601130 Wed Mar 04 12:22:25 -0800 2009 246 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4473390 Once in a great while I go out for breakfast , as I did today, and I'm always disappointed at the unimaginative offerings of eggs and more eggs. When at home I never have an egg but rather yogurt or toast and cheese with fruit. How about you? Wed Mar 04 12:22:25 -0800 2009 57253 lucyis 1 4473459 unless the omelets are really different,i tend towards things like stuffed french toast or unusual waffles. there's a place on long island called thomas ham & eggery. the eggs are all served in a metal skillet and all of the baked goods are done there. they do things like pumpkin pecan waffles and blueberry/lemon/ricotta stuffed french toast. and they know how to make an egg cream. at home on the weekends i usually do eggs but with extras like cheese,lox,onions,broccoli,mushrooms,etc. Wed Mar 04 12:48:44 -0800 2009 4473390 173151 davmar77 1 4473489 On the weekends, at home, my favorites are Cream of Wheat or oatmeal. I like to add some raisins to the oatmeal while it's cooking, but usually don't, 'cause my husband prefers plain. Add a splash of milk, a pat of salted butter or margarine (Smart Balance is pretty good) and a spoonful of brown sugar. You didn't say it had to be sugar-free or non-fat, right? Another favorite in our house is matzoh brie, but we don't restrict it just to breakfast. Sometimes it's a late-night snack. Fallback, sorry to say, is dry cereal and milk. During the week, picked up on the way to work, it's usually cut-up fresh fruit from a salad bar, along with fat-free cottage cheese. Wed Mar 04 12:56:53 -0800 2009 4473390 10787 Deenso 1 4473496 At home I like cottage cheese and fruit. If I go out I like a good quiche, which I know has eggs, or if I am lucky some crepes. If I am at a good country diner give me the sausage gravy over biscuits! Hold the eggs! Some sliced tomatoes on the side as well. Wed Mar 04 12:58:34 -0800 2009 4473390 80937 danhole 1 4473545 I love eggs benedict (the basic idea but can be done many ways) different sauces, fresh avacados and peaches, eggs, different bottoms, brioche, polenta, toast, muffin halfs, you name it. Love omletes if different. Asparagus with gruyere, bacon, peach and brie, lots of ideas. Also some simple english muffins toasted with fresh peaches, cheese, some granola and spice, same with raspberries and yogurt and chees over english muffins. Some can have ground turkey or smoked salmon, avacado and some cheese or raspberries, gruyere, nuts and apple slices and thin proscuitto ham. French toast but unique, I love stuffed with apples and a marscapone topping. Oatmeal no, I make that, cottage cheese no, like it but eat it at home. I make egg parfaits which I love, shredded hashbrowns on the bottom of a clear glass bowl, some sauteed pancetta, onion and peppers, then a soft egg, topped with cheese and a light cheese cream sauce. Really decadent and good. I love crepes but not necessarily for breakfast. I had some eggs florentine over a bed a spinach a poached egg, then a creamed spinach cream sauce, not your average sauce. Very nice. The best ever which I recreated ... don't have the original recipe. But a avacado, halved and lightly scooped, not all the way, It was topped with a few grilled shallots and red peppers and spicy sausage and then put in the avacado. Topped with a good mexican cheese or a good gruyere or pepper jack will work or similar and then heated until melted. The last couple of minutes put a nice poached egg on top with some salsa. and heat 1 more minute and serve. I also had a potato cake made with pancetta, onion and peppers, sauteed topped with sauteed spinach and onions, topped with a cheese and then the egg. Simple but very good. Last one a baguette with pesto, olives and a poached egg, topped with a salsa made with tomatoes, avacados and onions. Simple and great. I do loves eggs just as eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast.. Sorry. I love the options, but I do often get just standard breakfast and am satisfyed. Depends on the restaurant. Wed Mar 04 13:15:06 -0800 2009 4473390 232829 kchurchill5 2 4478640 I thought the thread was about OTHER than eggs. all yu mentioned was things WITH eggs. What did I miss? (I dislike eggs intensely myself, so I hoped I would find some alternatives in this thread) Fri Mar 06 01:31:07 -0800 2009 4473545 57890 KaimukiMan 3 4479325 Eggs are my favorite and my go to. Sometimes yogurt but if it is my go to it is eggs. I don't do too much else. Maybe yogurt, but no. Sorry, I'm an egg girl. Fri Mar 06 08:31:19 -0800 2009 4478640 232829 kchurchill5 3 4487529 I'm curious as to why the dislike? No judgements, I'm just always interested in the reasons behind food preferences. Mon Mar 09 10:59:10 -0700 2009 4478640 152043 TampaAurora 2 4564301 kchurchill5, Your egg parfaits sound wonderful; any chance you could share the recipe????? Fri Apr 03 09:01:50 -0700 2009 4473545 260104 noelgray 1 4473569 I like to slice a bagel in half and toast it under the broiler. Then I add a couple slices of black forest ham and toast it again under the broiler until the ham is hot. Then I add some cheddar cheese on top and, you guessed it, toast it under the broiler again until the cheese melts. Remove from oven and, careful - it's hot, move to a plate. I usually let mine sit for a half a minute to let it cool enough to touch, or you can use a fork and knife. It may not sound like much, but once you try it you'll see. Wed Mar 04 13:22:27 -0800 2009 4473390 53671 Davedigger 2 4473605 I like it. I am not picky, I like lots of simple food or all that above. My mom always taught me to like everything. I can eat a box of kraft mac and cheese. May not be the best, but I'll live. but I love the best of the best. Happy with a fried egg, peanut butter and jelly or the best steak money can buy. I learn to appreciate all aspects of cooking. Ham and cheese is classic. I wish I could remember this swiss cheese I get from switzerland, a friend brings it to me. That with some good ham and a pumpernickle bagle and some grilled onions. I"M IN HEAVEN!! So I know what you mean. Wed Mar 04 13:31:38 -0800 2009 4473569 232829 kchurchill5 1 4473712 Puff pancakes with apples Everything kchurchill listed ;+) Greek yogurt with fruit of any kind/or jam I love Maypo...and it's been hard to find lately and sometimes a well made Thai coffee with sweet rice & mango is the only thing I crave Breakfast is my fav meal of the day!! Wed Mar 04 13:57:30 -0800 2009 4473390 36312 HillJ 2 4473717 Thanks, I love pancakes with apples, lots of whipped cream of course ... Maypo... OMG, flash back, good stuff, haven't seen in years. Love b'kfast too, could eat it for dinner many nights. Still do. I make variations of omlettes and benedict (it isn't true but a take off) but still good. Love it Wed Mar 04 14:00:05 -0800 2009 4473712 232829 kchurchill5 3 4474449 Wow, maypo is a blast from my past as well. We used to eat it w/ a big pat of butter, sprinkle of brown sugar and a splash of milk. Great on a cold, winter day. HillJ, where do u find it? I've switched to Oat Bran just b/c I haven't seen maypo in stores in a decade or more. Wed Mar 04 17:54:29 -0800 2009 4473717 71241 lynnlato 4 4474480 lynnlato, up until about 3 mos ago, I was able to purchase Maypo at Stop & Shop, ShopRite and A&P here in NJ and Wegman's had the instant Maypo...but all of a sudden....poof it's gone! Bummer. From one Maypo fan to another: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1923629031781980984 I also enjoy Maypo with sweet butter, milk and in my case a splash of maple syrup. If you get a hit on where to find, pls let me know! Some of the online sites are selling 2 boxes for $10.00...who knew Maypo was such a commodity! Wed Mar 04 18:06:49 -0800 2009 4474449 36312 HillJ 5 4474642 A&P, that also brings back memories. One of favorite grocery stores. Same with Grogers and Giants. We got Publix and Sweetbay down here and had have been to Piggly Wiggly (hate that place) Wed Mar 04 18:57:38 -0800 2009 4474480 232829 kchurchill5 5 4475241 That is too funny. That's it, I'm going on a hunt HillJ, I'll let you know if I score. Thu Mar 05 03:30:21 -0800 2009 4474480 71241 lynnlato 5 4476731 Hey HillJ, Here's a place online where you can buy Maypo. $4.25/box. I don't know about you, but I'm not so interested that I'd go to those lengths to get some. But I am still going to keep my eye out for it here. Harris Teeter definitely doesn't carry it. Thu Mar 05 12:04:18 -0800 2009 4474480 71241 lynnlato 6 4476906 I may get some, I love that stuff. thx Thu Mar 05 12:46:46 -0800 2009 4476731 232829 kchurchill5 5 4476771 Yup - 2 boxes for $10.90 (+ shipping and handling, of course) from The Vermont Country Store... http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/Shop;jsessionid=1D9A36B7A8BE377424F64F971AC5FE2B?dsp=30000&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=primary&Nty=0&keywordsearch=true&keyword=maypo Thu Mar 05 12:12:03 -0800 2009 4474480 10787 Deenso 6 4476867 Hi lynnlato & Dennso. I saw that too but like you I'm not willing to order Maypo online or @ those prices, :) Locally I'll keep an eye out. Probably buy more than one @ a time now that I know Maypo is going to be more difficult to find. lol...all this for hot cereal fix...I want my Maypo! Funny. Thu Mar 05 12:37:30 -0800 2009 4476771 36312 HillJ 1 4473740 If I go out and am in the US, I want cholesterol, grease, salt, hot sauce, eggs, hash browns, pancakes ... thej works. At home breakfast is a sliced banana, blackberries, homemade yogurt, wheatgerm, and honey. Wed Mar 04 14:08:29 -0800 2009 4473390 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4473899 Ditto everything Sam just said (except swap out the wheatgerm and honey and replace with apples and some sort of bread product) Wed Mar 04 14:54:07 -0800 2009 4473740 11583 ipsedixit 2 4473920 Can you get bulk pork sausage, like a roll of jimmy dean's type stuff, there in Columbia? If you can you would love this recipe I have for this sausage gravy with green onion in it. You serve it over biscuits, but I swear I could just eat it like soup, mix in some eggs. add your hot sauce, put some hash browns on the side and you would be in HOG heaven Sam! Full of cholesterol, grease and salt. Fits your requirements. Wed Mar 04 15:01:09 -0800 2009 4473740 80937 danhole 3 4474109 No I can't. But I got some Jimmy Dean at SafeWay last time I was in DC and used it various ways. Stuff is good! I'll make your version next time I'm there. Wed Mar 04 16:04:54 -0800 2009 4473920 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 4473749 I make my own mcmuffin. Toasted english muffin, 2% kraft single slice, veggie sausage patty and a touch of roasted red pepper mayo. Yum. Wed Mar 04 14:12:15 -0800 2009 4473390 219993 LA Buckeye Fan 2 4473816 I do but I leave at 5 am often, too tired after going to bed at midnight or later. Besides I work 12 hour days at times. The store doesn't happen so sometimes whatever I can get. But yes your recipe sounds good. No veggie, I want meat, sorry, I like egg too, have too but roasted red pepper may sounds good. Wed Mar 04 14:29:19 -0800 2009 4473749 232829 kchurchill5 3 4477780 I want meat too. But the mayo feels like a sin. So I atone with the veggie sausage. Thu Mar 05 17:01:37 -0800 2009 4473816 219993 LA Buckeye Fan 1 4473877 Yogurt & granola (just started making my own - yum!), fruit smoothies, toast or bagels with cream cheese, oatmeal with vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar, cooked apples in the fall, crepes or brioche french toast if I'm being fancy. I usually keep some bacon & greenmarket breakfast sausage around for the... less low-cal mornings. Wed Mar 04 14:47:03 -0800 2009 4473390 131105 Emmmily 1 4473914 Bircher muesli. Add a few raisins, a grated apple and about a half cup of milk to a half cup of old-fashioned oats the night before. Cover and leave in the fridge. Next morning, add nuts and yogurt, sometimes extra fruit -- especially berries. Wed Mar 04 14:59:08 -0800 2009 4473390 130151 dmd_kc 1 4473928 in asia i picked up the habit of rice soups for breakfast. yum Wed Mar 04 15:03:24 -0800 2009 4473390 135229 thew 2 4478385 yep. congee. waiting for me in the rice cooker most mornings. sometimes i'll add a poached egg or two, sometimes a fried egg, sometimes some leftover fish or chicken or vegetables. Often, though, just some soy and some chili sauce. Thu Mar 05 21:26:56 -0800 2009 4473928 80141 ccbweb 2 4489619 I love congee. Actually, I just love rice. Rice + something salty = winner. Any time of day. I don't really have boundaries over what can or can't be eaten at certain times of day... Mon Mar 09 20:53:21 -0700 2009 4473928 16363 mogo 1 4473932 Extra crunchy peanut butter on toast, with sliced banana on the side! Wed Mar 04 15:04:35 -0800 2009 4473390 253735 bayoucook 2 4474006 or honey drizzled over the peanut butter. Wed Mar 04 15:29:27 -0800 2009 4473932 216999 CocoaNut 3 4478023 Honey drizzled on the toast, peanut butter spread over the honey. I learned a long time ago that honey tends to puddle on top of the peanut butter, then drip off the toast while you're eating it. If you put the honey on the bottom, the bread absorbs it, and there is no drippage. Thu Mar 05 18:30:22 -0800 2009 4474006 153129 Antithesisofpop 2 4474434 Crunchy peanut butter! I have it almost every day on rye toast w/ butter first, then a shmear of the crunchy peanut butter. Good carbs, fat, protein. I've eaten this for years and never grow tired of it. But will occasionally mix things up and have the incredible, edible egg. :) Wed Mar 04 17:50:20 -0800 2009 4473932 71241 lynnlato 1 4474055 Love French Toast...often I'll have it not with syrup, but a very light schmeer of some fruit conserves. I also enjoy Cream Of Rice (I grind my own, from brown rice...tastes a lot better than the storebought variety); I'm also crazy for oatmeal, though it has to be either pinhead (steel cut) oats or very thickly rolled ones. I cook the oatmeal up with either dried currants or dried sweet Bing cherries (my favorite way). Wed Mar 04 15:48:09 -0800 2009 4473390 116047 The Professor 1 4474072 Homemade waffles and sausage with real maple syrup and a big glass of milk always hits the spot for me. Also, grits are overlooked alot as a breakfast treat. I do, however, usually eat these with eggs over-easy. Wed Mar 04 15:53:04 -0800 2009 4473390 113872 diablo 1 4474193 Fish cakes and beans French toast w/ liverwurst and maple syrup Breakfast tacos w/ chorizo Huevos rancheros. Wed Mar 04 16:32:08 -0800 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4474207 Huevos rancheros I agree, the others ... not sure. Wed Mar 04 16:36:57 -0800 2009 4474193 232829 kchurchill5 2 4474244 Passadumkeg - liverwurst and maple syrup? This sounds marvelous. Do you sizzle it? Just use it as a spread? Tell! Thanks, Cay Wed Mar 04 16:49:09 -0800 2009 4474193 49525 cayjohan 3 4474302 Do the Frenchy, cut a thick slice of liverwurst, lay it on the French toast and pour on the maple. Sweet and savory. My brother and my childhood favorite. Wed Mar 04 17:07:18 -0800 2009 4474244 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4477322 You're weird! Agree with all things Mezkin though! Beans, salsa, tortillas and whatever. Lately, because of my cooking, I have been eating pintos with runny eggs, chili or carnitas and chips or tortillas; and good black coffee! I also love Eggs Benedict in every shape, form and fashion; Smoked salmon is great! Thu Mar 05 14:33:03 -0800 2009 4474193 137946 Scargod 3 4477800 You and Mark should make O'Rourke's your next rendezvous. I know he's a fan (as am I)...Brian has probably about a dozen riffs on Eggs Benny, not to mention good coffee and Irish soda bread. Then again, you've probably been. I meant to add, though it's not my go to, how much does anyone else love good ol' SOS? We used to have it at least once a month or so when we were kids. I haven't had it in years...that S is good, tho'! Thu Mar 05 17:06:14 -0800 2009 4477322 249664 kattyeyes 4 4478049 Yea, I've fixed that "good shit" a few times. I can usually do without SOS. Reminds me of my pot smoking days. Your coughing your lungs out and then say, "that's some good shit!" I have good intentions of eating at O'Rourke's. Didn't know the breadth of his cooking; just knew it was "good shit". Everybody says that... Thu Mar 05 18:39:15 -0800 2009 4477800 137946 Scargod 5 4478663 SOS? Not since the Navy. Tex, in April? Fri Mar 06 02:21:16 -0800 2009 4478049 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4478721 I think the SOS was a Marine thing for my uncle. He was a big Semper Fi guy. He used to make his own breakfast sausage, too, which was soooooooooo good. That with waffles on a Sunday morning and the dog barking every time the waffle iron buzzed because it sounded like the doorbell! Good thing you guys seem to be early risers--then you'll beat the lines. :) Fri Mar 06 04:05:11 -0800 2009 4478663 249664 kattyeyes 7 4478728 Kittykateyes, you made me think of my grandparents on my mom's side. Bastrop County, Texas, and particularly Elgin, is known far and wide for its sausage. My grandaddy would butcher his own hogs and then make the most fantastic saged sausage you can imagine. With that and a homemade buttermilk biscuit, who needed eggs? Fri Mar 06 04:12:52 -0800 2009 4478721 137946 Scargod 8 4478734 Oh, man, now you're just making me hungry! That had to be out of this world! And now my stomach is growling... Fri Mar 06 04:18:19 -0800 2009 4478728 249664 kattyeyes 4 4479904 What, pray tell, is SOS? Fri Mar 06 10:55:39 -0800 2009 4477800 53671 Davedigger 5 4479911 "shit-on-a-shingle" or (politely) creamed chipped beef on toast! Fri Mar 06 10:58:17 -0800 2009 4479904 131001 c oliver 6 4479918 Must be an American thing. I've never heard of it. Creamed chipped beef on toast. Hmmm. Think anywhere in Vegas serves this? I may have to give it a go. Fri Mar 06 11:00:14 -0800 2009 4479911 53671 Davedigger 7 4479933 You might find it at a diner. No time to research but do I remember that the army made it famous? Or am I imagining that. Haven't had it since childhood and it isn't one of those things that conjures good or bad memories. Fri Mar 06 11:04:09 -0800 2009 4479918 131001 c oliver 7 4479950 Think of rubbery corned beef sliced thin and chopped with a milk gravy (bechemel/white sauce)... At least that's how I remember it......and anything can be had in Las Vegas :) Fri Mar 06 11:09:17 -0800 2009 4479918 123497 fourunder 8 4480008 It isn't as bad as some of the stuff I have seen as recipes or ideas on here. Sorry somethings I couldn't even stomach trying and you complain about chipped beef, it isn't that bad made correctly. Try it right and then comment. Sorry I still like it if I remember correctly several others did too on the my favorite go to single foods or some blog recently. So I guess I'm not alone. I try pretty much anything made right before I get a strong opinion on criticizing food. I am not saying I don't honor your opinion, but have you had it done right and fresh and homemade, does it taste any different? I may disagree with opinions but I may at least try it once. I'm even trying a chicken at 500 again according to one recipe which I don't agree with, but I'll try it. I'll probably get several bad responses to this, sorry, bring it on. I'm not trying to be disrespectful really, just being honest is all. Fri Mar 06 11:22:49 -0800 2009 4479950 232829 kchurchill5 9 4480094 Wow....talk about passion........Excuse me Ms (kchurchill5), but from... rubbery corned beef sliced thin and chopped with milk gravy you can deduce I a complaining? I am simply trying to prepare or describe the dish to (Davedigger). I have no relative position or opinion on the dish. I do not like it or dislike it....and it isn't readily available here in North Jersey on any menu or restaurant that I know of....so safe to assume I will not be ordering it out. As for any leftover corned beef.....I prefer Hash :-). As a note, I do actually like Country Gravy (with sausage) over biscuits very much. :-) As for your conclusion I have not ever tried it once.....how would you explain I remember it as rubbery corned beef in cream sauce if I have not had it before. Fri Mar 06 11:47:45 -0800 2009 4480008 123497 fourunder 10 4480120 You said ...As for your conclusion I have not ever tried it once.....how would you explain I remember it as rubbery corned beef in cream sauce if I have not had it before. I'm glad you like sausage gravy and biscuits. My chipped beef is pretty good. But I do understand, Just try good first. This is what you said, so I though you tried it. You said ... Think of rubbery corned beef sliced thin and chopped with a milk gravy (bechemel/white sauce)... At least that's how I remember it......and anything can be had in Las Vegas :) You just said this so I thought you had tried it before. That is all I meant, until you try good chipped beef, don't knock it. It can be pretty good. Thats all. Fri Mar 06 11:59:13 -0800 2009 4480094 232829 kchurchill5 7 4480000 You can get creamed chipped beef frozen in your supermarket. Fri Mar 06 11:21:01 -0800 2009 4479918 68363 JungMann 7 4480921 Hey, Davedigger. SOS is a pretty easy breakfast if you can't find it in a diner. Make a roux into a white sauce and grab a jar of Armour Sliced Dried Beef: http://www.armour-star.com/products_dried_beef.html It's pretty salty, but I always enjoyed it as a kid (and as the kid in an adult suit I am today). Again, I think my uncle's years in the Marines brought this dish to us. The other "creamed" breakfast we had was creamed eggs...this wasn't one of my faves...same white sauce with sliced hard boiled eggs on toast (no sliced beef). We did family breakfasts every Sunday morning so all this breakfast talk is nostalgic for me. Oh--and I don't know if there are other ways to make SOS (there may be regional variations), but the stuff in the jar shouldn't yield a rubbery meat--it'll be salty for sure, but not rubbery. :) Try it...and don't forget to butter your toast lightly before you hit it with the gravy. It's the weekend and time to PIG OUT! I may have to pick up a jar myself for old times' sake. Fri Mar 06 16:08:12 -0800 2009 4479918 249664 kattyeyes 8 4480935 Fascinating! I'm going to get some ASDB next time I'm in the US. Fri Mar 06 16:16:44 -0800 2009 4480921 36661 Sam Fujisaka 9 4486778 I agree. I'll have to ask my friends to keep an eye out for it. Mon Mar 09 07:34:55 -0700 2009 4480935 53671 Davedigger 10 4486804 Sam & Dave: One more thing--when I picked some up this weekend, it wasn't the Armour brand anymore, but Hormel. I think you'd find it regardless, but thought I'd mention. It's the only beef in a jar in the "canned meat and fish" aisle at the grocery store. P.S. Since you're Sam & Dave, do you do "Soul Man?" :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57yUVBxt5cU Mon Mar 09 07:42:26 -0700 2009 4486778 249664 kattyeyes 11 4487136 Unfortunately I'm not Dave. I just dig Dave. ;-) Thanks for the Hormel info. Mon Mar 09 09:19:37 -0700 2009 4486804 53671 Davedigger 11 4487148 Of course we do "Soul Man" - complete with sharkskin suits, pegged highwater pants, Beatle boots, pleat vent jacket, and big collars! Only dif is that my hair is conked, we dance bettern' the originals, and we eat dried meat from a jar during the gig. Mon Mar 09 09:23:10 -0700 2009 4486804 36661 Sam Fujisaka 8 4482032 Warning: Jarred beef... Very salty! I would taste it first, add NO salt to the gravy or rinse it off. That's my memory of the last time I had it, about 10-12 years ago. Sat Mar 07 07:07:53 -0800 2009 4480921 137946 Scargod 9 4486823 Oh, hell yeah! 50 percent of your daily sodium requirement in an 8-slice serving of beef, but I didn't rinse the beef...of course, I sure didn't add any more salt, either. ;) It still tastes good to me! Just made another plate for myself this a.m. Brings me right back to 216 (the number of my uncle's house). Mon Mar 09 07:48:25 -0700 2009 4482032 249664 kattyeyes 10 4487924 I 'm like chipped beef when a woman gets excited and curses! Mon Mar 09 12:43:07 -0700 2009 4486823 137946 Scargod 11 4501265 OK, guys. Just for you...some SOS food porn. Notice the melted butter beneath the gravy. Mmmmmmmmmmm! Thanks, Scargod, for helping me with my photos. :) Fri Mar 13 08:50:14 -0700 2009 4487924 249664 kattyeyes 12 4501284 My gawd, that looks good! I especially love the two leaves tucked daintily at the sides. Plating SOS --- a new first :) x,c Fri Mar 13 08:54:29 -0700 2009 4501265 131001 c oliver 13 4501322 LOL, the leaves are painted onto my plates, but thank you. It's the dusk pattern from Portmeirion. ;) Fri Mar 13 09:03:17 -0700 2009 4501284 249664 kattyeyes 14 4501346 That's a riot! It looked like you had just tucked them there. Fri Mar 13 09:08:49 -0700 2009 4501322 131001 c oliver 12 4501868 Your father'd be proud. Semper fi SOSkeg Fri Mar 13 11:35:04 -0700 2009 4501265 93538 Passadumkeg 9 5145484 Mom used to soak it in milk overnight in the fridge before using. Sat Oct 31 13:48:47 -0700 2009 4482032 11995 pikawicca 5 4479912 Sh*t on Shingle would be my guess....creamed chipped beef on toast. Fri Mar 06 10:58:28 -0800 2009 4479904 123497 fourunder 6 4479982 I happen to grow up with it and made right, pretty darn good. Fri Mar 06 11:17:11 -0800 2009 4479912 232829 kchurchill5 1 4474257 Toast, toast, toast! With gravlax and red onions, with salmon pate (y'know, the tubes at IKEA) and cucumber slices, with some green peppercorn mustard with a slice of Emmenthaler on top, with a slice of boiled ham and sliced tomato, the list could go on and on. I wish I could get a good slice of toast with interesting toppings when going out for breakfast. I love a good sloppy egg and hash browns, but savory breakfast toast tops my list. Cay Wed Mar 04 16:54:55 -0800 2009 4473390 49525 cayjohan 2 4477221 "I wish I could get a good slice of toast with interesting topping" Oh, you're reminding me of one of the reasons the breakfast out was so disappointing. The rye toast was drenched in a liquidy butter substance. It was put on a plate with two little plastic packs of jelly. I should have sent it back, or ordered it dry, I know. Thu Mar 05 14:08:13 -0800 2009 4474257 57253 lucyis 3 4477909 "rye toast was drenched in a liquidy butter substance" I worked in a diner many moons ago and I remember they would remove toast from the commercial toaster and then swipe it across this wheel that "buttered" it in this oily, butter-flavored stuff. Ick. There is no substitute for real butter on toast. Thu Mar 05 17:48:53 -0800 2009 4477221 71241 lynnlato 1 4474335 If I am in the mood for a cholesterol kick like Sam.... Plain Toasted Bagel with Butter and Bacon Beans and Sausage on Toast Two Eggs Scrambled Soft on Whole Wheat Bread with Butter Wed Mar 04 17:21:55 -0800 2009 4473390 148845 scoopG 1 4474355 Then there are the breakfasts from elsewhere: Miso shiru, yesterday's rice, and an ume - Japan Rustic bread, goat's milk cheese from the Altiplano, coffee with milk - Bolivia Lots of fresh fruit, rustic bread, and local cheese - Tajikistan Small breakfast tamales and hot atol on the street, early and cold - Mexico & Gautemala Cassava pan de bono & world class coffee - Colombia Chicken stew and rice, very early - Peruvian Amazon Steak, eggs, rice - cattle country, Honduras Pho on the sidewalk on low plastic chairs and plastic table w/parked motorcycles all around - Vietnam Hot pan de sal & nescafe or fried egg, rice, tomato slice, longganisa atsara - mag breakfast tayo! Philippines Cakes, breads, cured meats, cheese - Germany (French) bread, butter, coffee, Hotel du France, Tana - Madagascar Six course incredible meal, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, every morning for weeks - Hainan Island, China Dal, goat, soft naan/roti, sweetened tea & milk - India Yak butter tea & buckwheat gruel - Bhutan Cuy/guinea pig and rice and great organic fair trade coffee - northern coffee zone, Peru Traditional sausage, yesterday's khao niyao, and tea - Laos Wed Mar 04 17:27:15 -0800 2009 4473390 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4474673 You forgot saltenas in Bolivia! My favorite drug. Wed Mar 04 19:07:21 -0800 2009 4474355 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4476265 Salty doujiang (hot soybean milk) and youtiao shaobing (Chinese cruller inside a flaky sesame roll, a bread sandwich, what's not to like) on the street in Taipei or other Taiwan/PRC city...dounao (soft bean curd with soy, vinegar, pickles, etc) ditto. Thu Mar 05 10:04:53 -0800 2009 4474355 13709 buttertart 1 4474377 Trader Joe frozen gluten-free pancakes. Not a medical requirement but I just like them. 2 minutes in micro and you are "good to go". Quick,easy, 1 dish clean up and very tasty!! Wed Mar 04 17:32:50 -0800 2009 4473390 10678 marti 1 4474422 Disappointed by eggs??? I can't imagine every feeling that way! But I'm addicted to eggs so there is no such thing as too many eggs for me. One of my favorite ways to have eggs is fried up served over a piece of Trader Joe's french toast w/ butter and syrup. Top it all off w/ coarse salt and let that runny yolk mix with the sweet syrup and all is good in my hood. Wed Mar 04 17:46:58 -0800 2009 4473390 71241 lynnlato 1 4474597 Oatmeal, but that's why I enjoy having egg options when I actually go out for breakfast (well, brunch). Wed Mar 04 18:43:54 -0800 2009 4473390 10216 Lucia 1 4474912 fried haggis, and a bottle of champagne Wed Mar 04 20:47:18 -0800 2009 4473390 259720 haggisdragon 2 4475239 Four dozen oysters and a bottle of champagne; had it on the ides of February at The Wynn. Thu Mar 05 03:23:51 -0800 2009 4474912 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4479218 How decadent! I've never felt that I could spend the money to eat as many oysters as I'd like. Fri Mar 06 07:59:39 -0800 2009 4475239 131001 c oliver 4 4480526 all-you-can-eat champagne brunch Fri Mar 06 13:57:34 -0800 2009 4479218 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4480922 NICE!!! Fri Mar 06 16:09:30 -0800 2009 4480526 249664 kattyeyes 5 4480965 Oh wow! You're our kinda guy. We took MIL to a seafood buffet in Reno once years ago. We went straight to the shell fish and smoked fish. Maybe two pieces of fruit to look like we gave a damn about such things :) Dare I ask the price??? Fri Mar 06 16:29:51 -0800 2009 4480526 131001 c oliver 6 4481377 Bro treated. Fri Mar 06 19:30:58 -0800 2009 4480965 93538 Passadumkeg 7 4481384 Sweet. Fri Mar 06 19:34:03 -0800 2009 4481377 131001 c oliver 2 4475472 Meow! I see how you get your chow name. Mimosas are a nice treat in the winter with fresh squeezed oranges . At home I like one jumbo egg fried in olive oil, with Alvarado St. multi-grain toast, lots of butter. Eating out, I like to order an omelet or huevos rancheros. Once in a great while I get eggs from someone who keeps chickens in the back yard -- these eggs are the best, I wish they were the norm. Thu Mar 05 06:23:41 -0800 2009 4474912 211115 neverlate 1 4475874 I love eating eggs morning, afternoon and night so on occasion I will have run out of eggs and not feel like running to the store to make breakfast. Those are the days when I'll eat kippers and fried rice, toast and smoked salmon or pickled herring, sausages or cured meats with cheese or just leftovers. In any case, if I'm going through the trouble of eating a meal I normally skip, it's going to be something loaded with protein to keep me going through the day. Thu Mar 05 08:26:03 -0800 2009 4473390 68363 JungMann 1 4475922 I have unusual breakfast habits because of an unusual mother. our mom said the doctor told her kids needed breakfast and she was not going to fight with us to eat "traditional" breakfast foods. As a result we basically got whatever we liked. We grew up eating burgers for breakfast, one sister frequently had tuna sandwiches, a brother often had cooked noodles with a little salt and pepper, and I preferred soup. I was an adult before I realized that soup for most people was a lunch or dinner food and not a breakfast food. To this day I like to have a nice bowl of soup in the morning. Thu Mar 05 08:37:27 -0800 2009 4473390 14445 swamp 2 4476997 We used to live in a place where you could buy a dozen ham and cheese sandwiches on burger buns, so every weekend we would get a bag, and then that is what I ate for breakfast the next week! Eggs just didn't do it for me, and since mom wasn't really a morning person it was fine by her that I had a sandwich for breakfast. Now look at all the breakfast sandwiches out there. Thu Mar 05 13:07:59 -0800 2009 4475922 80937 danhole 1 4476847 Eat to live: Boring bowl of multigrain Cheerios or oatmeal sweetened with agave syrup. Live to eat: Cheddar cheese scrambled eggs (cheesy eggs) with - biscuits and gravy - homemade corned beef hash - leftover taco meat folded up in a tortilla with salsa - canned hash cooked till crispy with a splash of Chipotle Tabasco Thu Mar 05 12:32:52 -0800 2009 4473390 249664 kattyeyes 1 4476870 It depends. I will eat left overs if the meal was darn good the night before. Love mashed potatoes and gravy, gotta knock that off though. I do love cream of wheat or rice made with water, no milk or anything sweet Poached eggs - 2 please Bagel with cream cheese and bacon Oatmeal - okay with golden raisins or dried cherries made with water, and it must be loose almost soupy. Egg foo yung, or potstickers, chow mein is even better shredded cabbage with salsa and beans on a flour tortilla with lots of hot sauce Not crazy for the traditional breakfast unless I go to Murphys for chicken fried steak and farm fresh eggs that are that wonderful orange-gold color, with the best hash browns-cream gravy on the side. I allow myself this treat, it only happens about 2 times a year. Thu Mar 05 12:38:08 -0800 2009 4473390 50431 chef chicklet 1 4477280 About once a month we have a Norwegien frukost bord; pickled herrings, salami, ham, cheeses including gjeitost, sliced bell peppers, tomato, gurkins, mayo, mustard and sliced hard boiled egg all arranged on good rye or flat brod, making smorbrod, open faced sandwiches w/ strong coffee. Oh, yes, lox and Kahvli salmon egg spread too. Thu Mar 05 14:25:37 -0800 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4479219 No lutefisk? Fri Mar 06 08:00:24 -0800 2009 4477280 131001 c oliver 3 4480531 Only at Christmas. Fri Mar 06 13:58:47 -0800 2009 4479219 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4480977 I've never had it. I categorize (untasted) as my husband describes pickled herring: How do you know if it's gone bad, does it start to taste good? Not trying to offend. I just know that if I'm going to eat it, I want a "native" to tell me it's good. I tried haggis once in a pub which was a mistake. It was awful. I would try it again however if vouched for. Fri Mar 06 16:32:16 -0800 2009 4480531 131001 c oliver 1 4477816 Probably about 15 years ago I went on a golf trip to Kiawah Island, South Carolina. During that stay we ventured into Charleston and had dinner at Slightly North of Broad. There, I had a dish known as Maverick Shrimp & Grits. It was made with local yellow grits, shrimp, Andouille Sausage, Country Ham, tomatoes, green onions and spices. I have been hooked ever since. Now, whenever I am in the mood for grits.....I make this dish for breakfast. Thu Mar 05 17:13:09 -0800 2009 4473390 123497 fourunder 1 4477828 In Mexico I enjoy a torta de lechon with chicharon (sandwich with roast suckling pig and fried crunchy pork rind) with a lathering of fresh habanero sauce. $1.50 per, I get 2. Great way to start a day. They usually sell the whole pig by 10:00am. Thu Mar 05 17:17:02 -0800 2009 4473390 57170 Veggo 2 4478053 Love tortas. 'Specially the lingua. Wished I could rape, plunder and pillage the eateries wit cha! Thu Mar 05 18:42:28 -0800 2009 4477828 137946 Scargod 1 4478217 I usually stand there reading the paper, talking to the animals while sipping coffee and eating a bagel w/cream cheese, or a handful of crackers and a piece of fruit. If I leave enough time I'll eat some yogurt w/fresh fruit and some almonds. Usually I skip it and nibble when I get to work- fruit and crackers or dry cereal- only enough to be able to take my vitamins. If I wake up really hungry I'll pick on last nights leftovers- cold is fine. I actually don't choose eggs very often (they are a 'need to be in the mood' food lately) Thu Mar 05 19:52:25 -0800 2009 4473390 110426 Boccone Dolce 1 4478261 Pancakes Belgian Waffles Bacon Sausage or quite simply, a bowl of cereal Thu Mar 05 20:15:26 -0800 2009 4473390 115828 hotteacher1976 2 4478290 If I have access to leftover cold pizza, I love it. Otherwise, I typically have cottage cheese with sliced fruit. Thu Mar 05 20:30:19 -0800 2009 4478261 134437 salsailsa 3 4478697 Most often it's 'food in a hurry': toast, bagels, upma. But if I can organize just a little earlier and have batter and chutney waiting in the fridge, then idlis are very quick and easy. Upma and idlis are awesome to keep me going until lunch time but without feeling heavy. Weekend splurges: dosais, parathas, cheelas, waffles, that sort of thing. ETA: I personally loathe eggs, unless they are disguised in a cake or waffles or similar. Fri Mar 06 03:41:31 -0800 2009 4478290 116187 Rasam 1 4478709 Since eggs are not kosher: SO, religiously, and I (frequently, but not so religiously), eat a mix of Stop And Shop's Oats And Honey Granola and Fiber One; usually with blueberries. There's lots of almonds and coconut in the granola and it's not loaded up with sugar or salt. Fiber One is the only decent tasting bran cereal, IMHO and the mixture ends up being very tasty and pretty good for you (compared to so many cereals). If you're into chewy cereals with some muscle, give it a whirl. Fri Mar 06 03:54:31 -0800 2009 4473390 137946 Scargod 2 4487600 What eggs aren't kosher? As long as there aren't blood spots in the eggs, they should be fit (kosher) for consumption. Breaking each one into a small bowl before use helps to make sure an unkosher egg doesn't slip into your meals. My breakfasts are eggy only on weekends. During the week, I'm normally eating cheerios or oatmeal with fresh fruit, pb and j on whatever bread I've made that week and/or yogurt. That's if I'm not eating cinnamon sugar noodles with fruit or whatever leftovers are calling me from the fridge. I'm looking forward to Pesach for my yearly supply of matzo brie - sweet or savory depending on the mood and if I'm eating alone or with my SO. My absolute favorite breakfast is chicken lo mein! Mon Mar 09 11:17:25 -0700 2009 4478709 152043 TampaAurora 3 4488095 I'm curious about this too, as I had no idea eggs could be considered unkosher. I'm not well-versed in this by any means, but I do try to be careful when I have observant guests and now am thinking back on all the times eggs snuck in. Yikes! Mon Mar 09 13:25:04 -0700 2009 4487600 220645 mjhals 3 4488338 Sorry if I derailed your thinking.. I wouldn't know kosher from billygoat. I mean: the OP doesn't want to know about *eggs*. They said "other than eggs" so I was going to stay away from discussing them. Discussing eggs would not be kosher. Mon Mar 09 14:20:14 -0700 2009 4487600 137946 Scargod 4 4489035 Haha. The lack of tone online derails another conversation. By the way, as long as it's properly slaughtered and the right cuts are used, billygoat can be kosher. Mon Mar 09 17:41:48 -0700 2009 4488338 152043 TampaAurora 5 4489071 Chad gadyaaaaaaaaaaa, chad gadya! Mon Mar 09 17:49:29 -0700 2009 4489035 249664 kattyeyes 1 4478858 Simple but satisfying: bourbon and water Fri Mar 06 05:33:42 -0800 2009 4473390 48210 KevinB 2 4479333 I'm bourbon girl, breakfast, depends if I worked all night, then technically it would be night time for me. Did that a few years. What a challenge. I wanted steak or pasta and a cold beer when everyone was having coffee eggs and bacon. Fri Mar 06 08:32:57 -0800 2009 4478858 232829 kchurchill5 1 4479105 Fage yogurt with cereal and fruit mixed in Oatmeal with berries Protein shake with fruit included Muffin I usually go to eggs too so the above are the alternates Fri Mar 06 07:24:17 -0800 2009 4473390 134710 taboo 2 4479335 I can do a good protein shake, not my favorite, if it has caffine in it I could relate :) Fri Mar 06 08:33:39 -0800 2009 4479105 232829 kchurchill5 1 4479372 This morning, because my husband is fasting for lab work, I had some leftover rice and black beans with some deli turkey and Jarlberg cheese mixed in, heated in the microwave and then splashed with some Cholula. A non-egg breakfast is cheese toast with bacon or sausage. And a special treat is lox, bagels, etc. We've started bringing bagels back from NYC which we freeze (can't get a decent bagel out here). So occasionally we'll do a big platter with all the accoutrements (?sp), toast the bagels and then halve them and cut the halves into small wedges just the right size for a small piece of lox. We'll have that along with Champagne in the living room and feel quite special. Fri Mar 06 08:42:08 -0800 2009 4473390 131001 c oliver 2 4480356 Cheese toast! That's one of my favorites! How do you make yours? I take a piece of whole grain bread, butter one side and put the buttered side face down on a cookie sheet, with a slice of cheese on top. Pop that in the toaster oven until the cheese gets nice and bubbly. Umm, good. I also do the same thing with a waffle, but I toast the waffle first and then butter it, and put the cheese on top of the buttered side and put it in until the cheese melts. Fri Mar 06 13:11:39 -0800 2009 4479372 80937 danhole 3 4480549 Mom used to make cheese toast all the time; sharp cheddar on bread, melted under the broiler (we didn't have toaster ovens in those ancient times), and best of all, served with HP sauce. Smoked salmon with bagels is great, but no cream cheese? no chopped onion or capers? You're missing half the fun! Fri Mar 06 14:02:03 -0800 2009 4480356 48210 KevinB 4 4480673 Well I do use the broiler setting with the toaster oven! And I have been eating these since the pre-toaster oven days! But what is HP sauce? Fri Mar 06 14:34:27 -0800 2009 4480549 80937 danhole 5 4481319 HP is a thick brown sauce, well known in the Commonwealth. The closest thing I think is generally available in the US is A-1, which is not near as thick., nor quite as sharp. Some specialty groceries might carry HP. Once you try it with eggs or cheese, you'll never go back to ketchup. Fri Mar 06 19:02:04 -0800 2009 4480673 48210 KevinB 6 4481364 Perfect description. I bet it's available here in the U.S. - somewhere. Fri Mar 06 19:26:05 -0800 2009 4481319 131001 c oliver 6 4481752 People laugh at the sight of HP here in Latin America with its meaning of "Hijo de P*&a" sauce. Sat Mar 07 03:27:47 -0800 2009 4481319 36661 Sam Fujisaka 7 4483897 OK, I can guess what *uta stands for, but what's a "hijo"? Sun Mar 08 01:11:35 -0800 2009 4481752 48210 KevinB 8 4483955 son of a whore or literally or SOB figuratively. Don't ask for the 2 translations of "cabron". Language is so much fun. I learn 'em good. Sun Mar 08 05:00:57 -0700 2009 4483897 93538 Passadumkeg 8 4485194 KB, hijo is not a derogatory term; it simply means "son" Sun Mar 08 15:58:41 -0700 2009 4483897 57170 Veggo 9 4487939 Correctomundo hijo! Flatlander Tejanise... Mon Mar 09 12:46:52 -0700 2009 4485194 137946 Scargod 10 4488160 Veggo does cabron mean escargot God? Mon Mar 09 13:37:41 -0700 2009 4487939 93538 Passadumkeg 11 4488331 Cabron is a son of unwed parents. It's a fightin' word. Mon Mar 09 14:19:32 -0700 2009 4488160 57170 Veggo 12 4488480 Thanks Veggo, I'm well aware. Just yankin' Scargod's chain. I worked 3 years underground in uranium mines in the Grants/Gallup area in the 70' and learned just about every Mexican profanity that exists and a love of Latin culture and Mexican food. Ciaocito Mon Mar 09 14:56:21 -0700 2009 4488331 93538 Passadumkeg 13 4488558 Ciaocito? That's not spanish. It's somewhere between urban androgynous and effeminate. Time to strap on your underground tool belt again, just to relieve the doubts :) Mon Mar 09 15:15:12 -0700 2009 4488480 57170 Veggo 14 4488688 ¡Que than machos! ¡Tho también thengo que contheguirme un thinturón para las herramientas! Mon Mar 09 15:54:20 -0700 2009 4488558 36661 Sam Fujisaka 15 4488769 For those who can translate Sam and fold in his affectation, his comment is beyond funny! Mon Mar 09 16:14:42 -0700 2009 4488688 57170 Veggo 14 4488692 Ciaocito? Used frequently in Bolivia you thilly gooth. Loco Moco Mon Mar 09 15:55:50 -0700 2009 4488558 93538 Passadumkeg 15 4495774 Thanks to all for the enlightenment! Wed Mar 11 16:04:30 -0700 2009 4488692 48210 KevinB 12 4495940 Are you reallly sure? In El Paso, I used to order tacos al cabron all the time. They always brought me goat tacos! Wed Mar 11 17:06:08 -0700 2009 4488331 112096 Caroline1 13 4496033 Char-grilled meat tacos= tacos al carbon. Wed Mar 11 17:33:52 -0700 2009 4495940 137946 Scargod 14 4496497 Char-grilled goat = tacos al cabron! '-) http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/cabron Definition #7 Wed Mar 11 20:17:59 -0700 2009 4496033 112096 Caroline1 5 4482351 They sell it at my reg. grocery store in Cali. Otherwise a Cost Plus or similar would carry it. Sat Mar 07 09:47:49 -0800 2009 4480673 136906 lucygoosey 4 4480989 Oh, no, by accoutrements (?sp again!) I meant chopped RED onion (must be red), capers and cream cheese. When it comes to food, I rarely miss half the fun :) Fri Mar 06 16:36:23 -0800 2009 4480549 131001 c oliver 5 4495788 Rachel Ray is gonna be SO mad at you; they're PURPLE onions, doncha know? Wed Mar 11 16:10:01 -0700 2009 4480989 48210 KevinB 6 4495795 Is that really what she calls them? Too funny. Reminds me of a story. 25 or so years ago my husband was traveling in the hinterlands of Texas on business. Went to dinner and ordered a glass of red wine. They brought him blush and he said "no, I want red wine." They said "OH, you want the purple wine." He said whatever, sure purple. Wed Mar 11 16:14:56 -0700 2009 4495788 131001 c oliver 3 4480985 MY cheese toast: put it under the broiler (over or toaster oven) til brown, remove, put cheese on (preferably Cheddar but Jarlsberg is also good, put back under the broiler, cook til the cheese passes melted and is bubbly. My mother used to make this with leftover biscuits. That is THE best. Fri Mar 06 16:34:54 -0800 2009 4480356 131001 c oliver 4 5145430 In England they call it 'cheese on toast' when it is open-faced. They also have a sandwich they call toasted cheese which is different, ie not open-faced. They used to make them in a special maker, a bit like a panini press, and didn't butter the outside of the bread like you would do with grilled cheese. Now you can buy special bags to put in a toaster. To make cheese on toast I would toast one side of bread till light brown, then remove, flip over and cover untoasted side with cheese, return to broiler until melted. I also like to add chutney or chili or red pepper jelly after cheese has melted. Be careful to cover to edge of bread otherwise you get burnt bits. Toasted crumpets covered with cheese and then broiled are also good. Likewise bagels. If I am in a hurry then I would heat up a brown pita bread (keep them in the freezer) in the toaster, then stuff with cottage cheese and add chili or red pepper jelly. Banana chutney is also tasty. Sat Oct 31 13:21:33 -0700 2009 4480985 213547 cathodetube 5 5145533 Definitely completely cover it with cheese. Over 20+ years I still can't train my husband to do that right :) Sat Oct 31 14:13:37 -0700 2009 5145430 131001 c oliver 6 5145974 no garden paths! always cover toast to the edges no matter what's going on top! Sat Oct 31 18:51:37 -0700 2009 5145533 15572 Emme 7 5146205 Lovely that some of us understand the important things. eh? Sat Oct 31 23:32:57 -0700 2009 5145974 131001 c oliver 1 4480135 Unfortunately, to quote Anthony Bourdain, "I'm a total egg slut." On the weekends: Poached egg, sliced tomatoes, maybe a layer of bacon, on whole wheat Poached eggs on lightly griddled tortillas with a layer of refried black beans and some tapatio Bengali "noodles." I learned this visiting relatives in Bangladesh. You take some veggies (shredded cabbage, matchsticks of carrot, some yellow onion, a bit of sliced hot pepper... I use a jalapeno), sautee until translucent, put off to side. Next, you take a packet of [Indian] maggi ramen (they have flavors like curry, tomato, chatpatta to name a few) and boil it in about 1/3 of the water, add the seasoning, cook until the water's almost gone, dump in an egg or two, stir constantly until egg scrambles, dump veggies back in, heat through. Serve w/ maggie sauce/ketchup/banana sauce. Sounds weird, SO good. Week days: Pavel's low-fat yogurt w/ berries and a tbsp. of ground flaxseed. Low-fat cottage cheese w/ TJ's pineapple in juice Fri Mar 06 12:03:24 -0800 2009 4473390 43515 adrienne156 2 4481868 I often refer to myself as an "egg whore". Will eat them fried, poached, scrambled, hard-boiled, soft-boiled - you name it. Well, I have to just say "no" to raw (except for that time as a kid when a drank a couple raw eggs to imitate Rocky). And I would never even attempt to eat balut, the duck embryo egg dish of the Philippines - ugh. Here is a link to a video of Bourdain eating one in Vietnam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXucin9iIaE Bourdain: "I don't think I'll be making that a breakfast staple...a little Special K, milk, bacon and fetal duck egg" - HAA!!!! Sat Mar 07 05:36:23 -0800 2009 4480135 71241 lynnlato 3 4481888 Yeah, gotta say that would turn me from "egg ho" to "egg prude" right there. ;) Great clip. I love TB! Sat Mar 07 05:48:26 -0800 2009 4481868 249664 kattyeyes 3 4481942 Balut is good, but not a breakfast dish. Better with beer at nnight. Along with the BBQ chicken feet. Sat Mar 07 06:17:52 -0800 2009 4481868 36661 Sam Fujisaka 4 4481964 Sam, it would take a whole keg of beer to get me to eat that. Feathers are a deal-breaker for me! I've got no problem with bbq'd chicken feet though. Sat Mar 07 06:30:17 -0800 2009 4481942 71241 lynnlato 4 4482110 We watched Andrew Zimmern all but retch over balut. And the Filipinos I've met in the U.S. either make yuck noises or laugh hysterically when I ask if they eat it. One guy did say he eats the white but not the "chickie." But, all said, if I had enough alcohol in me and it were VERY late at night, I'm might try it. Sat Mar 07 07:42:53 -0800 2009 4481942 131001 c oliver 5 4482141 I have a Filipino friend who just returned from a 3 wk trip to the Philippines. I dared him to try balut while there. He wasn't having it. Well, c oliver, if you do it be sure to catch it on video. I want to see it! Sat Mar 07 08:00:46 -0800 2009 4482110 71241 lynnlato 5 4482161 There is no "white" the egg is filled with a chick almost hatched. There is a hard white bit at the bottom end. That guy never even saw one close up I'd say. Sat Mar 07 08:11:14 -0800 2009 4482110 36661 Sam Fujisaka 5 4482171 Zimmern is an amatuer. Sat Mar 07 08:16:59 -0800 2009 4482110 36661 Sam Fujisaka 6 4482175 But I've seen him eat many bugs and a beating snake heart :) But I DO have a feeling it's a psychological reaction to balut more than anything else. Hence the "adult beverage" before and during. Sat Mar 07 08:21:05 -0800 2009 4482171 131001 c oliver 7 4482280 My first husband ate a few baluts while he was in the Philippines back in the 50's, and he SAID the odor was the most difficult thing about his first one. Now, never having eaten one myself, it is possible he was just trying to impress me. Sat Mar 07 09:14:54 -0800 2009 4482175 112096 Caroline1 8 4482289 No worse smelling than a boiled egg. Sat Mar 07 09:17:17 -0800 2009 4482280 36661 Sam Fujisaka 9 4482298 Isn't it kinda a guy thing anyway? Potency? Virility? Sat Mar 07 09:19:46 -0800 2009 4482289 131001 c oliver 10 4482500 Not at all! No association with virility or anything. Equally or even more enjoyed by women than men. Sat Mar 07 10:55:13 -0800 2009 4482298 36661 Sam Fujisaka 9 4482356 Aha! So he WAS trying to impress me! Doesn't matter. We changed his name to History a loooong time ago! '-) Sat Mar 07 09:51:00 -0800 2009 4482289 112096 Caroline1 10 4482398 hahaha. Sounds like no amount of balut was going to make up for other *short* *comings* :) Sat Mar 07 10:08:29 -0800 2009 4482356 131001 c oliver 10 4482782 "We changed his name to History a loooong time ago!" Brilliant! Love it! Sat Mar 07 13:17:11 -0800 2009 4482356 71241 lynnlato 1 4480505 work day breakfast- plain yogurt and whatever fresh fruit that is on hand with coffee. Leisurely breakfast- bagel, lox, red onion, tomato, capers, cream cheese with coffee and a mimosa- have loved it forever. Fri Mar 06 13:52:28 -0800 2009 4473390 158016 cassoulady 2 4481738 Oh, Sam Fuji! If there's one guy I want to meet it's him. I love that you eat fruit, yogurt, wheat germ and honey at home. I ate that everyday when I was in Mexico City 20 years ago and we never got hungry til late in the afternoon. But, man, what you eat on the road! You must have an iron constitution or else you have Your bourbon and water facsimile before every meal, and probably with? . I love gruel..10 grain cereal with any combination of dried fruits and nuts. Lox and bagels, onions, capers, etc. Chilequilles, beans. Rice bowl. Sourdough Toast with Ginger marmalade. Hot, black coffee. In the summer: A Fresno cantaloupe right off the vine. slurp. Sat Mar 07 02:33:48 -0800 2009 4480505 23178 P Macias 1 4482131 I agree that restaurant breakfast menus are boring, with a capital "B"! So I often order from the regular menu, assuming that that is available. For non-egg brekkies at home, here are some of my faves: Top of the list has to go to leftovers from last night, especially if last night's meal included gravy. (Today I'm wearing a halo for having resisted this.) Oatmeal, but not just any old oat meal. First off, it has to be as thick as peanut butter with a texture that doesn't want to let go of the spoon. Spread evenly over the bottom of a soup plate. Then an even layer of Kellog's All Bran spread across the top. Then a generous layer of brown sugar, light or dark, doesn't matter. And finally top with milk, or for a very special treat, half and half. DO NOT STIR! Eat by the spoonful like a pudding. Love it! English muffins topped with just about anything, or even just dripping with butter. If it doesn't run down your arm, it's not buttered properly! * Really good with a generous layer of cream cheese topped with sweet jalapeno jelly. * And I do love English muffins topped with tuna salad. * Or liverwurst. *Or pate. * Greek taramasalata is fantastic, as is salmon roe, or any caviar for that matter. Well, except for the cheap salty junk. * Chicken salad with some orange marmalade (mostly the peel), minced celery and pine nuts mixed in. * Chunky peanut butter, Hellmann's mayonnaise and a slice of thick flavorful beefsteak tomato. Pita bread pizzas. Big Greek pita slathered with evoo, a tablespoon or two of either home made or jarred pasta/pizza sauce, a generous scattering of pitted Kalamata olives and a moderate layer of mozerella. Browned on top, browned on bottom, deeelicious! Barbara's Bakery (brand) shredded wheat topped with fresh fruit and milk. I love the round shredded wheat biscuits. Had this this morning topped with a whole clamshell of fresh blackberries. A grilled cheese sandwich. Brekkies with eggs? Soft boiled in a bowl with butter and toast for dipping. Huevos ranchero. Eggs Bene-anything. Filled omelettes. Belgian waffles with crispy bacon baked in the middle of them, then topped with a sunny-side-up egg, topped with lots of syrup. Time to stop! Maybe I just should have said my favorite breakfast is food? '-) Sat Mar 07 07:55:34 -0800 2009 4473390 112096 Caroline1 1 4482305 I'm not a fan of eggs or sweet breakfast things (waffles, pancakes, donuts). If I'm at home, my go-to is an onion bagel, thick thick cream cheese, sliced tomatoes, and salt. And if I go somewhere, biscuits and gravy and corned beef hash. With ketchup. Sat Mar 07 09:22:14 -0800 2009 4473390 212582 schrutefarms 1 4483171 while i wrote about rice soup, in truth i rarely have it. usually breakfast is a small tuscan roll or a bagel, with butter and/or jam, or with some cheese and some pork product,i.e. Saucissons a l'Ail or some jamon or something, along with a handful of blueberries or strawberries. and 2 espressos, with heated half&half. Sat Mar 07 16:25:56 -0800 2009 4473390 135229 thew 1 4483232 I just remembered a wonderful breakfast I had at my cousin's house. She made a kind of tartlet which had something like rice pudding in it. She served it with egg salad, a thick slice of dubliner cheese and slice of thanksgiving ham from the night before. Not sure what it's called, but it was absolutely delicious. Sat Mar 07 17:04:16 -0800 2009 4473390 56183 soypower 1 4483472 Weekday..Trader's Cinnamon Crumpets with peanut butter and fresh sliced banana on top.. Sat Mar 07 19:31:07 -0800 2009 4473390 12633 rHairing 1 4483505 sardines on toast at least once a week Sat Mar 07 19:41:00 -0800 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4483631 Frozen waffles aren't as good as homemade but Eggos will do until the real thing comes along. Greatly improved if you take a bag of frozen blueberries, dump them in a saucepan with about 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar, bring to a boil, and thicken with a couple of tablespoons of cornstarch melted in a little cold water. Pour this sauce hot over a toasted Eggo. Also works with bag of frozen strawberries. Sat Mar 07 20:49:50 -0800 2009 4473390 15521 Querencia 1 4483860 for something warm, it's TVP cereal with cinnamon and vanilla, or soy grits with cinnamon, stevia and vanilla. sometimes it's just some sliced fruit and some dried almond butter. for decadent, egg white "crepes" filled with something... if i'm cooking for someone else, i whip up some fancy (but easy) pancakes or waffles with his or her favorite ingredients. sometimes it's a fancy lookin' omelette for him or her too :) Sun Mar 08 00:15:13 -0800 2009 4473390 15572 Emme 2 4484896 I've never heard of soy grits before? Are they made to resemble corn grits but made of soy or are they something else? Sun Mar 08 13:54:14 -0700 2009 4483860 80141 ccbweb 3 4485189 Made entirely from soy. High protein and fiber. http://www.bobsredmill.com/product.php?productid=3454&cat=0&page=1 Sun Mar 08 15:57:39 -0700 2009 4484896 15572 Emme 4 4485836 Thanks very much for the information, I appreciate it. Sun Mar 08 19:46:52 -0700 2009 4485189 80141 ccbweb 1 4483880 My breakfast of choice is a cup (or three) of coffee and a nice cigar. For those times I eat in the morning, it really depends on how I'm feeling. Sun Mar 08 00:40:47 -0800 2009 4473390 259011 Demented 1 4483957 Having beef fajiitas w/ left over sirloin, fresh roasted poblanos, flour tortillas, w/ a fried egg tucked inside, and mashed platano and then half a grapefruit for dessert. Sun Mar 08 05:04:19 -0700 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4484182 Man, I only want to come to your house when you're there. THAT to me is breakfast. Sun Mar 08 08:17:50 -0700 2009 4483957 131001 c oliver 3 4484676 It was good. Sun Mar 08 12:14:21 -0700 2009 4484182 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4484200 Weekday - Steel Cut oats w/ blueberrries, Whey protein Weekend - WW Pancakes w/ blueberries and mango sauce Sun Mar 08 08:33:10 -0700 2009 4473390 136241 six dower 2 4485273 I love ww pancakes. Mango sauce sounds tasty. Sun Mar 08 16:27:12 -0700 2009 4484200 71241 lynnlato 1 4485145 Things eaten for breakfast at home recently: 1. BLT 2. Fried leftover mashed potatoes with short rib gravy. 3. Fried rice with leftover lamb and vegetables 4. Fried rice with leftover chicken (contained an egg) 5. Cinnamon toast. 6. Boiled rice topped with fried egg and soy sauce (contained, obviously, an egg) 7. Two thick slices of Acme bread, buttered, topped with sliced emmentaler cheese. 8. Banana plus a cup of tea. 9. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 10. Yogurt + maple syrup. 11. Hunk of chedder + apple + tea. 12. BLT (another one this morning, the last one was so good). Sun Mar 08 15:38:39 -0700 2009 4473390 25310 Chuckles the Clone 1 4485214 Lately my favs are cottage cheese with fresh mango or avocado toast (toast topped with sliced avocado and a slice of bacon. When I have time on the weekends, I like cottage cheese pancakes. Sun Mar 08 16:07:20 -0700 2009 4473390 24468 chicgail 2 4487124 I have never heard of cottage cheese pancakes, but I love cottage cheese. Sounds good. Mon Mar 09 09:17:28 -0700 2009 4485214 80937 danhole 3 4487537 They tend to be very light and moist. I also like them b/c they are relatively high in protein and low in unrefined grain. I sometimes use whole wheat flour, but it's hardly necessary. Here's a recipe from the Whole Food Website: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/recipe.php?recipeId=351 I sometimes add berries or orange zest. Oh, and I like butter better than canola oil. Of course, I do. Mon Mar 09 11:01:35 -0700 2009 4487124 24468 chicgail 4 4487692 Thank you for the link. Sounds great. Mon Mar 09 11:43:22 -0700 2009 4487537 80937 danhole 5 4488831 These sound very much like the cheese latkes I make during Passover, with matzo meal instead of the flour. I love them. It's another great idea for breakfast. thanks. Mon Mar 09 16:33:31 -0700 2009 4487692 57253 lucyis 1 4485549 I love eggs and I eat them every time I get, but sometimes I feel like eating something else. My go-to is Greek yogurt (or strained skim yogurt) and fruit, with a handful of almonds. Once in a while, I just crave a good tofu scramble, or a plate of veggie baked beans. When I want a treat, I cook polenta -- either soft, like grits, or set, sliced and panfried. Sun Mar 08 18:07:51 -0700 2009 4473390 10681 piccola 2 4485730 I'd love polenta for breakfast topped with eggs and maybe veggies. Sun Mar 08 19:07:31 -0700 2009 4485549 24468 chicgail 3 4489144 That's how I eat it too, but the OP can skip the eggs. :) Mon Mar 09 18:17:56 -0700 2009 4485730 10681 piccola 4 4489209 Creamy polenta or baked? Mon Mar 09 18:33:28 -0700 2009 4489144 131001 c oliver 5 4489250 I make the stovetop kind and eat it like savoury porridge the first day. Then, I slice and panfry the leftovers the next time. Both versions are great with eggs and veggies. Mon Mar 09 18:45:38 -0700 2009 4489209 10681 piccola 1 4488306 Oatmeal (rolled oats not the instant mush) with brown sugar, cinnamon and sliced banana and topped with toasted pecans. I eat this oatmeal almost every weekday, I keep everything for it in a desk drawer at work (except for the fresh bananas), so if I don't have time to eat at home I can have a fairly healthy and quick breakfast at work! On the weekend, I love to eat challah with just about anything- jam, Nutella, peanut butter, brie and berries. My current fav is a challah roll with egg, bacon, pesto and provolone, though for some reason the version of this sandwich from the non-Kosher Jewish bakery around the corner always tastes better than my own homemade...... Mon Mar 09 14:10:40 -0700 2009 4473390 249383 abeane 1 4488418 stateside: tea and the financial times. rome: cappuccino and the ft. outside. in the piazza farnese. asia: piper heidsieck, fresh-squeezed orange juice, eggs benedict, sausage, bacon, fresh fruit, breads, more piper, the straits times and whatever else i can read to extend the meal. club floors at mandarin oriental hotels are addictive. Mon Mar 09 14:39:50 -0700 2009 4473390 10627 steve h. 2 4488434 nice Mon Mar 09 14:43:17 -0700 2009 4488418 57170 Veggo 1 4489228 Waffles, or a sausage biscuit with gravy (learned that living in the South). Mon Mar 09 18:40:10 -0700 2009 4473390 87837 RGC1982 1 4489568 Your Morning Pizza THERE are many reasons to rethink breakfast. By MARK BITTMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/dining/18mini.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=breakfast%20+bittman&st=cse Mon Mar 09 20:31:30 -0700 2009 4473390 32941 Rmis32 1 4489578 My all time fav. has to be a blueberry bagel with creamcheese and smoked salmon. I always get wierd looks when i order salmon & blueberry, but I love the salty & sweet combo. =] Mon Mar 09 20:34:57 -0700 2009 4473390 260753 beccabones 1 4489627 At home, I do a smoothie in my Magic Bullet blender that contains quite a few ingredients. Usually it contains a banana, frozen berries, frozen mango, slivered almonds, flax oil, plain fat-free yogurt, chilled green tea, vanilla soy milk and orange juice. If I forgot to replenish my frozen fruit supply I'll take the banana and top it with yogurt and slivered almonds. When I'm out I'll eat anything. One of my favorite places used to do a sage-roasted yam "tournado" (I haven't seen that word elsewhere before), which was a tortilla covered with a crepe-thin layer of egg, then wrapped up around sage-roasted yams, avocado, sprouts, shredded carrots, herbed cream cheese, etc. Heaven. I've been going to a new chain in the area recently that does a crepe with a piece of french toast on top, and then covered with a huge pile of fresh fruit. I order it with a side of Devonshire cream, and I first eat all the fruit (one variety at a time, from least to most favorite) then pour the cream on top of the french toast and crepe. Mon Mar 09 20:55:51 -0700 2009 4473390 131149 Jetgirly 2 4489864 Oh yes, vegetables in the morning are so good. Lately I've been having pickled cauliflower/carrot/turnip/red pepper over hummus on my preferred breakfast of toast. The carrots and yams, et. al. you mention sound wonderful! Cay Mon Mar 09 22:55:32 -0700 2009 4489627 49525 cayjohan 1 4489715 Currywurst Mon Mar 09 21:38:05 -0700 2009 4473390 25310 Chuckles the Clone 1 4489872 If it hasn't already been said, I'll fess up and say fried rice and Spam. Fried rice was the first thing I could cook growing up in a Filipino household, and longaniza, vienna sausage, corned beef hash, and Spam were my first breakfast meats before anything else. Mon Mar 09 22:59:50 -0700 2009 4473390 42707 brekkie_fan 1 4493759 Get ready for Corned Beef Hash Great Breakfast Item when done right,,Skip the eggs Wed Mar 11 06:49:50 -0700 2009 4473390 273215 chef24 1 4494605 Okay. Eggless breakfast or different breakfast? I wanted something "different" this morning, so I whipped up a pate au choux, then deep fried the batter rather like beignettes, then filled some of them with a creamy tuna salad and others with strawberry jam. With steaming cups of double espresso, it was quite a nice breakfast. But since a pate au coux calls for three or four eggs, depending on the weather, it's not quite eggless. It's just that the eggs aren't staring back at you. Wed Mar 11 10:47:59 -0700 2009 4473390 112096 Caroline1 1 4497759 Whiskey 'fore Breakfast, is good anytime, day or night! Thu Mar 12 09:24:26 -0700 2009 4473390 259011 Demented 1 4498967 Some fun options when I tire of my two basics--toast and tea or hot chocolate or oatmeal with tea. avocado and salt and a sprinkle of lemon juice on a toasted and buttered English Muffin smoked trout and potato hash--poached eggs optional creamed mushrooms on toast roasted pear clafouti (has eggs, but isn't just eggs) oatmeal clafouti (ditto) candied and spiced apple slices with bacon or sausage on the side. bulk sausage patties fried crisp, on ww toast, with maple syrup on top. need a knife and fork to eat. shredded potatoes fried in a big cake so the outside is carmelized and the inside steamy--you can add cheese to cut the carbo load a bit :) sliced radishes with coarse salt on buttered french bread. crispbread or dark whole rye with cream cheese/goat cheese and radishes leftover steak and baked potato cubed up to make a quick hash with a fried onion. Glaze the whole thing at the very end with some A1. Pie! Cake, too, for that matter. I had two buttertarts for breakfast the other day. I wasn't too jittery but I ate lunch early that day :) Thu Mar 12 14:15:19 -0700 2009 4473390 42915 dct 2 4500495 Wow. I want to eat breakfast with you. Fri Mar 13 01:16:33 -0700 2009 4498967 212582 schrutefarms 1 4514132 sliced deli meats, cheeses, fruit, breads OR soup OR leftovers OR cold pizza/ focaccia OR some kind of homemade baked good. I don't take breakfast lightly. I might skip lunch or dinner - but NEVER breakfast. Tue Mar 17 14:39:08 -0700 2009 4473390 34428 scarmoza 1 4514233 Burgers (and sometimes brew). Tue Mar 17 15:12:53 -0700 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4514249 Lately, I have been making this smoothie: 1/2 cup quick oats 1 raw egg white 2 cups skim milk 1 banana 1 handful of almonds 1 handful ice cubes few shakes cinnamon I buzz it in a blender and I'm full until 2:00 pm. Another one we like: 1 baked potato ( we bake off a bunch and have them in the fridge to nuke in the AM) smother the potato in refried beans (we make our own from the "New Recipes from Moosewood Restarant" cookbook) add cottage cheese on top add salsa on top of that. We call these "Carbo-Protein Bombs." It's a wonderful breakfast. Tue Mar 17 15:16:51 -0700 2009 4473390 15153 Dave Westerberg 1 4514406 Pie. Any kind of fruit pie. Tue Mar 17 16:14:11 -0700 2009 4473390 14917 mtngirlnv 2 4514430 Kinda like Bill Cosby and chocolate cake for breakfast. "Eggs and milk are in the chocolate cake. That's nutritious. Dad is great! Give us the chocolate cake!" Edit: here's a link! http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-Cosby-Chocolate-Cakefor-Breakfast Tue Mar 17 16:24:01 -0700 2009 4514406 249664 kattyeyes 3 4514586 Our tradition is the Birthday Girl gets to eat her leftover cake for breakfast the next day.. LOX. Lox and Bagels and cream cheese, oh my! with TONS of onion! The best is you split that with someone who orders the bene. Best of both worlds! Tue Mar 17 17:14:29 -0700 2009 4514430 189528 Whosyerkitty 1 4518677 I like a variety of foods for breakfast. Fruit is always good: figs, mangoes, pineapple, etc. Lately I've been eating a lot of fried chicken and rice with chili sauce and miso (but that's because I'm studying in Thailand). At home, my best breakfasts include quiche (a deviation on plain ol' eggs, I know, and my favorite is broccoli and cheddar), french toast (real vanilla beans ftw), and leftovers from the night before. My boyfriend really likes to make "Indian eggs"; basically eggs scrambled into bits with heavy handed spices like found in garam masala and herb trimmings from the fridge (cilantro is good). He wraps them in a burrito with chili sauce or hot sauce. Oh, and tea! Thu Mar 19 05:14:46 -0700 2009 4473390 275657 AhRoi 1 4519213 I'm a low carber controlling my diabetes with diet. For me, eggs are a go to, whether as omelettes with cheese and jalapenos or ratatouille and cheese, but the do get old and I need a break. I often end up eating leftovers from the previous night's dinner, chicken, lamb chops, etc. Sometimes I have smoked salmon rolled around some veggie cream cheese. Cottage cheese with chopped pecans and a few blueberries or full fat yogurt works, too. Thu Mar 19 09:12:37 -0700 2009 4473390 133381 mcf 1 4520736 We have a weekend habit of making scones, which become the breakfast of choice through the week. Best so far have been made with cashews, golden raisins and candied ginger. Thu Mar 19 17:20:24 -0700 2009 4473390 19113 Pylon 2 4534757 Sounds exquisite! I love scones. Tue Mar 24 15:41:03 -0700 2009 4520736 57253 lucyis 1 4531827 Weekend is egg time. But during the work week, I tend to do something quick. Sometimes I just eat whatever is left from last nights meal. Hummus/ baba on some sort of Wasa/Ryvita brand cardboard is my standard weekday breakfast. I am pretty sure the people that stand next to me in the metro don't like my garlicky aroma, but it is quick to make, satisfying, tasty and keeps me full longer than some sugary cereal. I've also been experimenting with yogurt additives. This morning it was sunflower seeds and maple syrup. Not bad. Mon Mar 23 18:43:14 -0700 2009 4473390 53259 emerilcantcook 1 4545033 I'm going to have to say dim sum and tea. There's nothing better than shu mai for me....sometimes. Fri Mar 27 16:49:28 -0700 2009 4473390 258723 LBeater 1 4565618 Baked oatmeal! Yum yum. It's like a cross between a bread pudding and an oatmeal cookie: Baked Oatmeal Penzeys 2 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 3/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt 3 1/3 cups skim milk 4 egg whites, lightly beaten 1 tsp. vegetable oil 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract milk, yogurt and fruit (optional) Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon and salt. Mix well. In a medium bowl, combine milk, egg whites, oil and vanilla. Mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes, or until center is set and firm to the touch. Cool slightly. Serve topped with milk or yogurt and fruit, if desired. Store leftover oatmeal, tightly covered in the refrigerator. Fri Apr 03 15:01:22 -0700 2009 4473390 91928 Kimba2000 1 5145461 *Before* I decide what-else-all's for breakfast, I'm frying up potatoes and onions (or making potato pancakes). Occasionally, the eggs are left in the fridge and good sausages, pancetta, or steaks accompany the potatoes. Sat Oct 31 13:39:13 -0700 2009 4473390 270888 shaogo 1 5145495 Fried scrapple with real maple syrup, if I happen to be in a part of the country where it's served. Sat Oct 31 13:52:33 -0700 2009 4473390 11995 pikawicca 2 5145595 Oatmeal, nothing fancy just the instant stuff. French toast (ok it has eggs) and I will second the REAL maple syrup. I'm from Quebec and never had anything else until moving to Ontario....and was not impressed. Eggs Benny is my absolute fave :-) Sat Oct 31 14:47:52 -0700 2009 5145495 1118121 crazee 2 5145749 I have a student whom I taught 15 years ago in Bolivia in the 4th grade, flying from Penn State here to Maine. My one request for something to bring? Scrapple! Sat Oct 31 16:36:28 -0700 2009 5145495 93538 Passadumkeg 3 5145764 Excellent choice, keg! Sat Oct 31 16:47:01 -0700 2009 5145749 11995 pikawicca 4 5146006 If I had been responding to you originally, my post would have been indented (started to the right of where yours did) as opposed to even with or to the left of where yours did. Sat Oct 31 19:17:41 -0700 2009 5145764 169792 lgss 1 5145923 We're vegan and gluten-free so we don't even bother trying to find breakfast at restaurants. When traveling we buy groceries for breakfast. With our juice we've been known to have any of the following: Enjoy Life cookies, tortilla chips and salsa, rice cakes and hummus, bananas, or muffins we've brought from home. At home on weekdays we usually have corn flakes or Mesa Sunrise with almond mylk, or GF waffles, or homemade GF bread or muffins (banana bread, ginger bread, zucchini/tahini bread, carrot/zucchini bread, apple/peanut butter muffins, blueberry muffins, etc.), peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with oj or smoothies. Weekends: pancakes, potatoes with hot sauce, GF hot cereal, brown rice with nuts, fruit, and a little cinnamon. Sat Oct 31 18:24:07 -0700 2009 4473390 169792 lgss 2 5145975 I don't think the original post is only asking about restaurant breakfasts. If it is, the poster needs to work on the clarity of their writing. lgss posted several breakfast ideas which I think are totally valid. In fact, thinking of tortilla chips and salsa for breakfast really makes me crave chilaquiles! Sat Oct 31 18:51:53 -0700 2009 5145932 131149 Jetgirly 3 5146123 Good call Jetgirly. Chilaquiles are a hell of a dish. I usually prefer them with salsa verde as opposed to rojo. You? Sat Oct 31 21:18:20 -0700 2009 5145975 1092732 Alan N 4 5146439 I'll answer till Jetgirly returns to the thread as I love chilaquiles, too--with salsa verde, just as you do. But I would much rather eat them on some outdoor table in Cabo than in my own kitchen. ;) Sun Nov 01 05:59:12 -0800 2009 5146123 249664 kattyeyes 5 5165182 Sounds nice, Cabo. Sun Nov 08 11:12:20 -0800 2009 5146439 1092732 Alan N 2 5145986 I was replying to the OP (maybe that's you going by two different names?). I was agreeing that restaurant breakfasts are generally disappointing and unimaginative. The OP also posted her (or his?) usual "go to" home breakfast. I thought the question was about both restaurant and home breakfast breakfast choices. The OP appeared to be asking about imaginative breakfasts, not specifically conventional ones. Sat Oct 31 18:57:54 -0700 2009 5145932 169792 lgss 3 5145988 I'd never heard of scrapple, just looked it up after replying to your message. I mentioned (that I'm vegan) because the OP wanted something other than eggs and as a vegan I don't eat eggs. Sat Oct 31 19:00:12 -0700 2009 5145986 169792 lgss 1 5146013 Eggs, sausage, cereal, something else. Whatever entrée is on the plate will work itself out. What really matters? Four words: Sourdough toast, orange marmalade. Mmmm. Sat Oct 31 19:21:57 -0700 2009 4473390 220968 mattwarner 1 5146082 When we were in Mexico we learned just how good poached eggs with refried beans can be...especially with a side of freshly squeezed orange juice! My mainstays in warm weather are kefir or smoothies and toast...Great Grains Nutty Pecan (the one ordinary cereal I MUST have)...Alpen....the occasional slice of toast with natural peanut butter and cinnamon/sugar. In winter, my tastes change (no reason, really; we have central heating ;-) and I really love my Malt-o-Meal, melted sharp Vermont cheddar on whole wheat toast, or--and this is really, really good, but not healthy--a good dollop of Adluh grits, a soft-boiled egg freed from its shell, and a nice pile of crumbled up breakfast sausage--with plenty of sage; I'll add it if I have to---all stirred together. My father used to make us really unhealthy French Toast grilled cheese sandwiches, drenched in maple syrup. Some days, when I forget my weight and my age, I make 'em, too! Sat Oct 31 20:41:52 -0700 2009 4473390 70211 Beckyleach 2 5146305 For the French Toast-Grilled Cheese-maple syrup drenched experience, what was the bread and cheese of choice? That sounds like quite a meal. Sun Nov 01 04:00:22 -0800 2009 5146082 1092732 Alan N 1 5146084 French toast covered w/ liverwurst and maple syruple. Sat Oct 31 20:43:43 -0700 2009 4473390 93538 Passadumkeg 1 5146556 A favorite Sunday morning breakfast.....Cold fried Catfish (from the night before) and a steaming hot cup of coffee & chicory.... Sun Nov 01 07:18:07 -0800 2009 4473390 65057 Uncle Bob 2 5164876 espresso and a ciggarette! That's my most common breakfast today. As a kid, my grandpa would pick zucchini floweres and we'd saute them in butter and then make scrambled eggs. Sun Nov 08 07:56:13 -0800 2009 5146556 1120293 jtothe 1 5165682 Since it's gotten colder in my neck of the woods, I've been making almond oatmeal. Good and good for ya! http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/640549#5153294 Sun Nov 08 15:52:41 -0800 2009 4473390 249664 kattyeyes