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Class is down to which breakfast you eat

233 replies

ivykaty44 · 29/07/2022 21:45

Your status in life is down to which breakfast you eat, not what car you drive or how much you earn

but the type of food you eat for the first meal of the day

white sliced toast with chic spread is working class

sour dough and marmalade is middle class

upper class is soldier and dippy egg

aristocracy is cereal served from a Tupperware 😉

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0blio · 30/07/2022 00:19

ChezVous77 · 29/07/2022 22:52

@0blio constipated working class in her 50s

Spot on!

Well, I was in my 50s once..

Howmanysleepsnow · 30/07/2022 00:22

Where does black freshly ground coffee, followed by whatever treat my boss left on my desk (wafer, chocolate, haribo, muffin) fit in ?
And half a grapefruit on non working days when left to fend for myself?

Tillsforthrills · 30/07/2022 00:24

HP sauce on toast, curry on toast and grapefruit for a breakfast are my idea of a gastyonliv nightmare!

Tillsforthrills · 30/07/2022 00:25

*gatronomic

Tillsforthrills · 30/07/2022 00:26

oh you know what I mean (gastronomic)

FrecklesMalone · 30/07/2022 00:28

I always knew DS1 was an aristocrat and DD well below me with her white bread munching ways

ErrolTheDragon · 30/07/2022 00:29

Decidualcast · 29/07/2022 23:33

Two weetabix (cheap supermarket own brand), mashed banana, mixed with warm milk. It’s a wonderfully fibrous and gloopy mush. It is followed by Yorkshire Gold tea bags. Both served in Denby crockery. What does that make me?

That breakfast, referred to elsewhere as 'Weetabix Banana Horror' possibly makes you a feminist icon.

AllLopsided · 30/07/2022 00:30

I'm classless too - Greek yoghurt and fruit, peach or nectarine at the moment because they're in season. Or very occasionally GF cereal toast with butter and honey, or GF brioche with Nutella substitute. And a big cup of tea. The tea must make me wc sure lying ...

DH has cornflakes in a bowl, presumably a step down from Tupperware!

AllLopsided · 30/07/2022 00:31

Haha I meant surely not sure lying, although that could work too!

RandomBundle · 30/07/2022 00:32

I've name changed for this because it's outing. My DH claims he doesn't have time for breakfast in the mornings so makes and eats porridge when he gets home. This is usually about half an hour before dinner is ready.
Is this breakfast or just a porridge starter? And what class is that?

Maverickess · 30/07/2022 00:36

Instant latte sachet coffee and a couple of digestives or rich tea (cheap own brand) and then anything from smoked salmon and scrambled eggs to a croissant when I get to work depending on which chef is on and what short date stock is around .
I think that makes me definitely lower class, but with middle class job perks?

Georgeandzippyzoo · 30/07/2022 00:42

Sartre · 29/07/2022 21:50

Dippy eggs and soldiers are upper class? Fuck, I must tell my husband we are members of the gentry at once!

I'm so impressed to find out out we're upper class!!

I mean I do like white bread toasted with butter on but we all love a soft boiled egg with soldiers!

MintJulia · 30/07/2022 00:43

ds still eats egg and dippy soldiers at 14. Or chocolate croissants on high days and holidays.😊

I have home made wholemeal apple bread, which makes me what? local yokel ?

AdoraBell · 30/07/2022 00:45

No idea what class I am, grew up on council estate in Hackney in the ‘70’s. I eat homemade granola with yoghurt and fruit, currently blueberries grown in my garden. Tomorrow I’ll add blackberries we picked by the gym.

I’m so confused about my breakfast.

whatausername · 30/07/2022 00:46

Bran flakes in 40 year old Tupperware with fresh milk from a nearby farm served by one of the maids (I usually don't notice which if I'm honest) eaten with some silverware from God knows when. Between mouthfuls I screech at Waynetta that she's going to be late for school and inform another maid that my nylon leopard print babydoll needs a wash.

5foot5 · 30/07/2022 01:04

aristocracy is cereal served from a Tupperware

OMG! I bought this Tupperware box from Sainsburys to keep my home made muesli in. I eat it with home made yoghurt.

But after that I will have white toast with marmalade (home made by my sister).

Boiled egg and toast soldiers is a weekend treat and porridge replaces the muesli in winter.

In a hotel I sometimes treat myself to Cocopops.

No idea where this leaves me.

TwentyOneTwentyTwo · 30/07/2022 01:06

I had ravioli this morning 🤷‍♀️

TwoOwlSocks · 30/07/2022 01:23

Radio 4 and two mugs of Twinings 1706 tea. I guess I lose a classiness point for teabags but regain it by using a teapot.

RandomBundle · 30/07/2022 01:32

takeitandleaveit · 29/07/2022 23:19

Where does a sausage fit into all this?

Generally can't look a sausage in the eye in the morning. 😉

fbdodbcidjdbcb · 30/07/2022 01:33

Usually camomile tea with a sweetener and oat milk

Sometimes left over Chinese or Thai, sometimes chia seed pudding and fruit or a spinach omelette

Occasionally marmite and toast.

ALWAYS A PROPER CUP OF TEA. Even if it means I have two cups, one of camomile and one of proper tea. I love tea, I drink far too much of it. Just with milk and half a sweetener. So I have to have a camomile between cups of tea.

OldFan · 30/07/2022 01:43

I made a weird porridge yesterday morning with added fibre powder and protein powder. Dunno what that makes me. It was very gloopy 😂

MeanderingGently · 30/07/2022 01:51

I eat home-made rice porridge breakfast every day. It's like a version of rice pudding but quite congealed so cooked into a 'porridge'. It's a Scandinavian breakfast staple.....

SunflowerGardens · 30/07/2022 01:54

What about Jaffa cakes Blush

whatausername · 30/07/2022 02:01

SunflowerGardens · 30/07/2022 01:54

What about Jaffa cakes Blush

The food of the gods

Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 30/07/2022 02:33

whatausername · 30/07/2022 02:01

The food of the gods

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