SC - Speculating on breakfast ...

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From:Brangwayna Morgan
> > > > I find the worst culprit is usually breakfast,
> if
> > > it is served.  Usually
> > > it
> > > > is modern egg dishes or modern French toast or
> > > pancakes, and often
> > > includes
> > > > storebought donuts and Danish.
> > 
> > French toast, waffles and pancakes are period. 
> There
> > are many recipes and paintings that verify this. 
> As
> > for the rest, you are correct.
> > 
> > Huette
> 
> Is there any reason to believe these were considered
> appropriate
> breakfast foods, other than that they are considered
> so now? Of course,
> period descriptions of various fast breaks often
> include things like
> cold roasts or fish in season, boiled bacon, and
> ale, so a suspicion
> these (payn perdu, waffles, etc.) might be seen as
> feast or supper foods
> might not support any claim that they _weren't_
> breakfast foods, either.
> Just wondering how people are seeing this and what
> evidence we have.
> 
> Adamantius

As far as I have seen, there is no documentation as to
when waffles, french toast or pancakes were eaten,
although there is a painting of a 12th Night Feast
that has waffles as part of the feast and it was
clearly an evening meal.  

In the book "The Sensible Cook", Peter Rose states
that the Dutch breakfast mostly consisted of bread,
cheese and beer.  Although she later talks of pancakes
and waffles and how the Dutch loved them, she doesn't
exactly talk about when they were eaten, just that
they were a frequent part of the Dutch diet.  After
looking again at some of recipes I quoted earlier
today, I am wondering and speculating about just how
the Dutch thought about pancakes and waffles.  Some of
the recipes are not sweet at all.  Some are sweet just
as ours are.  But could they have thought of these
just as we might think of a slice of bread?  Sometimes
we eat bread just with butter, but sometimes we add
honey or jelly or peanut butter.  Could the Dutch have
treated a pancake just like a piece of bread?  This is
an interesting thought ...

Huette

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