# What did YOU have for breakfast today?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635 "2006-04-21T15:40:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/21 "2006-04-21T17:37:04Z")

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Sugar free Full Throttle Energy Drink, french vanilla Slim Fast.

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**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/22 "2006-04-21T17:49:48Z")

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Made banana pancakes and bacon for the boy\*, and coffee and diet coke for me. Not mixed, though. Mmmm caffeine how I love thee…

- Always interesting dating someone who doesn’t cook. Boy wanders into the kitchen, “What are you making?”. Me: “Pancakes”. Boy: “But we don’t have pancake mix!”. Heh.

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**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/23 "2006-04-21T17:56:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Amaranta]  
“What are you making?”. Me: “Pancakes”. Boy: “But we don’t have pancake mix!”. Heh.  
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Huh. For some reason, it never occurred to me that pancakes could be made without pancake mix. And now that it appears to be true, I have absolutely no idea what might go into making a pancake. Flour(I guess?)..but what else? Do pancakes made without the mix taste better than mix-made pancakes?

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/24 "2006-04-21T17:59:38Z")

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Two crumpets.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/25 "2006-04-21T18:00:33Z")

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Granola, yogurt and coffee. I’m looking forward to lunch…

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/26 "2006-04-21T18:03:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Seren]  
Do pancakes made without the mix taste better than mix-made pancakes?  
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Yep.

Flour, baking powder, salt, egg, milk. That’s all you really need for basic pancakes, but you can throw lots of different things in there for a little different taste..

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/27 "2006-04-21T18:14:48Z")

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Coffee. Hot, black, and bitter! Mmmm.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/28 "2006-04-21T18:15:01Z")

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A glass of no-name, extra-spicy, tomato-clam juice.

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**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/29 "2006-04-21T18:18:08Z")

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Kashi granola cereal with 1% milk, OJ, prenatal vitamin.

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/30 "2006-04-21T18:25:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Kythereia]  
You spelled my name wrong, too… _hopeful_  
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Ack! Dammit! An extra slice for **Kythereia** , too.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/31 "2006-04-21T18:29:45Z")

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half a glass of kool-ade, and a slice of toast with some leftover spaghetti sauce on it… (because I was out of peanut butter. 😃 )

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/32 "2006-04-21T18:30:31Z")

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Tomato, pepper and onion egg white omelet on a whole wheat wrap with hot sauce.  
OJ  
Coffee  
Multivitamin

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/33 "2006-04-21T18:38:38Z")

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Pepper steak and white rice. (I love leftovers!)

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/34 "2006-04-21T18:53:30Z")

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A Snickers bar and a cup of water.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/35 "2006-04-21T18:57:42Z")

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Usually nothing, but today Cookie Crisp.

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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/36 "2006-04-21T20:05:35Z")

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A huge egg, potato, bacon, and green chile breakfast burrito.

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**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/37 "2006-04-21T20:18:08Z")

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Homemade pancakes with real maple syrup, and organic black coffee.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/38 "2006-04-21T20:21:06Z")

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Two packets of Instant Cream of Wheat, since there were no leftovers from dinner.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/39 "2006-04-21T20:22:54Z")

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A Culver’s bacon Cheeseburger, bag of Fritos and a Diet Coke.

At 11:45 AM.

I called it lunch, just because. ☹

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**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-have-for-breakfast-today/353635/40 "2006-04-21T20:32:41Z")

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[QUOTE=scott62]  
I had a 3 slice bacon and hash brown buttie. In a granary bap - so that makes it healthy 😛  
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I’m confused and a little frightened by your breakfast.

I had Cinnamon Harvest cereal (shredded wheat flavored with cinnamon sugar) and soy milk. But in separate containers since my ride showed up before I could eat them properly.

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