# International Breakfast Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464 "2007-12-18T16:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/61 "2007-12-19T18:39:56Z")
[QUOTE=WVmom] When I visited Spain last year I never had the chocolate y churros - it looked too sweet for me. Instead, my usual breakfast was toasted bread with olive oil and a slice of ham on top, plus fresh-squeezed orange juice. A wonderful way to start a day of sightseeing! [/QUOTE] The hotel I stayed in when I went to Madrid won the award for the most choices. It was a buffet, but in a ballroom about an acre in size with 50 tables of food if there was one. They might well have had chocolate y churros, I never got that far. If we didn’t have an appointment at our plant for the day, I might never have left that place. I’ve also had breakfast at the Savoy in London. Kippers (I love kippers) and toast on little racks. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/62 "2007-12-19T19:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Oh and this was posted in a previous thread, Dippy Egg Set for cooking soft-boiled eggs in the microwave and it comes with a toast soldier cutter. You can also cook the eggs medium or hard-boiled. [QUOTE=jjimm] Yay, that’s what I got her! [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] It’s sold out. :mad: How much is it, assuming it were available? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/63 "2007-12-19T20:06:31Z")
Here in Texas, breakfast tacos are ubiquitous. Scrambled eggs with chorizo (sausage), bacon, potatoes, refried beans, cheese, salsa, etc. wrapped in a tortilla. You can build your own (I usually just have beans, cheese, and potatos). They’re awesome, cheap, and really easy to grab on the way to work. I’m always amazed that they haven’t become the nationwide standard for breakfast. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/64 "2007-12-19T23:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] It’s sold out. :mad: How much is it, assuming it were available? [/QUOTE] Darnit! I bookmarked it because I was thinking of getting one. They were only $14.95 for the set last I looked. Maybe they’ll have more after the holidays? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/65 "2007-12-20T00:33:13Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] . Kippers (I love kippers). [/QUOTE] Kippers? Dried little rotten fish that have eleventy billion sharp needle bones in them? People really eat those? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/66 "2007-12-20T01:07:08Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Darnit! I bookmarked it because I was thinking of getting one. They were only $14.95 for the set last I looked. Maybe they’ll have more after the holidays? [/QUOTE] I know. That had cool handy kitchen gadget Christmas present written all over it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/67 "2007-12-20T01:15:03Z")
Egg cups? EGG CUPS? People who eat soft-boiled eggs deserve to lose their empire. Blech! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/68 "2007-12-20T01:24:47Z")
I went to Greece on a high school trip and remember being served cheese and crackers and I think fresh fruit for breakfast, and coffee. I was longing for some biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, etc, and a big glass of milk. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/69 "2007-12-20T14:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I must try that. For my wife’s birthday this year I got her a soft-boiled-egg-in-the-microwave machine, and a “perfect soldiers” stame that you roll over the bread to perforate the soldiers and their bayonettes before toasting. [/QUOTE] Wow that sounds amazing! I really want to get one now… Not to hijack this thread too much but if the idea off eggs and marmite appeals to you then I urge you to try my ‘patented’ egg toasty: Make a 1 egg omelette small enough in diameter to fit between 2 bits of toast without too much overhang, make 2 bits of toast and lightly butter one slice then spread with marmite (if you like it very thinly spread add a bit more than usual) spread a layer of tomato ketchup on the other (dry) piece and then assemble into a sandwich. I believe/hope I invented this and would love any feedback as I think it’s really tasty and quite unusual! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/70 "2007-12-20T14:46:45Z")
I’m really jonesing for a boiled egg with Marmite soldiers now, I’m not even much of a Marmite person. [ETA] **WILLASS** I will certainly try out your innovation, sounds delish. I think purists would say that potatoes have no place in a Full English Breakfast, certainly not chips (that is chipped potatoes, not potato chips). You add chips and you’re veering towards brunch territory. But the hash brown has made inroads into the FEB in recent years, and I for one welcome our hash brown overlords. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/71 "2007-12-20T15:09:44Z")
I eat soft boiled eggs all the time and have never heard of an egg cup. Just use a shot glass with a large mouth and you’re golden. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/72 "2007-12-20T15:32:50Z")
[QUOTE=WILLASS] Wow that sounds amazing! I really want to get one now… Not to hijack this thread too much but if the idea off eggs and marmite appeals to you then I urge you to try my ‘patented’ egg toasty: … [/QUOTE] Well, the UK version of the site lets you preorder them for when they get back in stock, not so the US version. Dang Brit’s bogarting the Dippy Egg Sets! We yanks saved your bacon in WW2! mmm … bacon. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/73 "2007-12-20T16:07:33Z")
They clearly understand their target audience, the ‘egg and soldier’ crazed Brits get first dibs on the contraptions due to obvious US apathy towards this most noble of breakfast items! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/74 "2007-12-20T16:17:31Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] I’m really jonesing for a boiled egg with Marmite soldiers now, I’m not even much of a Marmite person. [ETA] **WILLASS** I will certainly try out your innovation, sounds delish. I think purists would say that potatoes have no place in a Full English Breakfast, certainly not chips (that is chipped potatoes, not potato chips). You add chips and you’re veering towards brunch territory. But the hash brown has made inroads into the FEB in recent years, and I for one welcome our hash brown overlords. Yum. [/QUOTE] Wow, you fancy one and your not even a Marmite enthusiast? I’m impressed! Re: potatoes. I think that potatoes in a full English really finishes it off whether it’s in bubble & squeak, fried potatoes and onions or the classic hash brown. For the record here is my perfect fry up: sausages bacon mushrooms tomatoes (tinned but the juice cooked down with a knob of butter and white pepper, delicious!) bubble & squeak black pudding toast tea Daddies Sauce ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/75 "2007-12-20T16:28:25Z")
[QUOTE=WILLASS] Wow, you fancy one and your not even a Marmite enthusiast? I’m impressed! Re: potatoes. I think that potatoes in a full English really finishes it off whether it’s in bubble & squeak, fried potatoes and onions or the classic hash brown. For the record here is my perfect fry up: sausages bacon mushrooms tomatoes (tinned but the juice cooked down with a knob of butter and white pepper, delicious!) bubble & squeak black pudding toast tea Daddies Sauce [/QUOTE] bubble & squeak? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/76 "2007-12-20T16:33:40Z")
[QUOTE=t-mobileguy] bubble & squeak? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Leftover cabbage and potato fried up. Very tasty. I like ordering “Double Bubble” in a cafe… just because it sounds good to say out loud. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/77 "2007-12-20T18:15:03Z")
You can travel the world over (I have seen a good chunk of it) but you can’t get much better than a nice, cold slice of pizza! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/78 "2007-12-20T20:33:45Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] You can travel the world over (I have seen a good chunk of it) but you can’t get much better than a nice, cold slice of pizza! [/QUOTE] The remains of the previous evening’s curry and garlic naan, a mug of strong tea, and a smoke is the breakfast of champions. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/79 "2007-12-20T20:51:29Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] The remains of the previous evening’s curry and garlic naan, a mug of strong tea, and a smoke is the breakfast of champions. [/QUOTE] Leftover curry is very nice, but kedgeree is better. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464/80 "2007-12-20T21:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Kippers? Dried little rotten fish that have eleventy billion sharp needle bones in them? People really eat those? [/QUOTE] Manx kippers used to be really popular in the UK for breakfast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-breakfast-foods/430464.md?page=5)