Roast potatoes for breakfast

I remember scoffing half a dozen jam tarts before breakfast at home. When I think back, I didn't half used to eat a lot. Mum used to say I had hollow legs.

We'd have home-made fish cakes for breakfast too or creamed mushrooms on toast, usually at weekends when there was no rush to go to school.

My mum's tasty bubble and squeak is a thing of the past. It's possibly because she used proper beef dripping for frying everything and chip-making too.
Potato cakes too were her speciality and gravy to beat all gravies.
The quality of stuff years ago was far better with more taste to it than the supply and demand of any old rubbish today.

If I could get to M&S every week, it's where I'd shop for the best meats etc. There's not even a bus you can get to the place as it's off a motorway. Only 4 miles away but would cost nigh on £20 there and back by taxi.

I have been known to eat trifle or fruit flan or even cheesecake for breakfast ?
There is rarely any leftover roasties after the grandchildren have been (not often at the moment)

Yabu but only because I am not convinced by microwaved roast potatoes!! Surely they can't be beautiful and crispy after being zapped??

I always have Christmas pudding and cream for breakfast on boxing Day. Not that far removed from muslei and yoghurt is it??

I love cold potatoes and they are now considered better for you than hot ones!

I cook a lot of Indian dishes. I love leftover dhaal (lentils) for breakfast.
We usually find a way to use up leftovers, filing that there's always the chickens and pigs!

Despite the mantra that nothing goes to date I am really shocked how much stuff goes into the bin that can't be recycled.

Yes, the cultural aspect of food is sometimes very odd.

Why shouldn't we eat custard for breakfast when porridge is a breakfast dish? There is not a great deal of difference in what the contain or how they are made, after all.

What is served at the various meals has changed through history, and differs from country to country. In most European countries people would have a fit at the thought of eating kippers for breakfast, but it was quite common in Scotland when I was a child.

When I moved to Denmark, I found it hard to accustom myself to soup being served as a main dish at dinner, which is quite usual here.

Roast spuds for breakfast - yes, why not! (I am simply amazed that any were left over; this wouldn't happen with my family!)

Sounds good. Much better than the cold spicy noodles we were served for brekkie on Singapore Airlines.

Why not. Waste not want not. Xxxx

I worked in Whitehall for a number of years, crazy hours. I often had a large bowlcof ReadyBrek at 11..00pm just before bed in lieu of dinner!!

I love cold pasta or pizza slices from the day before.

I suppose the reason we don't have desserts before the main is because the nutritional value of the main dish (balanced carbs, protein, vegs etc) was the most important, especially for children. Then the sweet dessert was a treat only after the main course had been finished, as it was less important. Makes sense.

Spice101 The Edwardians used to eat savouries at the end of a meal. Probably no different from cheese and biscuits.

Anything goes for breakfast here. Toast or cereal every time would be so boring. I do really like cold roast potatoes - and cold baked beans (straight from the tin if nobody's watching).

Waste not want not.
I suddenly remembered a song about King Arthur and his Queen who made a bag-pudding. The last verse said
The king and Queen did eat thereof
And noblemen beside
And what they did not eat that night,
The Queen next morning fried!
If it’s OK for royalty . . .

We had a question on Radio Odstock's Sunday Breakfast Show "What do you have for Sunday breakfast?" The numbers of pizzas and Indian meals left over from Saturday night was so funny!

Roast potatoes can be eating at any time. There are no rules as to what a person can and should have for breakfast or any meal for that matter. It does seem in the UK there are rules which have taken root and if we don’t follow them we are somehow offending people.
Eat what ever you want in moderation and forget these “rules”

We called it bubble and squeak when I was a child! Leftover veg and potatoes fried up all together

There’s no logic to our belief in what is or isn’t breakfast food. Your leftovers aren’t any less suitable than say, hash browns and baked beans which always seemed to be included in hotel breakfast buffets.

Elizabeth1

Where’s the good morning thread I’m having to sign in these past couple of days why’s thatmay I ask?

Here it is Eluzabeth1, you must be accidentally logging out of Gransnet.

Where’s the good morning thread I’m having to sign in these past couple of days why’s thatmay I ask?

And here’s some I made earlier

My dear old mum never wasted a scrap of food. If there were a couple of cooked potatoes left she would mash them and make potato cakes. Very tasty and easy to make. Just mash, flour, salt and pepper and fried on a pan in a little butter.
My AC and GC love them and I make a big batch at a time and pass them on. Fun and easy to make with the grandchildren. Additions such as cheese or spring onion are tasty but plain is my favourite.