tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post6915451197335163683..comments2024-03-19T20:00:57.287+10:00Comments on down to earth: Sharks and dinosaursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-91614465368386894562016-09-28T08:49:08.722+10:002016-09-28T08:49:08.722+10:00Strange to Americans but a staple in England and C...Strange to Americans but a staple in England and Commonwealth countries. It has to be canned baked beans and canned spaghetti is also popular. Also used in a sandwich.Stellamarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551588961821325742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-48371423542836483882013-02-26T09:49:17.061+10:002013-02-26T09:49:17.061+10:00Just looking through some of your old writing and ...Just looking through some of your old writing and had to reply on this subject. Although I live in Hawaii these days, I am originally from NZ. When I go to NZ I am always on the look out for the old kind simple meals that you are talking about and find gourmet cafes have taken over. I remember looking all over one small town for a place to buy a meat pie for lunch....and nothing. Then when I actually got to have a roast lamb dinner as a special nostalgic treat they had no mint with vinegar sauce but some other fancy mint thing. Time to go back to the old time comfort foods.Stellamarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551588961821325742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-2320690844286507792012-09-23T00:00:07.926+10:002012-09-23T00:00:07.926+10:00Fascinating post! I have never heard of eating bak...Fascinating post! I have never heard of eating baked beans at breakfast. We would eat them with burgers at a BBQ. Cheese toast is generally eaten with soup for a quick supper. However, for breakfast we prefer grits with a little egg and perhaps sausage stirred in or oatmeal.<br /><br />Valerie in SC/USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-33684239817459590722012-09-21T02:50:25.709+10:002012-09-21T02:50:25.709+10:00I have to confess, breakfast is one of my favorite...I have to confess, breakfast is one of my favorite meals out because we only ever have oatmeal at home--cheap, easy and nutritious for me and the kids since I serve it with fruit and plain yogurt mixed in. Anything else is a special treat that I typically don't have the time to make at home. Breakfast meals are often more economical here as the ingredients tend to be less expensive. I also know that I am paying for someone else to do the work--very worth it on occasion. We all have our moments of wanting simple, familiar, comfortable foods though. English Breakfast tea, whenever I'm not pregnant anyway, is my shark. kharkingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-81474642462358252822012-09-20T12:25:10.852+10:002012-09-20T12:25:10.852+10:00By far one of my favouite posts that you have writ...By far one of my favouite posts that you have written :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-42998613000005442582012-09-19T18:53:11.597+10:002012-09-19T18:53:11.597+10:00You're absolutely right Thom, a boiled egg and...You're absolutely right Thom, a boiled egg and soldiers are a essential childhood staple in the UK, practical and fun!purpleemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772700510788749354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-89132349436705846642012-09-18T23:11:32.112+10:002012-09-18T23:11:32.112+10:00I do so agree with you Rhonda and your post made m...I do so agree with you Rhonda and your post made me smile and laugh out loud. I never have the same thing twice for breakfast , variety is the spice of life... The last time we ate out was when we went to Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania. Breakfast can be toast and vegimite and or honey or bacon and eggs or beans on toast or porrige with cream and milk ,NO sugar only a little salt. That's the way I was brought up in Scotland. I've got a recipe for Scotch Sausage and sometimes we have that with an egg from our chooks or scrambled eggs or banana on toast or tomatoes on toast ,I could go on and on but it get's boring after a while. Glad to hear Hanno is improving . Keep up the good work .. Margaret Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-36414592540833531402012-09-18T15:32:25.202+10:002012-09-18T15:32:25.202+10:00I guess it depends on your cultural background. Th...I guess it depends on your cultural background. There are places in the world where Halloumi and Sourdough are considered old staple foods. It's a new breakfast type food to Australian pallets, but they've stood a rather long tradition in other places around the world. <br /><br />I personally love Canadian fry-up breakfasts. Sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs and maple syrup. Throw in some creamy dill and parsley mayonnaise too! Or just a bowl of plain homemade yoghurt with chopped banana. Depends what mood I'm in and what's in the fridge.<br /><br />I don't like weet-bix or toast for breakfast any more, even though I virtually grew up on the stuff. For me it's not that food changes, people's tastes do. Some like meat and potatoes for the rest of their lives and it gives them a great deal of comfort. Others like to taste what food is like somewhere else in the world. There's no "right" way, just personal tastes. They can stay the same or they can change. Whatever appeals to an individual's appetite. :)<br /><br />I used to be a meat and potato type person, then I married a chef, and I reckon Halloumi for breakfast is pretty awesome now. He's also served it up with a side of fried Italian chorizo in scrambled eggs. Halloumi may go out of fashion in Australia (no doubt - just like grilled cheese on toast did) but in the places they originated, they will keep serving it as a shark. :)<br /><br />I think because you and Hanno have been running around to all sorts of appointments to help fix his injury, it would have been nice to sit down to something you really wanted for breakfast. It would have been a simple pleasure in what was otherwise a non-stop run on visits to elsewhere. We all want our comfort food when feeling overextended. I'm glad you enjoyed a leisurely cruise on the Noosa river recently. It would have been like a soothing balm. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-32909880134439478472012-09-18T14:00:09.346+10:002012-09-18T14:00:09.346+10:00Hi Lea, toast soldiers are just toast cut long way...Hi Lea, toast soldiers are just toast cut long ways into 3 (or 4 pieces) as in picture one. Usually called soldiers for young children to entice them to eat them up as well as being smaller for their little hands to hold.Hadassahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199195698125154889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19819129733003925002012-09-18T11:20:31.818+10:002012-09-18T11:20:31.818+10:00I'm sorry I missed your post yesterday. Love i...I'm sorry I missed your post yesterday. Love it! <br />Dad, 84, is a weetbix man, every morning no fail. I like a bit of variety of the old staples with oats as main choice, either as porridge, or my latest favourite is soaking the oats in water or juice overnight & eating with a little fruit & yoghurt.<br />I have never understood why someone would toast bread and then put baked beans on top to make it a soggy mess -- 'baked beans on the side please".<br />Hadassahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199195698125154889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-28403815329351017922012-09-18T11:04:55.036+10:002012-09-18T11:04:55.036+10:00You are a funny thing Rhonda considering your son&...You are a funny thing Rhonda considering your son's are top chefs? I have to laugh and wonder what they think about your sanctions on reduced balsamic and micro herbs and not to mention foam! :)Jacaranda https://www.blogger.com/profile/12268308647436628895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-80923629029104965622012-09-18T11:02:41.708+10:002012-09-18T11:02:41.708+10:00LOL again yes us here in OZ eat baked beans on or ...LOL again yes us here in OZ eat baked beans on or with toast anywhere any which way we can :) <br /><br />And a 'cook out' I am thinking must be what we call a BBQ?Jacaranda https://www.blogger.com/profile/12268308647436628895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-24377398560856682092012-09-18T11:00:59.733+10:002012-09-18T11:00:59.733+10:00LOL no we really don't eat toasted soldiers he...LOL no we really don't eat toasted soldiers here in OZ! It's a slice of toast cut into four long fingers...soldiers I think are in fact English and are the same piece of toast but used to dunk into the yolk of a soft boiled egg.<br /><br />Funny hey :)Jacaranda https://www.blogger.com/profile/12268308647436628895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85783396723299369312012-09-18T09:59:28.130+10:002012-09-18T09:59:28.130+10:00Too funny!!!
We're an oatmeal family here - ...Too funny!!! <br /><br />We're an oatmeal family here - or toast with jam. I too am not a huge fan of "froo froo" cooking - Often, all I can think of is "Really? And you're making me pay money for that!" :) <br /><br />I did find it interesting that breakfast food is so different for you than it is for us here in the upper-midwestern U.S. and I, too, am curious what toast soldiers are....<br /><br />Thanks for a great read (and a good reminder of why I eat at home the vast majority of the time!).<br /><br />LeaLeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384475081085015883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-69403441644488163412012-09-18T08:22:03.113+10:002012-09-18T08:22:03.113+10:00Hi from far north Queensland! What an interesting ...Hi from far north Queensland! What an interesting blog!. I am a no fuss breakfast eater, although if I go out I would prefer the choice of course, depending if it was a special occasion etc. But just to put another spoke in the wheel, comparing cafes is another issue. Cafe 1: pot of tea with chicken, onion and cheese toasted wholegrain sandwich: $ 15<br />Cafe 2: same order and paid $ 22.<br />Whats with the huge price difference. By the way the 2 cafes were in the same shopping centre, both up market too!<br />Definitely puts a person off, as far as eating simple food out!<br />I also tend towards ordering evening meals that I don't usually cook when I go out, not that it is very often mind you, because of the expense. Great blog, love reading your comments, and glad hanno is up and about too! <br />DiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-70824261461457780002012-09-18T06:23:56.341+10:002012-09-18T06:23:56.341+10:00OK, this comment is a little OT but I just had to ...OK, this comment is a little OT but I just had to laugh at your remark:<br /><br />"the things that change should be the dinosaurs, those things that were inefficient and ridiculous to begin with"<br /><br />Better not let my 11 y.o. son hear that! ;-)guenhwyvarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-83712508454300433522012-09-18T05:05:05.484+10:002012-09-18T05:05:05.484+10:00Totally agree with what you've written here. ...Totally agree with what you've written here. I'm so tight with money that I actively have to remind myself that I'm not so much paying for the food (I'm an OK cook), I'm paying for<br />1. Someone to do the dishes<br />2. Someone to do the cooking<br />3. Someone to offer me a finite number of choices so that part of the decision making is made for me<br />4. (At my fave cafe with an outdoor balcony) the peace and quiet and the atmosphere, looking over the rolling fields of Fife, and<br />5. Someone else to experiment with ingredients I don't know and show me how good they can taste.<br /><br />Karen<br />(Scotland)<br />Happy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142657700102628405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-50354191116465025562012-09-18T04:55:37.571+10:002012-09-18T04:55:37.571+10:00Don't start me on seasonal clothing! Trying t...Don't start me on seasonal clothing! Trying to buy a swimsuit for my son's swimming lessons today - not a single one in the shops! <br /><br />Because all our pools shut over winter... not!<br />Happy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142657700102628405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-25645556220420810482012-09-18T04:09:42.783+10:002012-09-18T04:09:42.783+10:00I guess I am a shark too. Breakfast is very, very ...I guess I am a shark too. Breakfast is very, very strong coffee, 2 plain poached eggs or a bowl of oatmeal and fruit. Nothing else ever. Ever. Breakfast come too early for me to accept change or conversation. And a 7 am appointment? I could never, ever do that either! I am generally a very flexible person, but not before 9 am. And in the US, beans are for dinner or at a cook-out. It just isn't a breakfast food here. Gretchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-35084255905464292682012-09-18T02:38:17.807+10:002012-09-18T02:38:17.807+10:00I know this was not the point of your post, but it...I know this was not the point of your post, but it was so interesting for me to see what Australians eat for breakfast! Grilled cheese and baked beans I'm familiar with, but I've never seen them served as breakfast food. And I'm curious what toast soldiers are?<br />Luci, in USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-67073211416814922132012-09-18T02:14:06.893+10:002012-09-18T02:14:06.893+10:00Yes, what is is about stacking food up into a towe...Yes, what is is about stacking food up into a tower. I just want my food on the plate thank you! <br /><br />Oh what a fabulous post! Your analogy is so apt and your point so smart. Have a wonderful day!<br />BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-56321029709977080372012-09-18T01:45:15.348+10:002012-09-18T01:45:15.348+10:00Rhonda,
I'm with you on this one.
We rarely g...Rhonda,<br />I'm with you on this one. <br />We rarely go out anymore because we just want simple meals. Over the top menus might impress some, but we'd rather have a nice simple plate of food (or bowl of soup) at our own table. If we do find ourselves in need of a lunch or breakfast out, simple food is nearly always so overpriced we are filled with guilt and regret for wasting money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-71544905087470872572012-09-18T00:23:31.137+10:002012-09-18T00:23:31.137+10:00Traditional breakfasts are delicious, and I get yo...Traditional breakfasts are delicious, and I get you were having a bit of a rant. But halloumi is hard to beat...really good for frying and grilling and awesome with mint or oregano. Give it a try sometime. <br /><br />:-)<br /><br />AM of the breadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-69118689266927116432012-09-18T00:16:04.671+10:002012-09-18T00:16:04.671+10:00Oh, Rhonda, I hear you, I do....but consider us po...Oh, Rhonda, I hear you, I do....but consider us poor midwestern Americans and expatriates who have to eat the, erm, "stuff" served up for breakfast at restaurants here while we are travelling...oh, I LOVED the big piled-up Aussie cafe breakfasts made of actual real food! The price was big but the food was divine. The bacon, ohhhhh the bacon! The slabs of crusty sourdough toast and the local eggs fried just perfectly with the yolk oooozing out, the little garnish of sprouts on the top. I think the benefit to Aussie-style breakfasts is that no-one thinks they should eat similar at home every day, while so many people here think that greasy sausage / pancakes drowned in syrup / insipid leaking scrambled eggs / poptarts / deep fried and reheated "french toast" / etc. is what breakfast "is" and think they are doing their families well by attempting to serve it up every day! That's my little rant. GO AUSSIE FOOD!MoeyMichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188003226227123506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-19671644377361652522012-09-17T23:18:41.859+10:002012-09-17T23:18:41.859+10:00Eh. Food evolves. I'd much prefer to pay good ...Eh. Food evolves. I'd much prefer to pay good money for something substantial and interesting than something I would have at home every morning. That way I am less aware of how much I am being ripped off. :)Paul - The Kind Little Bloggerhttp://www.thekindcleaner.com.au/blognoreply@blogger.com