# BLT's for Breakfast??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145 "2006-03-27T20:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/21 "2006-03-27T22:17:15Z")
BLT’s for breakfast are fantastic! Tell the guy at work he’s nuts. Just about anything can be breakfast food. Just don’t go and do something blasphemous like having cereal for dinner! Now that’s going too far! ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/22 "2006-03-27T22:17:51Z")
I’ve eaten the cold pizza breakfast on many occasions. My sister takes the cold, leftover pasta route. I have never had a BLT for breakfast – that actually sounds really good (especially with the swiss) . hhmmm BLT w/ swiss on whole wheat hold the mayo. I think I know what I’m having for breakfast tomorrow 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/23 "2006-03-27T23:19:20Z")
Uhm… what’s a BLT? All I’ve been able to deduce from the posts above is that it includes lettuce. And, apparently, cheese. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/24 "2006-03-27T23:25:10Z")
Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. Cheese is not traditional. I eat bacon sandwiches for breakfast all the time. I have also been known to prepare dinner with extra leftovers in mind for breakfast–pizza, chicken, enchiladas–it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/25 "2006-03-27T23:27:34Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Uhm… what’s a BLT? > > All I’ve been able to deduce from the posts above is that it includes lettuce. And, apparently, cheese. Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato sandwich. . .one of God’s great creations. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/26 "2006-03-27T23:35:20Z")
> [@Marconi & Schmeese](#): > > Oh, I forgot to mention the girl I went to MBA school with - we would have team meetings at 6:30am and she would show up with deli turkey, bread, a whole bottle of mustard and a huge mayo jar. Then she would proceed to make the sandwich and eat it. At 6:30am. Now THAT was weird. I don’t see anything weird about that…sandwiches for breakfast were pretty normal for me growing up. (Although the whole bottle of mustard and mayo is kinda odd). I grew up in a Polish household, so a standard breakfast would be open faced sandwiches made with an assortment of cold cuts, perhaps some smoked sausages, boiled white sausages (a la the German _weisswurst_). Personally, I hate anything sweet for breakfast like pancakes or waffles. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/27 "2006-03-27T23:37:13Z")
Umm I don’ t know about in the States but up here in Canada even McDonalds has a BLT bagel in the breakfast menu. But I don’t recommend ordering one from Tim Hortons. Even though they have all of the ingredients, they get really confused and have to call the manager, who quickly pushes a few buttons and all is well. It is time consuming (while they track down the manager) but so much better than a doughnut for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/28 "2006-03-27T23:41:12Z")
Wow - I was raised believing BLTs _were_ a breakfast food, or maybe brunch. If anyone ever made a BLT for supper, my Mom would say, “Oh, I just love having breakfast for supper sometimes!” It was often one of those “weekend” treats, or for days that you had a little extra time to make something good instead of those mornings where you just had no energy and ate a bowl of cereal, or grabbed a bagel or fruit - it was a “treat” like bacon and eggs, or french toast - but it was\* always \* considered breakfast in my home. And a damn good breakfast it was! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/29 "2006-03-27T23:51:41Z")
Through my childhood I rarely ate anything but cereal for breakfast, but in recent years I’ve had everything from crumb cake to creamed chipped beef for my first meal of the day. This past weekend I ate Caesar salad with grilled chicken at 10 AM. It’s all good. Certainly a BLT is a lot better than nothing, which is too many people’s idea of breakfast. I can’t imagine your office neighbor knows much about the history of cuisine. I just finished a Dickens novel in which someone ate mutton chops for breakfast. Other perfectly acceptable breakfasts at different times and places have included hash, fried potatoes, bean soup, smoked fish, kidneys, meat pie, fruit pie, and hot buttered beer. Whatever you can face first thing in the AM that isn’t too unhealthy is probably your best breakfast choice. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/30 "2006-03-27T23:51:58Z")
I had a BLT for breakfast just yesterday. It was lunchtime, but I had slept in, so it was breakfast to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/31 "2006-03-28T01:38:33Z")
John Thorne has a good essay on why people tend to be most conservative about their breakfast food. It used to be online, but you can read it in _Pot on the Fire_. His thesis is that when people wake up, they want something familiar and soothing to eat. BLTs sound like fine breakfast food to me. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/32 "2006-03-28T01:44:16Z")
> [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#): > > If lettuce seems to be outside the breakfast “domain”, you can just leave it out. I highly recommend the BT sandwich. You wouldn’t think that simply leaving lettuce out would impact the taste significantly, but it does. I find the taste of the BT superior to the taste of the BLT. You know, I was going to come in here and extol the virtues of the BL. Maybe the BLBBBBBBBBB. Them’s be good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/33 "2006-03-28T02:15:23Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. Cheese is not traditional. > > I eat bacon sandwiches for breakfast all the time. I have also been known to prepare dinner with extra leftovers in mind for breakfast–pizza, chicken, enchiladas–it’s all good. BLTs usuallly have toasted white bread and mayonaisse as their base, and then some lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and bacon. The more bacon, the better the sandwich is. I have been known to eat tomato sandwiches for breakfast, if I have good tomatoes. Bad tomatoes just aren’t worth eating. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/34 "2006-03-28T02:32:39Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > BLTs usuallly have toasted white bread and mayonaisse as their base, and then some lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and bacon. The more bacon, the better the sandwich is. > > I have been known to eat tomato sandwiches for breakfast, if I have good tomatoes. Bad tomatoes just aren’t worth eating. I like having BLT for breakfast or anytime. In fact I am not much on any of the more traditional breakfast foods like eggs and sausage because I am often queasy in the morning. I don’t eat cold cereals because they aren’t filling or lasting and I dont’ like milk at all. A BLT is a little fiber, a little protein, some healthy veggie stuff and in the summer with home grown tomatoes is quite likely the most perfect food I have ever eaten. I use toasted high fiber whole grain bread, Hellman’s mayonaise. at least 3 slices of turkey bacon, two thick slices of tomatoes and 2 leaves of lettuce. Dang, I am hungry for one now. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/35 "2006-03-28T02:56:05Z")
My sister’s favorite breakfast used to be “a blit and a grit.” I love BLTs, and I love grits, but not together. And I think BLTs are awesome for breakfast (lunch, dinner, midnight snacks, you probably get the picture). I also like chicken salad sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, or egg salad sandwiches for breakfast. They’re fast, portable, and tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/36 "2006-03-28T02:57:21Z")
Try having a grilled chicken, bacon, and cheddar sandwich on a kaiser with lettuce and mayo. So bad, and yet, so good… _sigh_ :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/37 "2006-03-28T03:31:09Z")
Mmmm… homemade pumpkin pie for breakfast. You got your protein (eggs) and your vegetable (or is it a fruit?). Healthy! ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/38 "2006-03-28T05:05:24Z")
One of the local coffee shops / resturants has BLTs on the breakfast menu. Specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/39 "2006-03-28T05:25:19Z")
I don’t see a problem with BLT’s for breakfast, I’m sure I’ve done that before. Bacon and toast are traditional breakfast foods so it’s not a big stretch. I also like grilled cheese sandwiches for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145/40 "2006-03-28T11:02:42Z")
> [@Alpine](#): > > Mmmm… homemade pumpkin pie for breakfast. You got your protein (eggs) and your vegetable (or is it a fruit?). Healthy! This is sometimes what we have for breakfast after Thanksgiving or Christmas. Pumpkin is technically a fruit. Remember digging out all those seeds? Anyway, I love pumpkin pie with a nice cold glass of milk, or hot tea or coffee, at any time of the day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blts-for-breakfast/350145.md?page=3)