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<\/a>Mmmm… poached eggs.<\/p><\/div>\n
Americans love eating eggs for breakfast. There are many different ways to cook eggs for breakfast:<\/p>\n
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- scrambled<\/li>\n
- fried\/sunny-side up<\/li>\n
- over easy<\/li>\n
- omelette<\/li>\n
- hard boiled<\/li>\n
- poached<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
When making an omelette, you can add meat, vegetables, or cheese. The options are endless for making a delicious omelette!<\/p>\n
Meat<\/h2>\n
When it comes to meat at breakfast time, the most popular choice is definitely bacon<\/strong>. Bacon is usually pork, but you can also buy turkey bacon if you want something a little less greasy. Americans love bacon so much that there are even entire festivals dedicated to bacon!<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Some sausage links with eggs and hash browns.<\/p><\/div>\n
Another common breakfast meat is sausage<\/strong>. You can get sausage links<\/strong> or sausage patties<\/strong>. Just like bacon, it’s usually pork but can also come in turkey.<\/p>\n
Potatoes<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Home fries, bread, and eggs.<\/p><\/div>\n
Breakfast potatoes come in many different forms. When you see potatoes on a breakfast menu, they’re usually called hash browns<\/strong>. These ‘taters are sliced very thin and fried in a pan until they’re crispy and brown. Another variety of breakfast potatoes is known as home fries<\/strong>. These are small diced potatoes that are also fried up, sometimes with onions or peppers.<\/p>\n
Bread<\/h2>\n
Americans love to eat bread at all meals. For breakfast, many people like to eat toast<\/strong>. Usually, people put butter<\/strong> and jelly<\/strong>\u00a0(also known as jam<\/strong>) on their toast. There are many different flavors of jelly, such as strawberry or grape.<\/p>\n
French toast<\/strong> is made by soaking the bread in eggs and milk before cooking it in a frying pan. It’s usually eaten with something sweet, such as maple syrup<\/strong> and powdered sugar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>My favorite!<\/p><\/div>\n
Another very popular breakfast item is a bagel<\/strong>. A bagel is round in shape with a hole in the middle. They come in many different flavors and are often toasted and topped with cream cheese<\/strong>. One of my personal favorites is a bagel with lox (smoked salmon), cream cheese, and capers. Yum!<\/p>\n
Other common bread items at breakfast include English muffins<\/strong> and biscuits<\/strong>. Both are often used to make a breakfast sandwich with bacon or sausage, eggs, and cheese.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>A big, tasty breakfast burrito.<\/p><\/div>\n
Breakfast burritos<\/strong> are also very popular these days. Just take a tortilla and fill it with your favorite breakfast foods. I love making a breakfast burrito with eggs, hash browns, bacon, and cheese.<\/p>\n
Pastries and Sweet Dishes<\/h2>\n
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Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\nSome people choose to eat something sweet for breakfast. There are many different kinds of pastries you can have for breakfast, including donuts<\/strong>. Donuts look like bagels but taste very different. They’re usually covered with frosting and are very sweet.<\/p>\n
Pancakes<\/strong> are very popular for breakfast as well. They can be made plain or with special fillings, such as blueberries or chocolate chips. Pancakes are often eaten with butter and maple syrup.<\/p>\n
Other sweet items eaten for breakfast include danishes<\/strong>, scones<\/strong>, and muffins<\/strong>. These can all be eaten hot or cold, making them a good choice if you’re short on time.<\/p>\n
Cold Dishes<\/h2>\n
It’s difficult to find time to cook a proper breakfast in the morning. As a result, many people eat something cold for breakfast. A bowl of cereal with milk<\/strong> is a very typical breakfast in the US. There are so many different varieties of breakfast cereals available that they often take up an entire aisle in a supermarket.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>A healthy fruit bowl.<\/p><\/div>\n
Many people like to eat yogurt<\/strong> for breakfast. Just like cereal, there are many different flavors of yogurt. You can eat yogurt on its own, or mix it with something like granola<\/strong> or fruit. One of my favorite breakfast dishes is a bowl of yogurt with granola and honey.<\/p>\n
Drinks<\/h2>\n
Juice<\/strong> is very common at breakfast time, such as orange juice or apple juice. Some people like to make a smoothie<\/strong> for breakfast. This is made by mixing juice, fruit, and yogurt in a blender.<\/p>\n