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Each year the winter months heralds a change in breakfast patterns for me. No more is the steady supply of cold milk and cereal for on these chilly mornings for I desire neither the crunch nor the cold of this staple. And so each year I turn to the warmer, heartier breakfasts that, while they take a little longer to prepare, truly meet my want of a soul-warming beginning to my day. Lately I have been dabbling with omelets, cooked breakfast sandwiches, cream of wheat, oatmeal, and grits.

Of these, I believe my favorites must be oatmeal and cream of wheat. Cream of wheat would be my favorite if I didn't get hungry twenty minutes later. The meal starts out as a thin powder and I think shortly after I finish it I feel as full as if I ate a few spoonfuls of thin powder. On the other hand, oatmeal with some brown sugar and maple syrup goes a long way in keeping me happy 'til lunch time!

So how about you? What is your breakfast of choice?

Cereal. Cereal all the time. Nommy cereal with Milk. Nommy cereal with semi-skimmed milk. Nommy cereal, preferably chocolate or fruity with semi-skimmed milk.

Occasionally I'll treat myself to the gift of the gods that is a pop-tart too.

Most days I have two fried eggs on toast.

However, when I have the choice it's a Full English:

Toast/Fried Bread
Beans
Sausages
Bacon
Tomato
Fried Eggs
Hash Browns
Black Pudding
Mushrooms

washed down with a massive mug of strong tea.

Oooooh yeah!

Cinnamon Rolls- big baked gooey goodness cinnamon rolls.

Or one of my breakfast burritos crammed full of eggs, cheese, bacon & ham.

Most days breakfast consist of several cups of coffee and what ever I can grab before running out the door,pop tarts go fast around my house.
But on the weekends, I like to cook a big breakfast,
Bacon and eggs with Hash browns and Grits,Pancakes,French Toast or Beignets and fried Bananas.

Oh yeah...Home made Biscuits with Ham and Red Eye gravy...so good.

Tea and a cigarette.

Albatross wrote:Tea and a cigarette.

Well, cigarettes are part of any complete breakfast...I'll pass on the Tea though, I know...I'm a "Yank Barbarian".

Coffee and a cigarette works just as well, in my opinion...

Lunch- consisting of roast beef, Swiss cheese, mayonnaise, and pickles on wheat bread.

I don’t eat breakfast, if you saw what slop they serve at my university and then heard them have the audacity to call it scrambled eggs…

What kind of tea do you drink, Alby?

I'm genuinely curious.


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Ma55ter_fett wrote:Lunch- consisting of roast beef, Swiss cheese, mayonnaise, and pickles on wheat bread.

I don’t eat breakfast, if you saw what slop they serve at my university and then heard them have the audacity to call it scrambled eggs…

Do they use powdered eggs?

There's nothing worse.

Albatross wrote:Coffee and a cigarette works just as well, in my opinion...

Yup,that's basically my everyday breakfast...with a package of cold pop tarts tossed on top.

Aye, gotta have a nice strong cuppa tea with your brekkie

I do drink coffee, but it doesn't refresh me like tea.

Monster Rain wrote:What kind of tea do you drink, Alby?

I'm genuinely curious.

Usually Yorkshire Tea:


It's not posh, but I like it.

GazzyG wrote:Aye, gotta have a nice strong cuppa tea with your brekkie

I do drink coffee, but it doesn't refresh me like tea.

Matter of taste my friend,never been a big fan of Tea,neither served hot or "Iced" as we in the South seem to drink by the ton.
Coffee just kicks me into gear and taste delicious.

From last time...

Mannahnin wrote:Most work days I have a glass of skim milk ovaltine and a One a Day multivitamin before I dash out the door, usually a banana on the drive to work, and a cup of coffee once I get there. Sometimes an orange at my desk if I didn’t have a banana. If I’m not running as late as I usually am, while I’m still home I might add some toast, or leftover pancakes made on a previous day off.

On a day off from work I might make pancakes or waffles, with bacon or sausage on the side. Or go out for a big breakfast, like french toast w/bacon and hash browns. With milk and OJ. And maybe coffee as well. Or if I’m lazy at home on a day off I might just do up a plate white corn tortilla chips and salsa with hot sauce (no cheese), maybe followed by the aforementioned Ovaltine if I put too much hot sauce on.

I've added crepes to my repetoire, though. And I also sometimes have cereal (usually Fiber One Honey Clusters) and skim milk.

I don't have breakfast usually (up at 6:30, out of the house at 7:10 then an hour's drive to Chester which churns my stomach up too much for me to be able to keep anything down until about lunchtime) but whenever I do, it's khorneflakes/toast/whatever else is to hand and a mug of Yorkshire Tea.

Dude, Alby - I have the EXACT box of Yorkshire tea sat not four feet from me, haha.

You're right, it's not posh, but it tastes nice.

One of the other ones I have is:



but that's a bit more expensive.

A weight loss shake. Has around 30% of your daily supply of most vitamins and doesn't taste completely awful. When I've been less poor, breakfast burritos! Lots of flexibility there, but I like at least one or two kinds of peppers and sometimes I even go meatless and do fajita-style veggies (and eggs, of course)

Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

Albatross wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:What kind of tea do you drink, Alby?

I'm genuinely curious.

Usually Yorkshire Tea:


It's not posh, but I like it.

I wonder if they have it over here so's I can try it.

I like Earl Grey and Constant Comment. I can't get into the herbal stuff though. They say it helps you sleep I say "That's what scotch is for."


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Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

Are you pregnant?

Boiled ramen not the tacky western stuff but the decent imported stuff that costs a lil more that you can pick up from any k-mart / j-mart. Preferably one with blackbean soup and some vegetables afterwards theres usually enough soup to dip a piece of toast in, my favourite breakfast for when im on the go.

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Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

Are you pregnant?

Hah, no, its been that way as long as I can remember, my stomach just can't handle anything solid when I've just woken up. The only thing I ever put in there in morning is coffee, or maybe some yoghurt.

Monster Rain wrote:I wonder if they have it over here so's I can try it.

We're not falling for your tricks any more... last time we sent you some tea you threw it all in the sea

And I usually like to munch through vast quantities of cereal (Kellogg's clusters (the ones with the chocolate bits in)) with soya milk (damn you lactose! *shakes fist*).

Though I do enjoy butter quasonts with chocolate spread on occasion.

Soladrin wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:
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Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

Are you pregnant?

Hah, no, its been that way as long as I can remember, my stomach just can't handle anything solid when I've just woken up. The only thing I ever put in there in morning is coffee, or maybe some yoghurt.

I can't handle anything as soon as I get up either, but both solids and liquids, something which is exacerbated by car travel to the point where I still have to sip my first drink at around 9am after getting up at 6:30 otherwise i'd blow chunks.

Soladrin wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:
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Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

Are you pregnant?

Hah, no, its been that way as long as I can remember, my stomach just can't handle anything solid when I've just woken up. The only thing I ever put in there in morning is coffee, or maybe some yoghurt.

That's the point I'm back at. If you work your way up (start with a half piece of toast or something) you can get your body back used to it over time.

My breakfast of choice would be one that takes all day.

My favorite thing to do on a sunday morning is just sit around constantly munching until it's time to go to bed. So I guess my ideal breakfast is just everything in the house.

But I MUST have tea with my morning meal, ALWAYS. Irish breakfast tea in the winter and iced tea in the summer.

Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

This is why Coffee and Cigarettes are standard weekday fare,were I to consume a big breakfast before venturing out into the lunacy that is AM Atlanta traffic I'm certain I'd die of a heart attack before I even got close to work.

SilverMK2 wrote:We're not falling for your tricks any more... last time we sent you some tea you threw it all in the sea

Are you referring to the Tea Party?

Shows what you Brits know. Glen Beck wasn't even alive back then!

On Topic:

My breakfast of choice is Second Breakfast. It's between Breakfast and Elevensies.

Glen Beck wasn't even alive back then!

That's what they want you to think... ¬.¬

FITZZ wrote:

Soladrin wrote:Nothing, If I eat in the morning I'll be barfing on the way to work.

This is why Coffee and Cigarettes are standard weekday fare,were I to consume a big breakfast before venturing out into the lunacy that is AM Atlanta traffic I'm certain I'd die of a heart attack before I even got close to work.

Indeed, Cigarettes and coffee, best breakfast