Whats “continental” about a continental breakfast?
Just because you live on a continent and are eating something in the morning, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a “continental breakfast.” While croissants and hot chocolate in Belgium would qualify, penguin bacon and Sanka in Antarctica wouldn’t. That’s because “continental” refers to Europe, really mostly to France, which for many years enjoyed cultural hegemony over its neighbors. A typical continental breakfast consists of “a breadstuff (such as toast, croissants, pastries) and coffee, tea, or other liquid.” Furthermore, the continental breakfast is the “antithesis of the hearty English breakfast,” in which you sit down to cere
