Pancakes and Cereal, a comparison essay

By Nate Feldman 

Pancakes and Cereal

            Have you eaten breakfast in the USA?  Two popular things that Americans eat for breakfast are pancakes and cereal.  In fact, some recent statistics say they are the most famous breakfast things in the United States.  At any restaurant you go to, you will certainly find these items on the breakfast menu.  While they are very popular, they have some differences with each other.

One big difference between cereal and pancakes is when we eat them.  Typically, people like to eat cereal on workdays because they you just have to put it in a bowl and add milk and some fruit if you would like.  On the other hand, pancakes are more popular on weekends.  You need extra time to prepare and cook them, so it is very popular to eat them on Saturday or Sunday, not on Monday-Friday.

Another difference is their texture.  For instance, cereal is crunchy because it is made of grains.  Because of this, you can’t eat them with a fork.  If you try to eat it with the fork, the cereal will crumble and fall apart. For that reason, you must use a spoon.  Pancakes, however, are very soft and fluffy.  For this reason, we use a fork to eat them, not spoons.  

        There is actually a big similarity between them.  People very often eat both pancakes and cereal with fruit.  For example, it is popular to slice bananas and strawberries on different types of cereal.  Similarly, people often put these types of fruit, as well as blueberries, on pancakes.  Furthermore, some people cook the bananas or blueberries with the pancakes, which is why we have "Blueberry Pancakes."  Either way, both types of food use fruit with them.

    To conclude, when you are in the United States, you will see that many people eat cereal and pancakes at breakfast time.  They are different in their texture and when we eat them, but people like fruit with them.  Regardless of when people eat them, or what they eat them with, cereal and pancakes will remain a popular part of American breakfasts.

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