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Originally posted by lyman:

Hostess Donuts, the white sugar coated ones,

Man, forgot about those.

Crack donuts

For me it's my grandma's biscuits and gravy. In my teens it was french toast. My Dads side of the family always sprinkled a little sugar on top of their gravy so that's how I eat it today. Our version of french toast was different as well. Our recipe used a lot of sugar, cinnamon, butter, egg, and milk to thin it a bit. Coat a slice of bread on both sides and into a pan flipping till the sugar carmelized. No syrup needed nor recommended because obviously it's already sweet.

Biscuits and sausage gravy with homemade sausage. Fried Spam and eggs was a close second.

French toast! Coming in second in a tie: Sugar (not Corn) Pops or Special K cereal. Very early in our childhood, we would stock the Special K when one of my aunts who was finishing her Air Force career would come to visit. Will always associate that with her.

Steak and eggs.

Shredded Wheat (full size--mini hadn't come out yet--and bare) with milk (3%--2% wasn't a thing yet) and sugar (3 tsp). Alternate was either Corn Flakes with milk and sugar or cooked Oatmeal with lots of sugar (no milk).

Eggs made me ill eaten in the morning. Evening was OK. Had lots of "waffle suppers": waffles with oleo and syrup; bacon or sausage; scrambled eggs (dry); and cold milk. Still do it today.

flashguy

Captain Crunch and I added sugar!

Bacon, eggs over easy, and fried spuds. My grandma on my dad's side used to make homemade chili sauce that was great on eggs and potatoes. I'd kill for a jar of it now!

Hot Cream of wheat or oats with raisins, cinnomin and a chunk of real butter. Toast with too much butter. Eggs over easy with crisp bacon and more toast to mop up the yolk. Ham does good with eggs too. Later years I learned bagels will hold a load of melted butter. All things breakfast and now I am hungry again.

Oh and only a kid who was going to grow into a US Marine could eat a cactus..

Grits, scrambled eggs, country ham with red-eye gravy, biscuits...rare treat, but very much appreciated when it was made.

Wheaties with blueberries.

Blueberry pancakes. I was the picky eater out of 4 kids so we had homemade blueberry pancakes 99% of the times. My Mom was an artist & could make them look like all kinds of characters. I liked bunnies the most. When I am in the mood I mix up the batter but I am too lazy to "make" them so I eat the batter raw.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
My all time favorite was, and still is, a bowl of white rice with milk, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes just a tiny teeny little drop of vanilla.

I also liked toast with peanut butter, just the way Mom made it was the best.


We had all the other stuff, eggs bacon sausage, real ham, cereal fruit pancakes waffles, and of course fried potatoes. Mom believed in a varied diet, never the same thing 2 days in a row.
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Your food pretty much parallels my breakfast menu growing up.
Mother would cook white rice, put it in the fridge overnight. We only added milk and a sprinkling of sugar. I would eat two bowls of that rice.

Over the years, I've tried to cook rice and have it for breakfast as described, but it never tasted the same.

Cereral just did not last me, I seldom ate it for breakfast.

Fresh bread!

My mom would head to the bakery early in the morning and bring home loaves of fresh baked bread. A morning on the weekend was heaven: a loaf of fresh hot bread and a stick of butter.

In my mind the smell and taste is still glorious.

Silent

Mine was eggs, meat, toast, but when Mom made sliced fried potatoes with onions that was the best. Going to have to get some.

We grew up eating cereal/milk (Cap’n Crunch, Quisp, Rice Krispies, Frosted Flakes, etc), instant oatmeal (apple cinnamon) or cheese toast during the week. On the weekends, we got fancy with grits, eggs and bacon...maybe some Eggos.

The best (or worst) thing...we would drink sweet tea with breakfast. I grew up in rural SC.

Bullseyes. My dad would butter bread, cut the center out in some shape, crack an egg in the middle of the bread. Toast the bread and cook the egg at the same time. The cut out piece was toasted as well and used to dip in the yolk in the center of the toast. Good stuff!

Corned beef hash, eggs and white toast with Chocolate Milk.

My favorite was what I grew up calling "lost bread". Most of you folks would call it french toast. I think it's a cajun thing, called "lost bread" because the bread is lost in the wash before cooking.