You posh nounces what with your plates. Everything should be wedged inside a couple of slices of bread.
The ultimate full English breakfast – have your SAY
A turf war has broken out among the scribes at Vulture Towers North over the fried delicacies that should and should not be included in the world famous Full English gut buster Breakfast. Based as El Reg is, in deepest hipster central - East London - we've witnessed people starting their day in local coffee shops, consuming …
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Friday 28th July 2017 13:46 GMT Tom 7
Barmcake
In theory barmcake is a white bread leavened with barm - that's the vigorous froth seen on the top of a beer brew going at full tilt. This gives is extra flavours of malt and hops. Haven't had one for 30 years but still remember them as being 'lush' in modern termibollockly. I'd be worried about a modern version that isnt made the proper way - or possibly worse from a craft brewery using citrusy hops - the only citrus allowed near a full english is in the bloody mary used to pad out the ketchup.
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Friday 28th July 2017 12:58 GMT Alister
Re: This is no time for breads
The chief place for bread products in an English Breakfast are as toast, with lots of butter (just in case there's still some gaps in your arteries) and loads of Marmalade, either Orange or Three-Fruits.
The injection of the citrus element acts as a degreaser to help break down the truly life-threatening amounts of fat you have just consumed.
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Saturday 29th July 2017 12:54 GMT macjules
Re: This is no time for breads
Exactly. Cold plain bread is the last resort of them that can not either toast nor fry their bread.
The best breakfast I have ever tasted was at a B&B in Padstow, but sadly they went out of business several years ago. Baked beans made with a dash of L&P and tomato relish mixed in. That delicate combination of (slightly) runny egg yolk and crisp fried bread plus properly smoked back bacon, home-made black pudding, genuine pork sausages with none of that 'organic', 'farm-reared', 'slaughterhouse friendly' BS that we get with London 'Wholefoods' stores. Supplement that with toast, tea and Tiptree 'Tawny' Marmalade and if I am going to perish from heart disease then I am sure as hell will go with a smile on my face after that.
There is definitely a craft to doing a good English Sunday morning fry-up.
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Friday 28th July 2017 09:44 GMT Richard Gray 1
Bread?? Stottie
There is the option of the full breakfast "in a bun", or actually a Stottie.
A Stottie is a type of large bread-bun-esk loaf around the size of a small dinner plate or a large side palte, and is about an inch and a half thick.
It has a very dense crumb, making ideal to be cut in half (2 semi circles) the sliced carefully to make a pocket to allow your full fried breakfast (bacon,sausage,fried eggs, beans if you wish) of choice to be inserted and eaten on the go.
Ideally with runny fried eggs so the yolk drips down your chin, or "kept for later if you have a beard"
Oh for a time machine to visit that particular Van in Team Valley about 30 years ago!!!!
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Saturday 29th July 2017 14:13 GMT Triggerfish
Re: Bread?? Stottie
I'll go for that, as a student the local meat supplier for the butchers was round the corner and they used to have a sandwich shop attached. One of those Stotties as a loaded with bacon, sausages. egg, black pud, eggs, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms the full works. Cost next to nothing, and would feed a couple of hungry students and you'd not want lunch there was that much.
Also bread, friend in Bacon fat, give your arteries a work out.
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Friday 28th July 2017 10:56 GMT SniperPenguin
Re: Runny eggs ?
"Forget Brexit? It’s not possible. Remainers just want to eat yancy nancy croissant and just pretend they like a good full English breakfast."
Whilst Brexiteers want a greasy "Full English" (oddly, not British..., funny that ;-) ) with a copy of the Sun....
Ironically cooked by an immigrant, but he's alright, because he cooks full English breakfasts :)
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Friday 28th July 2017 11:40 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Runny eggs ?
@SniperPenguin; "Whilst Brexiteers want a greasy "Full English" (oddly, not British..., funny that ;-) ) with a copy of the Sun...."
I note the article itself says "Let's come together and unite the British nation by selecting [title: "The ultimate full English breakfast"]"
Oddly, as a Scot, someone conflating Britishness and Englishness tends to make me *less* inclined to unite with the British "nation".
Except possibly being dragged out of the EU by England and Wales, having been on the end of a scaremongering Unionist campaign that Scotland's place in the EU would be threatened by independence.
Yeah, but not as much as by remaining hitched to the whims of a bunch of Little Englanders, right? Talking of which...
"Forget Brexit."
No- you take *your* Brexit and shove it so hard you'll *never* forget about it. You lot voted for it, now you've got it.
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Friday 28th July 2017 08:39 GMT TheBishop
Proper Full English
It is of course a matter of personal taste, but for me:
Bacon - don't mind what type but it must be nice and crispy
Fried egg, yolk must be runny (to dip your sausage and fried bread in)
Fried bread - has to be white bread, not too thick and properly fried all the way through
Sausage - a nice Cumberland or similar
Tomatoes - real tomatoes halved and fried in the pan. Need to be good quality ones
Baked beans - good quality, and not cooked to death and then left under a heat lamp for hours either
Tomato ketchup - a generous dollop on the plate, not on any of the ingredients. How can a mere chef possibly know where I want to put it?
And, of course, the meal must be accompanied by a generous mug of proper British tea (I believe this one was already settled by the Reg a while ago) and, if possible, a couple of slices of buttered toast
What's not to like?
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Friday 28th July 2017 10:11 GMT phuzz
Re: Proper Full English
"English Breakfast Tea"
That's the sort of nonsense they drink in America. No, a proper fry-up should include a constant supply of builders tea. Not "a cup", but either a bloody great pot of tea, gradually stewing over the course of breakfast, or the kettle on almost permanently for top-ups.
There's a time and a place for Earl Grey, or Assam or whatnot, but a fry-up requires a beverage with no subtlety or nuance, just a mug full of tannins.
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Friday 28th July 2017 10:19 GMT bombastic bob
Re: Proper Full English
"It's called English Breakfast Tea actually. It's literally designed and named for this purpose."
I can get that over here across the pond (Twinings) at any grocery store, along with Bigelow's 'English Teatime' (very similar, strong black tea). Makes for good iced tea, too. 4 bags per 5 quarts, on the stove for 10 minutes, cool down (inside the pot) in a sink of water, then into a 5 quart pitcher in the fridge (with 2.5 cups of fake sugar). Keeps me going for a day.
I had an "English Breakfast" when I was in Hong Kong in the 80's. It seemed to be the only thing on the breakfast menu that was close to something I am used to. The only thing unusual (to me) is that they cut the bread crust off of the toast. Other than that, same kind of thing they serve every morning in diners across the USA (like Denney's, IHOP, etc.).
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Saturday 29th July 2017 11:38 GMT John Brown (no body)
Re: Proper Full English
"I can get that over here across the pond (Twinings) at any grocery store, along with Bigelow's 'English Teatime' (very similar, strong black tea). Makes for good iced tea, too. 4 bags per 5 quarts, on the stove for 10 minutes"
FFS buy a bloody kettle! You *cannot* make tea in a pan on the stove! Bloody heathen!
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Friday 28th July 2017 10:35 GMT Alister
Re: Proper Full English
It's called English Breakfast Tea actually. It's literally designed and named for this purpose.
Only in America, perhaps. Here in Britain, it's a choice between Tetleys, PG Tips, or supermarket own brand, well boiled, and three sugars... Builder's Tea, that's what you need.
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Friday 28th July 2017 11:10 GMT Dave 126
Re: Proper Full English
If you can't get proper tea to drink with your full English breakfast then engine degreaser makes an acceptable substitute. And vice versa.
Sadly, the best 'English' breakfasts are in Cardiff at Tuck-Ins. They used to open at 3am to serve bin-men and taxi drivers, and the occasional international rugby team after a post-match drinking session. You could feel your arteries fur over as you ate, the bacon was that good.
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Friday 28th July 2017 14:24 GMT CrazyOldCatMan
Re: Proper Full English
hoice between Tetleys, PG Tips, or supermarket own brand
Or - if you prefer to be drinking proper leaf tea rather than random floor sweepings, there are some fine strong malty teas (Assam or Ceylon for example).
Properly brewed in a proper teapot.
(Or my home mix - 40% licorice tea[1], 30% Lapsang Souchong and 30% Darjeeling. The strength depends on how much you put in the pot and how long it brews).
[1] Not actually made of licorice - it's standard black tea with added botanicals. Avalable from Atkinsons online shop in Lancaster: https://www.thecoffeehopper.com/product/319/liquorice.htm
Truely wonderful.
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Friday 28th July 2017 16:34 GMT Dave Stevens
Re: Proper Full English
On this side of the pond, Tetley comes in green tea, black tea, English blend, orange pekoe, Earl Grey, premium bland, original, you name it. I might find PG Tips at an import shop, like a Scottish store.
English Breakfast Tea is a black tea blend, which I like. The default tea here, including Tetley is an orange pekoe blend which I can't stand.
What I regret not trying when I was in London/Maidenhead is the white and black puddings. Everything else is easy enough to find anywhere.
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Friday 28th July 2017 08:47 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Proper Full English
You are quite simply, demonstrably wrong.
Unsmoked bacon
Fried eggs, runny yolk
Fried white bread
Cumberland sausage ( with you so far )
Mushrooms
Tinned plumb tomatoes
Brown sauce
Black pudding
Either English breakfast tea or if you're feeling exotic, a mug of coffee.
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