>>When I was in Germany the locals ate coldcuts and broetchen for breakfast. That always seemed like too much to me and more like a lunch.
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>We have a proverb: take the breakfast for yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give the supper to your enemy.
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>I usually skip breakfast completely :).

That's why tou're always so cranky! :-)

There's an "English" saying, perpotedly for one's health:

"Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and have supper like a pauper"

i.e. Brekky is the most important meal and gives you a boost from which you gradually come down all day.