Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink/Breakfast task force/Archive 1

History of breakfast article

 * I would suggest that we create a comprehensive History of breakfast article. The whole subject will then gain a "backbone" which other breakfast articles can relate (if possible), and will probably be taken more seriously by other editors. So many food related projects seem to descend into trivia/POV attempted advertising/futile lists, etc with poor or non-existent cites. The ignorance around some food related topics is rather scary on WP. The Medieval cuisine and similar article(s) seem to avoid that. I would suggest this is a good place to start to give the project some weight, by developing an historical perspective that is academically solid. It could be broken down by region. Europe, Asia, etc. Irondome (talk) 00:18, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I support this notion. Here are some sources to start with, culled from some initial searches:
 * History of breakfast:
 * The English Breakfast: The Biography of a National Meal, with Recipes
 * Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine
 * Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History
 * Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People
 * Ency Kitchen History (scroll down)
 * A History of Food
 * Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History
 * Internal Cleansing, Revised 2nd Edition
 * Corn Meal for Breakfast, Dinner, Supper


 * History of breakfast cereal
 * Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology
 * Chemistry and Technology of Cereals as Food and Feed
 * ''Soap, Sex, and Cigarettes: A Cultural History of American Advertising
 * An Uncommon History of Common Things
 * An Irresistible History of Southern Food: Four Centuries of Black Eyed Peas, Collard Greens, and Whole Hog Barbecue
 * Foods and Nutrition Encyclopedia, Volume 1
 * Also, some information could potentially be used from the Breakfast article. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:41, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * There are also some excellent chapters in the "Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery" annual reports on papers delivered. A specific article covers the medical professions' extremely hostile view to breakfast during the med/early modern period in Europe. Many of the articles are highly relevant from a world-view of the meal known in the West as breakfast. Our Western view of "breakfast" may be unconsciously skewing the articles a bit I suspect. I would like to see sections on "Breakfast in Asia" etc. as part of the proposed breakfast history article. Will try to isolate some links. All the papers are free to view in their entirity on googlebooks by year. Irondome (talk) 02:30, 7 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Good idea. In addendum to the topics suggested above, another topic that would also fall under the article's scope is the tradition of Suhoor (that Muslims observe during the fasting month of Ramadan) - namely, the meal eaten early in the morning before sunrise, following which no food is consumed until evening. On a side note, now that I look at it, the Suhoor article itself is currently a stub in a rather unfortunate condition. The breakfast article is heavily Euro-centric btw and says nothing about it. I hope an article on the History of breakfast won't suffer from similiar biases.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 08:45, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm having a dream of a webfirst. The first world-wide historical overview of the meal known as "breakfast" thats out there :). It has lots of potential Irondome (talk) 23:46, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

More sources
 * Here's a source regarding waffles: Beyond Oatmeal: 101 Breakfast Recipes, "Ancient Greeks made flat cakes between two metal plates." (et al.) Northamerica1000(talk) 08:21, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink, sections: Breakfast drinks, Breakfast foods. Northamerica1000(talk) 08:52, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Joie de Vivre: Simple French Style for Everyday Living (scroll both up and down). Northamerica1000(talk) 08:58, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Nineteen Twenties – some information about tomato juice as a popular breakfast beverage in the United States circa 1928. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:40, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Stub article created
See History of breakfast. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:41, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Cool project
I do not want to join as a member, but this is a really cool WikiProject! Breakfast articles are very important.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   12:32, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Category:Breakfast beverages (and Category:Breakfast foods) may be deleted
Please join the discussion at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_April_8#Category:Breakfast_beverages Thanks Ottawahitech (talk) 20:41, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Cleanup Listing
Should we request that this project be added to User:Svick/WikiProject cleanup listing? Ryan Vesey 00:31, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Having an "articles for clean-up" section would be great. Go for it! Northamerica1000(talk) 02:38, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Have you used the listing before? It will be pretty nice once it gets added (and will probably be where I'll be able to spend most of my time with this project).  I'm leaving the request now. Ryan Vesey 02:41, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I've never requested this before, but would like to learn about the process for future reference. It may be functional to just have a cleanup listing box (E.g. - see the box at the right at WikiProject Environment), rather than a long list of articles as I've seen at some projects. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:47, 10 April 2013 (UTC)


 * User:Ryan Vesey: I have no idea what User:Svick/WikiProject cleanup listing is, but wondering if there is any progress? XOttawahitech (talk) 19:51, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Ottawahitech, you may have noticed by now, but if you haven't, you can find the articles at . You can find that link on the main page of this project under the articles section (where it says "A comprehensive listing of articles for cleanup that are tagged with this project's banner is available here.")  You might also want to check for that on other projects you're active on, a number of projects have it. Ryan Vesey 03:05, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Maypo photo
Someone needs to purchase a box of Maypo and take a picture of the product... I've found a copy of an ad from a magazine in 1976 online, no copyright notice, therefore in the PD. I can't find any free pictures on Flickr or via Google of the cereal itself... Oaktree b (talk) 03:10, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Not having much luck with milk toast photos either. Found a few old recipes for it, not free pictures... Oaktree b (talk) 20:16, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Did you know - coffee lower prices?
According to the Seattle Times "Starbucks lowers prices on bagged coffee at grocers" after "In recent months, global coffee prices have fallen more than 50 percent year-over-year"?  Ottawahitech (talk) 04:41, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Invitations to join this project
I have posted invitations to join in a couple of country-specific wikiprojects. It would be great if we could get some help from wikipedians who belong to different nationalities (I am speculating most members here are from English speaking nations?).

But it suddenly dawned on me that the invitation template I was using does not stress the importance of participation by people of diverse national backgrounds. Any ideas? Ottawahitech (talk) 23:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps consider adding a personal note to accompany the invitations you send out. Northamerica1000(talk) 03:50, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Greetings from a new member
Hi there, I was told that one one only needs to add one name to the list to join this project, so I have done so. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 05:28, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Welcome to this wp:WikiProject. Ottawahitech (talk) 15:25, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for signing on, and please feel free to contribute here. Cheers, Northamerica1000(talk) 11:01, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

wpbf mentioned in a Signpost article by one of the interviewees
Just happened to notice that someone mentioned this WikiProject here. Ottawahitech (talk) 23:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi there
Hi, I just thought I would let folk know that I have not been totally inactive regarding the concerns of this WikiProject - I left a message on the article on breakfast cereal, on its talk page. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:19, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Eggs Benedict
The article is getting a little make-over. Please join in. I have replaced images with brighter, larger, more professional looking photos and am planning to expand prose to include a recipe and images of cooking or prep.--Amadscientist (talk) 03:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Purty Gooding
Please see Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board. Thanks! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:32, 5 May 2013 (UTC)