What I had for Breakfast

I don’t know what it is about the breakfast menu but for some reason, whenever someone who can’t see the point of blogging talks about blogs, they always say, “I’m not interested in what someone had for breakfast” as if that and all the other dull minutae of life is what bloggers blog about.

Well, out of my hundreds of posts now here on this blog, I’ve only blogged about my breakfast only once before (see My Favourite Breakfast) and I’m now going to blog about it again - sorry, if you’re not interested…!

Most of the time during the week, I have my breakfast when I get to work as I leave home very early. I usually have a bowl of cereal at my desk as I scroll my way through emails and my tasks ahead. The great thing about Sundays is having the time to make ourselves a cooked breakfast and to take time eating it.

The other Sunday, I had a full English with as many of the trimmings I could muster from the provisions in the kitchen. The only things missing were mushrooms and black pudding - and maybe hash browns, though they are not a traditional accompaniment to this meal. And although I would have liked fried bread alongside the bacon, sausages, baked beans, tomaotoes and fried eggs, I had toast instead - my one minimal gesture to healthy eating…. I’d been obsessing about a fry up all week for some reason - perhaps the weather getting cold again all of a sudden in spite of it being the spring had got me hankering for comfort food!

The thing about blogging is that in many ways it is the minutae of bloggers diverse every day lives that is what can draw you in. If you were reading a novel that went into such details, you’d say of it, !My, how wonderfully well-observed this novel is!” Similarly, for me, the small things of people’s lives can paint for me a picture of who they are and help me make that connection with them online. Which is why, I think, I enjoy the so-called trivia of Twitter and Facebook as it helps me glimpse, say, my cousin’s daily life as she takes the kids swimming or goes to boot camp or watches Lost with her husband.

Of course a diet consisting solely of trivia and banalities would be as unhealthy for you having a fry up every day. I supplement it all with books (fiction and non-fiction, physical, electronic and audio)and news (online) and magazines (print and digital) as I supplement my full Englishes with fruit and veg and lean, grilled meat and fish - as well as curries, stir fries, pasta, soups…