What does "continental breakfast" mean?!


Question: What does "continental breakfast" mean!?
Hotels usually like to say that they have "free continental breakfast" and putting in "continental" makes you think you're getting a huge breakfast of some sort!. Yet, most often it seems that they serve small servings of cereal, pastries, milk, coffee, juice, and eggs!.

What is so "continental" about it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
In England, Europe is referred to as "the continent!." The English traditional breakfast is hearty, but in Italy and France they like coffee and a pastry so it became known as a Continental breakfast to distinguish it from a full breakfast!.

Hope that makes sense

Edit: I agree with you though, first time I stayed at an Inn that offered a Continental breakfast I thought I was in for a special treat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

What does "Continental Breakfast" mean!?

It means you're hungry by 10:30!.

A Continental breakfast consists of croissants, rolls, or bread, perhaps some butter, jam, and/or marmalade, and coffee, tea, or, if you make enough of a fuss, hot chocolate!. It is the breakfast of choice in most of the Continental European countries, where, apparently, they do not consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day!.

The word continental means various terms relating to continental Europe such as continental breakfast and continental lifestyle!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

"Continentals" refers to Europeans!. For the most part, Europeans don't have meat at breakfast and what they do eat at that meal is limited in size!.
A typical Continental breakfast would be dry cereal with a little milk or cream, or a bagel with cream cheese or a muffin - usually one of the three, accompanied by a bit of fresh fruit, and coffee, tea or fruit juice!.
If you go to a hotel in the USA and they advertise "Continental breakfast", the above should be what to expect!. also, expect to serve yourself in the dining area!. At least in the USA, you may find prepared bacon and scrambled eggs from which to choose as well as the other stuff I mentioned!.!.!.but again, you serve yourself rather than have a waiter take your order and bring your breakfast to your table!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's continental in the sense that that's a typical breakfast in continental Europe, as opposed to an English breakfast, which is lots of fried food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

supposed to mean like the people have on the continent and as you know what exactly it is, then perhaps you will agree with me that in truth its a posh word for SMALL breakfast!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

That is a continental breakfast!. A basic complementary breakfast!. If you want more info look it up breakfast on Wikipedia, its a good article!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

means garbage breakfast danish, coffee, cereal possibly juiceWww@FoodAQ@Com

I am a former chef and agree with "PurplePassion", that was what I was told back in the 1970's when I did my chefs training, it is a way for a smaller hotel with no real kitchen to offer guest a light breakfast for there business, and from one answer I have not seen eggs on any CB, it is a mix of pastrys (Danish, Muffins, Crossiants, Cinnimon buns), Juices, Preserves and Jams, Coffee or Tea, some offer Toast or other bakery items!.

It is easier to get people out of the hotel and sightseeing, so the staff can clean the rooms if they have to go down to the lobby area and eat something, and now that the chains are expanding and offering more, the CB could go the way of the Dodo bird, I see adverts for the Holiday Inns now were ther offer a full breakfast buffet, and all this for stay one night!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com





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