Question: What is a Full Breakfast?
Throughout Britain and Ireland the Full breakfast is popular. It is not now eaten everyday but saved for weekends and vacations.
Answer: The full breakfast is traditionally served at breakfast time, but it is also popular at other times, usually replacing lunch. Rarely is it now served every day of the week, reserved instead for the weekend or on vacation in hotels and Bed and Breakfasts, where no stay would be complete without one.
Breakfast may begin with orange juice, cereals, stewed or fresh fruits but the heart of the Full breakfast is bacon and eggs. They are variously accompanied by sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, tea, toast and marmalade.
Each country though, also has its own accompaniments.
The origins of the breakfast are unclear and believed to originate in the rural England as a sustaining meal to carry workers through a long morning.
Other Popular Dishes for a Traditional Breakfast
As if all that food isn't enough other dishes which may be found at a full breakfast are Porridge, Deviled Kidneys, Kedgeree, and Kippers.
Other names for Breakfast
Though a ‘Full Breakfast’ is universally known and understood other terms used include - A Fry Up, A Full Monty, and in Ireland it is sometimes known as a Chub.
And to drink?
A cup of tea is a popular and traditional drink with breakfast, though coffee is also served.
Breakfast may begin with orange juice, cereals, stewed or fresh fruits but the heart of the Full breakfast is bacon and eggs. They are variously accompanied by sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, tea, toast and marmalade.
Each country though, also has its own accompaniments.
- A Full English Breakfast may have Black Pudding, Baked Beans and Fried Bread.
- A Full Scottish, Porridge, Potato Scones (Tattie Scones), Haggis and Oatcakes.
- A Full Irish – White Pudding and Soda Bread.
- A Full Welsh – Laver bread or laver cakes. These are neither bread or cakes but are made with seaweed, the cakes seaweed cooked with oatmeal.
- An Ulster Fry is not dissimilar to a Full English but may also have soda bread and is served again, throughout the day.
The origins of the breakfast are unclear and believed to originate in the rural England as a sustaining meal to carry workers through a long morning.
Other Popular Dishes for a Traditional Breakfast
As if all that food isn't enough other dishes which may be found at a full breakfast are Porridge, Deviled Kidneys, Kedgeree, and Kippers.
Other names for Breakfast
Though a ‘Full Breakfast’ is universally known and understood other terms used include - A Fry Up, A Full Monty, and in Ireland it is sometimes known as a Chub.
And to drink?
A cup of tea is a popular and traditional drink with breakfast, though coffee is also served.
