I am not used to ‘western breakfast foods’ so when I was working with a friend, and work traveled with him all the time, we had to split up: he would go get bread and granola, and I would go to a roadside noodle stall
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Shiitake Toast-for Harrisreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Im not a big breakfast person. I usually just have coffee. But after a trip to SE Asia I really got to like the idea of a big bowl of congee with scallions, egg, and pork floss. Unfortunately, nobody else in my family was happy to wake up to the slow cooker beeping at 7am and also didn’t really want the congee, either.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Shiitake Toast-for Harris last edited by
@ShiitakeToast I would put on pants and go get congee for breakfast downstairs. Back home. Makes me cry thinking about it
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Cold noodles? I'll bet cold noodles for breakfast are the bomb.
I don't know if you could call it "light" but I'm very American in that I like a sweet breakfast.
I call it the Full Nixon: A bowl of fruit with a ton of honey and a mountain of cottage cheese with some fancy salt and whole grain toast whose only purpose is to serve as a vehicle between the jam jar and my gullet.
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@helplessduck prob more of a thing in north east Asia (cold noodles)
I can’t imagine anything cold in the south or southeast where it’s warm and we like super hot foods haha
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@helplessduck oh yeah I also can’t do sweet at all
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@skinnylatte It's interesting because even in Australia "western breakfast foods" have a significant savoury side. (Beans and toast, eggs in various forms.) And in Germany there is a lot of bread and sliced meat. You're right, though; lots of Europe and North America really leans sweet.
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Huh. I always figured my predilection for cold breakfasts was because I've lived in the filthy south my whole life. I would think that cold noodles would be more popular in the warmer climes. Ya know... something to warm you up in the morning.
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@helplessduck most Chinese people in Southeast Asia believe that eating cold foods means instant death and sickness so we rarely eat cold dishes
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@rednikki oh I’m super fine with a big breakfast with baked beans and sausages and German breakfasts haha
I just don’t like cold, sweet, industrially processed breakfasts maybe
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@helplessduck also why water fountains in China often dispense boiling hot water and has no lukewarm or cold water at all hahaha
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I have become like this, unexpectedly, in my 30s. Fishy ramen has become my go-to weekday breakfast, with more vegetables in it than noodles.
I think it's part of eating less meat; if my breakfasts don't include bacon/sausage/etc (since I'm eating less pork/meat) the American alternatives (pancakes, waffles, etc) don't really appeal.
I just don't really want carbs+sugar for breakfast. I want protein and/or veggies. Stuff my body can actually use.
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@dicenbuttons I started having oatmeal recently! When I discovered I could make it savory and make it like congeee
