Althouse: What kids eat for breakfast...

October 9, 2014

What kids eat for breakfast...

... around the world.

(Vivid photographs at the link, which goes to the NYT.)

22 comments:

steve uhr said...: I'm moving to Amsterdam.; 10/9/14, 3:11 PM
MadisonMan said...: Two from Japan, two from Brazil, two from Istanbul, two from Africa, three from Europe.

People in China or India or the USA or Russia or Australia don't eat breakfast.; 10/9/14, 3:12 PM
Shootist said...: corn porridge indeed, Grits are grits, whether they're porridge or polenta.; 10/9/14, 3:18 PM
SteveR said...: The environmental cost for cleaning all that dishware is something Al Gore should look into.; 10/9/14, 3:20 PM
Mary Beth said...: Crepes and hot chocolate are less healthful than a breakfast that includes cold cereal and bread with jam?; 10/9/14, 3:29 PM
Henry said...: The pictures are cool. The text is cloying.; 10/9/14, 3:36 PM
john said...: Everywhere, except in Brazil perhaps, kids eat better than me.; 10/9/14, 3:53 PM
Joe said...: Several of these don't pass the smell test. Kids may eat most of the breakfasts like these on occasion, but I doubt it's everyday. (The Tokyo ones in particular, seem overly formal.); 10/9/14, 4:08 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I just thought everyone looked so beautiful. I'm not into comparative breakfast. There are a lot of ways to have a good life.

Respect the children.; 10/9/14, 4:41 PM
As my whimsy leads me.. said...: Nobody gets gravy and biscuits? Poor kids!

Toy; 10/9/14, 4:41 PM
Ann Althouse said...: What do you eat for breakfast?

I have coffee with milk to start, and then, as the half hours roll by, maybe some eggs, maybe some peanut butter and apple, and eventually, a strip of bacon.

Back before we low-carbonized, Meade made blueberry pancakes every day. Now, we are slimmer, but I still remember those golden days, those days of pancakes….; 10/9/14, 4:50 PM
Be said...: I have a box left each of vruchtenhagel and schokoladenhagel (along with the unmentioned anijs-muisjes - yes! Anise mousies!) and I guard them with an Eagle Eye.

They're so wonderfully chemical and sweet. I don't eat them on bread and butter anymore, or even daily like I used to. Will put a teaspoon ful in my yogurt on occasion, though, for dessert.

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Loved the rhetorical tying one's self in knots the writer had to do with the French kid. He eats cold cereal every day save for the weekends, when he gets a croissant because his grandfather was a patissier. (Shrug.); 10/9/14, 5:11 PM
Be said...: Low carb, American breakfast: an egg, a bit of smoked fish or bacon, 1/4 avocado (for the potassium) and a tomato. A couple cups of either strong tea with cream and a bit of local honey or hot coffee with cream and honey. Housemate prefers coconut oil over cream.

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On occasion, we do eat pancakes - I just swap out the wheat flour for a mix of 'proto' grains - spelt, buckwheat - and nut meals. Also found a surprisingly good recipe for a nut-flour "crumpet" (more like a bit of polenta) that can be doctored up either sweet or savory.; 10/9/14, 5:20 PM
Henry said...: Almost every day I eat a banana and drink a glass of orange juice. Once I get to work I eat a small amount of unsweetened greek yogurt with almonds.

On weekends I go full carb and make pancakes or waffles at least one of the two days; occasionally I make homemade bagels or cinnamon rolls.; 10/9/14, 6:11 PM
Paco Wové said...: I was never much of a breakfast eater, until recently my spouse has been making home-made full-fat — extra-fat — yogurt. It is the best f***ing yogurt I have ever eaten in my life, and now I eat a little pot of it every morning. I accompany it with about 3 tablespoons of homemade granola.

But I could get into those Turkish kids' breakfasts, too.; 10/9/14, 6:43 PM
Kelly said...: I have a hard time believing the kids from Tokoyo eat all of that every single day, but I'm saying that as a life long breakfast hater.

About mid morning I sometimes eat Greek yogurt.; 10/9/14, 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...: Check out Amsterdam!!!

They all put my bowl of Heritage flakes eaten standing over the counter while I wait for the coffee to steep to shame with their adorable tableware. I look at that and I see dishes I don't have time to deal with.

You may have seen this but it still makes me laugh:

"As a European, the is how I imagineAmericans have breakfast."

and

"As an American this is how I imagine Europeans having their breakfast."; 10/9/14, 7:41 PM
Julie C said...: Well, since you asked, lately it's been blueberries topped with plain Greek yogurt and some homemade granola.

Sometimes it's three slices of applewood smoked bacon.

I miss pancakes and waffles though ...; 10/9/14, 7:46 PM
William said...: Good one, SOJO........I have blueberries, yogurt, and two crumbled squares of 90% chocolate mixed together. I can't get over the fact that it's healthy and tastes so good. There's got to be some kind of catch.; 10/9/14, 9:01 PM
Joe said...: How about the grossest breakfast? My dad is/was a competitor. The weirdest may have been Captain Crunch topped with apple sauce and orange juice filling the bowl.; 10/9/14, 11:54 PM
Kirk Parker said...: SOJO, where did you find those? Brilliant!!!; 10/10/14, 12:09 AM
CStanley said...: Freshly ground peanut butter on sprouted grain toast with slice bananas, honey, and cinnamon.

Or sweet potato pancakes made with spelt flour.

I'm thinking up a pumpkin bread pudding recipe for the weekend.

Sometimes, poached eggs on the sprouted grain bread, with wilted spinach, sundried tomato, and a bit of grated Manchego cheese. (Haven't tried pushing this one on the kids yet though..they will undoubtedly balk at it.); 10/10/14, 6:44 AM