Breakfeast

[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 ?

[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.

[The Stranger]

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

[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.

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.