The Perfect Breakfast

[hondarobot]

I just went and got some breakfast, but it wasn't at the place I had intended to eat at. My primary destination was this place called Peter's Grill. It's a big place, been around for like sixty years or so, even has an autographed picture of Bill Clinton eating a sandwhich or some damn thing, hanging on the wall. It's also never busy on weekends, which is why I like it. No waiting for a table, just walk in and sit down.

But I get up to the door and it's locked. Sign on door reads: "Will Be Closed 4th July Weekend". I'm thinking "did I travel back in time or something?", look at my phone and notice that it is indeed July 8th. I think it's kinda odd, but whatever, and turn to leave when this guy approaches me on the sidewalk.

Guy: "The're still closed! I've been coming here ever day this week, and it's never open anymore! Do you think they closed for good? I emailed the Downtown Tribune and they told me they were going to investigate! Are you a regular?"

Me: "Uh, no. Well, not really."

Then the guy starts going on and on about how he's eaten here every week for decades and just starts acting crazy. I start walking away from him and he follows along beside me. I'm thinking "oh fuckin great, now this madman is going to want to have breakfast with me. I'll have to ditch the guy somehow. . ."

The guys still blabbing on and on, and as we pass a newspaper box, another guy looks up and asks the guy "Is it true? Did they close Peter's Grill?!" My lucky break. As those two begin to talk, I dodge into a building and wait for them to disappear. I just couldn't believe it, it's not like the food was that great, which is of course why it's possible to always get a table. Well, it was before they closed, I suppose.

Anyhoo, it got me thinking. I almost always have one of three breakfasts: 1) Scrambled eggs, toast, bacon and hashbrowns, 2) pancakes and bacon or 3) French Toast and . . . correct, bacon once again. Pretty All American.

I was wondering what other people think is the ideal breakfast. People from all over the country, all over the world, post on this forum, so I'd thought it would be interesting to hear what other types of breakfasts are out there.

[BeardedOne]

Meat and patatas, generally. Especially at hotel buffets, where I wisely dine on the more expensive fare to feel as though I've actually accomplished a coup against pricey eats.

Love bacon, especially maple cured. Gives the house a lovely aroma that lasts for hours. There is a galssblowing shop/museum/restaurant in Chester County that I stumbled on during a random Sunday drive once. Walking in from the chill, winter air, I first felt the warmth of the furnace in the shop and then smelled the most excellent aroma of bacon coming from the restaurant. Mmmm. Cooked right, it is never crisp, yet full of flavor. :) Sausage, links or patties, or Canadian bacon ('Back bacon' if you're in the north country).

Hash browns, or home fries, crisp, not too greasy. Maybe cinnamon toast or English muffin (Toasted or grilled - They grill them in New England). Sometimes a waffle, though rarely pancakes (I like crunchy food). Lots of butter (Not margarine) and enough syrup to flavor them.

Juice, of course, pineapple preferred (Though strangely absent from many restaurants - A hotel I regularly stay at now makes a point to have a carafe ready for my visit :) ). Orange, apple, cranberry/cranapple. Many cwawfee, hi-test. Leave the pot. Lots of cream.

This all stirs a memory. Some years back I spent a lovely night with a longtime friend/GGG (Gay GG) and in the morning awoke to the incredible aroma of bacon in the cool air of the New England morning. I was surprised and significantly impressed that this woman had remembered the details that I've listed above and will never forget how she made that morning so special. *Sigh* (E may remember my tales of this woman :) ).

*Whuf!* That was nice. :D

Anyway...My current dietary habits would make the average medical professional pale with horror, yet I try to have at least one, nice breakfast (That I actually cook myself, with no hand-holding or calls to the fire company) on the weekends I am home. Thank gawd for pop-n-fresh biscuits. :lol:

[suckseed]

Lox and bagels. Coffee. Preferably eaten in bed with Patricia Araujo or Fabiane Spears. Extra cream cheese removal with tongues.

Then a joint and a walk to the waterfront of your choice.

Perfect morning.

[BeardedOne]

Oh, well, if it's breakfast with =company=...

Lisa
Natassia
Yasmin
Allanah
Angela
Mint
Nancy
Bruna
Vicki

Oy, the list goes on and on. :D

[DamionXXX]

Я Люблю Вас Ulyana, я Люблю только Вас ... теперь и для остальной части моей жизни.

[scorpion]

2 cups of cofe and sometimes a white bread whit chese
Earlier i have also 2 cigaretts, but this I have stop whit.

[GroobySteven]

Handful of steelcut oats
2tblspoons of flax seed
handful or organic rolled oats.
Cook in water for about 7 mins.

Add frozen berries (no sugar).
Cook 2 mins.

Take gloop and put into a bowl - add 1/2 sliced banana and spoon of low-fat yoghurt.

Eat. Take a great shit (as there will another on it's way after this) and know you're keeping your insides working.

Sundays:
2 Cumberland Sausages
2 fried eggs.
2 slices of Black Pudding.
3 rashers of smoked back bacon.
Baked Beans (Heinz)
Fried Portobello
Whole Wheat Toast
2 Pots of PG Tips.

Eat. Feel your arteries close and promise yourself a run later.

My girlfriend's preferred breakfast - which I also love.
Rice soup with preserved egg, salted fish, spring onions and white pepper.

seanchai

[hondarobot]

I agree with everyone in regards to the healthy stuff, like oats, oatmeal, fruit, seaweed, all that stuff. I just can't eat it. I take a fistfull of vitamin supplements and then just unleash anti-nutritional hell on my body.

A person has to toughen those organs up. I mean, come on, I don't even really know what's in the water I drink. Those scientist better keep making those pills or I'm in trouble.

But B1 (or beardy) nailed the perfect breakfast atmosphere. The smell of bacon, and good maple syrup. Personally, I don't feel good about maple syrup (there probably is no worse thing to come in contact with human teeth), but it's so damn tasty. I just head home and brush my teeth immediately after breakfast.

Pancakes are awesome, but potential cavaties suck. I like my teeth.

The new state motto of Vermont: "We Make Holes In Teeth!"

[Quinn]

Crepes are my absolute favorite thing to eat for breakfast -- with Eggs Benedict running a fairly close second. Scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese and fresh cooked roles aren't too bad either. That's for the weekends. On the weekdays, it's usually something healthy that doesn't taste nearly as good.

-Quinn

[Quinn]

My girlfriend's preferred breakfast - which I also love.
Rice soup with preserved egg, salted fish, spring onions and white pepper.

seanchaiThat sounds interesting..

I thought so too. It almost sounds like a Russian dish.

-Quinn

[flabbybody]

my favorite eats in the morning is scrambled eggs, canadian bacon and buttered whole wheat toast. it keeps you going through the whole day.

and don't worry about the syrup. the sugar doesn't destroy your teeth. it's not flossing and not seeing the dentist regularly. I went 5 years not seeing a dentist and I'm paying for it dearly right now.

[BoNBoN]

cocopuffs

[DamionXXX]

Я Люблю Вас Ulyana, я Люблю только Вас ... теперь и для остальной части моей жизни.

[LoadedRevolver66]

Okay, you want to know what different people, from different walks of life and from different locales, consider the ideal breakfast? Okay, I'll start off with some info and then delve into the best breakfast.

gender - male
age - 22
location - Southeastern Massachusetts
orientation - bisexual

Ideal breakfast (caloric considerations aside) - Hash browns w/ ketchup, bacon, charice (sic) [its a local delicacy, portuguese sausage], chocolate chip pancakes, a western omelette with cheese, and a bloody mary. Make that a few bloody marys.

[BeardedOne]

I mean, come on, I don't even really know what's in the water I drink.

That's the problem here. I =KNOW= what's in my green, fuzzy, oily water. High sulphur, lead, and oil content. I expect that quite a bit of it is seapage from leaky container ships that pass close enough by my house to make the floors vibrate. Though some it is no doubt runoff from the refinery or the nuke plant. :roll:

No, really, it's a great place to live, just don't drink the water (Or bathe in it, or swim in it, or get within a tentacle's reach of it).

Until I get the city water hooked up (Which probably isn't that much better) I use bottled water for the cwawfee. It satisfies. And I won't let strangers near the cwawfee maker. Only myself or "The Wife" (When she surfaces at tax time and during the horrorday season) is allowed to touch the thing. My 'ex' cooked up a pot one day and I could see through it! :shock: That just ain't right. :smh If it doesn't *Plop* into the cup, it isn't strong enough. :D

On cereals: I occasional have cereal, but it is rare. As stated before, I like crunchy foods and most cereals get mooshy too fast, leading to a rushed breakfast (Which is against my leisure rule of AM comestibles). I have found Cracklin Oat Bran to be relatively non-absorbant and it also makes for handy snacks. :) Great for the sweet tooth, as well. Nice cinnamon/molasses flavor.

On the road, when in the southern Atlantic states, I always made a point to hit up a Waffle House (And I was so pleased when, contrary to those that said the model wouldn't work here, they finally invaded the north). Oddly, though, I don't think I ever had waffles there. :) I go for their specialty hash browns and typically order them 'smothered, covered, chopped, thrown, pitched...uh...whatever'. :lol: Each verb relates to a method/topping and they can get pretty dangerous. Onions, chili, cheese, diced tomatoes, ham, etc. They turn into a four-course meal on a single plate.

A note on Waffle House: Dress warmly. The chain discovered that they could have faster turnover if they kept the AC cranked up all the time (Even in the winter). It makes the food get cold and encourages you (Who are also very chilly) to eat faster and get the hell out. :lol: As they can get especially crowded at certain times of the day and night, this method has served them well.

Ooh! It's Sunday! Time to cook the bacon! :claps :peanutbutter

[Quinn]

Speaking of Eggs Benedict (in my earlier post), the wife, a visiting friend from London (yummy in her own right), and I are off to get a delicious breakfast in about five minutes.

Chickens are definitely one of nature's most delectable animals. Think about it. Eggs Benedict, Chicken Francasie, and crepes would not be possible without this dumbest of birds.

Note. This utterly inane post is brought to you by virtually no fucking sleep for three days. Expect more of these little beauties until this latest bout of insomnia passes. Fuck!!!

-Quinn

[MacShreach]

Me I'm generally two large coffees, a slice of toast & marmite and some fruit, but on Sundays I'll maybe have a little bacon or if I'm really spoiling myself a kipper or a smokie (that's a smoked haddock) with an egg and some poached tomatoes. And yes in winter I do sometimes eat porridge (oatmeal) but it's much too heating in summer.

[BeardedOne]

"Can we have kippers for breakfast, Mummy Dear, Mummy Dear?
I bet they have them in Texas, 'cuz everyone's a millionaire."

:wink:

[MacShreach]

"Can we have kippers for breakfast, Mummy Dear, Mummy Dear?
I bet they have them in Texas, 'cuz everyone's a millionaire."

:wink:

LOL Very droll, Bearded, but they're not an exclusive delicacy here.

[BeardedOne]

Heh. :)

I just think of the song everytime I hear 'kippers'. :)