Talk:Breakfast
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Perhaps we should separate between "British breakfast foods" and "N.A. breakfast foods." A North American would definitely not recognize "tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding, or fish" as breakfast foods unless they were from Britain. (With the possible exception of lox on bagels.) - montréalais
What is an "entertainment meal"? -- Tarquin 21:15 Sep 9, 2002 (UTC)
- A meal served to others you invite over for that purpose. E.g., you will often have someone over for dinner or brunch but rarely for breakfast. user:Montrealais
First para, second sentence and last para, first sentence are repetitive. Which should stay, and where in the article should it go? My vote is to move the last para in its entirety to immediately precede the first sentence of the article (and scratch current article sentence two). Other ideas? Ed Cormany 03:54 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Breakfast -- full English breakfast -- continental breakfast
It's definitely not easy to find articles without Wikipedia's search facility. I just typed in "continental breakfast", not knowing that such an article does not exist (yet) and was referred to Departments of the Continental Army. This is going to drive away both casual users and regular contributors. If you type in "continental breakfast" you should at least get one of the "breakfast" articles rather than a "continenal" one. --KF 22:08, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Now it is slightly confusing that Breakfast links to Continental breakfast which redirects to Breakfast ... -- Tjwood 17:28, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Quote: Outside of Scandinavia, a continental Western European breakfast is scarcely more than a snack to tide one over until lunch.
Depends what you mean by "Continental Western European", I suppose, but the statement above is untrue even if you look no further than Benelux and Germany. What the British call a "Continental breakfast" is really a Mediterranean breakfast. A more substantial style of breakfast -- including eggs, meat, cheese, etc -- is taken all over northern continental Europe, not just in Scandinavia. -- Picapica 20:08, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
I know. When I started editing this, the geographical stuff that was here was insane, and I've tried to improve it, but it is still really frustrating me. Go look at what was here before. And it's not just Europe - I've been struggling with North and South America, and the absence of Australia and Africa, and as for Asia and the Middle East, argh. It's bizarre. A little less so now than before, but really - have at it. I didn't feel I should wipe out the whole thing and start from scratch (although I sort of did with what had been North America), but maybe it would have taken less time! --Mothperson 21:28, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
Sorry if you might have thought I was having any direct dig at you, Mothperson. I share your frustration with the way this subject has been treated and applaud your attempts to insert a little more cool-headed analysis here. It's a very strange thing, isn't it, how many myths and halftruths circulate around what one would have thought the rather banal theme of "breakfast" -- see the "Irish/English breakfast" wars at Talk:Irish breakfast, the most ironic facet of which is that, with the possible exception of Sundays, the great majority of "traditional Irish/English" breakfasts eaten are, in any case, probably those served by the catering trade... very largely to tourists. -- Picapica 16:02, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
No, no. I was just venting, having been beating my head against my desk for a while with no one to talk to about that wretched "continental breakfast", et al. Thanks for sending me to Talk:Irish breakfast - it's priceless, even if I can't currently laugh without having a coughing fit. The wonderful whacky world of Wiki. So - what to do? Southwestern European? European countries speaking latin-based languages with the exception of Rumania and parts of Belgium and Switzerland? I kind of like Mediterranean Europe, but then there's Greece. Maybe - no continental categories at all??? No, that would be too simple. If you have any ideas... the geographically-challenged Mothperson 16:42, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
Danish Breakfast
I have never known a Danish breakfast to include meats, but before I edit, I will investigate. As far as I know, "traditional" breakfasts would consist of eggs and lots of solid breads with well-aged cheeses. Sweet pastries are usually reserved for weekends or special occasions. "Modern" Danish breakfasts, as I know them, are often hot or cold cereals, or a bowl of yogurt (perhaps with a topping).
--SVTCobra 02:39, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Sfdan added the Danish section. You might discuss with him/her. I am clueless here. --Mothperson 09:55, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)