But when he asked for his toast, a sister told him he would have to eat rolls and jam or go without.
They often ate only rolls and butter.
A large jug of steaming wine was being passed from man to man, and many of them were eating hot rolls or small meat pies.
"I sit there waiting and eat rolls and butter," he said.
It struck Tyson that he had an irrational dislike for men who ate sweet rolls for breakfast.
For now, they sat on the balcony of their guesting suite, eating warm rolls, soft cheese and fresh fruit, beneath an orange-and-silver sky.
She and her mother sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee and eating sweet rolls her mother had baked.
At another, two gorgeous, sleepy-looking Brazilian women languidly ate rolls.
It was years before I wanted to eat rolls again and even now I always drink tea instead of coffee.
"I ate nothing but rolls for three days and I never had a headache."