Start your dytebaf tway, by Andrew Levy I've heard the excuses many times before. "I need my beauty sleep," say some. What? And get up at noon instead of 12:30?" say others. No matter what the rationaliza- tion, everybody seems to have some sort of excuse not to eat breakfast. But breakfast can be one of the- most gratifying meals of the day. It can warm you up on those cool winter mornings. It can provide that added lift you need to keep you from dozing off in that oh-so- exciting eight o'clock you have. And it can often give you some- thing to dip into your coffee. And all of this can be just seconds away. Breakfast is great because it is so versatile. It can be the quintes- sential coffee-n-donut, or it can be the pancakes, eggs, and bacon production that you got at IHOP as a young'in. Or it can be some- thing in between. The quickest and probably cheapest option is to head out to your local convenience store/ White Market/Blue Front type place (or the residence hall snack bar for those of you living on campus) and do some shopping. Pick up a quart of milk and a package of donuts, pop tarts, or - for the health conscious - some sort of lowfat muffin, and you are on your way. That simple trip to the market will net you a week's worth of breakfasts for less than $5 - and, more importantly, it takes about two minutes to make. For those who have, say, 10 or 15 minutes to whip up a quick breakfast, and who want some- thing hot, there is a solution for you too - even if you live in a residence hail. My dad taught me how to make a fried egg in the microwave when I was eight years old. Of course, it doesn't quite compare to an old-fashioned, griddle-fried egg, but it also takes a fraction of the time, and is much easier to clean up. Much easier. Take a bowl and line it with butter, or margarine, or something that stops stickiness. Drop an egg in the bowl, cover it with a paper towel, and pop it into the micro- wave for one minute, or until you hear a series of pops. Whichever comes first. Toast an english muffin, drop the egg onto it, salt and pepper to taste, and you have a tasty sand- wich. Elapsed time: about 5 minutes. You can also get things like microwave pancakes, french toast, lumberjack stack-o-flapjacks" pancake special. While we all love these meals, it is infinitely less trouble (and cheaper) to go to the diner than it is to do this at home. You'll go through the whole production, and four or five hours, 40 milligrams of cholesterol and about 30 dishes later, you'll be through. See this week's quick-n-easy recipe for a 10-minute super breakfast. ~o9YOR THO Andrew Levy * Daniel Poux South University is only around $4, and if you freeze them imme- diately, will be fresh when you defrost them. Just defrost it in the microwave (25 seconds on high for each side) the night before, put on your spread of choice, wrap it in foil and toss it in the fridge. Then, on your way out the door, drop it in your backpack. Instant breakfast. Bite-size breakfasts, such as mini-muffins, trail mix, or fruits, are worth a try as well. As Dan said last week, bite-size items are always easy to take on the go. Finally, for the less adventur- ous among us, there's always the breakfast of champions: cold cereal. From corn flakes to chocolate- frosted sugar bombs, cereal and milk is always the trusty friend. But don't sell cereal short just because it's familiar. Most cereals (when drowned in skim milk) are low in fat and sodium. And even if you do opt for sugar bombs, nobody's hung up on sugar nowadays anyhow. Breakfast is important because it sets the tone for the day. If you have a good breakfast, it rubs off on the rest of the day. This is not to say that a microwave fried egg sandwich will make your Ameri- can Culture lecture any more bearable, but at least your stomach won't be growling while you doze off. Just remember this simple lesson: You are what you eat, so if you don't eat breakfast, you're nothing. should not have shocked me. But it did. At home, I had been safe hiding-behind piles of statistics and theories. With them I could explain the economic and social traumas of a world thousands of miles away. But suddenly that world wasn't a thousand miles away, it was banging on my car window. All my theories couldn't protect me from the eyes of Foreign Focus A special feature intended to provide students the opportunity to share accounts of their travels abroad. hungry children. And I realized that there is no such thing as a "safe" distance - that my life is intimately intertwined with theirs as long as we share the pain and yearning for a better world. I will never forget our visit to Lake Guatavita. For hundreds of years before the arrival of Columbus, the Indians threw o' 0 gold figurines into the lake as a sacrifice to the gods. Not surprisingly, the lake inspired the legend of El Dorado, or the cities of gold, and fueled Spanish hunger to conquer the continent. There I met a little girl, who was not more than seven years old. She wore a tattered grammar school uniform and clutched a small woven bag to her chest. Standing timidly by the cars parked along the roadside, she waited for their owners to return. We didn't have much money with us, but what we had we gave to her. She smiled. As we drove away down the hill, she followed slowly behind us. I was flooded with a desire to stop the car and run back to her - to pick her up and hold her and tell her not to worry because everything would be okay. It wasn't until later I realized what I wanted was for someone to tell me the same things. * * * * * I can't believe it's been almost three months since I left Colombia. Now I'm back in school and busy as ever with classes and the daily tasks of life, but the girl by the roadside still haunts me. Even now, as I wonder what she is doing, I realize that her presence never left me. Donna Woodwell is an LSA senior and a Daily news editor. gral OPUCllUf y r 1721 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 NORTH CAMPUS PLAZA "For Your Parties, Special Occasions, or Lunch" 665-4430 Try Ann Arbor's Best Mediterranean Food .French Pasteries -Fruit Tarts and Tortes -Birthday Cakes -Petits Fours and Assorted Cookies -Pies (Spinach, Cheese) -Petit Pains (Plain, Filled) 'Various Combos $3.99 10% off Any Order1 - offer ex res 10/11/91 J and waffles. These are basically inexpensive - about $3 for a week's supply, and take less than a minute to make. So I've gone through some breakfast do's. Now, it's time for some breakfast don'ts. For instance, the grandiose mongo breakfasts that I referred to earlier. Yes, we know them well from dinermenus. The "Saturn-Five- egg" omelette. 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