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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@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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Oh, damn!
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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
