Breakfast

That's my theory, that the eggs-etc style of breakfast was established back in the old days because it was easy to prepare quickly. But now there are a gazillion different ways a quick meal can be made. This morning I had a salami sandwich and a bowl of Campbell's soup, clam chowder. The meal took about five minutes to prepare; open the can, pour it into a bowl, microwave it to warm it up, prepare the sandwich while the soup was getting nuked.

I mean, can you imagine having spaghetti for dinner every night, for example? Night after night after night? I couldn't do it.

The crazy thing is, I think my aunt not only did it that way out of habit, she would have felt she was actually doing something wrong if she had something else to eat first thing in the morning; and I imagine there are others who are like that as well.

I love grazing!

> you can spend a whole day just eating and chatting over there.

I dated an Italian girl during grad school, and met her family once. Their morning and noon meals were ordinary by my standards; not big productions, just easy things to do. But the evening meal was a big event. A long meal with a lot of conversation. I don't know whether that was the usual way of doing things or just because it was a big family gathering though.

> breakfast morphs into lunch, then dinner, then supper

That reminds me of something a childhood friend told me once. After college he went into the Navy and served on a submarine. This was at the time when sailors on subs had 18 hour days. (I'm unsure whether they still do it that way.) The mess crew prepared meals on a 24 hour schedule, though. So for a sailor, his "morning" meal would be breakfast one "day," supper the next "day," then lunch, et cetera.

> once in a while i'll break that up with a pb & banana sandwich

I haven't had one of those in years. Can't imagine why, they're delicious. OK, that's another thing to add to the menu.

LOL -- To each their own, I suppose.

I heard a funny story once. Pizza Hut was trying to establish itself in China, without much success. It turned out that the problem was that pizza generally has cheese. In that culture, the thought of taking milk then letting it age, et cetera -- whatever it is that you do to turn it into cheese -- then consuming it, is generally felt to be pretty nauseating.

i'm not here for a fight, i swear, but we truly part ways on this.

left-over cold pizza is one of my favourite comfort foods.

i've often wished for a take-out place that would deliver pizza cold.

(i know, i'm weird).

That's funny because lunch is my favorite meal of the day. Speaking of routines - I have a Nature Valley granola bar with a cup of coffee every morning - I don't care for big/heavy breakfasts. If I have a big lunch, then I can be very happy with something light for dinner.

I didn't eat breakfast for a long time, but as I got older I found that I need to get something in my stomach at that time of day or I just don't feel right.

Lunch isn't a big deal for me. If, when I'm at the office, someone wants to go out and have a sit-down meal, fine. If not, a fast food burger is ok. I really don't care much one way or the other.

I think a lot of people have three or so dishes they alternate between, but I couldn't even do that. Some days I'll put a TV dinner in the oven immediately after I wake up. It's ready to eat and I've got time to do it before I start my day.