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Americans, what do typically have for breakfast?
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The amount of Americans in the comments who don't eat breakfast is shocking
As an American who doesn't eat breakfast, I'm curious why that is shocking to you?
People say breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
I've always assumed that was propaganda pushed by big breakfast. /s
Well, seeing as how the origin of the phrase is credited to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the founder of the Kellogg's breakfast cereal company, you're not really wrong. The guy was pretty unusual, helping to popularize germ theory, which immensely helped the field of medicine, but also pushing eugenics, the movement that in part inspired Nazism. Ultimately, I wouldn't give much weight to his ranking of meal importance.
Edit: looks like I was wrong - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes along with his brother, but it was the brother who went on to start selling them, even after John told him not to.
Kellogg was also a religious nutjob.
I see breakfast as part of the time when you're getting ready for the day. I am not sure what else to respond to why it's shocking to me, it just is. I am also more likely to skip lunch than breakfast.
I think a lot of Americans simply are too sleep deprived to either have the time or energy to ingest anything other than caffeine in the morning.
My mom would not approve
Food can be expensive, and sometimes you gotta prioritize your money for something else. (Or just eat a bigger lunch)
Two questions though. One, if it is time, why eat a big lunch rather than a big breakfast? Two, if it is money, why not split lunch into breakfast and lunch?
To answer question 1: Night shifts are quite common in the US (due to the desire of customers to want to visit at any hour), so it's often an easier choice to be productive at night and sleep through the morning. Even if you are a day shift worker, most of your free time will be at night, so you may focus on waking up later and avoiding breakfast to avoid being late (Had to do that plenty of times). Also, if you eat late, you likely will not be hungry in the morning.
To answer question 2: In many restaurants and quick service places (fast food/convenience stores) in the US, bundles are often in favor of buying a large quantity of food once rather than purchasing two separate meals (ubiquity of combos), and you can always save leftovers in a lunchbox for later in the day if needed. This changes when you are at home and have the luxury of time to cook, but during longer commutes (car-centric due to the lack of density in the US), it makes more rational sense to stay on the road and just pick a bundle up at a drive-thru to save time and money (can make two $10 purchases into one $12-15).