1. Section 17.1 Meat and Egg Preparation
Traditional breakfast foods usually include eggs, meat, potatoes, breads, pancakes, waffles, and cereals.
There are many different ways to prepare eggs and breakfast meats.

2. Breakfast Proteins
Breakfast meats are often served with eggs and a side of bread or potato.
breakfast meats
Meats such as ham, bacon, Canadian bacon, sausage, hash, and steak.

3. Breakfast Proteins Egg Composition Shell Yolk White
albumin
The clear white of an egg.
Egg Composition
Shell
protects the egg’s contents
Yolk
one-third of the egg’s weight
contains fat, protein, vitamins, iron, and cholesterol
White
also called albumin
contains riboflavin and more than half of an egg’s protein

4. Breakfast Proteins USDA Egg Grades: Grade AA, Grade A, Grade B
Egg Sizes:
Jumbo, X-Large, Large, Medium, Small, Peewee
Egg substitutes are made for people with dietary concerns.
egg substitutes
Substitutes for people with dietary concerns such as high cholesterol.

5. Breakfast Meat Cookery
Most breakfast meat and egg dishes can be prepared quickly without much advance preparation.
The best way to cook breakfast meats is at a low temperature without overcooking.
Usually, do not add more fat while cooking.

6. Breakfast Meat Cookery
Ham and Bacon
ham slices need to be warmed; bacon can be cooked in frying pans or an oven
Sausage
often cooked in bulk in the oven, then finished to order on the grill

7. Breakfast Meat Cookery
Hash
purchased ready-made or made fresh; lightly sauté until the mixture is golden brown
Steak
cooked to order depending on customer preference

8. Egg Cookery Eggs must be cooked properly:
Undercooking eggs can pose a serious health threat from salmonella bacteria.
Overcooking eggs can make them tough, rubbery, and discolored.
What egg dishes have you cooked?

9. Egg Cookery Eggs can be: fried poached scrambled omelets shirred
simmered in the shell

10. Egg Cookery Describe these different types of omelets. Omelet
Description
French and American
Toppings are added to the center, and then the omelet is folded around them; French omelets must be stirred and shaken simultaneously
Soufflé
A baked egg dish that puffs up; whites are separated from the yolks, then whipped and added back to the yolks for volume
Frittata
A flat, open-face omelet that is not folded over; precooked fillings are mixed in, and then the frittata is cooked over low heat without stirring

11. Egg Cookery
Soft- , medium- , and hard-cooked eggs are all cooked in the shell in hot water.
Different cooking methods of eggs require different plating techniques.

12. Section 17.2 Breakfast Breads and Cereals
Some type of bread or cereal is usually found in any breakfast dish.
Pancakes, French toast, and waffles are usually cooked to order, while pastries and other breads are often ready-made.

13. Quick-Service Breakfasts
The standard breakfast menu includes eggs, meat, potatoes, breads, pancakes, waffles, cereals, fruit, and yogurt.

14. Quick-Service Breakfasts
Potatoes come as:
home fries
hash browns
cottage fries
home fries
French fries that are usually diced or sliced, served during breakfast.
cottage fries
French fried potatoes that are cut into ½-inch thick circles, usually served during breakfast.
hash browns
Potatoes that are shredded and may include onions and seasonings.

15. Breakfast Breads and Cereals
All breads should be served fresh.
Breads can be freshly made or ready-made.
ready-made bread
Breads made in advance and delivered to restaurants.

16. Breakfast Breads and Cereals
biscuit
A small, round quick bread.
Breakfast breads can include:
pancakes
toast
biscuits
muffins
French toast
waffles
muffin
A quick bread made with egg and baked in a cupcake mold.
French toast
Bread that has been dipped in a batter and then sautéed.

17. Breakfast Breads and Cereals
Hot cereals can be granular, such as grits, or whole, cracked, or flaked, such as oatmeal.
Cold cereals are purchased ready to eat, but some restaurants make their own granola.
granola
A blend of grains, nuts, and dried fruits.

18. Breakfast Breads and Cereals
Ready-made and made-to-order breakfast breads include:
pastries
doughnuts
quick breads
French toast
pancakes
waffles
toast, English muffins, bagels
What breakfast breads and cereals have you tried?