A Hawaiian Breakfast

I supposedly was born in Hawaii and lived my first three years of life there, but I'll be damned if I can remember a thing from those days. The only thing I do remember about my nation's fiftieth state is from the trip my family took there for two weeks between the summer of fifth and sixth grade. In particular, I remember the most tasty breakfast I think I've ever had (although how much can you trust your memory from when you were 10?), which I dub the 'Hawaiian breakfast.'

This breakfast is indicative of Hawaiian meals in general - high carbs and protein and not a fruit or vegetable to offend the eye. It's also easy to fix and very filling. The ingredients are:

• Portuguese sausage
• Eggs
• White rice
• Guava juice

Portuguese sausage is a wonderfully tasty and spicy sausage that, unfortunately, can be a bit hard to come by. I've only found on store in my city that sells this particular sausage mix, but it's worth the trip. If you can't find a store in your area that sells it you can either make it yourself or simply substitute in another fatty meat product, such as another spicy sausage or even SPAM.

Making this breakfast is a cinch. Just cut up the sausage into half- or quarter-thick inch slices. Get out a big skillet and grease it up. Then throw on the sausage and eggs, browning the sausage and frying the eggs. (For a great bit of info on frying eggs, check out the Eggs Cookings Methods page at the Georgia Egg Commission website. Personally I like the yolk a bit runny, so I do the eggs over easy, but over hard eggs are also just as tasty.)

Once the sausage and eggs are ready, serve with rice and a tall glace of guava juice. Yum! A tasty way to start the day.