Sunday, October 17, 2010

Good eats

What I've learned about breakfasts:

--Bircher breakfast:  Raw rolled oats and dried fruits, soaked overnight in milk.  Can be heated up, but not cooked.
--Spaghetti:  From a can.  Yes, for breakfast.  On toast.  Can also be incorporated into a pizza, but that idea makes me a little nauseous.
--Baked beans:  Also from a can.  Also on toast.  Also blurgh, in my opinion.

And investigations into sandwiches:

--Beetroot: Sweet, boiled, sliced beets are very common on sandwiches.  It is surprisingly tasty and is quite pretty.
--Pumpkin:  Roasted, spicy pumpkin is a common vegetarian option for sandwich fillings.
--Salads:  All the raw veggies that go on sandwiches:  the lettuce, tomatoes, onions, etc.  The sandwich-maker will ask you, 'Do you want all the salads on that?'
--Vogel:  Vogel's is a common brand-name of sliced sandwich bread at the grocery store.  At a cafe, you can order a 'Vogel' (although I think they should call it 'The Synechdoche'): a sandwich with any type of filling between two pieces of regular fluffy sliced bread that either are or resemble Vogel's.
--Toastie:  Or you can have them put your Vogel in a panini press and toast it up.  This is especially pleasant when it incorporates cheese.
  

3 comments:

kmpolacek said...

As if spaghetti-from-a-can pizza is somehow worse than the 5-way Chili from Steak 'n Shake.

Allie said...

Ha! You're hilarious to remember that! Touche. You've made my day. (I would totally eat Steak n Shake chili on a pizza.)

Gypsy Girl said...

There ought to be a law regarding acceptable breakfast food: some type of cereal/oatmeal/porridge, bread, eggs, juice, milk, jam and butter. Anything involving meat or potatoes that early in the morning is criminal.