Do You Ever Switch Certain Types of Foods At Different Mealtimes?

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@pyewacket (43903)
United States
November 28, 2007 6:43pm CST
I think it's been kind of drummed into our heads that certain foods are "proper" for breakfast like cereal or scrambled eggs, pancakes, etc, while others, like soups, steaks, chicken, whatever are "proper" for dinner. But have you ever done a switch-a-roo? For instance, for dinner tonight I decided to have a scrambled egg, a few strips of bacon and a really gigantic pancake dripping with lots of pure maple syrup...yum..now I'm stuffed. LOL You see normally for breakfast I don't eat that much and could never think of having a big breakfast like I just had for dinner instead. So do you sometimes switch meals? Have a breakfast dinner, or have something for breakfast that you ordinarily would have for dinner?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
29 Nov 07
My breakfast this morning was leftover cheese bread from Domino's. My lunch was a breakfast sandwich. So, yes. :P Actually, in my home it's pretty often that we eat strange meals. My husband works nights and I work days, so it's never the same meal for both of us. So it's pretty often that we'll eat whatever happens to be around that's easy to fix, no matter what meal it's "normal" for.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I was wondering..are you still on that special diet? I remember you're not really supposed to have much dairy??
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
29 Nov 07
I'm off the special diet. I was on it because the doctor believed I had Meniere's disease, but now they're thinking it's a neurological disorder instead. And the diet wasn't making my symptoms any better, so I guess it doesn't matter anymore. Which is good for me! :)
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I remember cause you love cheese right?? So do I--just call me mouse
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• United States
29 Nov 07
I never got to drummed into my head that certain foods were for only breakfast or dinner.I don't eat what you would call breakfast anyway, so if I wanted pancakes, I would have them for lunch.And if you want to have a steak and potatoes for breakfast, you should have it.
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Oatmeal is better for you than potato chips.Why not have it as a snack? Especially in the winter.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Hardly ever have potato chips..LOL.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
In the past I would sometimes have a steak for breakfast...but I'm just not too much of a breakfast eater to begin with--and funny, can't stand to have something like oatmeal for breakfast, but love it as a late night snack..hehe
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Oh yeah! We have breakfast quite often in our house. We both love breakfast but rarely get the occasion to eat it. Even on weekends most of the time we don't. But there will be weeks were we have it every other night or so LOL. I just LOVE breakfast foods :)
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I don't think I have the energy to eat a big breakfast...LOL. Kind of a slow riser here. So I can enjoy and appreciate a breakfast for dinner instead
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Oh I could. I'm a morning person...well as long as I've had enough sleep anyway :)
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@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I really eat anything at anytime. I have had pizza for breakfast many times, even as a kid. I make french toast or pancakes for dinner a couple times a month. We have a bowl of cereal at different times of the day. It really doesn't matter, it depends on what I have a taste for at the time.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
I can't seem to break out of my usual for breakfast, but then maybe I'm just too lazy to fix anything..LOL--did have half a pizza tonight..maybe have the second half of it for breakfast tomorrow
• United States
29 Nov 07
Haha, I eat anything whenever I'm hungry...doesn't matter. I've switched many times and had a breakfast for dinner, or dinner for breakfast. I especially love, like after Thanksgiving with leftovers, getting up and eating a whole Turkey dinner for breakfast. Or, at Easter time, having Ham, Pototo Salad, and Hardboil Eggs for breakfast...yummy. I'm such a piglet when it comes to food...people can't believe what I can put away for my size, it's really funny. Makes absolutely no difference to me what I eat, or when I eat it, lol!.......I woke up the other night at 4:00am, and had a craving for Potato Chips. I tried really hard to go back to sleep, but oh nooooo, my little stomach just kept saying potato chips, potato chips, potato chips....so, I got up and ate some potato chips with hot chocolate. Whatever it wants, it gets, haha!...and I am not overweight in the least.
@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Nov 07
Hey! I had potato chips for brekky last week! Mmmm....
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
I tend to "pack" it in pretty good too and am thin..heehee..think my mother hated that in me..She could gain weight just looking at food, me, nope? She said my father's side of the family could eat a whole cow at every meal and not gain weight..guess I take after them..LOL Heavens though, don't think I could have a whole turkey dinner for breakfast..well, maybe the stuffing..heeheee'
• India
29 Nov 07
thanks for this interesting topic.i do switching of meals most of the time as i get bore of the normal routine diet. many times i have had egg pancake,egg omelet,banana pancake,cereals,pudding cake,cornflakes & as i am in India even momos,sewaiyan, suji,macorni,maggie etc for dinner & had rice,chapatti, paranthas,dal,sabji etc for breakfast. i like it that way, its neither traditional nor conventional & i hope youngsters like braking rules...
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Wow..I've never heard of a banana pancake..that sounds great!
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
29 Nov 07
We do that about once a month. Everyone leaves at different times in the morning and I usually do not fix warm breakfasts. They enjoy the change once in a while.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Is it a nice for a change. All I know I really enjoyed my breakfast dinner tonight1 :)
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Oh great pye its morning and reading this is making me really hungry. I do that alot of the times. I like having eggs and pancakes for dinner. Yes its yummy especially when I dont make myself breakfast. Okay well Im off to make some pancakes!hehehe
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Going to have whipped cream on them???..heheee
• United States
29 Nov 07
Yep, sometimes I have eggs and potatoes for dinner. Yesterday, I had a slice of pizza for breakfast. I am not one for tradition on most things. The best part is my family doesn't seem to mind one bit. Good thing, since I am the cook!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Hehehe..my kitties loved the bacon I cooked up.. :)
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Heck, since I'm not normal anyways, why eat normal? I eat what I want, when I want. For me, pizza for breakfast just tastes better than eating it for lunch or dinner.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Mmmm...never had pizza for breakfast...heck might try that sometime..LOL
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• United States
29 Nov 07
If I have breakfast it is usually for supper...lol. I don't eat breakfast at all as a rule unless I am traveling then I need to eat in the mornings. At least one a week I have breakfast for supper...lol.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I think I might have a breakfast dinner for now on at least once a week...it tasted soooo good :)
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@3lilangels (4639)
• United States
29 Nov 07
well yes i always eat different meals at different times.to me as long as it's food and i am hungry i will make whatever i am craving for at the time,so if it's pancakes for dinner and a grillcheese or bacon cheeseburger for breakfast, then thats what i eat.i love having breakfast food for dinner all the time.pattie
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Think I might have another breakfast dinner this week too :)
• China
29 Nov 07
No,not always,sometimes,But it is ok,I dont care about the food when it is should be eatten,I mean in our country.:P
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
Thank you...guess it really doesn't matter when one eats whatever food
@stjmen (86)
• Australia
29 Nov 07
Some time ago my wife and I read that we (western sociaety I mean) had our eating habits the wrong way around for our metabolisms. Typically the smallest meal of the day is breakfast and our largest is dinner. The reason it is back to front is we are eating less when we need the most energy and eating most when we need the lest amount (unless you're a restless sleeper of course :) ) We tried switchingit round for a while, but it felt really weird eating steak and veges for breakfast and a peice of toast or rice bubbles at dinner time. Made it really difficult to go out for dinner as well. No one seemed to have toast on their dinner menu :) We gave it a miss after about a week.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 Dec 07
I could never have a big breakfast...would make me groggy again..LOL
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I eat mix match dishes. I like to change my diet, so I can have apple and banana for dinner and vegetable salad for breakfast...I eat what I want and anytime I want. No rules.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I don't eat pizza at all. I don't mind to have nuts and dry fruits, or potato.....
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
So many here have said they have a slice of pizza for breakfast..heck I might give that a try sometime--homemade of course...never know what frozen pizza may be recalled next :(
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
29 Nov 07
yup some times we fix has, scrambled eggs with cheese in them and gravy and biskets good for a change1
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
29 Nov 07
awwwwww never forget the bicuits lol
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Mmm...forgot about biscuits. Might have that with my next breakfast dinner :)
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
29 Nov 07
even though I'm skinny, I do eat. and when I eat I just eat what I want. I eat cereal and milk and toast for dinner, or just noodles for lunch or breakfast. basically anything I feel like eating. my husband always thinks this is strange, because toast and cereal are breakfast thing. dinner is like steak or meat and potatoes. I don't care as long as I eat something, and it's cooked well.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
29 Nov 07
I did try to eat lasagna or pie for breakfast but I only had half of what was left from last night, too heavy for me
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I pretty much eat anything at anytime too, yet for some reason I don't think I could eat lasagna for breakfast..LOL--but heck maybe I should one time..hehe
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I don't do well in the morning. From middle school I would get sick in the mornings, and even the smell of artificial maple will still turn my stomach any time of day. So I became pretty against breakfast food, especially in the mornings! I do like pancakes now, but not generally first thing in the morning. I used to eat sandwichs for breakfast.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I mean, even the jar of "maple flavoring" scent turns my stomach, and when others eat it, it can set me off if I don't counter it with the real stuff.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
Maybe cause I'm not a rise and shiner, but a slow riser, I can do just toast for breakfast...oh and of course coffee..that's it though. So enjoy a real breakfast for dinner is fine by me--oh the maple syrup I had was pure and the real kind...not Aunt Jemima's LOL
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Hiya Pye, Yes we do that often around our house. Hubby usually never has time for breakfast getting up at 5am, so there are several nights he will stop at the store and bring home things to make breakfast for dinner. He loves pancakes and I love making them for him. It's really kind of cute how he asks me to make pancakes for him too. lol I can't turn him down! I'm not really a breakfast kind of person, breakfast food or not. I usually don't get hungry until brunch time. Even if I've gotten up rather early. I'm just not hungry most times. If I am hungry that early, I'll eat whatever sounds good to me if its eggs and bacon then that's what I have. If it's leftovers from last night, that's what I have. I love a steak for breakfast with some hashbrowns. That's something else we eat more so at dinner time, hashbrowns. Hubby showed me to shred them and then add an egg with some seasoning, we fix those with just about anything. So good! You've got me craving a pancake now! Oh and I've been known to fix pancakes at 10 o'clock at night. lol Just because I had a sweet tooth. Bay Lay Gray xx
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
OMG--I'm getting hungry now for that steak and hashbrowns...I haven't had hashbrowns in awhile...
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Haha, well good then I got you back for making me hungry for those pancakes when there was no way of fixing any in the house. It's on my grocery list though! ;o) Bay xx
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• United States
29 Nov 07
My grandfather used to often eat cornflakes, fried eggs, and a big purple onion that he would eat out of his hand like an apple for 'supper'. I made a cherry pie yesterday so that's the only thing I ate today. Although I didn't eat it at anything like 'normal' mealtime hours. Just whenever I got hungry.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I don't eat at normal mealtime hours either. For instance when I had my Thanksgiving dinner I had it around 8 at night...In my great-grandmother's day, Thanksgiving dinner was around noon--yuk..can you imagine eating a dinner like that at noon?
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• United States
29 Nov 07
Hehehe, no I can't! In fact my mother and I had a spat over that subject on Thanksgiving (which we celebrated on Saturday by the way). My mother has always had Thanksgiving dinner at around 2PM. At 2PM my sister and I were still bustling about making a new sweet potato recipe and a new stuffing recipe. My mother was getting hysterical... literally freaking out over the fact that we weren't sitting down at the table at 2! Jeez!
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