Why is breakfast traditionally devoid of veggies?

[KK]

I usually have hashbrowns for breakfast if I eat out.

 

[AtlantaBob]

You know, why is it just always a bunch of meat, eggs, and bread? Why is it always some really heavy and greasy meal?

Off topic, but as others have said, that's a fairly US-centric view (although, there are reasons for it historically). I think that the interesting thing is that breakfast tends to be the most culturally static meal of the day. For instance, while I wouldn't think twice about having sushi for lunch or dinner, I would be hard pressed to try and have a Japanese breakfast (something about a riceball with vinegar and pickled ginger.... just isn't breakfast for me.) Of course, it's a lot cheaper to eat like the natives wherever you happen to be.

 

[alkemyst]

Off topic, but as others have said, that's a fairly US-centric view (although, there are reasons for it historically). I think that the interesting thing is that breakfast tends to be the most culturally static meal of the day. For instance, while I wouldn't think twice about having sushi for lunch or dinner, I would be hard pressed to try and have a Japanese breakfast (something about a riceball with vinegar and pickled ginger.... just isn't breakfast for me.) Of course, it's a lot cheaper to eat like the natives wherever you happen to be.

I agree, eating the natives is always the lowest cost route.

 

[Chaotic42]

I loled

Me too.

I don't know, I feel better if I eat a high protein breakfast. Breakfast is a big meal, lunch is smaller, dinner is like a large snack. Works for me.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

My breakfast today:

As my mum would say "oh you poor thing"....

Eat some bacon, it's the one time in the day that bacon is actually good for you.

 

[StageLeft]

For many all meals are devoid! I drink coffee and have cereal with milk. Always. This guy never skips breakfast.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

In germany (at least it was this way with my family), we ate a fairly light breakfast. Usually it was mostly carbs: whole wheat bread with butter and jam or some type of pastry.

Lunch was the main meal of the day. The meat and potatoes meal. Pretty much what is served for dinner here in the US gets served at lunch time.

Dinner is another typically light meal. Soups and salads are common. Maybe more.

Did you eat at a gay bar in Germany?

There are always several sorts of cheese and sausages on the table in any normal german family.

Usually several sorts of bread, ham, normally more than one sort of ham, honey roasted is standard but there's usually smoked and regular boiled too.

Of course, in France you have more options at breakfast than you have at lunch or dinner, in the UK, pretty much the same at all times.

But yeah, as someone mentioned, in Europed, you eat a large breakfast, fairly decent lunch but dinner is usually just a small meal and a drink.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

For many all meals are devoid! I drink coffee and have cereal with milk. Always. This guy never skips breakfast.

Cereal isn't breakfast, might as well use milk and sugar in your coffee, it'll be the same thing.

 

[TehMac]

lol I forgot, the western world are lost on making tasty veggies. ()

pretty much. I love Afghan salad.

 

[fatpat268]

Did you eat at a gay bar in Germany?

There are always several sorts of cheese and sausages on the table in any normal german family.

Usually several sorts of bread, ham, normally more than one sort of ham, honey roasted is standard but there's usually smoked and regular boiled too.

Of course, in France you have more options at breakfast than you have at lunch or dinner, in the UK, pretty much the same at all times.

But yeah, as someone mentioned, in Europed, you eat a large breakfast, fairly decent lunch but dinner is usually just a small meal and a drink.

Lol no. Breakfast was never a huge meal. A lot of Germans go to the bakery once or twice a week, perhaps more. And the bakery goods are the primary breakfast items. So a typical German breakfast usually was crusted dark whole wheat and rye bread with butter and jam (sometimes nutella). At times, various cold cuts (nuss schinken... yum) would be served with buttered bread. Other times you'd spread braunschweiger on your bread (essentially leberwurst).

But then again, I came from a small german town, so my experiences may differ from yours. (Just like a big city new yorker eats differently than a small town tennesee person presumably would)

 

[TraumaRN]

Breakfast for me today will be over easy scrambled eggs(and not pre-scrambled, best scrambled eggs are in the pan, and without milk added) tomatos from my garden, sausage and cantaloupe from my garden. Then again both of those are fruits.

But by far the best breakfast I've had was in Bora Bora/Tahiti, poisson cru, which basically consists of coconut milk, lime juice, raw tuna, cucumbers, carrots sometimes cabbage. Delicious!

 

[Perknose]

Did you eat at a gay bar in Germany?

There are always several sorts of cheese and sausages on the table in any normal german family.

Usually several sorts of bread, ham, normally more than one sort of ham, honey roasted is standard but there's usually smoked and regular boiled too.


But yeah, as someone mentioned, in Europed, you eat a large breakfast, fairly decent lunch but dinner is usually just a small meal and a drink.

Lol no. Breakfast was never a huge meal. A lot of Germans go to the bakery once or twice a week, perhaps more. And the bakery goods are the primary breakfast items. So a typical German breakfast usually was crusted dark whole wheat and rye bread with butter and jam (sometimes nutella). At times, various cold cuts (nuss schinken... yum) would be served with buttered bread. Other times you'd spread braunschweiger on your bread (essentially leberwurst).

But then again, I came from a small german town, so my experiences may differ from yours. (Just like a big city new yorker eats differently than a small town tennesee person presumably would)

Sorry, JOS, but I'm siding with the actual German here. In my experience, over some years and in many different households, breakfast was NEVER a huge meal in Germany.

 

[tcsenter]

As my mum would say "oh you poor thing".... Eat some bacon, it's the one time in the day that bacon is actually good for you.

There's an egg in there, and there's no time in the day that bacon is truly "good" for you. I usually put in chicken and mushrooms and maybe some cheese or beans but didn't have any.