I just realized I didn't know any Americans

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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't eat. I run on thoughts, prayers, and the power of friendship.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    I love a nice breakfast burrito.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Ooh. What goes in the burrito?

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The scraps of my children's uneaten breakfasts, so:

    • half an egg sandwich

    • the dregs of a bowl of oatmeal with maple syrup, mixed with whatever unsyruped oatmeal I can scrape out of the pot

    • about four apple slices and half a bagel

    on days my spouse cooks breakfast. When I cook, everyone eats pancakes.

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  • Usually nothing. When I do have breakfast it's either pancakes and eggs or milk and cereal. Every now and then I get a wild hair and have oatmeal.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Technically nothing, but I do have coffee at the office.

    Except on Thursday. That's doughnut day.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ctrl-F'd for doughnuts.

    It sounds bizzare from where I am, but I do have to admit it's not that different from a pastry.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly, my favorite "doughnuts" aren't doughnuts at all. We get a variety, and I go for the cinnamon rolls, fritters or eclairs before I'd grab an actual doughnut.

    Also, most Americans can't spell doughnut, so you're better off ctrl-fing for donut.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    I don't generally eat breakfast. I honestly don't know how people do it, when I wake up the last thing I want to do is eat.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    We tend to eat breakfast using mouth

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You don't buttchug food?! Absolutely barbaric.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    I find the lack of cheese in the comments very concerning.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    What’s your favorite cheese for breakfast and why is it comté??

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Comté (FTFY) - Now you can impress all of your friends with your knowledge of good cheese AND spelling!

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago*

    Anxiety and despair

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    bagel and cream cheese, with coffee.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I rarely eat breakfast, but if I feel like getting a treat on my morning break at work there's nothing better than a toasted everything bagel with sliced onion, tomato, and cream cheese.... Well, lox could make it better, but I'm not getting a $15 bagel lol

    It's sooooo damn goooood...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    We used to have a sandwich shop at my office that would do lox and veggies on a bagel for maybe $6. They also had an avocado bagel for $4. They were replaced by a Starbucks in a different building on campus and it's not as good and more expensive.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Greek yogurt, walnuts, craisins, pumpkin seeds, hemp hearts, chia seeds, maybe cinnamon, maybe a dash of honey, possibly some frozen fruit if I feel like waiting for it to thaw a bit. Coffee with a dash of oatmilk.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    3 cups of coffee. Unless it's 4.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I am genuinely floored by how many people here are claiming to actually eat breakfast. Tf is all the chia pudding bananas toast eggs shit??? For me, and everyone I know, breakfast is a special occasion for days off. My wife and I make breakfast maybe 10 times a year. I've always heard Lemmy's average age is on the higher end, and this thread has confirmed it for me.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well I mean you put oats in a jar overnight and take them to work or school in the morning. Easier still is keeping instant oats at work if you can. Breakfast is important man idk about skipping it everyday.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you're doing office work, breakfast really isn't that important

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I do office work and feel pretty bad if I skip breakfast, even if I pull an early lunch. That's probably because I'm used to breakfast, but I still think it's important enough to take 5 minutes at night to put oats in the fridge.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    There are some of us who wake up early to work out and have breakfast with our significant others before work. You don't have to be old to appreciate spending time together, or make room for it in your life.

    My wife leaves for work at 7:30a, I've been up since 5:30a spending the morning with her. Sometimes those two hours are the highest quality time we'll spend together all day, fewer distractions.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Nothing. Last thing on my mind in the morning is food.

    Appetite usually kicks in the late afternoon/early evening, when I have my first and usually only meal.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The amount of Americans in the comments who don't eat breakfast is shocking

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As an American who doesn't eat breakfast, I'm curious why that is shocking to you?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I see breakfast as part of the time when you're getting ready for the day. I am not sure what else to respond to why it's shocking to me, it just is. I am also more likely to skip lunch than breakfast.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Food can be expensive, and sometimes you gotta prioritize your money for something else. (Or just eat a bigger lunch)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Two questions though. One, if it is time, why eat a big lunch rather than a big breakfast? Two, if it is money, why not split lunch into breakfast and lunch?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    To answer question 1: Night shifts are quite common in the US (due to the desire of customers to want to visit at any hour), so it's often an easier choice to be productive at night and sleep through the morning. Even if you are a day shift worker, most of your free time will be at night, so you may focus on waking up later and avoiding breakfast to avoid being late (Had to do that plenty of times). Also, if you eat late, you likely will not be hungry in the morning.

    To answer question 2: In many restaurants and quick service places (fast food/convenience stores) in the US, bundles are often in favor of buying a large quantity of food once rather than purchasing two separate meals (ubiquity of combos), and you can always save leftovers in a lunchbox for later in the day if needed. This changes when you are at home and have the luxury of time to cook, but during longer commutes (car-centric due to the lack of density in the US), it makes more rational sense to stay on the road and just pick a bundle up at a drive-thru to save time and money (can make two $10 purchases into one $12-15).

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  • [+] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    Black coffee and patience.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    coffee and weed

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I might be weird, but I often just have leftovers. Or sometimes I'll throw a frozen pizza in the oven, maybe have some salad, whatever.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Used to be Coffee and cigarettes, but now it's just Coffee and shit posting.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Rather than tell you what I personally eat, maybe it will be useful to know what American diners serve for breakfast. You can walk into any locally-owned diner anywhere in the country and order from a menu almost exactly like this:

    • Breakfast Combo: Two eggs (scrambled, fried, or over easy/medium/hard), meat (bacon, sausage links, steak, or ham), and a carb (pancakes, toast, a biscuit, or hash browns)
    • Biscuits and Gravy: Two biscuits with sausage gravy over the top. Sometimes served with an egg.
    • Pancakes: A short stack is 2 and a tall stack is 4. Served with maple syrup.
    • Skillet/Omelet: Eggs scrambled with onions, bell peppers, cheese, and meat. An alternate version, sometimes called “loaded hash browns,” uses hash browns instead of eggs.
    • Breakfast Burrito: An omelet wrapped up in a tortilla. May be smothered with red or green chili sauce for a Tex-Mex spin.
    • Oatmeal: Boiled oats with fruit, granola, syrup, etc.
    • Eggs Benedict: Poached egg on an English muffin with ham and hollandaise sauce.

    And then each diner will have their own “famous” specialty, like stuffed French toast, “home fries” (pan-fried potato chunks), huge pancakes, or sausage made in house. It’s hard to go wrong though, American breakfasts are consistently pretty tasty.

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  • If you wanna try something different but really good, a lot of breakfast places near me have a variant of Eggs Benedict usually called something like Irish Eggs Benedict, which replaces the ham with corn beef hash. Add a side of home fries, and you've got something that'll really stick to your ribs and keep you full and happy for half the day.

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  • I like toast, eggs, and coffee for a work day and whatever Im feeling for a free day (which tends to be toast, eggs, sausage, and coffee lol I usually do wheat toast and i get ground sausage tubes because they're easy to freeze and such)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Nothing. If I eat breakfast I'm hungry by 10 and that sucks.

    If I don't have a choice about eating breakfast, but I do get to select what to eat, eggs and hashbrowns.

    But I also eat those for lunch and dinner because they are yummy.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not sure if people just don't eat cereal anymore, or they just don't care to admit it. Love me some corn chex in particular. I'll do toast and scrambled eggs and bacon if I'm feeling like taking the time though, sure.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't eat cereal - too many calories and too much sugar, plus I'll just be hungry again in 45 minutes. I need protein and fat in my breakfast.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I quit buying it, and am raising my son without it. For these reasons. It's not a good breakfast, nearly wholly empty on calories.

    If I cook him breakfast, it's usually eggs and turkey sausages. That's the "go to". Most days it's leftover dinner though. He loves that shit at 8am

    I don't have breakfast (coffee usually). But like today, I broke my fast with some crackers and hummus.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago
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    Coffee and meds. Peanut butter toast if I'm feeling naughty

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Cigarette and THC vape normally. I don't feel hungry for the first several hours I'm awake

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Most commonly one the following; granola with nuts and dried fruit topped with yogurt, peanut butter and banana sandwich, eggs and toast.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Three options each with a couple of options, depending on factors:

    If short on time or lazy:

    • Cold cereal with milk
    • Granola + yogurt

    If motivated:

    • Scrambled eggs with cheese, salsa, breakfast potatoes / toast, hot sauce or spicy chicken mixed in
    • Pancakes with butter + jam

    If depression:

    • Nothing and then early lunch
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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    My kids and I typically have a bowl of cold milk and cereal, and (separately) a chicken egg cooked in one of several ways.

    On the weekends I cook eggs in a different style for each member of the family, bacon or sausage, pancakes or waffles or crepes with jam/maple syrup.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    A big heaping bowl of FASCISM!

    No, actually, usually just a bowl of cereal. Sometimes eggs and/or bacon as well on weekends when there's more time.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well I’m Asian and don’t really do the typical American breakfast. I just eat whatever, leftovers maybe. I’ll have coffee over tea though, so that’s pretty American of me lol

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    You and millions of other Americans eating leftovers for breakfast. Since the Mayflower for sure, and probably for centuries before that. Although they probably didn't have the Breakfast of Champions, cold leftover pizza.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Americano, and two slices of multi grain toast with butter

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Whole wheat toast topped with peanut butter, sorghum syrup, and bananas. The toast has fiber and the peanut butter has protein. The bananas and the tiniest drop of sorghum add enough sweetness to round out the flabor but contain less added sugar than most cereal.

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