Some serious research here - please let me know what you have for breakfast ! If you don't eat it, just say "nowt"; if you have it mid morning, just tell me what you have; if you know what other cultures have for brekkie, please tell me.....
Just to get you all in the right frame of mind, I have a black coffee (no sugar) and about 1/3 of a can of fruit in juice (say peach slices or pear quarters) at 7 am, followed at about 10am by some wholewheat toast with a little crunchy peanut butter. Weekends are the same but food gets eaten a lot later !
normally if I get ready in time I have a bowl of cereal at 7am, I have approx 5 mins to eat it
after trying various breakfast options the cereal works best as
a) easy and quick to prepare
b) I bung sugar in to get my sweet fix
c) I feel full for at least an 2 hours afterwards
Most of the time I have nothing because as I can't stomach food then. Around 11ish I'll have either toast with jam or crunchy nut. And a coffee to wake up.
If I have been out on the lash the night before then it would have to be a fry-up. Although my nights of mayhem have long since disappeared.
When i am working I hve cereal with fresh fruit on the top, (usually a banana) at the 10am break. when i am off i have a cooked breakfast at home or sometimes whilst on an early shopping expedition
Dont eat breakfast, food makes me feel ill that early in the morning.
You asked about other cultures- I had a French pen friend who told me that she, and everyone she knows, has a piece and chocolate for breakfast.
I checked with my French tutor, I hadn't translated it wrong they actually had bread and a slab of chocolate in the morning.
Two cups of black tea on rising! Breakfast (not first thing, ughh, but about 10.00am) Porridge with sultanas and honey, or wholemeal toast, honey or marmalade or Marmite.
Whaddya mean, you all want stars ? Doh.... J was last seen at 3am in the morning, still allocating shiny red stars to all the brekkie boys and gals.... lol Hmmmm, it'll soon be time for another brekkie....
As a child (living in Denmark), I can remember having a really thin slab of chocolate (like 1.5mm thick) between slices of plain white bread for breakfast..... oh, those were the days...