What's For Breakfast?

[Sundae]

Yesterday morning we all had a Traditional Breakfast at the Reedcutter's Restaurant which was the main eatery on the caravan site we've been staying on.
We had to be out of our caravan at 10.00, so we were up at 07.00 and ready to leave by 08.30.

Would have been even earlier, but Mum & Dad - well, Mum - told me off about the racket I was making, opening and closing doors. "Just not fair" at that time of the morning. Oddly, Mum said, "It's ten to eight now, we don't need to worry about being quiet." I only include that because the timing is bizarre, and in fact tells me that Mum was fed up with creeping about and sod the neighbours. Please note, there was room to park two cars (one and a half?) between each caravan.

It was payday, so brekkers was my treat. Two rashers of bacon, sausage, fried egg, beans, hash brown and fried bread. I had toast instead of fried bread - I do love a place that understand substitution.

No pics, I've reigned myself in on those.
Just a bit of feedback.

[Pico and ME]

Well shoot, Sundae I think a lot of us appreciate your pictures...especially the food ones. Who would give feedback otherwise?

[slang]

Rice, eggs and mango juice.

[Trilby]

how much is a rasher?

as to egg salad - just make a mess of it and tupperware it for later. sheesh! all that work for one lousy breakfast? ya gotta hard boil the eggs, mash 'em up, etc. same with spaghetti. LEFTOVERS people! LEFTOVERS!

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Brianna

how much is a rasher?

as to egg salad - just make a mess of it and tupperware it for later. sheesh! all that work for one lousy breakfast? ya gotta hard boil the eggs, mash 'em up, etc. same with spaghetti. LEFTOVERS people! LEFTOVERS!

I googled because I wondered too.
Its only a silly single slice.

[Aliantha]

peanut butter on toast with a coffee.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

peanut butter on toast with a coffee.

How American of you!

Thought you lot were all about Vegemite. That's what the song says anyway ...

re: rounds ...

The only things that come in rounds over here are drinks and merries.

There is no special collective word for toast. It's just toast, although the conventional restaurant serving is two slices. Most home servings are two slcies as well, as toasters come with even numbers of slots, and it's silly to warm them both up for just one piece of bread.

Perhaps we could use a special collective word for toast.

A horde of toast.

A brace of toast.

A stack of toast. No. Pancakes have that one sewn up.

A barrage of toast.

A pop of toast.

An assemblage of toast.

I need some help.

And some sleep, apparently.

[kerosene]

Originally Posted by wolf

A barrage of toast.

This one is my favorite.

[Sundae]

Aye - a rasher of bacon is a slice.

But if you're offered a truckle of cheese - take it. Unless you're allergic to dairy products I mean. They vary in size, but let's put it this way, you won't get it all in one sandwich.

I'm still working on a round of toast or a round of sandwiches.
It's baffled me since 1991, when I first encountered it.

[Clodfobble]

Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism?

Not at all. I never considered it foreign, unless I meant "foreign to me".
I just don't get it.

I worked out that a round of sandwiches was effectively a sandwich. Which seemed a con. Two slices of bread is a SANDWICH - no other words need to be introduced.
But then we have a round of toast. Which surely has to mean two slices of toast, right? No. Not always.

And then I grew out of the chip on my shoulder which said anything I didn't undertsand was my fault and I was stupid for asking. "A round of sandwiches [toast]? What is that exactly?" And you know what? I'm still not sure.

Slightly OT, but when people asked for a wine spritzer I also had to ask whether they meant wine with sparkling water or lemonade. Pretty much everyone looked at me as if I was thicker than a whale omelette. But the truth is they were probably split 60/40 as to what comprises a spritzer, and I did not appreciate taking the wrong drink out of my wages at the end of the night. Yeah okay, I drinked it, but only when I was offered a drink by a customer, and if it was a wine/ lemonade mix it was yukky.

[BigV]

coffee. a cup. Well, a cup at a time.

[bbro]

Same as yesterday. Added some ham in this time.

[Aliantha]

A round of sandwiches is just one sandwich. A round of toast is just one slice of toast, unless you're going to make two slices of toast into a sandwich I guess.

My mum used to use that phrase quite often, and that was always the context.

If there were a few kids over and Mum was making sandwiches for us, she'd say, "I'll just make a few rounds of sandwiches.", meaning more than one sandwich.

I don't know for a fact, but I suspect the term is quite old and from the days prior to bread tins when most loaves were rounder rather than square.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

A round of sandwiches is just one sandwich. A round of toast is just one slice of toast, unless you're going to make two slices of toast into a sandwich I guess.

That's as I suspected. But can you see why it doesn't make sense?
A sandwich is two slices of bread and a filling.
So the "round" unnecessary.
A slice of toast is a slice of toast. See above.

Not criticising your late mother of course Ali.

It just seems wrong to me.
I think it comes from the fact sandwiches and toast are often cut up. So you think you are eating more. Hence a round could be shared. Not by me of course - I will scratch and bite you.

Interesting idea re rounded bread, but baking loaves in tins has been around for a long time. Surely longer than sandwiches? Feel free to correct me - I can't be arsed to look into it. It might make my ranting feel irrelevant.