Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, Oh My!

There are some things that just make me wonder how they came to be, like what things should be eaten at certain times of the day.

"Typical" breakfast fare consists of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, etc.

Though each of these items can be used in recipes and such, for the most part they're considered a breakfast staple.

Likewise, cereal is seen as breakfast food. Sure, some cereal is used to make treats, like Rice Krispies; over all however, cereal is seen as a morning food.

Though breakfast FOODS are primarily for that time of the day, many people also enjoy breakfast for dinner.

Yet, while it's perfectly acceptable to have eggs and pancakes for dinner, people tend to look at others as strange for eating say, leftover pizza for breakfast. Why? It's food, why is it only supposed to be eaten for lunch or dinner?

Granted, pizza isn't the healthiest thing to eat, however, "typical" breakfast items, for the most part aren't that healthy either.

I realize also, that nutrition charts have changed over the years. Using the four basic food groups example though, it's easy to see where pizza fits in nicely.

Start with the crust, which is a form of bread, thus covering the grain portion of the chart. Cheese of course is the dairy product of the chart. Then there are the toppings: Onions, peppers, mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage, and many more; all of which fit into the fruits and vegetables and meat sections of the food chart.

So, again I wonder, why is it so bad to eat pizza, or a burger, or whatever, for breakfast? I won't even get into the whole idea of people who work graveyard shifts, and come home and have "dinner", that's a whole other aspect of this subject.

My point to this post is that I feel there shouldn't be restrictions on what's considered breakfast, lunch and dinner food. Wouldn't the world maybe be a much better place if we didn't specify when to eat certain things?