Daytime menus...

It's a pleasant, quirky conundrum, to consider what one could have for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but in some cases, some menus just don't stack up when followed at different times of the day!

I was reading some story recently, where the characters all had steak and eggs for breakfast...

Nooo...

But bacon at any time is fine, so are eggs, but never beef or lamb! And who wants salad for breakfast?

Any faves out there?

From what I can gather, what we call breakfast 'only' goes back to Victorian times.  Before that, it was quite different.

If you go to a place like Fairfax House in York (when it opens again!) around Christmas, they set up a period breakfast.  It has all sorts of stuff like pies, cold meats, cheese etc plus bread rolls, toast, jam and so on.  There might be eggs, I think.  More like what we'd call a Continental Breakfast really.  Jane Austen used to have toast and jam, hot chocolate and pound cake.  Cake for breakfast!

Further back, it might have been pease pudding or some kind of porridge.  And, during my daughter's stay in Nepal, they had dhal for breakfast every morning.  Can't think many of us would associate curry with brekkie.  Although kedgeree...

Don't know when (or where) the book was set.  I've noticed US books tend to mention steak for breakfast more often.  Isn't steak cheaper over there due to farming methods?  As for when, if it's on a farm, steak might have been a cheaper option at the time.  (Like oysters very often figure in older recipes because they were a cheap way of bulking out pies.)

Apologies if that's a bit swotty... 

Sadly, I am not allowed bacon because of the high salt content, but the smell of it cooking could be enough to make a veggie change their mind.
The breakfasts on my cruise holidays were always my favourite (and afternoon tea !).   Every type of hot food imaginable, including minute steaks, omelettes and pancakes while you watch, Chips if you wanted.   But I always went for cereal with natural yogurt (no milk),  all the dried and soaked fruits, and fresh as well.   Then (oh, my mouth is watering)   Croissants with apricot jam, no butter.
We'll  have to make afternoon tea a different thread.   

From what I can gather, what we call breakfast 'only' goes back to Victorian times.  Before that, it was quite different.

If you go to a place like Fairfax House in York (when it opens again!) around Christmas, they set up a period breakfast.  It has all sorts of stuff like pies, cold meats, cheese etc plus bread rolls, toast, jam and so on.  There might be eggs, I think.  More like what we'd call a Continental Breakfast really.  Jane Austen used to have toast and jam, hot chocolate and pound cake.  Cake for breakfast!

Further back, it might have been pease pudding or some kind of porridge.  And, during my daughter's stay in Nepal, they had dhal for breakfast every morning.  Can't think many of us would associate curry with brekkie.  Although kedgeree...

Don't know when (or where) the book was set.  I've noticed US books tend to mention steak for breakfast more often.  Isn't steak cheaper over there due to farming methods?  As for when, if it's on a farm, steak might have been a cheaper option at the time.  (Like oysters very often figure in older recipes because they were a cheap way of bulking out pies.)

Apologies if that's a bit swotty... 

Kedgeree would be a winner here, but Mrs Growster is off smoked haddock at the moment...

I love Gouda/Emental etc for breakfast, and in my work days, when we got to working breakfasts, a couple of croissants with said comestibles were the bees knees! I even drank coffee back then (don't now).

Orange juice is still high on the menu as well...

Sadly, I am not allowed bacon because of the high salt content, but the smell of it cooking could be enough to make a veggie change their mind.
The breakfasts on my cruise holidays were always my favourite (and afternoon tea !).   Every type of hot food imaginable, including minute steaks, omelettes and pancakes while you watch, Chips if you wanted.   But I always went for cereal with natural yogurt (no milk),  all the dried and soaked fruits, and fresh as well.   Then (oh, my mouth is watering)   Croissants with apricot jam, no butter.
We'll  have to make afternoon tea a different thread.   

I used to 'do' a breakfast networking club in London a few years ago, and we often met in The Hilton, or other smart-ish places, but there was plenty of all that, Mrs B!

After a slog up to town at 4:30am, park and then tube in to the venue, a huge fruity breakfast done by others was extremely welcome, but again, never a burger...

(A tincture at 11:00am was the norm, but this 'post' is for nice people, not usually the sort I had to deal with back then - except the ladies...:0)