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A bread & bitter is a typical Australian breakfast of stale bread and (when available) an anise liquor. It's derived from the continental "existentialist break
by matt4077 9y ago
A bread & bitter is a typical Australian breakfast of stale bread and (when available) an anise liquor.
It's derived from the continental "existentialist breakfast" of a black coffee, cigarette, and Aspirin–but had to be adapted due to the bad availability of commercial products in the past, as well as the higher activity levels the Australian bush requires and the resulting danger of a breakfast completely devoid of calories.
- jonah 9y agoI had to look it up to see if you were serious or not. There does happen to be a brewpub by that name in Nottingham though. http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/bread-and-bitter/ http://www.castlerockbrewery.co.uk/pubs/bread-and-bitter/
- skinnymuch 9y agoI can't tell if this is real or not. I guess the joke is on me for not knowing if you're satirizing with bitter and liquor or not.
- matt4077 9y agoAs @jonah found out, it's just a joke–only the "existentialist breakfast" is a real thing that probably started as a joke, and that I've seen on one or two menus of cafes willing to skirt the rules on selling pharmaceuticals. But the joke is most definitely not "on you". As in: It wasn't meant to expose anybody's shocking lack of knowledge of arcane Australian trivia.