Drawing on 34 semi-structured interviews, this study investigates the temporality of family practices taking place in the hot spot. It does so by looking at how breakfast is inserted in the economy of family time in Italy. Our data show that breakfast, contrary to other meals, allows the adoption of more individualised and asynchronous practices, hinged on the consumption of convenience products. These time-saving strategies are normalised as part of doing family. Although the existing literature suggests that convenience and care are in opposition, and consumers of convenience products can experience anxiety and a lack of personal integrity, such features were not a dominant feature of our participants’ accounts. These findings suggest that the dichotomies of hot/cold spots and care/convenience are not always experienced in opposition when embedded within family practices. Hence, this study furthers understandings of family meals, temporality and the distinction between hot and cold spots.

这项研究基于34个半结构化访谈，调查了在热点地区发生的家庭实践的时空性。它是通过研究如何将早餐插入意大利家庭时间经济中来实现的。我们的数据表明，早餐与其他餐食相反，允许采用更多个性化和异步的操作，具体取决于便利产品的消费。这些节省时间的策略已作为家庭事务的一部分进行了规范化。尽管现有文献表明便利和护理是对立的，便利产品的消费者可能会感到焦虑和缺乏个人品德，但是这些功能并不是我们参与者的主要特征。这些发现表明，将热点/冷点和护理/便利性二分法嵌入家庭实践中时，并不总是会遇到异议。因此，本研究加深了人们对家庭用餐，时间性以及热点与热点之间的区别的理解。