People say I have a radical view of the world. Sure, I might hold the belief that street signs would work better if they added the words “You Idiot”. For example, “Stop, You Idiot”. And I think the best thing about going to outer space is being able to go to a party and say, “I’ve been to outer space… where’ve you been?”. But perhaps my most controversial perspective has to do with a new age concept, the rich person’s indecisive vice, the breakfast for cool kids… brunch. Is it breakfast? Is it lunch? Brunch you confuse me you ambiguous freak of nature!
Maybe I resent brunch because I don’t understand it. Or maybe I resent it because it’s an insulting social construct that has completely abused the food system. Call me a mealist, but lunch and breakfast are just fine when separated. They were never meant to be a hybrid and never meant to be a choice. Brunch makes things way too confusing and just ends up being a weird lunch consisting of breakfast foods. For instance, no one is ordering a burger at a brunch. You’d have to be absolutely insane to do that. Why is there this stigma? I’d argue it’s even more insane ruining God’s gift to Earth with cheap champagne. Orange juice doesn’t need an enhancement folks. Especially when you’re paying marked up prices for a pounding headache.
Why is it that every time you go to brunch the rest of the world has the same idea? You intend to dine at 11:30, but you’re lucky to get seated by noon. This decision to skip the most important meal of the day just to eat the same meal hours later is baffling to me. Last I checked, noon is no time for breakfast. That is lunch o’clock anyway you slice it! If any of you feel similarly about this please reach out. We can discuss over lunch at a normal time.
Brunch is breakfast for people who are not morning people in my opinion, and I am one of those people. The mimosas are fun and all, but I agree, the headache is just a matter of time.
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly with this notion. If you are eating your first meal of the day at noon and it consists of breakfast food, it is still just breakfast. It it happens to be lunch food, then you simply skipped breakfast and went straight to lunch. The time of day does not matter, and it disgusts me that we need a separate word to refer to this monstrosity. I do wonder, what are your thoughts on breakfast for dinner?
ReplyDeleteWhile the execution of brunch is not great, the concept is amazing and I completely support it!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous, Sam! I like brunch, but I hate trying to go somewhere everyone else wants to brunch too, and then I'm starving and standing in a line. Plus, if you don't go to brunch until like 1:00 p.m., is it ok to eat breakfast earlier, or does that hurt brunch's feelings? Good question, right? 🤣
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