- Second breakfast
Second breakfast (or Zweites Frühstück, Drugie śniadanie) is a
meal eaten afterbreakfast , but beforelunch . It is traditional inBavaria , and inPoland . In Bavaria or Poland, special dishes are made exclusively to be eaten during second breakfast. It is typical to eat four to five meals a day in these locations.The second breakfast is typically a lighter meal or snack eaten around 10:30 in the morning. It consists of
coffee , pastries such asmonkey bread and the like, or somesausage s. The typical sausage is a white sausage, Weißwurst, which is considered the specialty ofMunich . The sausage is prepared during the early morning to serve during the second breakfast. It is served withpretzels , sweet mustard, and wheat beer. The meal is roughly similar in concept to the Britishelevenses , though elevenses is little more than a colloquial term for a mid morning snack.In Poland second breakfast usually consists of some snacks like sandwiches, or pastries, but may consist of light dessert type dishes like chocolate pudding or kisiel.In
J. R. R. Tolkien 's book "The Hobbit ", the hero,Bilbo Baggins , eats a second breakfast. In the preface to "The Lord of the Rings ", Tolkien mentions thatHobbit s prefer to eat seven meals a day. In the film adaptation of "" one of the hobbits, Pippin, references second breakfast in a line of dialogue.ee also
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