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What does a typical American Breakfast look like?

An American Breakfast is varied


What does an American breakfast look like? A typical American breakfast is generous. Anyone planning to visit the United States should be aware that Americans eat differently than we Europeans. This starts with breakfast. You should know what makes a USA breakfast different. In North America, breakfast is the main meal of the day alongside dinner. At lunchtime you only eat a little something like a sandwich or salad. Breakfast has to be more generous to provide you with energy throughout the day. There is also what is commonly referred to as a “continental breakfast”. This consists of dishes such as toast, jam, butter, fruit, muesli or cake. A typical American breakfast, however, is prepared in the pan. These include a breakfast omelette, eggs with bacon, ham or pork sausage and fried potatoes, pancakes and toast with butter and jam. Eggs Benedict and waffles are also very tasty. You can also drink coffee, juice and, more rarely, tea.

You should know these terms if you want to have an American breakfast

A typical American breakfast includes foods made from eggs. When it comes to egg dishes, you should know a few terms. If you want fried eggs, order your eggs “sunny side up”. If the cook is to fry the eggs on both sides, ask them to be “overeasy”. If you like the yolk a little firmer in the fried egg, you can order the eggs “over medium”. Scrambled eggs are “scrambled eggs”. A typical American breakfast also includes potatoes. These are available as fried potatoes or “hash browns”. These are grated potatoes that roughly correspond to our hash browns.

What is there to eat for breakfast in USA?

You are well equipped with these ingredients if you want to prepare a typical American breakfast at home.

  • eggs
  • Bacon or ham
  • milk
  • flour
  • Sugar and vanilla sugar
  • smoked salmon
  • potatoes
  • Toast
  • hollandaise sauce
  • tomatoes
  • Cheese (grated)
  • Mushrooms

Typical breakfast in USA

The American breakfast does not necessarily have to be served traditionally as in the first picture example. At the Sun Towers Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, the same ingredients were served as a “Breakfast Bowl”. It can also happen that sweet is served next to savory. There are even dishes that combine both. Pigs in a blanket are sausages that are wrapped in pancakes.