Disgusting for some, but a delicacy for University of Otago geology and surveying student Declan Pearson.
The 20-year-old was one of about 100 students who turned up to the OUSA Clubs and Societies building yesterday for a free cooked breakfast, consisting of porridge, savoury scrambled eggs, hash browns and more toast and condiments than you could shake a fork at.
The free breakfasts are being put on by OUSA from 9am-10am each day (cooked breakfasts on Fridays), to motivate students to get out of bed in the morning and encourage them to study during the exam season.
Fellow student Ollie Behrent (22) said his first exam was yesterday and the free breakfasts had been a great motivator.
''It means we can go study for a couple of hours in the morning, take a break and have breakfast, and then go back to studying ... it gets you out of bed and helps you get a bit of a routine going.''
OUSA recreation manager Debbie Coulter said the free breakfasts started in April as a welfare initiative for students struggling to make ends meet.
She said more than 100 students used the service each day, but since exams started, numbers had increased.
More than 150 students used it last Friday, she said.
''It's been so successful.''
