European countries have their own breakfast traditions too! In Italy, people usually just eat bread and coffee. In Germany, people eat different cold meats and special bread rolls. And an English breakfast means eggs, salted meat, vegetables or fruit, and bread. It also includes cooked beans. They are large seeds, cooked in a thick, smooth tomato sauce. It is a very large meal. In Africa, breakfast is very different across the continent. What people have for breakfast changes a lot even within the same country. In Nigeria, for example, many different tribes eat different foods for breakfast. One common thing that appears is ground beans. In parts of Nigeria, people take beans and smash them up into a rubbery paste. Then they make a round cake from the bean paste and cook it in oil. This kosai breakfast is made by the Hausa tribe in Northern Nigeria. In other parts of Africa such as Senegal, people drink coffee. They also eat bread with peanut butter or chocolate on it, along with fresh fruit. In the Americas, the breakfast meal is different too. Costa Rica is in Central America. There, people have a meal call gallo pinto for breakfast. Gallo Pinto is Spanish for spotted rooster, but the breakfast food is not a rooster or a chicken! Gallo Pinto is just rice and beans. It also uses a special liquid called Lizano Sauce. This sauce was created in the 1930s by the Lizano company. It is a special part of the Costa Rican breakfast. People eat different versions of this same food in other Central American countries. On Facebook, we asked listeners what they eat for breakfast in their countries. There were a lot of different answers! One listener said: In Turkey, we have many breads, sweet jams and honey and vegetables and fruits. We eat omelettes made from eggs. So many people like eggs with tomato fruit, called menemen. I think everyone should have it! Another listener from Taiwan said: I always eat noodle soup, but my parents eat rice soup and salty food every day. One listener from Albania in Eastern Europe said: We have many good meals with lamb and yogurt - a thick food made from milk. We also have many different foods made from bread with meat and vegetables. Also, we have many sweet treats, like baklava! And in my city, the traditional dessert ballokume, made with corn, egg, and sugar. It is very tasty and we are proud because it is known all over Albania! And another listener, from Saudi Arabia, told us that his breakfast is usually a glass of water with honey and milk, and dates. Dates are a small, sweet fruit that grows on palm trees. Each country has a different breakfast, but all of them find ways to eat the things that will be healthy for them. What do you eat for breakfast in your country? How do you stay healthy with your breakfast meal? You can write your comments on the script page of this program.