What's For Breakfast? - Page 15

wolf · 08-02-2011, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Bakery On Main gluten-free granola, and almond milk. Almost forgot to eat it.

I can see why.

Bacon is gluten-free, too.

Clodfobble · 08-02-2011, 05:41 PM

Funny thing... most of it actually isn't.

Aliantha · 08-02-2011, 07:22 PM

Max is having oats with banana for breaky. So far I've had coffee. I think I might have some rockmelon soon.

Pico and ME · 08-02-2011, 08:48 PM

Think I'm gonna use my $5 coupon for IHOP tomorrow. I'm really jonesing for good breakfast food.

bbro · 08-03-2011, 10:16 AM

Egg salad with turkey sausage on Ritz Crackers with Vitamin Water

wolf · 08-03-2011, 09:03 PM

I hear pico has an IHOP coupon. Maybe you can go out for a decent breakfast together ...

grynch · 08-04-2011, 02:59 AM

today I had... wait for it now...
pain au chocolate* and coffee

( * = fancy name for a croissant stuffed with chocolate )

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 04:23 AM

Someone posted a video of croissant making here a while back.
I found it really interesting.

So don't worry, we know all about Pain au chocolat.
And drinking coffee out of bowls (or is that just a French thing?)

Do you not have plates of meat and cheese and hardboiled eggs for breakfast then? Or is that just a German thing?

grynch · 08-04-2011, 04:28 AM

coffee out of bowls?... never seen that anywhere.. except perhaps on "Friends"

plates of meat, cheese... thats much more German in my experience, and of course in Greece with signs warning the Germans not to make lunch sandwiches from the breakfast buffet

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 04:48 AM

Trust me, the French drink coffee and chocolate out of bowls.
I thought it was pretty cool when I was there

But they make terrible tea*. Which I had to drink because they'd bought it specially for me.

I honestly don't see what the mystery is about making tea - the cheapest greasy spoon cafe can do it? Then again the cheapest greasy spoon usually makes fantastic soft yolk fried eggs, a skill I've never mastered.

* Generalistation of course. Maybe it's only people living in the shadow of the Puy de Dome.

morethanpretty · 08-05-2011, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

I honestly don't see what the mystery is about making tea - the cheapest greasy spoon cafe can do it? Then again the cheapest greasy spoon usually makes fantastic soft yolk fried eggs, a skill I've never mastered.

The trick that works for me is to get the griddle/pan REALLY hot before I put the egg in. I usually cook 'em in butter, not good for you, but oil pops too much and just doesn't taste right. I poke holes in the white stuff so it spreads out thin gets cooked all the with out the yolk having to cook any longer. Turning it is hard to describe, my mom can flip it with the pan, but I have to use a spatula, I'm not as daring. When I flip I just make sure to get the spatula mostly under the yolk (choosing the 'right' spatula is important" and then I barely lift the egg just enough to get the white part turned, then I pick up the pan and tilt it at an angle so that I can lay the yolk part down gently. Only let it cook a few more seconds, maybe poking the white part again, and then slide the egg gently onto a plate!
Maybe I should make you a video of it...

Sundae · 08-06-2011, 11:44 AM

MTP - like the pricking advice but not having anything to do with the flipping. Oh no.

Like circumcision, it's not often done over here.
Or is that pricking advice again?

grynch · 08-04-2011, 04:55 AM

we have a "british market" about 15miles away from us... mrs. G makes regular trips over for a bit of PG tips and the occasional Bishops Finger

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 05:06 AM

How funny - we have French markets here, and in Leicester we had a Bavarian market.
I never thought that other countries might have our markets too!

I loved the French market - despite my snarky comment about the French preferring you to speak English rather than bad French, their faces lit up when I offered something as simple as bonjour, combien or merci. I really admire the French, and how protective they are about their language, and how proud of their country. I get the jokes about being Surrender Monkeys, but many other European nations were occupied, and they don't get tarred with that brush.

The Netherlands for example. I went to the Resistance Musuem when I was in Amsterdam and it made me cry. They fought like buggery, and I'm sure the French did too.

And their bread, wine and olives are wonderful. They even make some good cheese. Nothing compares to British cheese of course, but pretty good. (I lie, some of my favourite cheeses are foreign. Just not French).

Sorry, that was a complete derailment.
I'm glad Mrs G can still get proper tea.
I can't drink it myself these days

I have to have de-caff. I've got used to it, but it is unnerving if I run out and sneak one of Dad's teabags. I forget what a wallop full-caff can have.

grynch · 08-04-2011, 05:11 AM

ok.. time for more derailment?...
shortly after moving over here I asked a French friend..
"whats with you guys, it's a complete scrum at the market, no one ever queues!!"
and was told it was because of the shortages during the war and the deprivation "we" suffered ( he stressed we )

I had to laugh and look at him.. "deprivation? you not even 30yrs old...even your mother was born after the war.
( as with some of my comments here it was not appreciated )

p.s.... loved touring the Anne Frank house.. well.. love is not the proper word... shocking, awakening, enlightening.

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08-02-2011, 08:48 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Think I'm gonna use my $5 coupon for IHOP tomorrow. I'm really jonesing for good breakfast food.

08-03-2011, 10:16 AM	#5
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Egg salad with turkey sausage on Ritz Crackers with Vitamin Water

08-04-2011, 02:59 AM	#7
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	today I had... wait for it now... pain au chocolate* and coffee ( * = fancy name for a croissant stuffed with chocolate )

08-04-2011, 04:23 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Someone posted a video of croissant making here a while back. I found it really interesting. So don't worry, we know all about Pain au chocolat. And drinking coffee out of bowls (or is that just a French thing?) Do you not have plates of meat and cheese and hardboiled eggs for breakfast then? Or is that just a German thing?

08-04-2011, 04:28 AM	#9
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	coffee out of bowls?... never seen that anywhere.. except perhaps on "Friends" plates of meat, cheese... thats much more German in my experience, and of course in Greece with signs warning the Germans not to make lunch sandwiches from the breakfast buffet

08-04-2011, 04:48 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Trust me, the French drink coffee and chocolate out of bowls. I thought it was pretty cool when I was there But they make terrible tea. Which I had to drink because they'd bought it specially for me. I honestly don't see what the mystery is about making tea - the cheapest greasy spoon cafe can do it? Then again the cheapest greasy spoon usually makes fantastic soft yolk fried eggs, a skill I've never mastered. Generalistation of course. Maybe it's only people living in the shadow of the Puy de Dome.

08-06-2011, 11:44 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	MTP - like the pricking advice but not having anything to do with the flipping. Oh no. Like circumcision, it's not often done over here. Or is that pricking advice again?

08-04-2011, 04:55 AM	#13
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	we have a "british market" about 15miles away from us... mrs. G makes regular trips over for a bit of PG tips and the occasional Bishops Finger

08-04-2011, 05:06 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	How funny - we have French markets here, and in Leicester we had a Bavarian market. I never thought that other countries might have our markets too! I loved the French market - despite my snarky comment about the French preferring you to speak English rather than bad French, their faces lit up when I offered something as simple as bonjour, combien or merci. I really admire the French, and how protective they are about their language, and how proud of their country. I get the jokes about being Surrender Monkeys, but many other European nations were occupied, and they don't get tarred with that brush. The Netherlands for example. I went to the Resistance Musuem when I was in Amsterdam and it made me cry. They fought like buggery, and I'm sure the French did too. And their bread, wine and olives are wonderful. They even make some good cheese. Nothing compares to British cheese of course, but pretty good. (I lie, some of my favourite cheeses are foreign. Just not French). Sorry, that was a complete derailment. I'm glad Mrs G can still get proper tea. I can't drink it myself these days I have to have de-caff. I've got used to it, but it is unnerving if I run out and sneak one of Dad's teabags. I forget what a wallop full-caff can have.

08-04-2011, 05:11 AM	#15
grynch the big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 390	ok.. time for more derailment?... shortly after moving over here I asked a French friend.. "whats with you guys, it's a complete scrum at the market, no one ever queues!!" and was told it was because of the shortages during the war and the deprivation "we" suffered ( he stressed we ) I had to laugh and look at him.. "deprivation? you not even 30yrs old...even your mother was born after the war. ( as with some of my comments here it was not appreciated ) p.s.... loved touring the Anne Frank house.. well.. love is not the proper word... shocking, awakening, enlightening.

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