Breakfast! The most important meal of the day (2004-2011)

[Paul B]

Lithuanians all know that the best breakfast is a warmed up (fried) piece of kugelis with sour cream on the side. For those of you who don't know what kugelis is, imagine a three inch think potato pancake with bits of bacon in it. Heat stopping amounts of cholesterol, but worth every bite.

[C. sapidus]

Huevos more-or-less a la Mexicana, with roasted Poblano chiles and Pecorino romano cheese, garnished with cilantro and served on a buttered English muffin.

[sickchangeup]

Special birthday breakfast, took a favorite dish and added Fresh Perigord Black Winter Truffles:

5 eggs, 3/4 ounce shaved black truffle, salt, black pepper and a splash of cream

soft french butter, 1/4 ounce microplaned black truffle

Butter goes on the toast, then we lift chunks of the egg onto the toast and eat it like an open faced sandwich. Saved a few slices of truffle to place on top of the eggs as a garnish. I know it's culinary cheating to grab a good dish, add truffle to it and call it a day, but hey - that bolt of umami first thing in the morning is quite the thing!

[Parmhero]

Nice...special birthday touch....kicked up a notch....happy birthday, sickchangeup...

[gingerbeer]

i had hot porridge (oats) with stewed apple and brown sugar, from borough market here in london. lots of people stopped me to ask me what i was eating because it looked/smelled so good! then i had an apple, pear and mint juice, fresh. and then a cup of tea.

[percyn]

Special birthday breakfast, took a favorite dish and added Fresh Perigord Black Winter Truffles:

Yummmmm....that's my kind of Birthday breakfast. Unfortunately, truffle season just ends around my Birthday, but looking at this dish has caused me to question why such a dish should be reserved for a "special" day, does it not posses the power the make an ordinary day special?

So when I return from my winter vacation in a few weeks, I shall make myself a similar treat.

[percyn]

No fresh black truffles at the store...so I made

Goat Cheese Omelet with White Truffle Butter

[gfron1]

Pomegranate Curd - yep it was my breakfast with three greasy strips of Niman Ranch bacon.

[percyn]

Pomegranate Curd - yep it was my breakfast with three greasy strips of Niman Ranch bacon.

Was the pomegranate curd homemade? If not, where can I get some?

[gfron1]

I made it to sell at my store. I've got a glut of those damn things and more coming from POM Wonderful...not that I'm complaining.

[NancyH]

Ducky-Fried Rice, using heavily sauced rice left over from this dish (Sichuan-Style Braised Duck Legs, which was very saucy), leftover plain white rice, locally produced bacon, egg, nappa cabbage, and scallion:

[NancyH]

Leftover Latkes (potato pancakes), reheated in the toaster oven to crispness, topped with sour cream and served with local (no-wax) apple and Snowville Creamery milk - non-homogenized, non-ultra pasteurized, fresh, local dairy goodness!

[NancyH]

Halusky, or as it has always been known in my family, Noodles & Cheese. The caramelized onions were a new touch for me - and most delicious!

Caramelize onions in fat (I used Ghee) and season with Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Then add cooked noodles and heat through.

Top with cottage cheese of your choice (Friendship Dairies Pot Cheese is my favorite, but any Friendship cottage cheese will work in my house) and more fresh pepper.

Combine thoroughly and fress!

.

[percyn]

Very nice Nancy!!

For those wondering whether sanity and the advice of my cardiologist has finally sunk in, fear not....I am still enjoying my breakfasts, except while on vacation in India.

Here is a sneak peak and you can read more about it while it is still in progress at this thread.

Edited December 30, 2008 by percyn (log)

[percyn]

After enjoying Indian breakfasts, I returned to the states craving some Americanized breakfast (which still had an egg, preferably a yolk), so I had...

Little Smokies + Fried Egg

I also steamed some corned beef to make my own hash, but since it was not ready in time, I made a little snack after breakfast.

[Kim Shook]

Nancy – that bowl of noodles and cheese looks so warming and delicious. Comfort food, indeed!

Percyn – I loved all the food from India and had to smile at the simple smokies and fried egg breakfast!

Breakfast this morning:

Gouda and something else (the label came off) omelet (I have to use up all that NYE cheese), bacon and homefries/hashbrowns (I never remember the difference). The potatoes were really good and very easy. I just microwaved some Yukon golds, chopped them up and cooked them in the bacon grease w/ some onions. I usually do it with leftover potatoes, but didn’t have any this morning and had an urge for them.

[percyn]

Continuing with the Western themed breakfasts...

Niman Ranch Dry Cured Bacon

With Bacon & Fried Egg

and the next day as a Bacon, Egg & Cheese on a Bagel

[percyn]

Made some homemade corned beef hash with fingerling potatoes, shallots and garlic

and while waiting for the potatoes to cook, I decied to make a chef's treat

but thought...wouldn't that taste better with an egg on it?? Why of course it would...

Finally enjoying the hash

[NancyH]

Percyn - that looks simply yummy.

[menuinprogress]

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Very nice!

[percyn]

Bacon & Eggs on Biscuit

[Kim Shook]

percyn – Mr. Kim is drooling again over your corned beef hash. I’m glad I didn’t show it to him before OUR breakfast or he would have turned his nose up at my omelet ! And your biscuit is perfect! I am impressed.

Our breakfast this morning:

Brie and chive omelets w/ fig preserves, cheddar and chive potato pancakes, sausage, fried apples and Sister Shubert rolls w/ the Tiptree Little Scarlet strawberry preserves that Santa put in my stocking for Xmas – fantastic preserves!

[percyn]

Kim, that breakfast looks great and I would still opt for it over the corn beef hash.

Biscuits were "perfect portions" (2 in a pack) from Pillsbury.

[prasantrin]

percyn--what recipe did you use to make your corned beef? I'm toying with the idea of making my own (but then will have to put together my own pickling spices, too).

[percyn]

Rona, hate to say it, but I buy it in a package where it is already brining in the pickling spices. All I do is steam it for 2-3 hrs.