British people: What are your FAVOURITE breakfast foods?

Question

Details would be nice, since I'm really sick of American breakfasts (cereal and milk-ugh!)! I met two guys from Liverpool once, while traveling in Europe, who said that English breakfasts are the best: steak and eggs...sounds good to ME! Any other tips?

WEIRD! I expected some real gut-busting recipes! I used to eat Swiss Birchermuesli, yogurt & all, but it got soggy too fast, so I switched to homemade granola (much crunchier). But is that REALLY British???

matt_r_baker: sausage and sausage is your running theme? Reminds me a bit of the Python's Spam routine! ("Eggs, beans and SPAM, SPAM, eggs, sausage and SPAM...etc.") Still, you've gotta love sausage!

Sal*UK: You're on about bacon, right (which I love, btw) ? Are you SURE you're not CANADIAN, eh???! lol

Okay, baked beans on toast...not bad; harks back to some meals my mom used to make (aka "Baked-bean sandwiches"), which, if you DIDN'T like, you could trade for almost anything, except a meatloaf sandwich, the gold-standard of my generation's bagged lunch!

PIZZA with lager? Excellent..and already there, mate! (and what's a kebab, to you? We have "shish-kebab" in the States, usually grilled bits of meat & veggies on a skewer).

BUT...What about TRADITIONAL British breakfasts? Do

infogoddess: mushrooms, baked beans, sausage AND eggs??! I think I'm in LOVE!!! *droooool*!

"UGHHH! Blood pudding...I can't get past the "blood part"...I'd sooner eat Lark pie! What's "black pudding" (black from...BLOOD???!)

Oh! èmm© - you basically included EVERYTHING! lol We have "Toad in the hole" but call them "Firehouse eggs" (in New England anyway--no idea why). Yummy! Bubble & squeak sounds great...but what's with that weird name? The only thing to which I object is orange marmelade. I got burnt out on it in Austria! They LOVE "Semmeln" w/marmalade"; what a weak breakfast!

silversurfer: I LOVE The fried tomatoes and mushrooms idea! Maybe the chicks in that film would have done better if they'd only added mushrooms to their fried, green tomatoes?

P.S. - You Brits are really into "mugs" of things, aren't you? That's cool! I hate tiny cups!

Answer 1

The most traditional, old-fashioned breakfast:

boiled eggs left in the shell and set into egg cups, do not open but serve that way so they will not get cold ~ the person eating breakfast cuts them cross-wise with his knife and puts butter, s&p into each side; the bottom half stays in the eggcup, eaten with a teaspoon .. ..... medium soft-boiled are nice and you can dip your toast into the egg if you wish ...

the toast: dry ....unlike Americans, Brits toast their bread dry, let it cool (!!), and serve it with butter and jam ...

you may also like broiled tomatoes: slice in half horizontally, put s&p on top and place under the broiler for a couple of minutes

bangers .... a sausage that tastes very unlike American sausages and is 3X better; milder

some hot cereal of your choice, especially oatmeal ...might be served with butter and honey or golden syrup ...

juice is more American; as is a half-grapefruit

tea or coffee ~ cream, milk, sugar, lemon

That was always our breakfast at home and by now I am just as sick of it as you are your cereal and milk! I like rum-raisin cheesecake or pumpkin pie for breakfast. And some good strong hot coffee, and a piece of pastry, or some plain tea made with a fresh strawberry put into the hot water with the tea leaves. Now that you mention it, I think I'll have some steak too! xxx

Answer 2

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Answer 3

. Fried bacon, sausages, fried egg, black pudding, fried tomatoes, fried bread and baked beans, toast and orange marmalade with a pot of tea.
Toad in the hole is great which is sausages baked in yourshire pudding.
Bubble & Squeak is better than hash browns with the fried eggs (Leftover mashed potatoe & cabbage)

Answer 4

I am not British, but my british friends all swear by Heinz baked beans on toast. I can't get into it, because I ate too much beans and wiennies as a kid. My favorite breakfast is swiss birchermuesli. You take your favorite yogurt, and mix in muesli cereal... or granola until it is pretty thick. Let it sit for a while to soften the grains. It is portable and you can take it anywhere. My favorite is cherry yogurt... Yummy!

Answer 5

How about trying a Scottish breakfast?

egg, fried bread, bacon, sausage, black pudding, "Tattie scone" fried tomatoes and mushrooms, now thats what we Scot's Folk call a Breakfast!!!

Edit: p.s I forgot the toast and a mug of tea.

Answer 6

try some blood pudding (aka blood sausages), is that weird enough?

A trad full Eng Bfast: aka heart attack on a plate

consists of bacon, fried eggs, baked beans, sausages, tomatoes (fried), mushrooms (also fried), toast , juice and tea or coffee.
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Also may be eaten for bfast depending on how much ale or bitters were consumed the night before:

Warm Beer, Blood Pudding, Jellied Eels, Spotted Dick, Liver and Lights, Kidney Pie, Brawn, Bubble and Squeak, Fried Bread, Crisps with Flavors

Answer 7

Bacon, scrambled egg, baked beans, sausage, mushrooms, fried bread, toast, sausage.

Answer 8

Bacon and eggs
Bacon and scrambled eggs
Beans on toast
Sausage sandwich
Bacon sandwich
(can add fried egg too)
Big fry up!

And steak and eggs ISN't a traditional British brekkie!

Personally I prefer fruit!

Answer 9

Has to be a classic roast dinner or fish & chips. I wouldn't want either to go missing from my life. Fish & Chips always taste better if eaten open out of paper, outside, near the sea. As the person above says, Scarborough takes some beating!

Answer 10

got to be a full English Breakfast....sausages, mushrooms, bacon, baked beans, eggs ....yum ... takes me back to my childhood