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How often do we get to scoff down a good full English then? And what goes into your perfect fry-up?

Just finished noshing one - couple of pork sausages, slowly fried until golden brown, couple of rashers of bacon as thick as my thumb, fried until slightly crispy, mushrooms (not tinned) quartered and boiled up in salted water, peeled plum tomatoes, chopped with (lots) of black pepper, fried egg with a yolk that runs when you break it and not before, Heinz beans.

Serve with buttered, thick sliced white bread, and a large mug of tea.

Now that is some good eatin, and no disgusting black pudding messing up the plate. :)

Lets have your perfect full English creations. Vegies – I will leave you to drool into your lentils.

i'm very much in favour of the "two of everything" style breakfast

the sausages have to be really thick and meaty, preferably a nice big cumberland ring

as above the bacon has to be really thick but not overcooked, i cant abide really crispy bacon

a couple of nice eggs with nice runny yokes to dip bits of sausage in

fried mushrooms are a must, Stewart how can you even contemplate boiled mushrooms :p

hash browns are always a winner as well, really nicely cooked so there really crispy and brown

heinz beans is a must

a couple of slices of toast and a couple of slices of thick crusty buttered bread

a good pints worth of tea and a copy of the independant to finish off with


damn.....i'm hungry now

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Originally Posted by Stewart

Lets have your perfect full English creations. Vegies – I will leave you to be sick into your lentils.

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Edited for correctness, thank me later :)

Im a 2 of everything guy with eggs (runny yolk), bacon (no stringy fat), sausage(cooked till golden brown - preferably quite herby), hash brown(not too oniony), fried bread(not dripping with fat), black pudding (Cant really go wrong with black pudding), toast(not overdone or underdone), hp brown sauce (daddies will suffice), branston beans, I dont do tomatoes though, ...oh and an uber strong cup of tea that your grandma would be proud of.

Being Scottish I've regional variations, though you wouldn't tempt me with any form of "pudding", black, white or fruit. Mushrooms and tomatoes ? No ta.

At least 2 of everything, including large cuppas, one during, one after.

Must have fried bread. Toast ? Bread 'n' butter ? Pffft !
Fried eggs
Bacon
Sausages
Fried tattie scones (no longer call them potato scones as I got laughed out of my local greasy spoon for that offence)
Not much of a beans at brekkie man myself but if it's mid afternoon when I get up I'll sling them in !

Hmm, have a craving for something greasy now. Chippy for dinner methinks.

Well, I have the option to go for a cooked breakfast every morning at the mess if I wanted. I don't normally for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I've only just woken up in the previous 30 minutes and I don't have an appetite for cooked food (stick with cereal and fruit normally). Secondly, this is what you usually get: -

Sausages - Size of your middle finger (length and diameter), dry and not that tasty
Bacon - Mainly fat and the meat ususally burnt
Eggs - Fried come bathed in oil. Poached are sometimes good and sometimes questionable if they're cooked at all.
Toast - First time through the toaster, it resembles dried stale bread. Put it in again and it comes out black.
Tomatoes - Usually dehydrated as no-ones has them so they've been sat under the heaters for over an hour

The rest is ok (you can't get beans wrong really). In their defense though, lunches and dinners are usually really good, just seems to be the cooked breakfasts they have problems with :rolleyes:.

Bacon , streaky and crisp
Eggs fried ,soft
Fried bread
Sausage either tomato or skinless
and not forgetting mushrooms ..fried

ps Stewart if you are going to do mushrooms like that, try using half milk, half water, far tastier!

Meat pie in batter.

3 rashers of bacon, 2 sausages (from the butchers, preferably boar), beans, at least 2 hash browns, although i prefer rosti if i can be bothered really crispy, fried white bread (nice thin slices so it doesnt get soggy in the middle) 2 eggs cooked all the way through on both sides (cant stand runny yolks) and plenty of hp all over it.

potato cakes ftw - they were what cooked breakfasts were made for! Go really well with beans and runny eggs...

Yum yum

I feel like an outcast, does no one else eat black pudding?

i eat them when i get the chance - usually once or twice a month.
For me I usually do:

2/3 rashers of unsmoked bacon, fat trimmed and the bacon crispy
2 pork english bangers - average meat count, fairly cheap sausages, fried (I prefer them to most 'premium sausages')
2 fried eggs, over easy
4 hash browns (of pure potato)
slice of black pudding
heinz beans (none of this newfangled branston stuff =) )
toasted muffin, usually turned into a egg/bacon sandwich
mug of english breakfast :)

Its a big meal..usually counts as a breakfast + lunch at least, tastes great though

I could quite happily just eat a vast quantity of black pudding as a fried breakfast. If I had to choose my second favourite constituents of a fry up then in descending order I'd say good meaty sausages, hash browns, eggs (though scrambled in preference to fried), bacon, fried bread. Brown sauce, of course, is a must.

Beans and mushrooms I'll eat if I've paid for breakfast in a cafe or canteen, but they don't make the grade when I'm frying one myself. Tomatoes- yuck. I can eat them in pizzas, bolognaise etc., but whole in whatever shape or form- no thanks.

I used to have a fry-up every Saturday morning, now however I have to get up early and go to ruddy work !

Get one at least 2-3 times a week at Uni. Well, in theory - that's if I can be arsed to get up at 7am. It doesn't happen so much ;)

Wow lots of people seem to have them, glad none of my housemates do! I'd probably be sick.

Look no offence mate, but you're a die hard vegetarian, as we've previously established. This thread clearly isn't for you?

lol fair enough, i'll shut up, not intending to spam or anything, sorry.

*edit* I'm just bored that's all. Nothing to do.

Vegetarians can have veggie sausages, beans, eggs, hash browns, toast. And I'm pretty sure I've seen faux black pudding too. It's not out of the question.

That said, I've tried fake bacon and it's appalling and not an experience I'd want to repeat.

Whats wrong with the puddings?

Black, white or fruit pudding, bring it on. I got the whole hog, tattie scone, sausages, egg, fried bread, one of each pudding, beans, hash brown, tomato, mushrooms and loads of HP sauce.

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Originally Posted by bigblue

Must have fried bread. Toast ? Bread 'n' butter ? Pffft !
Fried eggs
Bacon
Sausages
Fried tattie scones (no longer call them potato scones as I got laughed out of my local greasy spoon for that offence)
Not much of a beans at brekkie man myself but if it's mid afternoon when I get up I'll sling them in !.

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I would have to agree with bigblue on this :)

Not a fan of tomatoes, or runny eggs really.

Pile the beans on though!

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Originally Posted by Stewart

How often do we get to scoff down a good full English then? And what goes into your perfect fry-up?

Just finished noshing one - couple of pork sausages, slowly fried until golden brown, couple of rashers of bacon as thick as my thumb, fried until slightly crispy, mushrooms (not tinned) quartered and boiled up in salted water, peeled plum tomatoes, chopped with (lots) of black pepper, fried egg with a yolk that runs when you break it and not before, Heinz beans.

Serve with buttered, thick sliced white bread, and a large mug of tea.

Now that is some good eatin, and no disgusting black pudding messing up the plate. :)

Lets have your perfect full English creations.

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Yep that is pretty much perfect.

My only changes would be the mushrooms fried instead of boiled and I like my plum tomatoes whole. A little Black pudding along with some fried bread just for the extra heart attack inducing effect and to soak up last night lager.

Also I tell you what is nice and thats fried tatties. Just boil an extra one during the week, chuck it in the fridge and on Sunday morning chop it into slices and add to the greasy pan.

Sauce of your choice to top it off.

Your OP reminds me of the days when a mate of mine and myself would travel to friend's in Colchester and drink Friday or Saturday night away (along with a bit of late night drunken Mario kart :p ) then in the late morning crack on with brunch which would use every pot, pan, girdle, grill, tray in the house followed by an industrial sized urn of tea.

Once this lot had been noshed then the telephone would be kept close to call 999 for that ambulance whilst we tried to digest the obscene amout of cholesterol inducing grub and not fall asleep perusing Grandstand.

Continental breakfast? - F**K Off!

Yeah screw that. One thing that really does make me sick in the morning is a buttery croisant. Offensive TBH.

I'm hungry now :(

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Originally Posted by htid

lol fair enough, i'll shut up, not intending to spam or anything, sorry.

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yep if you really are hard up you can use spam, preferably fried...in lard. If it's good enough for Pythons it's good enough for us all.

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Originally Posted by iranu

Continental breakfast? - F**K Off!

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I've got it! Maybe I was just born in the wrong country, because I love all that stuff (yes I know I said I'll shut up, but that was more related to something rather than just slagging off full English breakfasts)

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Originally Posted by htid

I've got it! Maybe I was just born in the wrong country, because I love all that stuff (yes I know I said I'll shut up, but that was more related to something rather than just slagging off full English breakfasts)

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Actually I do like a continental breakfast, when on the continent. I was just being in a bit of an "English breakfast made this country mood".

A nice light brekkie is fine when you are gonna swan about the beaches all day or go shopping but it's not enough for real mans work like labouring, farming etc where you really need all those calories and you are up early.

It is weird cos I had a Dutch GF and she hated the fried stuff for breakfast but there was never any breakfast material in the house, not even continental. It's funny with food and cuisine and nationality/culture. I went out with a gorgeous Parisian brunette at uni who insisted that when we went to the pub that she would have a pint of 70/80 shilling! Should have seen the look on the barman's/maid's face when ordering.

Pint of 80 please.
And for the lady?
No that is for the lady.
Que smile and a wink from petit immaculate gf. sigh those were the days.

hahaha :)

My gf is German and her continental breakfast consists of a bowl of cereal....very unique 8-)

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Originally Posted by htid

hahaha :)

My gf is German and her continental breakfast consists of a bowl of cereal....very unique 8-)

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She not fond of a swift salami and pumpernickel then? :D

i am a fussy eater, so no black pud or anything exotic.

I have bacon, eggs, chopped tomatoes or beans on top of fried bread and a few chips.

with bread and butter for dipping/mopping.

Chips on an English Breakfast? Heretic!

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Originally Posted by haloman

Chips on an English Breakfast? Heretic!

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hahhaah

well fish and chips are considered english ....honest gov :bowdown:


i am just a great chip lover so it makes sense.... feel free to slap me with a large black pudding.... Oooohhh matron :lol:

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Originally Posted by haloman

Chips on an English Breakfast? Heretic!

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Yeah.. they're the slimline Hash Browns ;)

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Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN

Yeah.. they're the slimline Hash Browns ;)

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Thought you said slimfast hash browns then

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Originally Posted by mart_haj86

I feel like an outcast, does no one else eat black pudding?

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I'm almost 30, and until about a year ago i found the thought of eating a fried scab disgusting. I don't know why, but i love it now.

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Originally Posted by autopilot

I'm almost 30, and until about a year ago i found the thought of eating a fried scab disgusting. I don't know why, but i love it now.

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If its good enough for Arthur Scargill.