My latest inquiry, however, was the origin of the term "continental breakfast."
We went on an overnight trip over the weekend, and our stay at the hotel included one of these free continental breakfasts. Have you ever stopped to think about why they call it that? Well, I did.
So on the hunt I went.
It seems to me that continental breakfasts used to be just some sort of sweet breakfast bread or pastry and coffee or juice. I really like what ochef.com said. Continental breakfast means that "you're hungry by 10:30." I can relate to that!
Quite on the contrary, this weekend, our continental breakfast included your choice of milk, juice or coffee, three types of cereal, biscuits and gravy, donuts, bagels, waffles, fruit, and surely I'm forgetting something. Needless to say, we weren't hungry by 10:00 am!
If you're interested, check out what these "experts" have to say about the origin and meaning of continental breakfast:
And even better, check out wordorigins.org or this aol member's site for the meaning of all kinds of phrases and cliches. Apparently, I'm not the only one confused in this doggie dog world!
