What I Like For Breakfast

Today is Friday, September 18, 2009. The sun is shining and it is pleasantly warm.
I had a wonderful breakfast this morning - apple crisp and ice cream. Sounds a little crazy, I know. But then I like crazy things. Let's see, if I had cereal with milk and fruit, wouldn't it have about the same content as apple crisp and ice cream? I've got the fruit, plus the bread/cereal group, plus the milk product. Sounds okay to me.
Growing up, my breakfast was most always a piece of toast, a glass of milk and a glass of orange juice. Then when I was diagnosed with diabetes, the nutrition counselor said I should cut out the glass of orange juice - eat a whole orange instead - and add something like peanut butter or a piece of cheese. That makes an okay breakfast.
I never much cared for oatmeal even though some mornings my mother would fix it and insist that I eat some. Cream of wheat, I liked better than oatmeal. Glen, of course, always had a good breakfast. He lived on a farm and Mother would start the "mush" before they went out to do the morning chores. (I'd never really heard the word "mush" until I married him.) Their mush was cracked whole wheat, cooked long and low, with sugar and real cream. Oh, my! Did I ever like that breakfast! Of course, nobody could cook the mush like my wonderful mother-in-law. We do a fair job now but it's not quite perfect. (I think the long time it cooked while they went out to milk the cows and feed the chickens was the key. And we miss the wonderful fresh cream.
Here are some other things I like for breakfast - pizza left over from the night before. Before microwaves I would eat it cold. And some of our children liked it for breakfast, too. Cherry pie and ice cream taste pretty good. (Same food groups as cereal and fruit.) Another breakfast favorite of mine is chili. But then I could eat chili three meals a day for several days in a row and be perfectly happy. Of course, I usually accompany that with a bowl of applesauce.
Usual breakfast foods like scrambled eggs, omelets, pancakes and waffles I like at suppertime. Then I have time to savor the flavors and really enjoy their taste.
Call me crazy if you want. I am a little crazy, true. But that's okay. It takes all kinds to make a world. Maybe you like different foods for breakfast, too. It all fits into the food pyramid.
That's all for today. Hope the coming days are pleasant for all of us.