Here's Your Best Excuse to Skip Breakfast

[vellavu]

How Breakfast Became a Thing

You’ve probably heard that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”

What you may not know is the origin of this ode to breakfast: a 1944 marketing campaignlaunched by Grape Nuts manufacturer General Foods to sell more cereal.

During the campaign, which marketers named “Eat a Good Breakfast—Do a Better Job”, grocery stores handed out pamphlets that promoted the importance of breakfast while radio advertisements announced that “Nutrition experts say breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”

Hahaha, I knew something was off when I heard about "the most important meal is breakfast" when I was a kid.😛

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Oh right, so nothing to do with some girl breaking into the three bears home and nicking the porridge because she hadn't had her breakfast that morning?

 

[Fuffy Baith]

What did they eat if not breakfast? I guess maybe they just had brunch and dinner? Breakfast has some of the best foods. I love breakfast!

 

[vellavu]

Oh right, so nothing to do with some girl breaking into the three bears home and nicking the porridge because she hadn't had her breakfast that morning?

Though the origin of this story was written long ago, the modern version as we knew it was published in 1974. That's already after breakfast became a thing.

As for the original one (told in older times, but first recorded in 1837), I couldn't find it. Did it mention breakfast at all?

 

[nightshade]

I was always told that breakfast is the first meal you have in a day and having it earlier was important as it breaks the fasting of the night, hence it being called breakfast.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Strange story was that, this blonde girl (though her locks were called Gold, hmm, maybe that was just her hair). I got the impression that it was late afternoon when she nicked the porridge.
If a person only eats one meal a day have long do they need to be awake before the meal is known by another name than breakfast?

 

[GwenRaiden]

I never eat breakfast. I can't eat in the morning at all; drinking is fine though.

 

[Athena]

I wonder if vampires think the same, except I guess their breakfast is our dinner?

 

[Bluebird]

I tend to have a cup of tea or something to drink before eating in the morning. Eating as soon as I wake up makes me nauseous. Breakfast is overrated!

 

[Priceless]

I'm up too early to be messing around with breakfast. It's the one meal that's just too much trouble.

 

[Anyanka Bunny Slayer]

I tend to have a cup of tea or something to drink before eating in the morning. Eating as soon as I wake up makes me nauseous. Breakfast is overrated!

You'd feel so much BETTER if you started every morning with blood sausage.

 

[Ethan Reigns]

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Sounds like something a vampire would enjoy.

 

[Bluebird]

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You'd feel so much BETTER if you started every morning with blood sausage.

That's just a Scottish fried breakfast, we call it black pudding. Delicious. 🙂

 

[Priceless]

That's just a Scottish fried breakfast, we call it black pudding. Delicious. 🙂

Also known as the full english 🙂 Which is lovely, but without the black pudding for me thanks, I'll have extra bacon

 

[Bluebird]

Also known as the full english 🙂 Which is lovely, but without the black pudding for me thanks, I'll have extra bacon

I think the difference between English and Scottish breakfast is Scots don't do fried veg like mushrooms or tomato, but do have black pudding and potato scones. Black pudding and potato scone roll is super tasty. 😀

 

[Priceless]

I think the difference between English and Scottish breakfast is Scots don't do fried veg like mushrooms or tomato, but do have black pudding and potato scones. Black pudding and potato scone roll is super tasty. 😀

I never knew that. I love fried mushrooms and tomato. Never had a potato scone roll! Really want to try one now 🙂