Breakfast

 LUCY BURDETTE: Most days I eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast--with oat milk and sometimes bananas. Or blueberries if they are in season.

I certainly don't order cereal if I'm out to eat. On New Year's day, this was my fried chicken and gravy on waffles, bloody Mary in the background. Once a year, I figure I can get away that.

But on vacation, I cut loose and eat large. 

Croissants in Paris...

Eggs benedict in Dublin...

In Australia, breakfast was really large. Here's the plate we were served in one of our B and B's:

Isn't that gorgeous? In case you can't tell, it includes fried tomatoes, English bacon, sauteed mushrooms, and eggs on wilted spinach and toast. This turned out to be the standard "brekkie" combination in Australia, and one of the best I've ever had.

There was a stretch of a few days when John and I decided we must cut back. We ate corn flakes until we ran out of them, and then bought a box of Australian granola. 

John to me the next morning: "This is the worst cereal I've ever eaten."

I took a mouthful--chewy like a cud, and pasty, too. We ground our way through our bowls, but I had to agree.

Then I thought to read the directions on the box: Cook for five minutes in water to cover. 

Imagine eating raw steel cut oatmeal and you'll get the picture. We threw that out and went back to bacon and eggs.

What's for breakfast at your house Reds? Do you change the menu and step out when you're traveling?