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[genkischuldich]

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Food: Fifty Of The World's Best Breakfasts (Not fifty of the world's best breakfasts (as many of the comments point out), but rather what you could expect from a luxury breakfast provided by your hotel if you stayed in that country. Or something that is eaten somewhere, sometime in the country specified. They all look delicious.)
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[dilettantka]

Of course I read the prostitute article and just, wow.

I wouldn't be surprised if many people didn't even know there was flooding happening in Thailand...

[genkischuldich]

She's a very interesting character, isn't she? I should have instantly connected you with prostitutes and I'm ashamed to say I didn't. *sad face*

[balljointedomi]

As for the Polish breakfast (the fourth), I've never heard of someone eating jajecznica *with* potato pancakes (plędze). Both things are fried, it would be a pretty greasy breakfast XD Actually, I've never heard of someone eating plędze for breakfast, unless they had left-overs from the previous day's dinner/supper. It takes a bit of time to make them. Jajecznica certainly is popular, though! The meat in it is optional ('jajecznica' is just the polish word for 'scrambled eggs') but I've heard it's the most Polish to serve jajecznica with some meat.

[tirwolf]

The only version of potato pancakes that I know is the one passed on through my father who was Lithuanian. It was made with potatoes (shredded or put through a blender), diced onions, & seasonings served with sour cream. They do take time to make! I did make them for as part of a breakfast once as a substitute for hash browns but typically they were a dinner item. I was surprised by the kielbasa as that too was usually something that was served as a lunch or dinner item. Easter would consist of white kielbasa, red kielbasa, ham, boiled potatoes, bread & butter & cruschiki (I know that I'm mangling the spelling here, sorry!). Haven't been in a real Polish deli in decades

[balljointedomi]

Sounds like we're talking about the same kind of potato pancakes :) My mother usually also adds carrots to the mass and we like eating them with sour cream *and* smoked salmon ;P, but the idea is the same ^^

I've personally never seen anyone eating jajecznica with kiełbasa, but many people like it with bacon bits. I guess some may eat it with kiełbasa... or use kiełbasa when they run out of bacon, but it probably wouldn't be served as in that picture.

The American breakfast looked very unhealthy, at least some veggies made it into the picture of the Polish one! ;)

[tirwolf]

Amer. breakfasts are meant to be unhealthy, I think...LOL... & they typically vary geographically. What you find in the north or northeast is not what you will find in the south or west or mid-west or northwest & if you add in the city versus country style variations, that's another story. That is why I had so many /'s in my comment & I didn't even include the cereal options or things such as oatmeal/farina/grits. Fruit &/or fruit juice is the healthy part I guess.

My father typically mixed just about anything in with eggs. I remember bologna, sardines, or ham mixed into scrambled eggs. That could have been a result of his army days or his depression era upbringing. Haven't heard of kielbasa with potato pancakes though. It was typically kielbasa served with beans or boiled potatoes.

Your profile says that you are in Japan but I am wondering if you are transplanted from Poland? Anyway, it has been fun chatting with you & learning about a shared culture. Thank you!

[tirwolf]

November also starts next week and I'm genuinely superstitious about that month. Something bad ALWAYS happens in it. Always. I'm hoping for something a little better this year though. Wish me luck!

Yeah, Nov. has never been a particularly great month for me either. Some family member nearly gets killed on the highway around Thanksgiving & it is a time of stress with the onset of the holiday season which I haven't enjoyed in decades. It also heralds the anniversary of a failed marriage & the signing of my divorce papers. There are a list of things that occurred in Nov. & Dec. that are really negative for us here so I fully understand. I do hope that your Nov. is better than it has been thus far!

[genkischuldich]

Thank you.

Two days in and it's not so bad so far. I'm trying to think of rational reasons that November is usually so bad (stress due to Christmas? Shorter days?), but everything that happens is unconnected to the date. And I hate being superstitious!

[red_squared]

WHHHHHY did I click on the breakfast link when I just woke up, missed dinner last night and am starving?!

*thwaps idiot self*

Also, Vegimite -- blech.

[genkischuldich]

Oops, sorry. If it makes you feel better, I feel hungry now too. :-)