List of brunch foods facts for kids
This is a list of brunch foods and dishes. Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 2 pm and 8 pm on the East Coast, although some restaurants may extend the hours to a later time. The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, served in a buffet style manner, and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.
Brunch foods and dishes
The following foods are often served for brunch.
- Avocado toast
- Bacon
- Bagel – in New York City, the "bagel brunch" was popular circa 1900. The bagel brunch consists of a bagel topped with lox, cream cheese, capers, tomato and red onion.
- Bagel and cream cheese
- Biscuits and gravy
- Blintz
- Bread and toast with butter and jams
- Breakfast sausage
- Brunch casserole – a simple casserole prepared with bread, eggs and bacon
- Cheese
- Chilaquiles
- Cinnamon rolls
- Coffee cake
- Cold cuts
- Crêpe
- Croissant
- David Eyre's pancake
- Dim sum
- Dutch baby pancake
- Egg dishes
- English muffin (in a variety of configurations)
- French toast
- Frittata
- Fruit
- Grillades – a common brunch dish in the U.S. state of Louisiana
- Grits – a staple food for breakfast and brunch in the Southern United States
- Ham
- Hash – such as corned beef hash
- Hash browns
- Meeshay
- Muesli
- Muffins
- Oysters Rockefeller
- Pancake
- Pastry
- Potato
- Potato pancake
- Potatoes O'Brien
- Quiche
- Quick bread
- Roasted meats
- Salads
- Poached salmon – may be served cold
- Seafood
- Smoked fish
- Smoked salmon
- Soufflé
- Soups
- Steak and eggs
- Strata
- Tartines
- Teacake
- Tea sandwich
- Terrine
- Touton
- Tunisian tajine
- Waffle
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Brunch beverages
The following beverages are often served for brunch.
See also
- Index of breakfast-related articles
- List of breakfast beverages
- List of breakfast foods
- List of culinary fruits
- List of fruit dishes
- Merienda – a light meal in various countries, usually taken in the afternoon or for brunch
- Second breakfast – a meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch, it is traditional in Bavaria, Poland, and Hungary
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