What do you eat for breakfast?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Kinda reminds me of All Creatures Great and Small where the farmers would eat fried fat (?? I think I have that right) in the morning.

Possibly a poor translation somewhere along the line. Fried fat would - after all- just be liquid fat?! Then again they're a hardy lot in Yorkshire. I'll check it with Dana when she's back, in the meantime I'll see if I can work it out.

ETA You are quite right. A quick check of the All Creatures Great and Small listings show that in Pups, Pigs and Pickles Tristan is in fact offered a breakfast that consists of mostly bacon fat. This is not usual I can assure you. I don't remember the episode, but I assume Tristan was pretty put out by it!

Aqua Vita, now.... That's a proper English breakfast.

[Pico and ME]

Being the fan of bacon that I am, I'm remember thinking when I read about the fried bacon fat that it actually was probably really good (although, not good for you... ) Those farmers though did work really really hard back then...its possible that they metabolized it without ill effects. Could be just too much of a good thing however!

BTW..the video doesn't come through...says it is not available anymore.

[monster]

yes, ideally the bread should be fried in the bacon fat. Just finishing some off right now. it was accompaniesd by bacon, eggs, mushrooms and baked beans. Our bread is fried in the fats off the eggs and mushrooms, though, because we broil/grill the bacon. yum.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

BTW..the video doesn't come through...says it is not available anymore.

Damn. BBC Worldwide. Bit of a misnomer apparantly.

[Glinda]

I've never been much of a breakfast eater (rarely hungry in the morning), but in my advancing years, I find that my not hungry-ness extends through the entire day. Generally, by 5 p.m. or so, I'm still not hungry but force myself to eat before I pass out - and even then, it's generally just a few bites of something and I'm full already. For example, around 6 p.m. yesterday I ate a small bowl of cottage cheese with strawberries from my garden, then had a piece of string cheese at 10 p.m.

One would think this would be a great way to lose weight, yet in spite of my very low calorie intake and generally active lifestyle (single woman taking care of a 2018 sq. ft. house, 1.14 acres of yard/garden, three cats, and 15 chickens), my belly keeps getting bigger. It's like I'm a Biafra baby!

The only rational explanation for my ever-increasing lack of hunger and gradual weight gain is, apparently, menopause. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Fortunately, at my age, having an actual waist is no longer important.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

....I can't be bothered to do that before I dye it tonight.

Interesting.
I didn't bother with a strand test.
Oh crikey who ever does?

It appears to be going purple.
Hmmmmm.
Good news is I work for an arts company.
Bad news is I replaced a well groomed young lady who was slim & beautiful enough to be a model, as well as good natured and omniscient.

Purple hair would be the final straw in comparisons between us I fear.

Look out in the RFN thread I guess.

[Cicero]

Looks like I will keep waiting on the dye. All signs say no.

[TheMercenary]

Coffee, cream only.

[Flint]

Pieces of shit like you.

You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Eggs every day -- that's the slow-burning protein component. Some carbs to fill in, as a completely carbless breakfast leaves me itching for something more all the way to lunchtime. So, cold cereal or hot, with skim milk, or a slice or two of toast. Rarely, both. Some fruit if available, sometimes I substitute 500mg vitamin C tablets. Hot cereals I often add fiber to, liking to mix for instance farina, wheat bran, added wheat germ, rolled grain, sometimes certain bulgur varieties.

Nowadays, you order Roman Meal online rather than get it in a store.

Roman Meal

Going out for breakfast, it's more elaborate: eggs and corned beef hash, eggs Benedict with sliced avocado, the carb-laden breakfasts from Denny's or IHOP, or the one place in town that regularly has a Joe's Breakfast -- robust, vitaminaceous, and capable of sustaining huge loads of black pepper and salt. Yes, the diner that serves this serves you potatoes unless you'd rather go with cottage cheese or slices of tomato.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by BrianR

I can't find it at all here. Only instant, pressed oatmeal. Yuck.

There are no Quaker Old Fashioned Rolled Oats anywhere in El Paso??? I fear I find this too hard to believe.

QOFROs cook slower, they are not instant. More like five-minute.

Try a health-food outfit for Bob's Red Mill whatevers. Their business is about anything of a grain nature that gets passed through a mill or is incidental to that. In hot cereals alone, they offer 4 Grain, 5 Grain (no wheat, IIRC), 7 Grain, 8 Grain, and 10 Grain hot cereals, cornmeal, oatmeal, oat bran, millers' bran, flaxseed... I'm sure I've left several things out. The wheaty multigrain ones go mighty well with cinnamon and honey to sweeten. Muffin and pancake mixes too, also soy flour.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by BrianR

I can't find it at all here. Only instant, pressed oatmeal.
Yuck.

Stop shopping at the convenience stores. :P

[BrianR]

I do not, can not eat most health food. There are a few "organic" food stores but I rarely if ever visit them.

I just miss Philly. El Paso counts as a class 2 city, but not in MY book. I am unhappy here. Food stores suck, selection of non-Mexican food sucks, weather sucks, ground sucks, addytude sucks big time, no cheesesteaks, Internet providers sucks big time too.

Every day, I find a reason to dislike El Paso in particular and Texas in general.

I guess I have to become a doctor and invent a cure for arthritis so my wife can live outside a desert.

[DanaC]

If by breakfast you mean the thing I eat in the morning, then I generally don't. If however you mean the first thing I eat in the day then it can be anything: eggs on toast, chocolate bar, cereal, cheeseburger, crisps, pot noodle....

The only thing I consistantly have in the morning is coffee....usually about three cups in quick succession (instant coffee, with sugar and full fat milk).

[Griff]

Originally Posted by BrianR

I guess I have to become a doctor and invent a cure for arthritis so my wife can live outside a desert.

That sucks man. Have you inspected New Mexico? I live in an area with a lot of allergens, but really don't want to move to ease my sinus problems.