2017年6月16日金曜日 - 
Cody: The American Breakfast -A Meal For Any Time
I think everyone knows what an
American breakfast looks like; pancakes, sausage, bacon, potatoes, french toast
(ironically), scrambled eggs. Butter.
Lots of butter. There's toast too, which likely
has some fruit jam spread on it.
However, there are two important
points about the American breakfast that I want to talk about today. The
balance of sweet and savory, and the fact
that in America, any time can be breakfast time!
The classic combination that may come to mind when you see 'American breakfast' is
pancakes, bacon, orange juice and eggs. There's a reason behind this array of choices. The pancakes are usually sweet
and become even more so when the maple syrup is applied – but that's why the
salty butter is there! Its application to
the fluffy pancake (sometimes referred to
as a hotcake or flapjack) keeps it from
being too sweet, by adding savory notes to it. The juice, be it orange,
apple or some other fruit, is entirely sweet, but that's alright because we've
got some very salty bacon on the plate to counter it. Lastly, we've got some
eggs, which tend to be rich and a bit savory, though they may also be spicy
depending on the preparation.
The meal has been designed so that
you can bounce between the tastes,
experiencing a heightened appreciation for one when you return to it from the
other and thus never tire of the sweet or savory.
The American breakfast is like a
puzzle. There are sweet pieces and there are savory pieces, and the amount of
possible combinations are staggering! If
you're not a fan of sweet food, you can choose all savory elements and it'll
still resemble something that you could easily find on the kitchen table in an
American home.
One of the beauties of this meal,
thanks to those possibilities, is that you can eat it for breakfast, lunch or
dinner! Many families in America enjoy French toast, bacon and eggs for dinner on occasion. Or perhaps scrambled eggs, roasted
potatoes and pancakes.
The final, crowning achievement of this meal is actually a
bit of happenstance – when the flavors of
the items on the plate combine and create something new.
So, next time your bacon or
sausage mingles with your pancakes, or
your maple syrup runs into your scrambled eggs… just let it happen. Take a bite
and appreciate the new flavor that was created by coincidence!
ironically：皮肉なことに
likely：可能性が高い
spread：のばす
savory：塩のきいた
come
to mind：思い浮かぶ
array：配列
application：適用
fluffy：ふわふわの
flapjack：オート麦の入った甘いパンケーキ
bounce：行ったり来たりする
staggering：驚異的だ
on
occasion：時々
crowning：頂上をなす
happenstance：偶然
mingles：混ぜる