it foreign, unless I meant "foreign to me".
I just don't get it.

I worked out that a round of sandwiches was effectively a sandwich. Which seemed a con. Two slices of bread is a SANDWICH - no other words need to be introduced.
But then we have a round of toast. Which surely has to mean two slices of toast, right? No. Not always.

And then I grew out of the chip on my shoulder which said anything I didn't undertsand was my fault and I was stupid for asking. "A round of sandwiches [toast]? What is that exactly?" And you know what? I'm still not sure.

Slightly OT, but when people asked for a wine spritzer I also had to ask whether they meant wine with sparkling water or lemonade. Pretty much everyone looked at me as if I was thicker than a whale omelette. But the truth is they were probably split 60/40 as to what comprises a spritzer, and I did not appreciate taking the wrong drink out of my wages at the end of the night. Yeah okay, I drinked it, but only when I was offered a drink by a customer, and if it was a wine/ lemonade mix it was yukky.

Aliantha · 07-31-2011, 05:44 PM

A round of sandwiches is just one sandwich. A round of toast is just one slice of toast, unless you're going to make two slices of toast into a sandwich I guess.

My mum used to use that phrase quite often, and that was always the context.

If there were a few kids over and Mum was making sandwiches for us, she'd say, "I'll just make a few rounds of sandwiches.", meaning more than one sandwich.

I don't know for a fact, but I suspect the term is quite old and from the days prior to bread tins when most loaves were rounder rather than square.

Aliantha · 07-31-2011, 05:45 PM

Oh, and a wine spritzer over here is usually half half of wine and soda water.

Gravdigr · 07-31-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Egg salad sounds pretty damn good right about now.

And it was.

wolf · 07-31-2011, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

peanut butter on toast with a coffee.

How American of you!

Thought you lot were all about Vegemite. That's what the song says anyway ...

re: rounds ...

The only things that come in rounds over here are drinks and merries.

There is no special collective word for toast. It's just toast, although the conventional restaurant serving is two slices. Most home servings are two slcies as well, as toasters come with even numbers of slots, and it's silly to warm them both up for just one piece of bread.

Perhaps we could use a special collective word for toast.

A horde of toast.

A brace of toast.

A stack of toast. No. Pancakes have that one sewn up.

A barrage of toast.

A pop of toast.

An assemblage of toast.

I need some help.

And some sleep, apparently.

Aliantha · 07-31-2011, 11:47 PM

Plenty of PB gets eaten over here. My boys go through half a kg a week sometimes. And of course, I eat it sometimes too.

I'm not that fond of vegemite, although it's nice on toast when you're feeling a bit seedy. I think it's all the vit B.

monster · 08-01-2011, 12:20 AM

Breakfast will be explanations to the kids about the theft of my bike and the effect of that on our biking vacation to Yellowstone. Like hey, guess what, we can't go yet

grynch · 08-01-2011, 02:30 AM

todays breakfast was coffee , croissant and butter
yesterdays breakfast was coffee, croissant and butter
tomorrows breakfast will be coffee, croissant and butter

I do get tired of this country some days... would someone like to come over and open an IHOP near me?

07-30-2011, 04:12 PM	#166
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	how much is a rasher? as to egg salad - just make a mess of it and tupperware it for later. sheesh! all that work for one lousy breakfast? ya gotta hard boil the eggs, mash 'em up, etc. same with spaghetti. LEFTOVERS people! LEFTOVERS! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-30-2011, 06:26 PM	#167
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	peanut butter on toast with a coffee. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-31-2011, 09:02 AM	#170
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-31-2011, 09:07 AM	#171
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	coffee. a cup. Well, a cup at a time. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-31-2011, 05:44 PM	#174
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	A round of sandwiches is just one sandwich. A round of toast is just one slice of toast, unless you're going to make two slices of toast into a sandwich I guess. My mum used to use that phrase quite often, and that was always the context. If there were a few kids over and Mum was making sandwiches for us, she'd say, "I'll just make a few rounds of sandwiches.", meaning more than one sandwich. I don't know for a fact, but I suspect the term is quite old and from the days prior to bread tins when most loaves were rounder rather than square. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-31-2011, 07:17 AM	#169
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Aye - a rasher of bacon is a slice. But if you're offered a truckle of cheese - take it. Unless you're allergic to dairy products I mean. They vary in size, but let's put it this way, you won't get it all in one sandwich. I'm still working on a round of toast or a round of sandwiches. It's baffled me since 1991, when I first encountered it.

07-31-2011, 09:42 AM	#172
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Same as yesterday. Added some ham in this time.

07-31-2011, 05:45 PM	#175
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Oh, and a wine spritzer over here is usually half half of wine and soda water. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-31-2011, 11:47 PM	#178
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Plenty of PB gets eaten over here. My boys go through half a kg a week sometimes. And of course, I eat it sometimes too. I'm not that fond of vegemite, although it's nice on toast when you're feeling a bit seedy. I think it's all the vit B. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-01-2011, 12:20 AM	#179
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Breakfast will be explanations to the kids about the theft of my bike and the effect of that on our biking vacation to Yellowstone. Like hey, guess what, we can't go yet __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-01-2011, 02:30 AM	#180
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	todays breakfast was coffee , croissant and butter yesterdays breakfast was coffee, croissant and butter tomorrows breakfast will be coffee, croissant and butter I do get tired of this country some days... would someone like to come over and open an IHOP near me?

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