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Published 2004
A popular twentieth-century American phrase denoting breakfast foods consumed at approximately 10 a.m., this meal descends from Northern and Central European traditions. German Gabelfrühstück, French Dejeuner, and Russian Vtoroy offer supplemental midmorning sustenance as a matter of course. People from these areas “broke fast” minimally and privately. By mid-morning, after engaging in several hours’ work, they needed to refuel. When Europeans settled in America, they continued Old World meal patterns.
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