[thejdude]

As a kid in Germany, I used to eat a slice of bread with butter and jam or nutella on it, sometimes with cheese, plus a glass of OJ or milk. Sometimes cornflakes with oatmeal/muesli and cold milk and maybe some fruit, which I still do every morning.

I do enjoy a good hotel breakfast with baked beans, crisp bacon and hash potatoes (plus the normal continental bread/jam/cheese selection), but I wouldn't dream of preparing food myself in the morning when I'm still asleep.

[mironathetin]

I think there is a lot more variety than one photo suggests. The link someone posted from time magazine, where the weekly food of a family is shown seems to be much more representative (look at the nice fresh vegetables and fruits in non-western countries).

For the record: my german kids breakfast: oatmeal without sugar, dried fruits, milk from the local farmers cow, fresh fruits from our own garden, tea. bread with home made jam (from our gardens fruits ;o). Toast with Nutella only on sundays, but my mothers jam was so much better...

[pluma]

Butterbrot with some kind of spread or cold cuts still seems to be the typical German breakfast. Except for Sundays when the sliced bread is replaced by fresh rolls and possibly croissants.