Brunch
It’s Sunday morning so you're probably doing it
right now. That famous foodie family, the Simpsons,
described brunch as: "It's not quite breakfast, it's
not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of
watermelon at the end." Someone else I won't name (as
long as they keep sending me the cheques in unmarked
envelopes) reckoned: "Brunch is a meal that costs as
much as breakfast and lunch combined." While it's
pretty hard to define what brunch actually is - a
late-morning meal? a replacement for breakfast and lunch,
usually eaten when one rises too late to eat breakfast? –
it has become part of our weekend lifestyle. So often,
it's a plate of grills, sausages, bacon, hash browns, eggs
- usually the oh-so boring "benny". Our
first recipe takes
some similar ingredients but packs them up in a new way
and heads for the Mediterranean. The
second takes all the
bits and pieces that are lying around in the fridge and
transforms them into a wonderful brunch that'll appeal to
the vegetarian friends who might drop by on the way from
their Sunday morning gym session.
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