The day before yesterday, Courtney and I decided to have bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning (today). Why did we plan ahead? We had half a package of bacon left over from when we had bacon and pancakes for dinner that day. Not only that, buy we had recently (sept. 15th) bought a set of egg sandwich molds so that we could have bacon egg and cheese sandwiches. Though, it made me wonder why are those particular foods associated as breakfast foods? A quick search through wikipedia tells me this. Most "breakfast" foods in the world carry aspects of the general palette of cuisine that each country really has to offer. The US though has pancakes, waffles, bacon, eggs, and cereal with an assortment of other things that we would eat on the go. Actually in general, a lot of American eating is centered on living on the go. It's what engendered such things as the french paradox, that the french eat so much more than we do but don't gain as much weight. Though it seems that scientists are figuring out is that instead of enjoy our food, we eat a lot of it as fast as possible telling our bodies we need to put it away as quickly as possible. Yeah, we do already know that our cultural eating habits suck. But as we get back to the point, We as americans see bacon and eggs as the iconic breakfast (if those of us don't think of cereal instead). Some of you may even see sausages in there as a step fancier. well another wikipedia search tells us that:
Bacon and eggs is a popular breakfast meal in many countries, mainly in the Anglosphere. It forms an important component of the full English breakfast, the Irish breakfast, and the Ulster fry, for example, and was popularised in the United States by Edward Bernays in the 1920s and 1930s. In order to promote sales of bacon, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendation that people eat hearty breakfasts. He sent the results of the survey to 5,000 physicians, along with publicity touting bacon and eggs as a hearty breakfast.[1] More recent studies have shown that diets high in saturated fats and cholesterol (such as bacon and eggs) are contribute to heart disease,[2][3][4] however this has been disputed by low carb diet advocates such as the late Dr. Robert Atkins.All I have to say that. Happy Valentines Day!
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