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Culture File 32:

American breakfasts

An American breakfast (or a traditional Canadian, English or Irish breakfast) is very large and is a hot, cooked breakfast. They are popular in hotels, and in diners. An ‘American breakfast’ might include juice, coffee, cereal or hot oatmeal, a cooked main course with eggs, bacon, sausages. pancakes, breakfast potatoes or hash browns, then toast and jelly or breakfast rolls. ‘Grits’ are a Southern U.S. specialty and are a kind of hot cereal.

A Full English breakfast is similar, but would not include grits or pancakes. Kippers (a smoked fish, served hot) might be offered as a choice instead of eggs and bacon, and tea is the usual drink. Nowadays, few people eat breakfasts like this at home (except perhaps on weekends). Many people have cereal, _fruit yoghurt or a Continental breakfast (Continental = Europe without Britain) of rolls, jam and tea or coffee.

In hotels, breakfast is often a buffet where you can choose hot or cold food. There is a standard charge and you can eat as much as you like.

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