Writer's Block: Morning Decisions - Gacked from Arcaton

[theoldwolf]

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The old stand-by: Steel-cut oats with honey, and some 9-grain toast. Half a grapefruit when they're big and in season, and I feel like taking the time to prepare one.

Alternate yummies: grits with butter; raisin bran; raw oatmeal with raisins; Life cereal.

I won't turn up my nose at fried eggs, or scrambled eggs, or coddled eggs, or bacon or ham or sausages or broiled tomatoes or geitost, or potato pancakes with applesauce or tomatensild or edam or jarlsberg or... well, usually only get that in a hotel.

I think my favorite is a very nice Japanese breakfast of broiled fish, tskukemono, natto, rice and umeboshi.

Comments

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Set #3 fryup with bubble and fried slice dahn the caff. Luvly Grub!

But you must have the old PG Tips for true heavenly morning perfection.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

BTW what are "Grits"? They sound abrasive....

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

First of all, "Grits" is. It's singular, like "kudos". At least if you're a true southerner. Which I ain't, but I try to speak proper.

Grits is ground hominy, which is nixtamalized corn. Think of beautiful yellow kernels of corn, bombarded with gamma rays and humiliated until they become bloated, white, and very angry. Actually, dried corn is soaked in lye water (lutecorn!) until the outer hulls come off, making it more easily digestible. The dried corn is then ground into meal, and when this is cooked in water it becomes grits.

For the longest time, I never wanted to try it because the pictures of canned hominy looked so disgusting to me a kid... but I first experienced "True Grits" in Jawjuh, and a large bowl of it was served to me along with eggs and bacon, swimming with butter. It was heavenly - sorta like porridge, which as you notice is spelled with two r's over here, but smoother. Some people have likened it to spoonable polenta.

Anyway, 'tis a treat. Here, order yourself some: http://tinyurl.com/OohGrits1

Yum!

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

My usual weekday breakfast is Cheerios and milk, neither sweet nor "savory." But the fruit I put on it could count as sweet.

[coyoty.livejournal.com]

If I'm rushed, I'll have juice, a bowl of cereal, and bacon or sausage. If I'm not, I'll replace the cereal with something more leisurely, like waffles or scrambled eggs. I don't have to skip the meat on rush days because I'll bake it while I'm shaving and dressing.