Breakfast foods for cold days......
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poltr1At around 7:00 this morning, it started to snow. It's still snowing as I write this. I don't know how much we'll get; the weather forecasters are predicting 1-3 inches.
When I was much younger, my mom (who was a stay-at-home mom) would feed me warm breakfast foods, like oatmeal, farina, or Cream of Wheat. Thanks to a local radio talk show host who loved the stuff, I discovered Coco Wheats. And so I prepared a bowl of Coco Wheats for myself, along with a pot of coffee.
Coco Wheats are cocoa-flavored; hence the name. And like Cream of Wheat, they're made out of dried wheat meal. It's fun to watch them in the microwave. After the granules have absorbed the water, the whole mass begins to swell and rise. It's like something out a cheesy sci-fi movie.
So, how do they taste? Not bad. It still has a granular texture, which I'd imagine would go away if I cooked them longer. Of course, milk and sugar (and maybe a pat of butter) help the flavor. That's how I used to eat farina and Cream of Wheat. Now I eat 'em straight.
I usually have steel-cut oatmeal on the weekends. They take about a half-hour to cook, and the texture is a little more "nutty" than Quaker Oats (which is rolled oats). SOmeone once told me that rolled oats have lost a lot of the nutrition that steel-cut oats still have.
What hot breakfast foods do you remember eating when you were younger? Did you like or dislike them?
When I was much younger, my mom (who was a stay-at-home mom) would feed me warm breakfast foods, like oatmeal, farina, or Cream of Wheat. Thanks to a local radio talk show host who loved the stuff, I discovered Coco Wheats. And so I prepared a bowl of Coco Wheats for myself, along with a pot of coffee.
Coco Wheats are cocoa-flavored; hence the name. And like Cream of Wheat, they're made out of dried wheat meal. It's fun to watch them in the microwave. After the granules have absorbed the water, the whole mass begins to swell and rise. It's like something out a cheesy sci-fi movie.
So, how do they taste? Not bad. It still has a granular texture, which I'd imagine would go away if I cooked them longer. Of course, milk and sugar (and maybe a pat of butter) help the flavor. That's how I used to eat farina and Cream of Wheat. Now I eat 'em straight.
I usually have steel-cut oatmeal on the weekends. They take about a half-hour to cook, and the texture is a little more "nutty" than Quaker Oats (which is rolled oats). SOmeone once told me that rolled oats have lost a lot of the nutrition that steel-cut oats still have.
What hot breakfast foods do you remember eating when you were younger? Did you like or dislike them?
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Date: 2006-03-21 04:51 pm (UTC)It was always a special day when my mom made pancakes. Everytime I have them now (which is quite rarely) I always think, "These are better than I remember!"
And finally, my mom made lots of scrambled eggs when it was a hot breakfast morning. I no longer really like the scrambled eggs, though my MIL makes a great melted cheese on top version. Around the house it's pretty frequent for us to have eggs (sunny-side up) and toast. Thank goodness "they" have decided the eggs aren't quite so bad for you.
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Date: 2006-03-21 05:55 pm (UTC)Luncheon meat. Like spam but with bone and gristle added.
Did you like or dislike them?
Aside from the bone and gristle, yes, actually.
The hot cerial I remember was Cream of Wheat. I am told that my dad added whet germ to improve the flavor and texture.
My dad did the breakfast cooking--Mom was not a morning person.
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Date: 2006-03-26 04:50 am (UTC)I remember spiced ham, which didn't have the bone or gristle of luncheon meat. And of course, there's bologna. But those were lunch foods for me.
My dad was already at work by the time I got up.
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Date: 2006-03-21 07:04 pm (UTC)But anyway, the foods I liked were grits with sugar, grits with red eye gravy (a Southerner's thing - the juice that's left when cooking a ham) and instant oatmeal.
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Date: 2006-03-21 08:28 pm (UTC)When I was at PayPal I learned how easy it was to nuke "real" oatmeal. I eventually started microwaving all my hot cereals. I now keep packages of Cream of Wheat (today's breakfast, btw), Quaker Oats (the "slow-cooking" kind that only take around three minutes in the microwave), and steel-cut oats in my cubicle. The steel cut take over 10 minutes to cook in the microwave, but when I want them, they're worth it.
Weekend breakfast was usually something special. We'd always have some kind of eggs, bacon or sausage (or occasionally Canadian bacon), and there'd always be a "sweet" entree -- either pancakes, waffles, or French toast. We'd have a pot of coffee, pot of tea, milk, orange juice, low-cal cranberry juice, maybe grapefruit juice (which I rarely noticed 'cuz I can't stand the stuff), and the toast was always made with homemade bread.
Btw, those Coco Wheats sound marvelous! I must try some!!! Did you buy them in the store, or did you mail-order them?
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Date: 2006-03-26 04:52 am (UTC)