# Continental Breakfast my ass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2000, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781 "2000-05-17T18:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/21 "2000-05-18T15:58:29Z")
uh o you done pissed off ultress… Hey look read the OP. I was critizing the word “breakfast” in the phrase continental breakfast goddammit. shit hell… I know what to expect when I see those words but I don’t fucking have to like it!! And I don’t. So fucking change it to Continental Roll and fucking Coffee ok??? 🙂 Sorry I got a little carried away there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/22 "2000-05-18T16:07:51Z")
**Suo Na** wrote > [@](#): > > Remember, “Continental” in this case refers to Europe… In all my European travels, I have never once been served a stale donut for breakfast. It’s happened plenty of times on _this_ continent, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![i1055](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@i1055](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i1055)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/23 "2000-05-18T17:01:39Z")
i used my first post to condemn homeless baby seals who are addicted to crystal meth i reread the OP (which i assumes means original message, non?)(yes im a f\*\*kin’ newbie), if continental breakfast pisses you off, it pisses you off, it is not healthy to suppress natural emotions “Get the hell out of the Pit if you don’t agree with the topic.” ??? is this standard?? are we supposed to follow the topic with a chorus of “me too”'s and “same here”'s??? this is worthless, unimpressive post # 3 ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/24 "2000-05-18T17:16:55Z")
are we supposed to follow the topic with a chorus of “me too”'s and “same here”'s??? Only on my posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/25 "2000-05-18T17:27:18Z")
From Lissa: “Ahhh, I remember the marvelously squishy cheese that they used to have in baskets next to the bread at my hotel in Paris. it was so delicious, and I really wish I could find it here. That with fresh bread, little tiny jars of jelly, grapes, apples and hot tea. Now, that [\i] was a continental breakfast!” You so right, Lissa. Thanks for the memories. Was that cheese the “fromage blanc” they serve everywhere there? I love it, too. Why can’t you get it here??? My hotel in Dijon’s serve-yourself continental breakfast: Fresh toasted split baguettes Assorted croissants 3-minute soft-boiled country eggs Fromage blanc Yogurt Dijon ham Assorted French cheeses Assorted confitures (jams) Mueslix and other cereals Espresso Cafe au lait Cafe Americaine Fresh fruit Fresh orange and other juices Sinfully full-fat milk Creme fraiche Little pots of locally-made Dijon mustard Pots of butter Have I mentioned that I’m a foodie? I’m going back in four weeks. Hello, fifteen extra pounds. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/26 "2000-05-18T19:04:53Z")
You heard the man, only in his posts. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/27 "2000-05-19T02:09:48Z")
I criticize the word “continental” in the phrase continental breakfast. Remember, “Continental” in this case refers to Europe. So I refer to the crappy little rolls as the "subcontintal breakfast! Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Misha77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Misha77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misha77)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/28 "2000-05-19T07:44:01Z")
I work at a hotel, and I am forced to tell our guests that we have a “deluxe” continental breakfast. I’m still wondering how this adjective applies. The single-serving container of Frosted Flakes? ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/29 "2000-05-19T12:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I work at a hotel, and I am forced to tell our guests that we have a “deluxe” continental breakfast. I’m still wondering how this adjective applies. The single-serving container of Frosted Flakes? > \*\* Misha I HATE to come down to “Continental” breakfast and see those single serving containers of cold cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781/30 "2000-05-19T16:26:21Z")
I worked at a motel many years ago and we put out what I would call the most pathetic “Continental Breakfast” I have seen. Coffee and donut holes… And the donut holes were not even fresh. They would buy large quantities and freeze them till they were needed. And if a bag was open those donut holes were put out each morning till gone. So one bag in the slow season could result in a “coffee and 3 day old donut hole continental breakfast”. I am sorry, so sorry to anyone who had to endure this. I ask your forgiveness for my role in this heinous crime against humanity. I was only following orders. ☹ What there needs to be is some kind of industry standard regarding the use of the term “Continental Breakfast”. Of course that is probably a pipe dream because from what I have seen there is a wide variety of definitions even within the same Hotel franchises. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continental-breakfast-my-ass/19781.md?page=1)