Comments on: Family History: Our ancestors’ breakfasts

By: Graham AE Gall

Graham AE Gall — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:20:15 +0000

My father and his father always made porridge in the morning. It had salt and was eaten with brown sugar. The other items were toast and “jam” plus tea. In fact, my dad liked to have tea five times a day – three meals plus two “coffee” breaks. All Scots!

By: Kerrie Anne Rawson Hayes

Kerrie Anne Rawson Hayes — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:22:49 +0000

My grandmother on my fathers side always made porridge, rolled oats as it was also called, over the fire place, made with salt in it, I hated the faked that it had salt in it as the other half of the family never salted the porridge, but I remember it well. So mumma would reduce the salt intake when I was there. I would add extra suger to my serving to cover up the salt taste.

By: Irene Dillon

Irene Dillon — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:12:57 +0000

My great grandparents, both from farming families in Australia, remembered breakfast as the most delicious meal of the day. In each of their households it was a ‘fryup’, a combination of the previous evening’s meal formed into patties of mashed potato with the vegetables and meats. Their families had no way of preserving cooked food so it all had to be consumed in a tight time frame. They always had wood fuel stoves (in those days apparently a metal sheet fitted halfway up the kitchen fireplace could serve this purpose). The meat was usually boiled rabbit or lamb. They always said the fryup was better than the fresh cooked evening meal and it gave them energy for most of the day.

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:54:12 +0000

When my sister and I were little our mom would occasionally make mock chocolate cereal for breakfast. First she would gently brown flour in a tray in the oven. Then mix the “chocolate” flour with milk, a dab of butter, and some of my granddad’s honey and cook in a pot. It was such a treat. I also remember the “coffee” my grandmother always had on made from barley. It smelled heavenly first thing in the morning.

By: cathy walters

cathy walters — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:34:14 +0000

My grandfather,Gottlieb Rossin enjoyed his giant sized chocolate chip cookie with coffee in the morning,1874-1956. Farmer once of kreis Mogilno to Elgin,MN

By: Anne Stewart Ball

Anne Stewart Ball — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:39:08 +0000

Think rolled oats was a main breakfast food for my Scottish forebears. Salt on the made porridge rather than sugar.
Grew up with words ” start the day with a hearty breakfast and the day will work well “