What is a Proper English Breakfast?

[Maejo Man]

4 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

An English breakfast is not an English breakfast without lamb's kidneys. 

And black pudding!!

[Presnock]

6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Or they could exercise a bit more.

Eating a FATTY 

[Presnock]

Just now, Presnock said:

Eating a FATTY 

oops, Eating a fattie diet can hardly be controlled by exercise only - health becomes the issue too i.e. diabetes - just check out the developed world figures today

[Dmaxdan]

4 hours ago, 123Stodg said:

And despite the name, French Toast didn't come from the French. It actually dates back to Ancient Rome: The earliest recorded version of French toast comes from the Roman cookbook Apicius (from around the 4th or 5th century AD), where it was described as a dish made by soaking bread in a milk-and-egg mixture and frying it.

Maybe the Romans stole the idea from the Gauls who hadn't quite figured out how to write cookbooks?

[billd766]

6 hours ago, Gandtee said:

I make my own sausages and copy cat HP sauce, which is a must on an English breakfast. It's not difficult and well worth the effort. 

Do you have the recipe for copy cat HP sauce.

 

Out in Nakhon Nowhere HP sauce is hard to find, though I have seen it sometimes at BigC in Kamphaeng Phet.

 

I make my own honey and mustard bacon, and if I can get the bits I also make my own pork sausages and pork pies.

[ChipButty]

54 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Do you have the recipe for copy cat HP sauce.

 

Out in Nakhon Nowhere HP sauce is hard to find, though I have seen it sometimes at BigC in Kamphaeng Phet.

 

 

I have bought some from Lazada in the past, 

[champers]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

This is what I call a 'Full English Breakfast'

- 2x back Bacon

- 2 Cumberland Sausages

- 1x slice black pudding

- Beans

- Hash-brown

- Mushrooms

- 2x Fried Eggs

- Grilled tomato

- Toast

- HP Sauce

 

AI illustration of that below:

 

Replace 3 American hash browns with 3 slices of English black pudding. Also add fried bread and remove green stuff from your eggs. I wouldn't miss the beans.

[Ralf001]

[SoCal1990]

The Black Pudding would be the part of the meal for me that never leaves the plate. I would never touch the stuff.
 

I guess the Brits in Thailand must love that pigs blood tofu that they serve with the typical local boiled chicken and rice dish in Thailand. 

[Mutt Daeng]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, these are great, English sausages that taste the same as I remember eating in England 50-60 years back. They also sell Olde English sausages that taste the same but 3x the size.

 

I prefer the Cumberland "fatboy" sausages from Prime. Five in a half Kg pack.

[scorecard]

9 hours ago, BarBoy said:

I had one yesterday at my friends gaff.

 

2 massive pork sausages, 2 hashbrowns, 2 bacon, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, onions, 2 toast black pudding and a coffee - all for just 250 baht.

 

Mate's rates.

 

No fried tomatoes with oregano?

[BarBoy]

5 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

No fried tomatoes with oregano?

I forgot about the tomatoes and beans!

 

surely worth 250?

[billd766]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I have bought some from Lazada in the past, 

Thanks.

 

I have one or two bottles left, but I enjoy making things like that.

[Lacessit]

FWIW, this is the English Breakfast at Sausage King in Chiang Mai, toast, jam, large coffee included. 180 baht.

Edited 27 minutes ago by Lacessit

[novacova]

10 hours ago, 123Stodg said:

All I can say is that any breakfast that starts the day with beans probably gets thing off on the wrong foot, actually on the wrong cheek so to speak.

Hillbillies in Appalachia eat d’em d’ar beans f’er breakfast.

[Keeps]

Hash browns shouldn't be anywhere near a full English (although I do really like them with other meals). 

 

It should be bubble 'n' squeak which is made from day old mashed potato with added cabbage/greens. Fried and constantly mashed up so there are plenty of crispy bits.

 

Can be made with leftover roast potatoes and veg from a Sunday roast. Was a Monday night staple when I was growing up served with the leftover cold cuts from the Sunday meat joint and plenty of pickles - onions, red cabbage, Branston etc.

 

Likewise, Boxing Day lunch was always the same and many people prefer it to the main event on Christmas Day.

 

Bubble 'n' squeak on fresh, crusty, buttered bread is one of life's great pleasures.