Breakfeast

[Strike For The South]

6 Eggs
Homefries
Sausge with sage, green pepper, and red pepper
Banana
Water
Tea

[Togakure]

Holy cow! If I ate all that I would burst. Sounds delicious though, and I do need to eat ... and I have all the ingredients ... hmm.

I have been eating eggs more freely since reading discussions here in the "get in shape" threads. I have to watch the cholesterol, and am also trying to lose some weight for the first time in my life, but I also need the protein, and they are such a great source of that.

[SwordsMaster]

Irish breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 beef sausages, hash browns, baked tomato, mushrooms, 4 slices of bacon, black pudding, white pudding, baked beans in tomato sauce, 2 slices of toast.

[Strike For The South]

The whole eggs and cholesterol thing is a bit of a wedge issue, the amount off good cholesterol in eggs offsets the bad but it can set you off if you are predisposed to all of biuldup. I don't have such a problem (yet) so I don't worry about it

Are you a veggitarian?


Irish breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 beef sausages, hash browns, baked tomato, mushrooms, 4 slices of bacon, black pudding, white pudding, baked beans in tomato sauce, 2 slices of toast.

:love:

[Togakure]

... Are you a veggitarian?
That brought a hearty burst of laughter--no way. I love meat.

From high school until last June or so, I'd been the pretty much unchanging 30 waist, 30 inseam, 155-160 pound, 5'9" average joe. Since June, I've put on twenty pounds of fat weight and increased to a 33-34 waist. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Really, it's been freaking me out. There have been bad habitual changes in my diet, given my circumstances, which caused this--soda and processed foods being the primary culprits. I am now reversing this disgraceful situation, but it's slow and aggravating. I need to get my physcial activity up, now that I have cut out the diet disaster items.

Re: cholesterol, similar story. I never had a problem, then, under tremendous stress from work, my relationship, family affairs, and three burglaries, I went for a check up and my doctor informed me that my cholesterol levels had gone from very good to borderline bad. He was concerned because of the magnitiude of change in such a short period. I hadn't changed my diet that much that I could tell, so I could only assume it was a metabolism issue due to all the stress.

I haven't had it checked in a long while so I'm not sure where it is now. I just try to minimize intake. I eat eggs regularly, but forgo shellfish, etc..

@ Swordsmaster: by the time I finished cooking all that it would be time for lunch!

[Strike For The South]

That brought a hearty burst of laughter--no way. I love meat.

From high school until last June or so, I'd been the pretty much unchanging 30 waist, 30 inseam, 155-160 pound, 5'9" average joe. Since June, I've put on twenty pounds of fat weight and increased to a 33-34 waist. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. Really, it's been freaking me out. There have been bad habitual changes in my diet, given my circumstances, which caused this--soda and processed foods being the primary culprits. I am now reversing this disgraceful situation, but it's slow and aggravating. I need to get my physcial activity up, now that I have cut out the diet disaster items.

I hear you, I've always had a good appetite to go along with and active lifestyle and powerlifitng but once that stopped and school/work took primacy I found myself guzziling sodas and hot pockets (something I was never doing even on days where I would shove ~5000 calories down my throat) Soda is a huge part of the obessity epidemic


Re: cholesterol, similar story. I never had a problem, then, under tremendous stress from work, my relationship, family affairs, and three burglaries, I went for a check up and my doctor informed me that my cholesterol levels had gone from very good to borderline bad. He was concerned because of the magnitiude of change in such a short period. I hadn't changed my diet that much that I could tell, so I could only assume it was a metabolism issue due to all the stress.

Yea, stress will raise it, sounds like you had more than your fair share!

[Fisherking]

Irish breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 beef sausages, hash browns, baked tomato, mushrooms, 4 slices of bacon, black pudding, white pudding, baked beans in tomato sauce, 2 slices of toast.

I have ‘em in Ireland but I’ll pass on the black pudding thanks.
Half of Strike’s breakfast is enough for me....but I do like bacon.
And Coffee! :coffeenews:

forget the wet leaves crap.
:laugh4:

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Rice Kripses, Yogurt, Vitamin and Apple Juice.

[Populus Romanus]

5 Eggo waffles and gatorade is all I need in the morning.

[Samurai Waki]

Coffee... I get sick if I eat too early.

[PershsNhpios]

A meat pie, three glasses of milk and about a litre of water.

[Motep]

umm...

If I remember to eat it is usually something small. I am never full, so I dont even try anymore

[Tuuvi]

I usually just eat a bowl of cereal. If I have time and I'm in the mood I'll cook eggs, I cook them over easy and then I cover them with salsa and put some hot sauce on them.

[Fragony]

Can't be bothered making breakfast, stupid I know. I do drinkable breakfast, contains fruit, grains & milk and it's pretty yummie. I wish I did what you guys do

[gaelic cowboy]

Three cans of Heineken I found leftover from the Christmas and the last few swigs of a bottle of Żubrówka.

After we had all woken up we went to town and got thickcut rashers, sausages, black and white pudding some hashbrowns and some crispy french loafs.

Unfortunately this is only a pic from flickr I didnt have a camera phone to take a pic of me breakie.

https://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9089/breakiroll.jpg

Ah the Jumbo Breakfast Roll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_roll) ye cant beat it smothered in butter or red sauce but brown sauce is my fav.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIWKA_h12Q

[PershsNhpios]

That's what I was encouraged to have for breakfast every day I was in County Mayo (God help us!) and I was only 11 at the time.

It's the most apparent and noticeable part of Irish culture!

[Togakure]

Those breakfast rolls do look like something I'd enjoy--on occasion.

I think the equivalent to those here in California and the western US (and the East too, just to a lesser degree) would be the "breakfast burrito." They have scrambled eggs and some form of fried potato in them (wrapped in a flour tortilla), and lots of variance in other ingredients, namely salsas, cheese, beans, rice, peppers, sausage (Mexican chorizo is my fave) or beef, and many other variables. Some are greasy spoon style, some are "California-cuisine style" (look fancier, weirder combinations, cost more). These tend to be "on-the-go" breakfasts--pick them up at your favorite place on your way to work, etc..

I like them, but limit them strictly these days.

Also popular are "wraps", basically similar except no eggs, more sandwich-like ingredients, and eaten at lunch or for a light dinner.

[Beirut]

6 Eggs
Homefries
Sausge with sage, green pepper, and red pepper
Banana
Water
Tea

6 eggs? I'm coming to your house for breakfast.

I usually eat a ginormous bowl of organic cereal with fruit but have taken to oatmeal lately with raisins, prunes, nuts, and big blob of peanut butter. It looks regurgitated, but I love it.

Once a week I'll kill three eggs, scrambled a la Chef Gordon Ramsay.

[gaelic cowboy]

That's what I was encouraged to have for breakfast every day I was in County Mayo (God help us!) and I was only 11 at the time.

It's the most apparent and noticeable part of Irish culture!

Breakfast like a king have dinner like a queen and supper like a knave, once your set for the day you can do a clear run. Honestly I think a lot of obesity comes from missing meals and trying to overcompensate later with snacks.

[Togakure]

... Honestly I think a lot of obesity comes from missing meals and trying to overcompensate later with snacks.
Very good point; thanks for the reminder. I need to pull out the stops to get my normal body back. I'm not that far gone, but at my age if I don't deal with it now, it will be really hard to later.

[gaelic cowboy]

Very good point; thanks for the reminder. I need to pull out the stops to get my normal body back. I'm not that far gone, but at my age if I don't deal with it now, it will be really hard to later.

My weight is grand now but as they say here "tis all ahead of ye"

[PershsNhpios]

That's right Gael, that's very true! But it's what you fellows go out and do after supper that I couldn't handle!

I have a BMI of 23.8, but apparently opposite to some here I struggle to eat enough to counteract not always the amount of exercise I do but the kinds of exercise, which inevitably involve riding, running and generally endurance of the climate here for long stretches without being able to sit down to a full meal.

[Hosakawa Tito]

On my recently concluded Florida vacation I was eating fresh tree ripened Honey Bell oranges every morning. The morning of our Everglades air-boat trip I had gator, grits & gravy, biscuts. yuh-mee!

[gaelic cowboy]

Quick question for Americans whats the deal with all the sugar in everything, when I was in Iowa with my cornfed cuz I decided I would try the "local exotic cuisine" and eat a waffle for breakie. Big mistake far too sweet with all the stuff lathered over it.

I nearly died with the sweetness and oversalting going on in everything, it seemed like everything had waaayy more sugar/salt than I was used to.(and were not exactly noted for health food here but I still suffered)

Oh and I nearly died from withdrawl symptoms from the lack of strong tea.

[Moros]

I ate steak with mushrooms, potatoes and a salade. Yeah I kinda was up late so I just ate noon.

[LeftEyeNine]

For God's sake, how many hours do you spend on having such breakfasts ? :smoking:

[Togakure]

Quick question for Americans whats the deal with all the sugar in everything, when I was in Iowa with my cornfed cuz I decided I would try the "local exotic cuisine" and eat a waffle for breakie. Big mistake far too sweet with all the stuff lathered over it.

I nearly died with the sweetness and oversalting going on in everything, it seemed like everything had waaayy more sugar/salt than I was used to.(and were not exactly noted for health food here but I still suffered)

Oh and I nearly died from withdrawl symptoms from the lack of strong tea.
America's a big place so it kind of depends on where you are. Because of its "melting pot" nature, varieties of food are the same--lots to choose from. I've found that coastal regions are far more diverse than the inner states though. But greasy spoons and breakfast houses are everywhere, and what you describe is pretty much standard fair. I only eat at those places if a group wants to go there, and I'm usually challenged to find something relatively healthy that I like.

Please don't tell me it was Lipton. Gah! Of course, Bigelow isn't that great either but it's much better than the dreaded L-word for tea.

[gaelic cowboy]

Yea twas Liptons allright, terrible stuff alltogether.

I had to wait for everyone else to pour there tea so I could get the bottom of the teapot, they nearly died when I took the teabag out to squeeze it into the cup.

On the subject of the interior US and it's food once I got this steak in Sioux Falls (or at least it pretended on the menu) that was minced and then battered, truly twas the herald of Cuthulu indeed. However generally the steak was lovely just that one time really was bad.

[drone]

On the subject of the interior US and it's food once I got this steak in Sioux Falls (or at least it pretended on the menu) that was minced and then battered, truly twas the herald of Cuthulu indeed. However generally the steak was lovely just that one time really was bad.
Country-fried steak?

[gaelic cowboy]

Country-fried steak?

Yea thats the one, I nearly cried when the plate arrived.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Yea twas Liptons allright, terrible stuff alltogether.

I had to wait for everyone else to pour there tea so I could get the bottom of the teapot, they nearly died when I took the teabag out to squeeze it into the cup.

On the subject of the interior US and it's food once I got this steak in Sioux Falls (or at least it pretended on the menu) that was minced and then battered, truly twas the herald of Cuthulu indeed. However generally the steak was lovely just that one time really was bad.

Country fried steak is generally the cheapest cut so they have to pound the hell out of it to tenderize or make boots outta it. Plenty of good strong tea available, just not many restaurants serve it.

What do you usually have for breakfast back home? When I'm on vacation I like to try stuff I don't normally get at home. While home I usually have fried egg whites on an english muffin, oatmeal, waffles topped with apple sauce & cinnamon etc... and lots of black coffee.

[gaelic cowboy]

Nothing fancy really maybe a fry or two during the weekend as a treat. The fry would be one black an one white pudding two sausage and two rasher a pot of tea and some soda cake (http://www.sodabread.us/).

Mug of Tea with a few slices of soda cake as people call it here and an supermarket own brand bowl of cornflakes, the tea and soda fills ye up nicely.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I think the classic Scottish breakfast is pretty similar to the English/Irish ones (well in reality the classical Scottish breakfast is a bowl of stodgy porridge, but that won't please the tourists).

Only difference is tons of black pudding. Which I used to love. Don't know why some people find the idea of it so horrible, how is eating blood more horrible than eating flesh if you really think about it?

[gaelic cowboy]

Black pudding is lovely if we pretended it was some fancy Italian stuff no one pass a bit of heed I bet. I can still remember my grandmother holding a bowl under the neck of the cow to catch the blood to make some.

She was a tough lady real old stock as they say.

[The Stranger]

water
2 baguetes with cheese, mozzarella, ham, provence herb mix

[Fragony]

Black pudding is lovely if we pretended it was some fancy Italian stuff no one pass a bit of heed I bet. I can still remember my grandmother holding a bowl under the neck of the cow to catch the blood to make some.

She was a tough lady real old stock as they say.

We call it bloedworst, bit of a forgotten delicacy here. Whenever I'm in Belgium I stock up.

[Fisherking]

I think it is an acquired taste for most who will try it. If you are raised on it you never think anything of it.

I have tried it but couldn’t finish it. Part of that may have been the expression on my wife’s face while I tried to finish breakfast but that is how it goes sometimes.

The Chinese think cheese is disgusting but go on to eat things Westerners would find equally unappetizing.

Fresh Monkey Brains are out for me.

[Ice]

6 Eggs
Homefries
Sausge with sage, green pepper, and red pepper
Banana
Water
Tea

Sounds good. If you don't me asking, why don't you throw in a multi vitamin & some fish oil? It can only help.

I'll usually just eat two whole grain waffles with some green tea. Other days I'll get coffee and a whole wheat bagle with cream cheese.

[Subotan]

Black pudding is lovely if we pretended it was some fancy Italian stuff no one pass a bit of heed I bet. I can still remember my grandmother holding a bowl under the neck of the cow to catch the blood to make some.

She was a tough lady real old stock as they say.
Black pudding is amazing. Proper Lancashire food t'at is.

[tibilicus]

Nothing like a hearty bowl of porridge to start the day.

[Strike For The South]

Sounds good. If you don't me asking, why don't you throw in a multi vitamin & some fish oil? It can only help.

I'll usually just eat two whole grain waffles with some green tea. Other days I'll get coffee and a whole wheat bagle with cream cheese.

I went like 4 days without fishoil because I was to lazy to buy some but yea usually I take about 3 caps

As for the multivitaman meh, there have been some bad studies against them so I pass

[Moros]

Rice with all kinds of vegetables in it (peas, leek,...) with pieces of bacon, some chicken and two scrambled eggs on top.

Was good. :yes:

[Subotan]

Nothing like a hearty bowl of porridge to start the day.
This! I eat porridge every day.

[Reverend Joe]

Realistically, I eat a sliced turkey/ham sandwich, with lettuce and tomato if they're in the fridge, and brown mustard on whoe wheat or oat nut or something along those lines. I learned to eat breakfast like I was eating lunch from working construction, when I woke up before I could possibly put anything in my stomach aside from coffee, and breaktime was too short to eat anything aside from a crappy snack from the vending machine and another shot of coffee to keep going until lunch. Ever since then I haven't been bothered by eating a sandwich first thing in the morning, and honestly the shot of lean meat, bread and vegetables is a nice way to get started.

Ideally, though, I would be much more extravagant (especially if I wasn't a fat bastard at the moment): one 1/2 pound slice of hamsteak (call me breakfast Judas, but ham is far superior to bacon); three eggs scrambled up with cheese, onions and hot and sweet peppers both; home fries, fried up with a little more onion; and four full-size slices of buttered rye toast.

Oh, and blood sausage is the greatest sausage I've ever had; I'm mostly just afraid to eat it because I have heart murmors every time I eat it. Honestly, is that stuff as incredibly fatty as it tastes, or is that just the plasma squeezing out or what?

[Fragony]

Blood sausage isn't fat at all but it can soak butter up like a sponge, heart murmur is just your inner beast awakening

[gaelic cowboy]

Oh, and blood sausage is the greatest sausage I've ever had; I'm mostly just afraid to eat it because I have heart murmors every time I eat it. Honestly, is that stuff as incredibly fatty as it tastes, or is that just the plasma squeezing out or what?

If you think about it there is no fat cos it's blood and some other stuff like grains etc, however people do cook it in oil so it can soak it up a bit, but it is edible cold aswell so that could cut it out if you wanted.

[naut]

This thread makes me wish I wasn't egg intolerant.

For me, Froot Loops and Rum.

[Strike For The South]

4 eggs W/Red & Green Bell Pepper, White Onion, and Brocolli
Greek Yogurt W/Blueberries & banana
2 slices whole wheat toast (dry)
3 Capsules fish oil (3600 mg)
1 liter of water

[a completely inoffensive name]

My breakfast is a good filling meal of sleep in and DGAF.

[Beirut]

This morning: Two cups of rocket fuel from my fancy-shmansy espresso maker, and two pieces of multigrain toast with a mix of 1\2 organic peanut butter and 1\2 Skippy.

Now, this may be the stupid question of the day, but is there any difference at all between oatmeal and porridge?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Always at 8 o'clock, except for Friday, when it's at 7.

A soft boiled egg with some bread. Nothing else prevails and unbearable hunger attacks in a few hours whatever else I have.

A Turkish or mid-sized cup of black coffee. Without it I can't complete the waking up process.

The first cigarette of the day. :smoking:
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