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What kids around the world eat for breakfast (at home)

article is weird.

what kids eat around the world. around the world is
Brazil
Japan
France
Turkey
Africa

And there are 2 entries for most of those countries listed. I guess around the world has a different meaning to me.

Also there's no way some of them eat all that stuff for breakfast every day? Damn, I never got fed that well and still don't. I usually eat a bowl of cereal...
 
Oh man, I haven't had gohan since I was really little. I used to eat that for breakfast every morning when my mom dropped me off at my grandmother's before she went into work before I was school age.
 
This article has bullshit written all over it, almost canted to the point that it's talking shit about 'Murican lifestyles.

First off, the second kid even says this is a Saturday meal. I highly fuckin doubt any of these kids eat like this on a daily basis. #1 the cost would be outrageous, and #2 even a stay at home mom probably wouldn't do this every single day before school.

Secondly, half of that crap is no better than a 'Murican spread no matter how you slice it (no pun intended). The Japanese kid puked all the time before it could stomach some of that crap. The French kid is chowing down just as much sugar as his 'Murican counter part. The Brazil kids are eating a freaking lunchable. There are just so many things wrong with this garbage report from the NY Times. Why don't they just make a fucking pop up book for adults with stupid shit like this in it.

This article makes Elevenpog angry.

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My brother and I ate all kinds of stuff for breakfast growing up. Mom's from Oklahoma so we oftentimes got biscuits and gravy with sausage or bacon, plus fried eggs. Sometimes she's make rice and serve it hot with milk just like you would oatmeal or cream of wheat. I've even had Campbell's bean with bacon soup for breakfast if the craving struck me. That article makes it sound like American kids eat nothing but cold sugar-sweetened cereal and that's not always the case. One odd thing "Okie" thing she made was chocolate gravy. Its basically milk, Nestle's Quik and tablespoon of flour cooked on the stove until thickened a bit and then served hot over butter toast or buttered biscuits. Loved it.

http://www.southernfoodways.org/pass-the-chocolate-gravy/
 
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Weetbix, Vegemite on toast, cocopops, poptarts, just right, sultana bran, etc in Australia ... n porridge. Kids trink hot milo too, or quick.

No kangaroo steaks for brekky.
 
these type of articles pop up every now and then. they are flooded with people saying how false they are.

I agree they are bullshit. Eating in the US varies from area to area just as much as it does going from country to country in Europe.
 
Italy was a cornetto and an espresso.

People used to look at me really weird with my huge ass breakfasts with steak.

Irish/British breakfasts are a giant plate of protein deliciousness.
 
KMFJD said:
Can confirm the Dutch one is true, grew up on bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles....

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+1 my BIL brought some back from the Netherlands. Hagelslag should be sold in America :thumbsup:
 
OutHouse said:
yea i would too.
The first time Saki ate the fermented soybean dish called natto, she was 7 months old. She promptly vomited.
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Her mother, Asaka, thinks that perhaps this was because of the smell, which is vaguely suggestive of canned cat food. But in time, the gooey beans became Saki’s favorite food and a constant part of her traditional Japanese breakfasts.
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So...Stockholm Syndrome for food too?

"Look, I know your body attempted to reject this because it thought that you were ingesting poison, but just keep eating it. You'll like it. This is normal, though I don't know why."



Swedish filmjolk is one of dozens of iterations of soured milk found on breakfast tables across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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Ah yes, I bet this is another food that exists because refrigeration wasn't always around. "Well....it's only sort of spoiled. Just go with it."


“The idea that children should have bland, sweet food is a very industrial presumption,” says Krishnendu Ray, a professor of food studies at New York University who grew up in India. “In many parts of the world, breakfast is tepid, sour, fermented and savory.”
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Yup.

"The refrigerator broke awhile ago, so breakfast has decayed slightly. Enjoy!"

</first world problem>
 
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This would be a lot more believable if the food pictures didn't have the presentation of restaurant menu stock footage. I'm sure a lot of these kids eat this stuff, but with a couple of exceptions it sure as hell doesn't look like that when they do.
 
Jeff7 said:
So...Stockholm Syndrome for food too?

"Look, I know your body attempted to reject this because it thought that you were ingesting poison, but just keep eating it. You'll like it. This is normal, though I don't know why."
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see: alcohol
 
Saw this article a while ago. I agree it's slanted. The signal thing I learned eating breakfast, or any other meal, with the locals in other countries was how much less they ate than we generally do.

The sole exception was an English breakfast.
 
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