What are you having for breakfast?

[UnderOpenSky]

Chana dahl and pearl barley. I'm quite liking this one as was getting a bit sick of noodles. It's not that conventional to have barley with dahl, but I find it microwaves better then rice and lasts a few days in the fridge where rice goes a bit funny. Downside is I have to cook it in advance, but it's pretty low effort, especially if I have as part of tea night one night.

Sometimes I wish I liked conventional breakfast foods more (that don't involve sausage and bacon).

 

[existentialist]

Fake sausage, beans, staffie oatcake, fried egg.

That is all. I thangyew.

 

[izz]

Fake sausage, beans, staffie oatcake, fried egg.

That is all. I thangyew.

So ! What's in this staffie oatcake malarkey then and how'd you make it ? Like this Staffordshire Oatcakes - Traditional English Hotcakes - Pancakes Recipe - Food.com ?

 

[Ranbay]

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[Ranbay]

 

[existentialist]

So ! What's in this staffie oatcake malarkey then and how'd you make it ? Like this Staffordshire Oatcakes - Traditional English Hotcakes - Pancakes Recipe - Food.com ?

Pretty much that, yes. I got a bit of a taste for them when I had a girlfriend who was studying in Stoke, and they were a cheap and healthy thing to eat.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Pretty much that, yes. I got a bit of a taste for them when I had a girlfriend who was studying in Stoke, and they were a cheap and healthy thing to eat.

You must have eaten different fillings to me.

 

[existentialist]

You must have eaten different fillings to me.

Cheese and beans, almost exclusively.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Think I tried the giant version of the spicy wotsits - they felt wrong, like eating fingers. But normal size wotsits might be OK.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Still black coffee.

 

[existentialist]

Still black coffee.

Not fizzy black coffee, then?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Four slices of buttered toast.

Not fizzy black coffee, then?

I'm sure Sasaferrato could give that a try if he's got a sodastream. You can carbonate booze so no reason why you can't do the same to coffee.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It's one of those mornings I want strong coffee already. But I'm trying to limit myself to one a day so holding out for a bit longer

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Wholegrain rice with tabasco.

 

[existentialist]

Wholegrain rice with tabasco.

First time I read that, I read "with tobacco". And, given your typical breakfast fare, I didn't bat an eyelid.

 

[existentialist]

Fake sausage, staffie oatcake, fried egg. And beans, because I've still got 2/3 of a can left.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Fake sausage, staffie oatcake, fried egg. And beans, because I've still got 2/3 of a can left.

I want oatcakes now!

Never understood why they weren't more popular outside Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

 

[existentialist]

I want oatcakes now!

Never understood why they weren't more popular outside Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

I'm astonished at how few people seem to have heard of them. They're healthy, cheap, and easy to make. And rather versatile - I've been known to have them with jam and cream on, too.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Half a dozen boiled eggs.

 

[danny la rouge]

Half a dozen boiled eggs.

Alright, Luke.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Alright, Luke.

Eggs are the breakfast of champions.

 

[moose]

I want oatcakes now!

Never understood why they weren't more popular outside Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

I live on a street that had an oatcake bakery on it for the first few years we lived here, and it was the dreadful smell of lard that used to put me off, although most places seem to use vegetable oil now. I still find them a bit weird - it's the dampness of them I think. They're fine when they are crispy.

I've had banana and blueberry pancakes for breakfast this morning, with a squeeze of lime and a squirt of maple syrup.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I'd quite like that problem.

Back to noodles this morning as it's end of the week and I had nothing prepped. I was quite disappointed when I learnt they are actually fried as part of the preperation process.

 

[ouirdeaux]

6.30 working Gregg's breakfast: hot chocolate and bacon roll with ketchup & self-pity.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Potato tortilla completely smothered in HP.

 

[gentlegreen]

I have three new coffees and having tried them individually, I thought today I would have a third of each - so I carefully weighed 3.33g of beans on my dealer's scale into my hand grinder.
I was distracted by a Youtube video, but thought they'd ground amazingly quickly.
So I boil the kettle, put the toast on and pour water on the ground coffee in my Aeropress.
No froth !
So I had to quickly judge by eye another 10g of random beans in a scoop and grind them as quickly as I could and mix them in very late in the brew.
So science has gone out of the window thanks to my early morning arithmetic

 

[Numbers]

Saltfish cakes and Samosas.

 

[gentlegreen]

Potato tortilla completely smothered in HP.

If that was me, it would be tahini, tamari and mango chutney

 

[existentialist]

This morning, I had whisky for breakfast. It was very nice.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Bananas.