I have got to do something to solve the breakfast problem. Today I had to throw out a whole loaf of bread because it had green spots on it, as well as a cottony fuzz around the outsides. I didn't even get to eat it! So I went hungry. Breakfast food has been something of a problem. I need something that will fit all these criteria:
1) Minimum of prep time in the morning
2) Filling
3) Longer shelf life than bread--so I don't have to buy more every 3 days!
4) Not freakishly expensive, like fruit is
5) Won't significantly raise the risk of me getting cancer
So generally speaking, I'd go for a bowl of instant ramen. But they appear to be much more expensive here than in the US, and anyways they don't come in big boxes of 24 here either. And more importantly, I can't eat it every day or else criteria number 5 won't work. Bread is out, because good bread is expensive and spoils too quickly. I've been drinking juice, but that's hardly filling. If there were cereal, that would satisfy most of the requirements, but I haven't seen a box of cereal yet! Or oatmeal, either, and I don't eat oatmeal. I'm out of ideas for breakfast. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I was going to suggest cereal and oatmeal, but I guess not. Embrace the buying of bread every 3 days! That way it'll always be fresh and yummy. I go grocery shopping twice a week.
Other than that, fruit, eggs, leftovers. What breakfast food gives you cancer?
Rice and seaweed.
If you have anything around you that would be called a スーパー, then you should be able to find cereal there. They don't have fifty billion flavors like the US so one aisle won't be dedicated to them, but maybe a 1.5mx1.5m block of one aisle should have some cereal. Look for
This stuff is awesome! but expensive :(
or
This is also sort of expensive :(
And then find the ones next to them that'll be a lot cheaper (I would get I think the name is ブラウンシュガー a lot).
If I hadn't found cereal, I probably would have died too.
This is what I'm doing right now, but I have no idea how practical it would be over there. I have some English muffins in the freezer (they don't go bad in there.) I take one out and thaw it in the microwave - 30 seconds. Then I drop it into the toaster. I put a little oil in a frying pan and make an egg over easy. It doesn't take long, but by this time the toasting is done. Make a sandwich out of the egg, the English muffin, and a slice of cheese (right now I'm using pre-sliced sharp cheddar.) Eat. The toasted and fried things do a pretty good job of melting the cheese. Also, if you make your egg over easy then it will drip all over your plate and then you can sop it up with your sandwich - yum! It only takes a few minutes to prepare and it's quite filling. However, you do need a freezer, a fridge, a toaster, a frying pan, a flipper of some sort, a plate, an English muffin (or other bready thing,) an egg, and a slice of cheese.
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