# Breakfast: Salty or Sweet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119 "2012-01-20T11:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/1 "2012-01-20T11:51:16Z")
Alright. From my experience, it seems to be a cultural thing. I like my breakfasts salty. I want my sweets to be in the form of dessert, not as an entire meal (urgh). So which is it for you? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/2 "2012-01-20T11:55:21Z")
I can go either way but I prefer savory, and even the sweet not too sweet. I.e. unsweetened muesli with no sugar on it. My girlfriend’s Italian and she eats _cake_ for breakfast. Not only do I find the thought sickening, there’s no way it would fill me up like a nice egg on toast with bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/3 "2012-01-20T12:03:38Z")
I didn’t get sweet breakfasts till I got pregnant - now I am a huge fan of chocolate chip brioche, the legitimate breakfast cake. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/4 "2012-01-20T12:05:20Z")
By the way, after an all-night drinking session last year, a female friend of mine shouted “I want a salty breakfast”. We did not let her live the innuendo down. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/5 "2012-01-20T12:06:05Z")
Salty but being a type 1 diabetic may have affected that somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/6 "2012-01-20T12:20:15Z")
I picked both because I wasn’t sure what category cold pizza fell into. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/7 "2012-01-20T13:36:39Z")
Both, as in both at the same time. My ideal breakfast would be something like a spinach and mushroom crepe with a side of fruit salad, or scrambled eggs and hashbrowns along with blueberry pancakes. Usually, I have to go with one or the other: an everything bagel, or a bowl of cereal. But no cake! I can’t even fathom frosting in the morning. Apple pie, on the other hand… I could give that some serious consideration… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/8 "2012-01-20T13:48:22Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > I picked both because I wasn’t sure what category cold pizza fell into. 🙂 Unless you are a fan of the abomination called dessert pizza, why would pizza fall in the sweet category? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/9 "2012-01-20T13:57:10Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > B My ideal breakfast would be something like a spinach and mushroom crepe with a side of fruit salad, or scrambled eggs and hashbrowns along with blueberry pancakes. . Will you marry me? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/10 "2012-01-20T14:16:05Z")
Mom, her mother and Middlebro’s wife like it sweet; Dad, the bros, the two nephews and I salty. My other three grandparents preferred salty. Great-grandma Laura was prone to biting the head off anybody who approached her before she’d had her first slice of toast with jam. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/11 "2012-01-20T16:02:44Z")
In general, I prefer salty to sweet. People laugh at me when I say I don’t like ice cream, because I’m so humongously fat… Joe ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/12 "2012-01-20T16:08:57Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Apple pie, on the other hand… I could give that some serious consideration… Me too…especially with a slab of good, salty cheddar cheese melted onto the top of it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/13 "2012-01-20T17:23:33Z")
I voted both, but I’ve had cake for breakfast every day this week and it’s been awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/14 "2012-01-20T17:30:13Z")
Whatever’s customary. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/15 "2012-01-20T17:32:44Z")
Depends on what time I eat b-fast. The earlier the saltier. Late breakfast on weekends or holidays or bruches can include some sweet, maybe a mini pastry or fruit, but I rarely crave sweets. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/16 "2012-01-20T17:34:25Z")
First breakfast or second breakfast? Sometimes I have a quick bowl of cereal (no sugar added) and then later have eggs and toast. Or I might have the eggs first and then a danish or tea biscuit a bit later in the morning. Sometimes I have french toast or pancakes with syrup and bacon on the side. That would be both salty and sweet, I guess. I suppose that makes me an either or both kind of breakfast eater. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/17 "2012-01-20T18:01:06Z")
I prefer hot and salty – buttered toast, eggs, etc. But I rarely have time to make breakfast, so its usually cold cereal or pastries – all sweet stuff. I’m sick of sweet breakfasts every day. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/18 "2012-01-20T18:02:05Z")
It depends on my mood. Generally I have cereal with some sweetener on it. It’s not Cap’n Crunch, or Super Sugar Crisp (yes, I know they’ve changed the name), it’s usually something like Cheerios or Shredded Mini Wheats, with blueberries. I need that fiber! I’ve never been able to think of a donut as breakfast. Bagel and a schmear, yes, but not a donut. A donut is a dessert or sweet snack, it sure won’t last me more than an hour or two. I metabolize the sugar and starch and then I’m hungry again. A sensible cereal, though, will keep me from feeling hungry for several hours. AND it won’t do horrid things to my blood sugar. > [@](#): > > But no cake! I can’t even fathom frosting in the morning. Apple pie, on the other hand… I could give that some serious consideration… I could eat cake in the morning, but there’s that blood sugar spike to worry about. I used to love pumpkin pie for breakfast. Sweet, but not too sweet, and it goes wonderfully with coffee or tea. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/19 "2012-01-20T18:02:46Z")
I’ve wondered about this question when we’re travelling, and the continental breakfasts at hotels were one sweet food after the next. Do people seriously eat a 500 calorie chocolate muffin for breakfast? At least they usually have an adult breakfast cereal available that I can eat without adding sugar. No protein available at all, though - only carbs and fat. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119/20 "2012-01-20T18:06:17Z")
My go-to breakfast is toast with peanut butter. But when I have time (i.e., weekends), I make “Special Daddy-style oatmeal” for me and the little one: rolled oats with lots of raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla. It’s basically a breakfast pudding. And when I really have a lot of time (i.e., the little one sleeps in), I’ll make buttermilk waffles or pancakes and serve them with sausage or bacon. So sweet and salty both work, and the ideal meal has a lot of them. Sausage dipped in maple syrup, mmmmmm… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-salty-or-sweet/610119.md?page=2)