What makes a continental breakfast, “continental”?
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It’s a British term where the “traditional” English fried breakfast is large with eggs, bacon,fried bread, fried tomato, and a few other things. The “continental” breakfast is traditionally served cross the channel (I.e. on “the continent”) which is a smaller fare just to get you going. This is something like coffee/hot chocolate, croissant/toast, etc.
The true European continental breakfasts I experienced may also include sliced meat or cheese. But it’s a lot smaller that the bigger breakfasts we tend to have in North America.
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