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“Breakfast Is A Marketing Gimmick”, the actual title, seems to sum this up better than “Breakfast is a relatively modern invention”. I don’t think the article i

“Breakfast Is A Marketing Gimmick”, the actual title, seems to sum this up better than “Breakfast is a relatively modern invention”. I don’t think the article is trying to claim that that eating food in the morning is new. Personally, I have always gotten up and eaten the same things in the morning but I do the rest of the day. This might be due to hailing from New Mexico… Like the south, we enjoy a lot of hearty breakfast. The typical breakfast in New Mexico is huevos rancheros, which is eggs, hashbrowns and sausage or bacon smothered in NM red or green chile sauce. There is a traditional food eaten for breakfast in the Southwest and all of America south of here, though, which is basically corn porridge.

kstenerud 7y ago
The problem is that the article is written in a confusing manner, and effectively conflates "breakfast" the act of eating in the morning with "breakfast" the modern marketed morning meal. You have to read it very carefully to get what he's trying to say. "breakfast" the act of eating in the morning has been around for centuries. Both titles are misleading.
- leethargo 7y ago
  And then there is a third meaning of "the first meal of the day" (breaking the fast of the night) which may happen in the morning or later.
  - moltar 7y ago
    Or even the next day ;)
    - leethargo 7y ago
      So true, and so worth mentioning :-)
- cafard 7y ago
  Yes, centuries. Homer had a word for it.
swarnie_ 7y ago
> The typical breakfast in New Mexico is huevos rancheros, which is eggs, hashbrowns and sausage or bacon smothered in NM red or green chile sauce. The thought of that makes me feel ill.... I'm not sure humans are designed to down this many cals before putting on their shoes in the morning. I certainly couldn't face that at 7am.
- taejo 7y ago
  > I'm not sure humans are designed to down this many cals before putting on their shoes in the morning Do you have any evidence to separate this hypothesis from "I'm not designed to..." or "I'm not used to..."?
- code_duck 7y ago
  It’s essentially like bacon, eggs and toast with gravy, a fairly common sort of American breakfast. My point was really just that it’s a savory dish, not sweet. I don’t understood why people want to eat dessert style foods like donuts for breakfast, but I generally don’t like dessert. Health-wise, at least this has a good bit of protein, unlike a donut.

kstenerud 7y ago

The problem is that the article is written in a confusing manner, and effectively conflates "breakfast" the act of eating in the morning with "breakfast" the modern marketed morning meal. You have to read it very carefully to get what he's trying to say. "breakfast" the act of eating in the morning has been around for centuries. Both titles are misleading.

leethargo 7y ago
And then there is a third meaning of "the first meal of the day" (breaking the fast of the night) which may happen in the morning or later.
- moltar 7y ago
  Or even the next day ;)
  - leethargo 7y ago
    So true, and so worth mentioning :-)
cafard 7y ago
Yes, centuries. Homer had a word for it.

swarnie_ 7y ago

> The typical breakfast in New Mexico is huevos rancheros, which is eggs, hashbrowns and sausage or bacon smothered in NM red or green chile sauce. The thought of that makes me feel ill.... I'm not sure humans are designed to down this many cals before putting on their shoes in the morning. I certainly couldn't face that at 7am.

taejo 7y ago
> I'm not sure humans are designed to down this many cals before putting on their shoes in the morning Do you have any evidence to separate this hypothesis from "I'm not designed to..." or "I'm not used to..."?
code_duck 7y ago
It’s essentially like bacon, eggs and toast with gravy, a fairly common sort of American breakfast. My point was really just that it’s a savory dish, not sweet. I don’t understood why people want to eat dessert style foods like donuts for breakfast, but I generally don’t like dessert. Health-wise, at least this has a good bit of protein, unlike a donut.