June 8th, 2009
What’s happened to Mumbai Breakfast
I couldn’t believe how unhealthy the breakfast was that was being served at an English restaurant my Indian friend suggested we meet at. For some reason he thought that I might enjoy an English breakfast, me being British. Truly, I’d rather eat an Indians breakfast at the restaurant at any of the hotels Mumbai India than at this terrible example of an English Breakfast pub.
The fried English breakfast was conceived during the Industrial Revolution as a form of substantial fast fuel for the poor working class. They ate approximately 3,500 calories for breakfast, then they burnt the 3,500 calories by lunchtime. Or they died when the coal mine collapsed. But, in today’s world, the average English working class do not burn off the 3,500 calories driving a forklift. The fried British breakfast is completely wrong and indulgent. Bacon, ham, sausage are full of nitrates and other ingredients designed to prolong life on the grocery store shelf. The longer the shelf-life the greater the bacterial growth activity. It’s really just as horrible with smoked fish and kippers . All the people coming into doctors offices complain about bowel complications are diagnosed with having high levels of these types of foods in their diets. Long-life foods have also been linked with allergies. Morning is not a time to slam your body with all the fat contained in the standard English breakfast; the body is barely awake and the gall-bladder goes into shock mode and releases an emergency quantity of bile to digest all the fat being consumed. All that bile then creates heartburn.
But, my Indian friends has an uncanny understanding that the fried British breakfast is what I crave most when I’m dealing with a hangover. Sure, the fat and salt will exacerbate my dehydration, causing my hangover headache to get worse. But, what the heck, having jet-lag on top of my hangover the smell of the familiar fried meats makes me feel at home.
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