If there's something I have learned about eating with my husband, it's that what we like to eat for breakfast can be very different. I like the hearty breakfast I grew up with:
- congee (a thick, hot rice soup with toppings)
- pandesal (a slightly sweet morning roll) with scrambled eggs, hotdog or corned beef
- rice and sunny side-up eggs with a choice of longganisa (a sweet, spicy and tender kind of sausage), tocino (a sweet tender meat jerky), tapa (a sweet and spicy meat jerky), or tinapa/nipis/danggit (types of dried fish)
Not all at the same time, of course. Usually washed down with milk, coffee, orange juice or hot chocolate. Especially the Spanish hot chocolate, slightly bitter and better when there are churros, also known as the Spanish donut, although it's in a stick form.
Just thinking about them makes my mouth water.
He is definitely the cereal, oatmeal, french toast, or eggs and toast kind. I sometimes eat cereal as well, but I definitely crave the food of my childhood. I loved living in the Philippines and China. Mealtimes were such a celebrated, drawn out affair. Except on school days. I don't think I've ever been much for breakfast on school days. even now, my stomach starts making mad noises around 9:00am, which is when we had recess time.
However... unless you've grown up eating it, I don't think many people in the US would have the stomach to eat fish for breakfast.
