Brunch is a portmanteau or a blend of two words—breakfast and lunch—into one new word. It is therefore a meal eaten between breakfast time and lunch, and is valid only if taken between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Writer GuzBeringer, in his article in Hunter’s Weekly in 1895, described
brunch, or a Sunday meal, thus:
“It would eliminate the need to get up early on Sunday. It would make life brighter for Saturday night carousers. It would promote human happiness in other ways. Brunches is cheerful, sociable and inciting and talk compelling, puts one in good temper. It makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings. It sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week.”In line with this description, the dictionary says that brunch is a “meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, replacing both meals, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch.”
Some of the common
brunch recipes include
Coffee Cake with dairy, nuts and sugar as ingredients; Breakfast Sausage with rice; Pizza with scrambled eggs and smoked salmon;
Brunch Panzanella of cream cheese, dairy, fruit, blueberry and raisins; Brunch Cornbread of lime and cornmeal;
Brunch Peanut Butter Muffins; Chicken Frittata with salad, made of
cheese , dairy, eggs and chicken; French Toast, of dairy and eggs; Spinach and Bacon Quiche, made of Swiss cheese, eggs, bacon and spinach; Hash Brown Quiche, of cheese, cheddar, eggs, vegetables and potato; Granola Bars, of coconuts, oats and nuts; Ginger Bread Waffles, made of eggs, flour, sugar and pumpkin; White Sausage Gravy from dairy, peas, meat, pork and sausage; Omelet for Two, made of cheese, cheddar, meat, eggs and bacon; Crepes, of eggs, dairy and flour; and Apple Coffee Cake with Crumble Topping, which is made of apple and other fruits.
Many restaurants offer a collection of
brunch menus that feature quick recipes like pancakes, waffles and eggs with breakfast drinks, salads and fruits. Other brunch menus include the Mother’s Day consisting of creamy scrambled eggs, broiled grape fruit, blueberry cream cheese muffins, and mimosa, a cocktail-like drink. The
Traditional Brunch is made of homemade Belgian waffles, topped with blueberry syrup, sausage and mimosa. The
Summer Brunch features finger foods and in-season vegetables and fruits. The
Holiday Brunch consists of make-ahead breakfast foods including bacon, ham, hash browns and cheese, poached pears of cranberry sauce, cranberry muffins with cinnamon sugar topping, eggs, raisin muffins, fresh fruit salad, and spiced tea.
Brunch combines the health benefits of breakfast and lunch at the same time. This is also financially beneficial because its cost as one meal is way below that of the combined cost of two meals. Besides, the meal is fully utilized as there is more time for its digestion without any other meal that can be ingested. In some ways, brunch is an excellent way to get protein needed by the body, with some foods serving as a good source of
Omega 3 fatty acids.
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