Poirot and his food

Besides how he dresses and what he drinks, another feature that is quintessentially Poirot is his attitude to food: what he will eat and how he eats. Not that he seeks after exotic cuisine for there are many occasions when he enjoys a delicious steak and good plain home cooking. But there are certain approaches to food that he will insist upon.

These food habits of Poirot are sometimes emphasised or embellished in adaptations as a way of depicting his eccentricity.

Poirot's food habits

 * Prefers a continental breakfast
 * Peril at End House - distresses him to watch Hastings eat eggs and bacon.
 * Cards on the Table - typical example of a breakfast of coffee and rolls.
 * Boiled eggs
 * Peril at End House - must be matching in size.
 * The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim - "It is really insupportable ... that every hen lays an egg of a different size!"
 * Toast
 * Peril at End House - has to be from a square loaf.
 * Omelette - a simple omelette well prepared will satisfy.
 * Mrs McGinty's Dead - teaches Maureen Summerhayes how to prepare one.
 * Third Girl - George serves him omelette fines herbes.
 * Death in the Clouds - a simple but satisfying meal, omelette aux champignons, sole à la normande and a cheese of Port Salut....