tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post4492164505134799230..comments2023-10-29T03:43:34.300-07:00Comments on Bread and Roses: An Old-Fashioned BreakfastDulce Domumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835872248177497717noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-24787213033174828152009-04-21T05:08:00.000-07:002009-04-21T05:08:00.000-07:00Excellent post.
Breakfast for me depends on the d...Excellent post.<br /><br />Breakfast for me depends on the day of the week, the season and what the chickens have laid. <br /><br />It's usually one freshly laid hard-boiled egg, and a slice of bread with either homemade jam, or marmite and thin slices of cheese. If there's a tomato glut, breakfast will be grilled tomatoes with basil and olive oil on a slice of toast.<br /><br />In the dead of winter when the storms are raging, you'll find me scoffing porridge with jam or golden syrup.<br /><br />At the weekends, it's scrambled eggs and bacon to set us up for a hard day in the garden. <br /><br />Everything is of course washed down with several cups of well-brewed tea. There may even be the odd bit of fresh fruit in the there too, like this morning when I scoffed three pineapple rings. <br /><br />Good grief I'm hungry now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-48361818586297982912009-04-05T10:40:00.000-07:002009-04-05T10:40:00.000-07:00I haven't been over for a while, but am spendi...I haven't been over for a while, but am spending my Sunday afternoon visiting. I loved this post. Every single word. Funny, just this morning I read a quote from one of Mortimer's Rumpole books:<BR/>"the English nation when it is long gone will be remembered for three things -- the English breakfast, the Oxford Book of English Verse (the Quiller-Couch Edition), and the presumption of innocence" <BR/><BR/>I sort of eat my breakfast in stages, since I'm home alone and can! coffee with honey, homemade yogurt with berries, homemade bread toast with strawberry jam, fresh orange juice in season. This rarely varies. Some might call it boring but not me. :<) Once in a while I'll add hot cereal of rolled oats or steel cut oats, barely cooked with honey.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-77494576222916715312009-04-02T03:15:00.000-07:002009-04-02T03:15:00.000-07:00Old fashioned and wonderful.AlfazemaOld fashioned and wonderful.<BR/><BR/>AlfazemaP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713616744985615258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-78522679905209851782009-04-02T00:42:00.000-07:002009-04-02T00:42:00.000-07:00Hi SarahFried tomaotes are very yummy. My mum used...Hi Sarah<BR/>Fried tomaotes are very yummy. My mum used to fry them in the bacon fat. You're right about a big breakfast, we tend to skip lunch and have an early tea if we eat a large weekend breakfast...but we're quite a sedentary bunch!Dulce Domumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835872248177497717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-39853248236120074682009-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:00Oh my, what a beautiful tribute to breakfast! Tha...Oh my, what a beautiful tribute to breakfast! Thank you. When I am in England I hope to partake of your traditional English breakfast...it looks delicious. Of course, I could also make it for myself here in the States. I cannot function if I do not eat breakfast. Normally that would be oatmeal (porridge?), or shredded wheat with fruit. Today I had a fried egg on a slice of whole wheat toast. Now and then we splurge with the real deal and then don't eat much for lunch. I couldn't do it every day...way too much food for me. But fried mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes (I must try a fried tomato!), sausages....oh that sounds heavenly!Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-85730543308608187362009-03-30T09:16:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:16:00.000-07:00Hi AngelaThe fact that you can make porridge and c...Hi Angela<BR/>The fact that you can make porridge and clean up after an incontinent dog in the morning, really does prove the existence of the Creator. Without Him, that kind of work couldn't be done before 8 o'clock in the morning. Just one more reason to praise Him!<BR/><BR/>Hi Zillah<BR/>I think I'm the opposite, something protein-y in the morning really fills me up. Although I love porridge, because it reminds me of rice pudding! M&S do their own ready-cooked re-heatable porridge, with double cream. I've never tried it. Have you tried making it over-night in a slow cooker?<BR/><BR/>Hi Kathie<BR/>I really like th eidea of having a big breakfast after church. Do you go to an early service? Ours doesn't finish until near on mid-day, although I could go to 8 o'clock communion if I were of a mind so to do...I love your story of the porridge pot!<BR/><BR/>Hi Jody<BR/>I though about you when I was writing this. There's an extract in the Mary Norwak book which reminds me of you, I'll find it out and post it for you. I love the idea of the parfait, as I'm a yoghurt/granola nut.<BR/><BR/>HI Debbie<BR/>I'm glad you enjoy my blog, and I'm even happier that you enjoyed the full English when you came a-visiting. I think you'd enjoy owning an old Beeton, in the back of the newer ones she lists American, Canadian and Australian recipes, and I always wonder how authentic these recipes are.<BR/><BR/>Hi Seraphim<BR/>My husband was so impressed with the delicious sounding breakfast you cook he was nearly going to move in with you...I told him you have enough work to do. I may try the sausage and scrambled eg wrap. Yummy.Dulce Domumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835872248177497717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-46482111818884987702009-03-30T04:09:00.000-07:002009-03-30T04:09:00.000-07:00I love breakfasts! Sausage and scrambled egg whole...I love breakfasts! Sausage and scrambled egg wholeweat wraps, bagon and tomato baguettes, porridge with fruit, a full english or piles of crumpets with peanut butter....best meal of the day, I think!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I am an 'evening table setter'... it just helps my mornings go much more smoothly,as I am a full-time worker outside of my home :)Danaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15476148379385944367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-79857404889961225902009-03-29T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-29T17:43:00.000-07:00I agree 100% about the importance of breakfast. W...I agree 100% about the importance of breakfast. We always have a sit-down breakfast together no matter how many are in the house at the time. I LOVE English breakfasts. We were served them while staying in a B & B on our last trip to your wonderful island and enjoyed them tremendously. I also really enjoy your blog. I may have to find a Mrs. Beeton book for myself.debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-92025214225577388422009-03-28T18:12:00.000-07:002009-03-28T18:12:00.000-07:00Meant to say that I like to saute' onions, peppers...Meant to say that I like to saute' onions, peppers, mushrooms, left-over potato in a large frying pan and then pour scrambled eggs over top. A country skillet breakfast. <BR/><BR/>JodyGumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-47654904016623062232009-03-28T18:09:00.000-07:002009-03-28T18:09:00.000-07:00Dulce,Being the ranchers that we are, we do enjoy ...Dulce,<BR/>Being the ranchers that we are, we do enjoy those country breakfasts you describe quite often...especially in winter. Lately we've been doing "first breakfast" which is a bowl of cereal or a banana or a handful of nuts. Then whenever we get in from our morning chores, we have "second breakfast" which may consist of eggs, sausage or bacon or left-over roast beef, toast, juice, fruit. I always aim to get a protein into my family at breakfast. It keeps the "munchies" away.<BR/><BR/>Some of the quick breakfasts we do are yogurt parfaits: plain or vanilla yogurt with frozen berries and walnuts or granola on top. We also do yogurt/fruit smoothies in the blender. I've been making granola bars which is a quick breakfast with a glass of milk. To add fortification to regular cold breakfast cereal, I always add dried fruits and nuts.<BR/><BR/>Always, always, there is fresh, hot coffee in the morning and then again in the afternoon.<BR/><BR/>JodyGumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-33684635237193399672009-03-28T04:11:00.000-07:002009-03-28T04:11:00.000-07:00When I was growing up we had porridge every single...When I was growing up we had porridge every single day. We never wanted anything else. In fact, one summer we went camping and my mom left the porridge pot home because she hoped to have a break from washing it. When we were faced with cold cereal for breakfast, my brother and I cried. She went out and bought a porridge pot. :)<BR/><BR/>Now I have cereal, milk and 1/2 banana - and coffee of course. On Sundays we have the works - bacon, eggs, waffles French toast or pancakes, fruit salad, sometimes fried potatoes - after church. But no fried tomatoes or mushrooms - that is definitely a British invention.Islandsparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474765495506044446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-47839684844386845082009-03-27T13:17:00.000-07:002009-03-27T13:17:00.000-07:00I'm a big fan of breakfasts! We're the other way ...I'm a big fan of breakfasts! We're the other way round from you, DD, we eat 'properly' at the table, but we're not dressed for the day yet!<BR/><BR/>Our standard is porridge - soaked overnight in water with buttermilk and then cooked and eaten with crème fraiche and honey. Yum, keeps me going till lunch, although I do need my cup of coffee at 10:30. Weekends we often have bacon and eggs (for those that can) or kippers. I also like the pancake/waffle type breakfast, but it's less straightforward to do these days as things have to be egg-free.<BR/><BR/>The funny thing is, I don't find bacon/kippers as sustaining as porridge, even though they're eaten with DH's good sourdough bread.<BR/><BR/>ZillahZillahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347799103341131560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263602850797908874.post-87607641253907711132009-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:002009-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:00GOOD DAY Breakfast here is usually a cup of tea or...GOOD DAY Breakfast here is usually a cup of tea or coffee, a glass of orange juice, and a bowl of porridge [1 cup oats, 1 cup milk, 1 cup water - makes 2 bowls] I have learned to get into the kitchen, fill and switch on kettle, put oats etc into pan, and then have 3 minutes to clean up floor [incontinent dog!] before husband staggers to breakfast table and we both wake up properly and try to eat in a civilised fashion.<BR/>BAD DAY Grab a banana, eat it in the car en route to appointment, and hope there will be a cuppa waiting on arrival!<BR/>HOLIDAY - Husband cooks scrambled egg, bacon, toast, mushrooms, and serves it with toast, pot of coffee and much love - maybe even on a tray to the bedroom!!<BR/><BR/>Breakfast is precious and deserves to be honoured and appreciated!!!!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.com