On Aug 14, 3:27*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:36:07 -1000, dsi1 >
> > wrote:
>
> >> I'm also getting to like oatmeal for breakfast. Gaaaak!
>
> > It's not bad with some brown sugar mixed in. *
>
> My informal survey of what old folks have for breakfast is interesting.
> * Most of them will have toast, oatmeal, coffee or tea, and papaya. The
> papaya is an interesting choice. There might be cultural reasons and
> certainly there's regional reasons for this being the fruit of choice
> but papayas have a reputation as an aid to digestion. This breakfast
> seems so universal over here the I suspect that a breakfast of high
> carbs, low protein, and another item to promote digestion might be just
> what humans need when they reach an advanced age. I don't care much for
> papaya but it seems almost inevitable that I will if I live long enough. :-)

My favorite universal breakfast was a bowl of steaming rice w/ a raw
egg cracked in it, plus some meat and vegetables. Ever since I have
not been able to understand why I am stuck w/ waffles, egg mcmuffins,
etc in the States. The part I hate most is breakfast is always sticky
sweet here, and in the early morning that's just nauseating.