The View From Your Breakfast

This comes from the blog's official little brother. I used to roll that way myself. More recently, however, I came to the conclusion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Nick also comments:

Also, FYI, Japanese breafast (at least traditionally) is about as interesting/gross as you could hope for. I also hear that in Iceland some people mix one part skyr with one part porridge (skyr is yogurt I think), but of course you've actually been to Iceland and so should know better than I.

I would say that skyr certainly resembles yogurt -- really thick yogurt -- but I'm not sure that it is yogurt per se. I don't recal seeing anyone eat this skyr/porridge mix for breakfast, but people definitely eat it there. I've got some more breakfast photos on file now, but if you come up with anything interesting, send it over.

Comments

My wife's stepfather drinks a couple of Diet Cokes and eats chips and salsa for breakfast.

Posted by Clark | May 4, 2007 9:59 AM

Oh no, little brother! Coffee at least comes from recognisable ingredients!

Posted by Jackmormon | May 4, 2007 10:49 AM

Is there an inside joke as to why the image is reversed?

Posted by Gheby | May 4, 2007 11:21 AM

It's the only easy way to misspell a photograph?

Posted by LizardBreath | May 4, 2007 11:58 AM

Matt, if you're really serious about this breakfast thing, then you have to visit MrBreakfast.com. Yeah, it's a shameless plug for my buddy's website, but it's also the most comprehensive breakfast website on the Internet. Not just recipes and reviews for breakfast restaurants in your area, but plenty of articles on the backstory behind breakfast as well:

* 301 Ways To Enjoy Toast
* Breakfast On Death Row
* The Early Days Of Breakfast Cereal

Well worth bookmarking...
http://www.MrBreakfast.com

Posted by Breakfast Lover | May 4, 2007 12:04 PM

> Is there an inside joke as to why the image is reversed?

Looks like this was shot with an iSight via Photo Booth. Flipped as a matter of course.

Posted by Dan | May 4, 2007 3:11 PM

Indeed, Skyr is not a yogurt but a form of fresh cheese made by curdling skimmed milk. A similar product is German Quark, made from buttermilk.

Posted by josephdietrich | May 4, 2007 3:18 PM

When I was in Iceland, I did have skyr mixed with something. I can't recall if it was oatmeal or granola. For kids, they have a foil covered pack with skyr on one side and sugary cereal on the other. You could mix them togehter by bending the half with cereal over and dumping it into the skyr.

Posted by Jeff R. | May 4, 2007 3:21 PM

I don't know how close this is to what they actually eat for breakfast in Japan, but the Park Hyatt in San Francisco and the Four Seasons in Seattle offered Japanese breakfasts when I used to stay there on business in the late '90's. If memory serves, the Japanese breakfast included Miso soup, a cooked salmon fillet, steamed white rice, slices of Oshinko pickled vegetables, and scrambled eggs. The cost was over $30.

This was during boom times though, and I worked for a company with ludicrously high profit margins, so we ordered what we want. I got the Japanese breakfast and chased it down with a slice of banana bread and a pot of coffee.

Posted by Dave | May 4, 2007 5:21 PM

Real men drink Real Coke for breakfast- it's better at washing down that left-over pizza from the fridge.

Taiwanese breakfast- congee (rice gruel} with dried shredded pork; 'you tiao' (literally 'oily stick'} a foot-long piece of fried crispy oily dough; soy milk; salt-preserved egg; and (my favourite)pot-stickers, fried pork dumplings. Fried radish cake is good, too.

And then they go and complain how McDonald's is making all the kids fat.

Posted by MikeN | May 5, 2007 12:12 AM