Question to Americans
Have you ever had a full English Breakfast.
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I haven't but it does look tasty. Well, except for the blood pudding.
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No. The traditional US breakfast is quite similar since many of the original immigrants were Scots-Irish. A traditional US breakfast would often be eggs, sausage, fried potatoes, bacon, toast.
https://youtu.be/HJrhy7jGsqk * Traditional US breakfast foods *
Yes, I've been to England. But I didn't order the baked beans.
But a full American breakfast is larger and even unhealthier, because a proper Full American includes waffles or pancakes with sugar-intensive maple syrup, while a Full English is all savory and has vegetables.
I almost always skip breakfast, I’m not wild about lunch either.
Cold black coffee, ice water and a piece of fruit is good for the day. I was quite obese some years ago and found that portion control and frequent fasting are key to staying somewhat reasonably healthy.
Intermittent fasting helped me a bunch.
I still don't like big breakfasts. A sandwich is good enough for me.
But I do prefer big lunches. Mostly cause I don't get to eat dinner till like 9pm or even later.
And also cause I work & walk a lot during the day.
I DO like big breakfasts, I'm just teaching myself to eat them much later. I need to eat two meals a day and not three, so I'm trying to eat both breakfast and dinner within an 8-hour period, and no snack after.
It's hard, during ice cream season.
No - I don't eat breakfast.
shareIve always found the "Full" part of "full English Breakfast" rather confusing.
wtf does that mean?
is there a non full version ? whats that consist of ?
does a certain amount of optional extras , like black pudding, make it full ? how many ?
is there a non full version ? whats that consist of ?
Well, yes. You could ask them to leave out the fried tomatoes or the bacon (or whatever), so I think most people would think of a full English breakfast as containing all the traditional elements. There is, however, some dispute over what all the essential traditional elements are... so it doesn't quite work.
My understanding, however, is that this isn't the origin of 'full' in the phrase. I'm led to believe 'full' is there to emphasise that it's a full (cooked) meal, as opposed to a continental breakfast where you're just eating bread and it's arguably more of a snack. share
So which , if any , would you consider the "core" elements that cant left out and still maintain the "full english" title ?
Hmm. Not sure really. If your plate is full of unhealthy stuff, it's probably fine... but now you've made me think about it, I think you're OK to play around with the peripheral elements: the mushrooms, the fried bread, the tomatoes, even the beans if you must. But if you're leaving out the eggs, the bacon and/or the sausage, you can still call it a 'full English', but I'll consider you to be something of a monster.
yeah same , bacon more so than sausage.
I grew up on 'bacon & eggs' . I dont think my mum knew you could add other stuff 🤣
Eggs, meats (possibly including blood sausage), baked beans, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes, toast or fried bread on the side.
For some reason, the baked beans are obligatory.
You can lose the tomatoes surely? I hate those - they just turn into little tomato flavored boiling water bombs!
No but I did have half an English muffin this morning.
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