Ew...

[serendipity8791]

I am not fond of raisins in my bagel if I'm eating cream cheese with it. But meh, this is all Starbucks had for me that wasn't technically "sweet". I don't do sweet in the mornings, usually, except if I'm eating oatmeal or crepes.

As for raisins in my bagel... I prefer those bagels with honey or just butter. At least it's multigrain.

I'm still having itchy elbows. *pout* I should probably put some cortisone cream on them, but I don't feel like digging my tube out of my bag.

Going out tonight. We're going to a local metaphysical bookstore, then for some Vietnamese food (PHO! OMG PHO!), then to an arts supply store so that I can buy... well, supplies I suppose? LOL...

And then I don't know what else.

Oh, before I forget, I was able to chew a little on the right side of my mouth today! Yay for small victories!

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[ilthit]

Such fancy breakfast stuff. I just have a croissant and a bitter ristretto coffee, and a Diet Coke to get the coffee taste out of my mouth. I really should leave the coffee out, tbh.

[serendipity8791]

Fancy? Hardly. I would much prefer a fruit smoothie for breakfast daily, but those are expensive (though not that much more than what I usually get, and sometimes less than some of my breakfast splurges). There is nothing fancy about porridge (oatmeal), at any rate, and crepes (I prefer them to pancakes) with maple syrup is one of my favorite things in the morning, especially in winter. But only as a special treat because OMG all that sugar!

[ilthit]

Dude, I've had a Canadian fruit smoothie. WORTH IT. I pay way too much for my croissant and blechy coffee anyway, it's just that it's so easy to just pick it up on the way to work.

I haven't had porridge in ages. Used to have it all the time for breakfast at grandma's, but I only like oatmeal porridge if you put a butter heart on it, though rice porridge is all sorts of yummy. I keep meaning to make rice porridge one of these days but never seem the get around to it.

Gilly and I have a continuing debate about the nature of pancakes. In Belgium, pancakes are considered dinner. In North America, I learn through media, they're breakfast. In Finland you have them sometimes in the evening and almost always when camping, and you can them as a snack at the marketplace, but they are NOT dinner. We also don't make a distinction between pancakes and crepes.

On the other hand soup is dinner in Finland, but not in Belgium. Belgian soups tend to be thinner, though. A Finnish soup has blocks of vegetables or fish or meat floating in it, whereas Belgian soup is more like flavoured liquid.

[serendipity8791]

I get my smoothies from this juice place called Jugo Juice, it's all sugar-free (aside from the natural fruit sugars in the fruit), sorbet-free, using fat-free yoghurt (I often substitute soy milk) and so, so filling! Some of them claim 5 portions of fruit in one glass! But they're huge and a meal in themselves.

I only ever had oatmeal porridge. I buy the instant packets to bring with me to work, usually, but I do prefer rolled oats and sweetening it to my taste. I'll eat it with brown sugar and sometimes will add some ground flaxseed in there to get some Omega3 fatty acids, since I'm allergic to walnuts and fish.

Pancakes are usually a breakfast food here too, though you'll find people who'll eat breakfast foods for dinner just because that's what they feel like. French Canadians will often eat crepes the way the Americans eat pancakes, with syrup (and butter), but we'll also eat them the European way, with savory fillings or as desserts with fruits, whipped cream, Nutella and the like. We also eat buckwheat galettes, but usually only with butter and/or molasses, and some will eat it with pork jelly and bits of roast pork.

Soup here can be both the liquid type and the hearty type. I prefer it thick, with big chunks of vegetables (many, many kinds of vegetables, preferably), and barley instead of rice or noodles. Soup can be either a meal or an appetizer, depending on the type of soup served and the serving size.