Breakfast

[Ive Fargottin]

I've always wondered what other nationalities eat foe breakfast.
there are plenty of recipes for asian,south american, indian etc. main meals but i want to know what the average overseas gardener/self sufficient/run of the mill person eats for brekky........ when they dont have a supermarket to run down to and pick up a paper , milk and some corn flakes.

Annnnnnd if you do know some cool ones, would you care to share some recipes?

[pebble]

What country do you live in?

[Ive Fargottin]

The wonderful world of OZ

I just want to try some different food styles from around the globe.
Wondered what food is eaten for breakfast in other countries

[pebble]

I'm sure not everyone in Oz eats cornflakes ;-) But it's a good question. I'm eating local seasonal fruit (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries etc) and yoghurt at the moment.

[dannyboy]

I had an eggs, chilli, tomato and tortilla brekky kinda like this when i was in Mexico and it was great!
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Unfortunately in my regular day to day I´ve struggled to change from cereal which I think is pathetic. But I guess I´ve been chowing down on it for 30 or so years and it´s a tough habit to break at that time in the morning.

[Grahame]

We quite often eat a bowl of rice for breakfast or porridge less often. In the hotter months it is more likely to include fresh fruits. We also have eggs occasionally given that we have an abundance. Toast or cereals are for the odd day when time is of the essence.

For the adults in the house it always includes a fresh ground coffee - I'm addicted to that gear for better or worse, even if it's only 2 cups a day.

[pippimac]

I had great breakfasts in Turkey. Menemen: scrambled eggs with chilli and tomatoes, cilbir: eggs poached with yoghurt and chilli, but generally it was bread, olives, tomato, cucumber and feta. And the best fruit I've ever had.

[annette]

When I lived in Papua New Guinea the locals would eat a cake like thing made of ground root veges and combine it with anything they had like bananas, fish etc. When I lived in Vanuatu the locals would eat a breakfast of lap lap (crushed root vege with coconut and banana wrapped in a banana leaf) and have it with fish or anyhting else. If they are well off they eat cereal. rice is big also.

[Speedy]

Hey Dannyboy,
those eggs look great....I haven't had Huevos rancheros for over a decade...(too long)

I often eat leftovers from the night before.
Nasi goreng is a great 'leftovers breafast' using the previous day's boiled rice.
not uncommon here .

curry n rice
often whatever's 'in the pot' on the stove.

one of my favorite breakfasts is a Sri Lankan standard
Hoppers (Appa) and curry (fish curry) with coconut sambol (pol sambol) and a cup of tea.
hoppers are made of riceflour, yeast, sugar palm syrup (Kitul treacle) , coconut milk and fermented for a few hours.

then cooked to form a crispy edged type of pancake shaped like a bowl as it is cooked in a small wok type thingy (cheena chatty = chinese pot)

crispy edge, spongey soft with curry sitting in it.

fish curry with the aroma of cooked curry leaves , lemon grass, pandan leaf, turmeric, cumin and white palm vinegar etc.
coconut sambol - fresh grated coconut, black pepper, chilli pwdr, salt, dried fish chips (Maldive fish) and fresh lime juice.

a variation is 'Bidarra appa' or egg hoppers.
when the hopper is part cooked and egg is cracked into it and sort of poaches in it.

another favorite breakfast i had while there was 'curd and treacle'
cultured Buffalo milk ... thick, rich , youghurt set in a small flat single use terracotta bowl
available every morning at the markets.
served with Kitul treacle , syrup make from the Kitul Palm (Caryota urens)


Sometimes I cook Bubur Injin (Bali) Burbur Hitam (Indo) a trad. breakfast in SE Asia.
black and white sticky rice cooked with palm sugar and pandan leaf served with thick coconut cream on top.
hot or cold ...delicious breakfast

I have a thing for Croisants or brioche
always good if you can get them fresh
...especially with coffee, a thing I rarely go without for breakfast

poached eggs not more than a day old if poss.
My wife often says to people that it was the way I do poached eggs that
was one of the ways that I won her heart

[Speedy]

In Season (spring), I'll often prep and cook a couple of artichokes
in salted water and vinegar with a couple on bayleaves
then toss them in a bit of oil with garlic, herbs and chilli
and have them with bread or toast.