Monday, July 20, 2009

Breakfast, Important Meal

Breakfast is the first meal of the day. The word derives from breaking the fast after one has not eaten since the night before. It is widely referred to as the most important meal of the day.Breakfast usually consists of foods that are high in energy content.

Mostly many people wake up late in the morning and they don't really take any breakfast. Skipping breakfast to lunch is not quiet a smart idea cause usually heavy lunch can make the body feel tired and most of the time a lot people go for fast lunch . Which is more bad for health, usually fast lunch may consist like fast food, fried food, too much oil food and a lot high salt and sugar.

The best and easy breakfast to make at home will be the "sandwich" which is much faster and easy to prepare. Here are some simple ingredients for basic sandwiches;

  • Peanut Butter
  • Fruit Jam ( Less Sugar )
  • Cheese
  • Cheese Spreader
For heavy sandwiches ingredients;
  • Tuna
  • Sardines
  • Salami / Hams
  • Sausages
  • Burger / Bacon
  • Shredded Chicken Meat
  • Salads / Potato
( From Wikipedia)>> Bread has been eaten with other food since its creation in Neolithic times. For example, the ancient Jewish sage Hillel the Elder is said to have wrapped meat from the Paschal lamb and bitter herbs in a matzah (or flat, unleavened bread) during Passover,[3] but the concept of a sandwich (as opposed to a wrap) is more recent. During the Middle Ages, thick slabs of coarse and usually stale bread, called "trenchers", were used as plates. After a meal, the food-soaked trencher was fed to a dog or to beggars, or eaten by the diner. Trenchers were as much the harbingers of open-face sandwiches[4] as they were of disposable dishware. The immediate cultural precursor with a direct connection to the English sandwich was to be found in the Netherlands of the 17th century, where the naturalist John Ray observed[5] that in the taverns beef hung from the rafters "which they cut into thin slices and eat with bread and butter laying the slices upon the butter"— explanatory specifications that reveal the Dutch belegde broodje was as yet unfamiliar in England.

If it was initially perceived as food men shared while gaming and drinking at night, the sandwich slowly began appearing in polite society as a late-night meal among the aristocracy. The sandwich's popularity in Spain and England increased dramatically during the 19th century, when the rise of an industrial society and the working classes made fast, portable, and inexpensive meals essential.[6]

It was at the same time that the sandwich finally began to appear outside of Europe. In the United States, the sandwich was first promoted as an elaborate meal at supper. By the early 20th century, as bread became a staple of the American diet, the sandwich became the same kind of popular, quick meal as was widespread in the Mediterranean.[6]

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