Why is breakfast traditionally devoid of veggies?

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preslove

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Isn't the traditional british breakfast a tomato, toast, and some black pudding?

Traditional english breakfast is a fried egg, baked beans, sausage, back ("canadian") bacon, toast, tomatoes, toast & maybe hashbrowns. Black pudding is irish.
 

Anubis

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Traditional english breakfast is a fried egg, baked beans, sausage, back ("canadian") bacon, toast, tomatoes, toast & maybe hashbrowns. Black pudding is irish.

when we were in England they served us black pudding with the full service

shit is disgusting
 

preslove

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when we were in England they served us black pudding with the full service

shit is disgusting

Huh, never saw that in London or Canterbury, but got it in ireland. Yeah, I definitely did not go beyond an exploratory nibble with that disgusting shit.
 

Cogman

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Huh, never saw that in London or Canterbury, but got it in ireland. Yeah, I definitely did not go beyond an exploratory nibble with that disgusting shit.

:) Well, my main point was that the tomato is definitely a part of a british breakfast.

But I do agree. I wouldn't touch black pudding with a 10' pool. Frying blood, WTF.
 

preslove

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:) Well, my main point was that the tomato is definitely a part of a british breakfast.

But I do agree. I wouldn't touch black pudding with a 10' pool. Frying blood, WTF.

Yeah, well tomatoes maybe in there, but they're one veggie out of a lot more carbs and protein.
 

BurnItDwn

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Ehh, usually skip breakfast here and instead do an early lunch, but, when I eat breakfast, there's pretty usually veggies, usually omelette or skillet dish, with toast and jelly/jam/preserves. Ocassionally steak & eggs, with which I may not eat any veggies, but that's quite a rare occasion.
 

mmntech

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This is a USA thing, breakfast varies by country and plenty of non-USA countries do have a lot of fruits and veggies for breakfast.

Actually, it applies for a lot of cultures. Breakfasts heavy on grains and high protein food (beans, eggs, cured meats) are very common. Veggies tend to be eaten more in Asia but as a small side or ingredient of the above fare. Breakfast soups seem to be popular in Asia as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast


Cogman said:
But I do agree. I wouldn't touch black pudding with a 10' pool. Frying blood, WTF.
My dad loves that crap. It smells so nasty when it's cooking.

I usually don't eat much in the morning. I usually ear fruit, yogurt, and cereal when I'm working. On weekends I'll have bacon and egg or nothing at all.
 

endlessmike

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Traditional english breakfast is a fried egg, baked beans, sausage, back ("canadian") bacon, toast, tomatoes, toast & maybe hashbrowns. Black pudding is irish.

English often has black pudding. Irish tends to have both white and black. The whole spread is pretty much ridiculous and outstanding either way.
 

Kaido

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I usually don't have a big appetite first thing in the morning...a bowl of cereal is about all I can handle.
 

HumblePie

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I usually eat what was left over from dinner the night before in my fridge for breakfast. Usually there is a veggie or two.
 

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Breakfast foods should be one of two things:

Protein dense, fatty, and salty.
Or carb dense and sweet.

Veggies are neither.
 

Elias824

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There is the other problem of in the US most people eat a pretty light breakfast or dont eat it at all, and eat a big lunch and a bigger dinner, so they dont really burn all the dinner calories off. Ive heard that breakfast is much bigger in other countries, and usually people have smaller dinners.
 

Deeko

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Because vegetables are gross.

I generally don't eat breakfast. If I do, its probably just a protein shake. Definitely no vegetables!
 

Demo24

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I'm not going to spend more then maybe 5 minutes preparing my breakfast, just not awake enough nor really hungry. Most intensive thing I might do is toast a bagel in the oven. Bagels tend to stick with you too at least long enough for lunch.
 

Phokus

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I just bought a slap chop so i'll be filling my omelets with lots of onions and peppers. Those count as veggies, right?
 

Kaido

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I just bought a slap chop so i'll be filling my omelets with lots of onions and peppers. Those count as veggies, right?

Only if you auto-tune yourself making breakfast ;)
 

BoomerD

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My wife makes scrambled eggs with tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, onions, and bell peppers all the time. She also puts onions and peppers in hash-browned potatoes for me.

Veggies SHOULD be part of your breakfast...just not ALL of your breakfast.