Dear Twitpic Community – thank you for all the homemade bubble mixture nz photos you have taken over the years. We have now placed Twitpic in an archived state. Breakfast, the first meal of the day eaten after waking from the night’s sleep, varies in composition and tradition across the world.

Breakfast in Africa varies greatly from region to region. Most Egyptians begin the day with a light breakfast. Egypt’s several national dishes, is typical. Fried eggs with pastirma is also a common breakfast food in Egypt. Thin layers of bread with browning on surface. Nigeria has over 250 different ethnic groups, with a corresponding variety of cuisines.

Round, thin bread with many bubbles and holes. In Tunisia, Lablabi is a common and popular breakfast stew. In Uganda, most tribes have different cuisines but the most popular breakfast dishes are porridge and datogo. Porridge is made by mixing maize flour or millet flour with water and bringing the mixture to a boil. In Arab countries, breakfast is often a quick meal, consisting of bread and dairy products, with tea and sometimes jam. Flat bread with olive oil and za’tar is also popular. The typical Bangladeshi breakfast consists of flour-based flatbreads such as chapati, roti or paratha, served with a curry.

Usually the curry can be vegetable, home-fried potatoes, or scrambled eggs. The breakfast varies according to location and the eater’s income. As mainland China is made up of many distinct provinces, each with their own unique cuisine, breakfast in China can vary significantly from province to province. Due to its near two centuries’ history as a British colony and proximity to China’s Canton region, both English and traditional Cantonese style breakfasts are of somewhat equal popularity in Hong Kong, as well as the hybrid form of breakfast commonly offered in Cha chaan teng. In all, there are at least 25 types of Indian breakfasts, each consisting of a choice of over 100 different food items. Each state in India has different specialties and items for breakfast.

Thus there is no single standard Indian breakfast, with items changing with regions. However, one can broadly classify breakfast varieties in India into two types: North Indian and South Indian. A typical south Indian breakfast consists of idli, vada, or dosa coupled with chutney and sambar. The people of Bihar in eastern India eat litti chokha and dahi chura. A typical north Indian breakfast may either be a type of paratha or roti served with a vegetable curry, curd, and pickles. Among Bengals roti and curry are the general variants in breakfast.

In Western India, a Gujarati household may serve dhoklas, khakhras, or theplas for breakfast, the most popular of which is methi thepla. Apart from traditional breakfast, factory produced bread is consumed throughout India with butter, jelly or jam or as French Toast, where bread is fried with egg, onions and oil. Indonesia is a great melting pot country and multiracial nation with more than 1,300 ethnic groups. In eastern Indonesia, a sago congee papeda is a staple breakfast of native people in Maluku and Papua. Papeda is made up of sago starch and generally consumed with mackerel. However, bread is also popular choice for breakfast. Roti bakar is a sandwich toast filled with hagelslag or spreads.

The Israeli breakfast is a mix of culinary influences from eastern Europe, agrarian Yishuv culture, North African cuisine, and Levantine cuisine. Israeli hotels usually present this type of breakfast as a buffet. Restaurants may prefer a pre-set “Israeli Breakfast” menu item. For the pop band, see Japanese Breakfast. Breakfast in modern Japanese households comes in two major variations: Japanese style and Western style.