WHAT'S THE WORST THING YOU EVER ATE FOR BREAKFAST?

A young friend of mine in her twenties shared on Facebook her breakfast for last Friday. Chips, salsa, and a four dollar latte. That stung.

It brought back memories from when our children were at home and some of the concoctions they'd devise for the most important meal of the day. Their favorite was left over cold pizza. And yes, that, too stung.

I still recall the horror I felt when I was in my twenties and a friend would eat watermelon for breakfast. Not just a little with some other fruit, but a big wedge of watermelon. That maybe leaves a tingle now, but back then when I really needed coffee for breakfast (I probably still do) it stung. Maybe I just assumed his drink of choice was also coffee. Not a good mix.

When we've seen people in other countries eat baked beans (France, especially) for breakfast, it hurt me. Lox and other fish and bagels injure me as well.

One of the horrors of my college days was to see friends drink a can of beer for breakfast at 6 AM. I think that's my all time biggest shudder.

I, a ham and egger kind of guy, even get a little nauseous at grits, but at least they would be on my breakfast pyramid somewhere.

Not chips and salsa, cold pizza, fish, and beer.

I may have just found a way to squelch my breakfast appetite.