Why do they call it a Full English Breakfast?

Question

Has any other countries have their own traditional breakfasts?

Answer 1

The "full" English breakfast is so called because it generally has most or all of the main ingredients :

Bacon , sausage, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding, beans, toast + marmalade, tea or coffee, orange juice.

Here in France the traditional breakfast consists of coffee or hot chocolate, croissant or pain au chocolat and orange juice.

Answer 2

I have seen a so called 'full English breakfast' also called a 'traditional Welsh breakfast'. It just depends on which country of the UK you are in. But did anyone see The Hotel Inspector on Channel 5 last week? The guy that was being helped ran a hotel where they served 8 different traditional breakfasts from around the world and he was persuaded to open an all day cafe selling those breakfasts. (It was called the Savannah Restaurant and is in Bournemouth if you want to check it out and get a gutbusting response to your question!)

Answer 3

A full breakfast[1] is a traditional cooked breakfast, comprising at its heart bacon and eggs, that is popular throughout the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and other parts of the English speaking world. Depending on where it is served, it is called bacon and eggs[2], a fry, fry up[3], full English breakfast[4], full Irish breakfast[5], full Scottish breakfast[6], full Welsh breakfast[7] or an Ulster fry [8]. The complement of the breakfast varies depending on the location and which of these descriptions is used. Full cooked breakfasts are no longer an everyday occurrence in many British or Irish households, although they occupy an important place in the concept of the morning meal and are the predominant business of many greasy spoon cafés, as well as generally being offered to tourists as traditional fare in hotels, guest houses and bed-and-breakfasts. Although it has declined as a breakfast it has grown in popularity as an all day breakfast[9] especially at weekends.

Answer 4

They only call it an English Breakfast in England. In Scotland it is pretty much the same but called a full Scottish breakfast. In Wales I seem to recall it was just a cooked breakfast.

The ingredients will vary depending on who is providing it, but it is really just a convenient term for a cooked breakfast with a lot of different components.

Personally, I think the American cooked breakfasts at Denny's and similar establishments take a lot of beating. Maple syrup on thick pancakes - and also on your bacon! Yummy!

Answer 5

Contrary to all the above assertions, A Full Scottish Breakfast is orange juice, followed by porridge (with salt, not sugar, syrup, jam, honey or any other English perversions) then smoked salmon in scrambled eggs served with grilled tomatoes and wild mushrooms. Plus the usual coffee, toast, etc.

Answer 6

Everything on the plate fried, washed down with strong tea and a couple of extra strength Capstan cigarettes.. Almost a perfect recipe for a heart attack.
Why's it called 'Full English'? Don't know.

Answer 7

I think it's because after eating one you ought to be "full"

but i think you should travel the world and find out . . .

for instance in ireland "a full irish breakfast" is an unopened can of guinness

Answer 8

Round our way, a Full English Breakfast is something quite, quite different! (And, incidentally, much, much better!)

Answer 9

Loads of other countries have their own, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, for example. And of course the standard continental!

Answer 10

Because it's english and it makes u full up!!