Another typical breakfast

Coffee from my French press [Kroger French Roast]
+ toasted bread product [half a cinnamon raisin English muffin]
+ protein [1 fried egg white]
+ fruit [Rio Star grapefruit]

This is a typical breakfast not just because I eat it practically 365 days a year, but because it typifies a lot of my food-related peculiarities. For example, the egg white. Growing up in a household of people with high cholesterol and during a time when egg yolks were thought to contribute to these problems, I've trained myself to eat as few yolks as possible. Notice how the white has a crust rather than being pure white as good cooking would require?

This is part of the First Breakfast Rule - no soft things at breakfast. Hence the toasted bread product as well. I can't eat soft or gooey things first thing in the morning. Everything needs to be hard and crunchy. At one point I used to eat plain toast, no butter or jam, as this was the only thing I could stand.

Second Breakfast Rule - no sweet things. You'll never see me eating cereal, pastries, donuts or anything sweet except on rare occasions. At this time of the morning it has to be savory/salty food. This is probably why I love untraditional breakfast foods like noodles, pizza and roti prata and curry, when I can get them.

Today was also my first taste of Rio Star grapefruit. Like everyone else who reads the papers, the articles about Rio Star grapefruit lowering cholesterol caught my eye. Coupled with a timely sale at Kroger, this was soon appearing at Typical Breakfast. Previous experiences with grapefruit have been bad ie sour so this was a revelation. This was sweet and juicy as any orange with just a hint of bitterness, which was fine given Second Breakfast Rule and my liking for slightly bitter/sour foods.