It’s generally eaten for breakfast or brunch, although there are places that serve it at all hours. My wife made it for dinner last week… but we’re weird that way.
Going by breakfast in hotels (hostels) and restaurants*, the German breakfast shows only one third of what people expect: bread (only black bread - in a hotel, I want fresh Brötchen, or rolls!) with cheese and sausage
Hotels also offer variations of Müsli cereals with fruit and milk, and of course Jam/ Marmalade on Toast/ Rolls. And don’t forget Nutella, too - spread on a still warm toast so it starts to melt… mmmmmm. This is the dessert part of the breakfast.
- Because the breakfast that a typical family has is going to vary widely based on their personal preferences, and also, the time and money availalbe on a normal Monday morning. You are not going to offer 5 types of cheese and 7 types of sausage if you know which type people like already, but a hotel will.
Northern-centric.
I’d imagine that, like all the others, it’ll vary according to region, personal preference, and whether it’s breakfast at home or in a hotel or café.
Capuccino and a croissant (or brioche, as they called them on the menus) seemed to be what all the cafés around Verona and lake Garda were selling in the early mornings when I was there.
yeah, my first thought was how they could they have left out mentioning Singapore in a food list, but i’m not sure the kaya toast is the breakfast food of Singapore.
how about roti prata and teh tarik? tau huay and you char kway? nasi lemak and curry puffs? mee rebus and begedil? i’m hungry.
I agree - very odd. Breakfast in India (and Pakistan) varies hugely from region to region, but rosemary, tofu, and banana toast? Never seen anything like it.
The one from Denmark is sort of right - especially the photo since it shows some kind of müsli or cereal, which I strongly suspect are the most common breakfast foods here.
I’ve never heard pà amb tomàquet (pronounced pamtumaca in Spanish phonics, and often written like that outside of Catalonia) called pan a la catalana, and it’s not restricted to breakfast - more one of those things which can be used for a snack at any time; my mother has it often for a mid-afternoon snack, my maternal grandfather would have it as part of his breakfast with slices of butifarra catalana or of serrano. As the name that website gives it indicates, it’s originally a Catalan preparation. I’ve met many Catalans who have complained to me that the one time they left Catalonia, bagette sandwiches weren’t tomatoed, and I’ve explained to them that outside Catalonia people know about tomatoing sandwiches but it’s not the default, you have to ask for it.
It’s one of the recipes I submitted to the Mumpers’ recipes blog, it’s real easy to prepare. Great by itself or with some cold cuts on top. At the same time, it’s like saying that “haggis is a typical British food” - well, yessss buuuuutttt…
So anyway, the list linked to in the OP appears to be an almost unmitigated disaster.
In terms of authenticity, maybe. The food still looks delicious, though, and it’s given me lots of meal ideas.
Tasty looking disaster. What should I have for lunch?
Hawaii- fruit and bagels? That would send my blood sugar through the roof and back down through the floor.
Breakfast!
I can only agree with what auRa wrote about Swedish breakfasts.
The Cuban one is exactly right, or at least it was my experience growing up. I wish I could get Cuban bread here in California.
Do they put Worcestershire on it, as the article suggests? I love it on a steak, but the thought of it on a cheese sandwich turns my stomach.
Couldn’t agree more. I read that and thought “What the…?”
Where I am from in India, breakfast looks more like this:
http://www.myscrawls.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Aval-upma-avalakki-uppittu-1024x770.jpg (a rice-based dish)
Or this: http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/images/idly/idliimagecopyrighted7.jpg (rice dumplings with a lentil-based stew and coconut chutney)
Or possibly like this: http://www.indianfoodforever.com/images/masala-dosa.jpg (a rice-based savoury pancake-like breakfast with chutney)
Certainly no rosemary, tofu and/or banana toast. And veggie sausage? That’s entirely idiotic. I’ve never heard of anyone anywhere in India eating anything vaguely like that, much less “f you think of your Indian breakfast somewhere along these lines, you would be correct”. Two huge thumbs down, aravindgrover, whoever you are.
Now I’m hungry. For a good masala dosa.
Mmm. Idli. Best breakfast food ever!
Why don’t you submit to the site? It looks like all or most of the pics were contributed by others.
Bit of an overstatement. :rolleyes: It’s not the Magna Carta, just some pictures of some food.
I guess these aren’t really typical breakfasts, so much as just what looks good in a photograph.
I’m surprised that none of the Latin American countries (or some part of Spain) didn’t just have hot chocolate with a churro or other kind of bakery item.
