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There are somethings that we’ve been hearing for years but, may not know the meaning. In today’s short video, it’s no difference. Do you know what a continental breakfast is? Where is it’s origin?

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Many hotels offer guests a free breakfast consisting of muffin, coffee, cereal and milk, toast, juice, bagel, and, at some, even scrambled eggs and make-your-own waffles. Born in the Gilded Age, today’s continental breakfasts reflect the West’s transition from a mostly agrarian culture to an industrial (and today, service) society. Luckily, however, some of us have not forgotten our culinary past.

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http://www.esquire.com/features/food-drink/best-breakfasts-0309#slide-1
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=continental
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq7.html#breakfast
http://www.hamburginn.com/~hamburg/menu-specials/eggs-and-breakfast-sides
http://www.techques.com/question/32-37939/Origin-of-continental-breakfast
http://www.courtesydiner.com/#!about-us/cx0g
http://www.theusaonline.com/people/urbanization.htm
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/03/key_peele_continental_breakfast_sketch_what_s_european_about_a_hotel_breakfast.html
http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/08/guide-to-a-fry-up-full-british-breakfast-what-is-in-ingredients.html

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