• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Its still weird to me how English breakfast is (that much of) a thing.

    Like a couple of centuries ago for the difference in the sheer standard of living, sure, maybe at that point it was luxurious in terms of ingredients alone, … but still?

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            1 month ago

            I mean the yanks deep fry butter for god sake.

            Yanks do? If anything that would be more of a southern thing, but I don’t think its a common thing anywhere other than as fair food or something

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              1 month ago

              It even isn’t really a southern thing, its an attention grabber for capital. No one eats or thinks of deep fried butter save for those that go to fairs and get it waved in their face.

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            1 month ago

            Fried butter is like a novelty fair food over here, it’s not a real dish.

            Blood pudding in the UK, on the other hand . . .

            Edit: also I’m pretty sure Scotland would deep fry tf out of some butter

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      1 month ago

      It’s because the alternative is “continental breakfast” which consists of a few slices of warm ham, tiny slices of bread and a bunch of fruit that’s already on the turn.

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        That’s why I’m sticking with alpine/Austrian breakfast: Real bread (Google “Schwarzbrot”), real cereals (a mix of oats, dried fruits and nuts, with hot milk) or Sterz (a breakfast made from ground maize, couldn’t find a translation) with apples and raisins. Depends on how much time I have and what I’m doing on that day (before a long hike or a long day of skiing Sterz is the best).