| Filipinos love to eat. An average Filipino eats | | | | Breakfast is a good time for the children to touch |
| around six times a day. We eat breakfast usually | | | | base with their parents too. Since both parents |
| around 6-7 am, we have some snacks usually | | | | usually work and come home late when the |
| around 10am, lunch, more snacks at 3pm and | | | | children are about to go to bed, kids usually |
| finally dinner. | | | | remind their parents of upcoming projects for |
| A typical Filipino breakfast is usually eggs, sunny | | | | school or ball games and parent teacher |
| side up; fried rice and any or all of the favorite | | | | conferences during breakfast. |
| Filipino breakfast staples: tocino or sweetened | | | | Other favorite Filipino breakfast dishes are: |
| pork strips; tapa, a kind of beef jerky or tuyo, | | | | hotdogs, pork and beans, sardines usually in |
| dried salted fish. | | | | tomato sauce and corned beef. Since children's |
| These dishes are fairly easy to cook. They | | | | classes start early in the Philippines, usually around |
| require only minimal cooking skills. Fried rice is | | | | 7-7:30 in the morning, breakfast food is usually |
| usually recycled rice from the night before. It is | | | | easy to prepare. And rice is usually eaten with |
| just rice that has cooled, then fried in a little oil | | | | whatever viand there is. |
| with lots of garlic. Tocino and tapa, require a little | | | | Though it is not uncommon to find Filipinos eating |
| boiling, when they are soft, the water is usually | | | | cereals, oatmeal, toast or pancakes for breakfast, |
| drained and a little cooking oil is added to fry the | | | | the tuyo, tapa and tocino will always be all time |
| meat. Once it has started to caramelize, it is | | | | Filipino breakfast favorites. In some tables, a |
| removed from the heat and served hot. Tuyo is | | | | combination of a cooked and cold breakfast is |
| usually washed to remove the excess salt and | | | | even common. Mom may prefer oatmeal and |
| then fried in hot oil. | | | | fruit to her kids milk and cereal, and dad might |
| Filipinos are talkative in nature and even early in | | | | opt for the cooked breakfast. It is also a frequent |
| the morning the mood in the breakfast table is | | | | practice in most Filipino homes to eat pan de sal |
| usually festive. Breakfast is usually a time for | | | | or bread while waiting for a cooked breakfast. |
| mom to remind her family to be good in school, | | | | Filipinos definitely believe to eat like kings during |
| to come home on time and for dad to take it | | | | breakfast because this gives us more time to |
| easy at work. Although most Filipino mothers | | | | chat with each other and enjoy each other's |
| work, they still find time to cook these simple | | | | company. It is a time to relax before starting a |
| fares for breakfast with the family. | | | | long day. |