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[Oreen Scott]

Some of you may have misunderstood my question regarding coffee. I do not have a particular liking for coffee. Just need two cups to get me going for the day.

Each morning I have two cups of coffee and tend the internet news, emails, banking etc. in my pajamas, Don't want to go to a cafe for caf� americano first thing in the morning.

So, ideally, necesito caf� y internet conectarme en mi habitaci�n. (Feeble attempt at Spanish).

The other thing I have before meeting the world is oatmeal for breakfast.
This is not a necessity.

So, I'm wondering what do you expats from Canada and the U.S. have for breakfast. Same as when you were at home? Different? What is the typical Mexican fare for that first meal of the day?

I think if I eat as the latinos do I'll save money, besides as far as I'm concerned cuisine is part of a culture. Why would I go to Mexico to live if I wanted to live like I did at home?

[hlamb]

Breakfasts in restaurants are often eggs, tortillas, salsa and beans. You can also add chorizo or bacon or ham. Hotcakes or fruit plates are usually available too. I happen to love the egg breakfasts when I'm out but try to limit that because they are often high fat.

At home, I eat oatmeal almost every day. It's easy to find in the larger supermarkets, and very cheap. You can also find most major cereal brands from home, hot cake mixes, yoghurt, etc.

Hope this helps!

[MO39]

When I'm feeling lazy in the morning (which is most days), I have my favorite easy breakfast - Cheerios with bananas. I love "huevos a la mexicana" (eggs scrambled with diced onions, chiles and tomatoes) but only indulge in it occasionally because of my high cholesterol. I also love "molletes" as they make them at Sanborn's - refried beans spread on bolillos (nice oval-shaped Mexican rolls), covered with cheese and put under the broiler until the cheese melts. Yum!

[CharlieBaloney]

When I have time for breakfast at home, I vary between oatmeal (without milk) and fruit, and scrambled eggs with cheese and longaniza and frijoles refritos. Prunes, walnuts, and a bagel or English Muffin accompany either one. Yes, I'm a big morning eater.

On the coffee, Starbucks (I can't help it) is my favorite outside and Blason or Los Portales in my coffee machine my favorite outside. I really don't like anything but fresh brewed cafe americano (Columbian, regular roast).

Charlie M.

[MO39]

[chola]

Here's a recipe for Bagels. Eat them in good health.

http://www.jewish-food.org/recipes/brea0007.htm

[Guy Courchesne]

Fresh fruit is always available in Mexico year round and is a big breakfast item. Street stalls selling freshly squeezed fruit juices of all kinds are a common sight in Mexico City. You can get a 1 litre strawberry milkshake for 10 to 15 pesos.

I'm one to skip breaky in the mornings, but weekend breakfast at home usually includes eggs, hash browns, toast, and bacon. Sometimes I'll make something of a breakfast burrito (for lack of a better name), using tortilla, scrambled eggs, beans, salsa, etc.

[notamiss]

No need to worry. If I were breakfasting your menu, I would get a vacuum bag of ground coffee at the supermarket. You can either buy a small coffee maker or a box of paper filters and a filter holder. Plain oatmeal is also for sale at the supermarkets, as well as the instant flavoured oatmeal packets.

My breakfast is a cup of cappuccino (we have a machine at home) accompanying a bowl of combined Bran Flakes, Kellogg's Nutrid�a cereal and Post Great Grains (raisin-date-pecan) with homemade yogurt.

A typical light breakfast is a piece of bread from the panader�a with a cup of caf� con leche. A more substantial breakfast could be eggs, or beans or a tortilla dish like chilaquiles.

[danielita]

I always ate a more traditional North American breakfast, either yogurt with fruit and granola, cereal or toast with PB & honey. Of course when I went out for breakfast at the restaurant, you couldn't tear me away from Chilaquiles verdes (con pollo) or huevos a la mexicana.