"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:33:47 +0100, SteveR
> > wrote:
>
>>>Here are some breakfast ideas that "regular folks" eat:
>>>Toasted English muffin (whole grain) with peanut butter
>>>An orange
>>>A glass of milk
>>
>>Peanut butter on an English muffin? Do people really eat that in the
>>US?
>
> Certainly. The peanut butter melts into the crevices- yum!
>
>> When I lived over there, I never saw or heard of anyone doing that.
>
> You have to be careful with induction reasoning. I had a European
> friend once who had the opinion that there were no goats in the US
> because he lived here for 3-4 years and never saw one. We had a
> rather heated argument about it; unfortunately I couldn't produce an
> immediate goat to make my point :> Similarly, I don't know
> personally of anyone who cooks with canned soup, yet by reading RFC it
> appears to be a common practice. So we all just see a little slice of
> life wherever we live.
>
>>I know people do things differently over there, but the thing that
>>struck me was people eating toast *with* their breakfast. In the UK, we
>>eat the toast after eating the main breakfast. Say we are eating bacon
>>and eggs for breakfast - my observation is that Americans will eat the
>>toast along with the bacon and eggs, while Britons finish off the bacon
>>and eggs, and then eat the toast.
>
> Yes, the (buttered) toast goes with the eggs; it's a wonderful
> combination like potatoes and eggs (which also requires simultaneous
> toast). In fact, it's very sad when the toast runs out leaving the
> remaining eggs by themselves. Eating the toast afterwards is like
> eating the ice cream first, then the hot fudge. :>
>
>> And Americans don't seem to use toast
>>racks either, so their toast gets soggy if it's left too long on the
>>plate.
>
> Yet another reason for eating it with the eggs! See, there's a method
> to our madness.
>
> Give it a try. I thought it odd to put cole slaw *on* a pulled pork
> sandwich when I first saw it, but damn! that's good.
>
> I do love reading about these little differences and what strikes
> people about others when they travel.

We do eat eggs on the toast though, in fact we eat several things ON toast

Ophelia
Scotland