breakfast dish

Eggs or pancakes

A breakfast dish is any food served as part of the morning meal.

The term covers both the food itself—eggs, pancakes, oatmeal—and sometimes the vessel it's served in: She set a breakfast dish of scrambled eggs before him.

Certain foods become so associated with morning eating that they're called breakfast dishes even when eaten later: Waffles are a classic breakfast dish.

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bacon · toast · cereal · omelette · egg white · waffles · hash browns · scrambled · sunny-side up · muffin · brunch · sausage · full English · syrup · maple syrup · orange juice · coffee · croissant

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meal timing

breakfast dishevening meal

Food after sundown

midnight snack · nightcap · afternoon tea · supper

meal formality/heaviness

breakfast dishroast dinner

Cooked meat with sides

holiday meal

Family

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