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7| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,A ugust 23,2018 theifp.ca • Truck Accessories • Upholstery • Heavy Equipment Glass •Window Tinting 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown 905-873-1655 Wehandleall insurance work. We handle all insurance work. Furnace Air Conditioning Gaslines Boilers Water Heaters Radiant Heating 905-877-3100 proud local dealer of Canadian made products .ca I'm a diehard breakfast man and find breakfast is the best meal of the day. Enjoying breakfast goes hand in hand with my farm background - most farmers enjoy that first meal of the day. When I was young, we operated a full-scale dairy farm. We woke at 6 a.m., did the milking, then headed back to the house at 8 a.m. to sit down and enjoy a hearty breakfast. It was like a reward for doing the early-morning chores. I guess it was a beha- viour that we acquired through repetition, every morning, seven days a week. And when we stopped milking cows, the breakfast routine stuck around. So like I said, I'm a breakfast man. Now to be clear, we're not talking about a wimpy breakfast here - nope, my idea of breakfast is two or three eggs, two slices of toast and a cup of coffee. On Saturday morning, I add a couple slices of ba- con to round out the meal. Saturday is designated as 'Bacon Day' in our house- hold. For years I was having it every morning, so I decid- ed, in the interest of better health, to limit myself to bacon to once a week. Now, The Sidekick will tell you she's a breakfast junkie as well, but I do have to challenge her on that claim at times. For me, there is no way anything 'green' should be part of breakfast - it's sim- ply wrong. She tosses spinach into the blender, adds a handful of blueberries or some oth- er ingredients, and fires up the blender which re- sponds with a blood-cur- dling screaming sound that would wake the dead. The resulting concoc- tion that she pours out of the blender is called a 'smoothie' and it has the most unappealing look - not to mention my central nervous system is still try- ing to reset after the screa- min' blender ordeal. Breakfast is supposed to be a relaxing, wake-up time to get the body and soul in gear - not be rousted up by the sound of a full-fledged battlefield in the kitchen. The Sidekick argues that from a cholesterol point of view, her smoothie is much more healthy than my breakfast of bacon and eggs. First of all, I don't have high cholesterol. And se- condly, I acknowledge the smoothie is guaranteed to reduce cholesterol, but I couldn't face eating/drink- ing one. Although I love making breakfast, I'll never turn down the opportunity of meeting for breakfast at a local restaurant, and let someone else do the cook- ing for me. Longtime friend Kevin and I often meet for break- fast, to catch up on every- thing around us, and in do- ing so, generally solve all the wrongs of the world. And with the exception of Kevin ordering brown toast, and me ordering white, our orders are iden- tical - black coffee, eggs over easy, hash browns, and sausage. Geez, Doreen at Ares puts our order on as soon as we walk through the door. On occasion, The Side- kick and Kevin's wife Barb join us, and I'm always amused to watch them as they order their breakfast from the menu. The Sidekick is notori- ous for ordering something on the menu, but with a slight change - like "eggs over medium, not easy," or "only two eggs, not three," and so on. She does the same with many recipes at home. She likes to tweak it a bit, and in doing so, make it her own. I go on the theory that you simply take what's on the menu - the kitchen staff can have my breakfast on the table much more effi- ciently, especially when no-one has to check for spe- cial instructions. But there is one thing I have noticed about The Sidekick when we go out for breakfast. I've never, ev- er seen her order a smooth- ie. Ted Brown is a free- lance columnist for the IFP. He can be reached at tedbit@hotmail.com. A HEARTY START TO THE DAY BREAKFAST IS A QUIET, RELAXING TIME TO GET BODY AND SOUL IN GEAR, WRITES BROWN TED BROWN Column THE WAY WE WERE As unprecedented housing growth continues in Georgetown, it was just over 60 years ago that developer Rex Heslop brought the subdivision idea to town, with construction of the Delrex development beginning in 1955. This aerial view photo from 1968 shows the Norval end at Delrex and Guelph Street. Original homes in the Delrex subdivision started at an amazing $11,300. Submitted by Heritage Halton Hills. Esquesing Historical Society photo OPINION Call for a FREE Estimate 25 Year Guarantee Award Winning Waterproofer Readers Choice 2018Silver 2018 Halton Hills Member of the www.crownseal.ca s CROWNSEAL INC. BASEMENT WATERPROOFING