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How much of this breakfast could you eat?

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Riverwalk Thu 15-Jan-15 13:07:48

Ignoring the awfulness of scoffing competitions, how much of this 59-item breakfast on offer in Portishead could you eat?

I like savoury foods for breakfast and have a big appetite in the morning (and other times grin) so could polish-off:

2 bacon
2 sausages
2 eggs
1 hash brown
Few beans
1 toast

Big Breakfast

Riverwalk Thu 15-Jan-15 16:20:06

Fried banana is not on offer on that platter Lona you'll have to choose something else!

Lona Thu 15-Jan-15 16:20:40

Banana and bacon are delicious (if you like banana) smile

Lona Thu 15-Jan-15 16:21:52

Well, I'm just going to sulk Riverwalk!

Riverwalk Thu 15-Jan-15 16:22:48

The mystery item (left of the black pudding and under the onion rings) is, I think, fried potatoes!

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 15-Jan-15 16:23:57

Oh! Yum!!!

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 15-Jan-15 16:24:20

blush

Riverwalk Thu 15-Jan-15 16:28:01

Yum, jings - bacon and fried bananas?

might have to try that

Riverwalk Thu 15-Jan-15 16:30:34

The sausages do look very Walls grin

Teetime Thu 15-Jan-15 16:32:28

Nasty nasty!! I usually have Weetabix or porridge if I'm playing golf so need something sustaining but not heavy otherwise it's yogurt and fruit. I make myself have a protein breakfast twice a week which is either 2 eggs and 2 well grilled bacon or small piece of smoked haddock with one poached egg. I feel very very full after this and don't eat much else other than fruit until dinner time.

When I was a Junior nurse serving breakfast used to make me feel ill especially Tuesdays - fish cakes and beans!!!! Yukk.

vegasmags Thu 15-Jan-15 16:55:02

I'm not really fond of breakfast, except when I am on holiday. When in Greece, l love yogurt and honey, followed by fresh fruit. When in the US, my favourite is a diner breakfast consisting of bacon, Western eggs, hash browns, biscuits and country gravy. As a chaser, I like buttermilk blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and a doughnut on the side.

TerriBull Thu 15-Jan-15 17:02:46

Gluttony! or even gross to purloin a word from a younger demographic. No wonder we are all getting fatter! We only have cooked breakfasts if we are away somewhere in Britain, or possibly Ireland, but heavens nothing like that much! Occasionally, at the weekends we have a sort of brunch, Waitrose Chorizo sausages, grilled tomatoes, baked beans and toast, or if my husband is feeling benevolent he will do scrambled eggs (he does them so well) and smoked salmon. Weekday breakfasts, Geek yogurt and banana sometimes with a spoonful of muesli on top, or toast and peanut butter for me or marmalade for him.

TerriBull Thu 15-Jan-15 17:05:21

Geek yogurt ? grin should have said Greek, but I'm sure Geek would be good too!

Galen Thu 15-Jan-15 17:35:37

The corner cafe is a tiny place. I'm surprised you could fit people of the size their customers must be.

KatyK Thu 15-Jan-15 17:37:52

River - yes I did sound like a bit of a goody-goody didn't I? I assure you I am not !

Leticia Thu 15-Jan-15 17:42:52

If I do have an English cooked breakfast when staying away I only ever have bacon, mushroom and fresh tomato.

Leticia Thu 15-Jan-15 17:49:32

I would want toast with it.

Nelliemoser Thu 15-Jan-15 17:50:52

Quite apart from being a veggie there is no way I could eat a cooked breakfast of that size.

A good bowl of cereal does me fine.

janerowena Thu 15-Jan-15 17:53:49

No, I can't. DBH gets very cross with me if it is included in a hotel deal, because he can eat a massive breakfast and then not want lunch, but I normally only eat two boiled eggs for breakfast, on their own. If not, then two slices of thin toast and marmalade, possibly tomatoes and mushroom on toast. So when out, I usually have two poached eggs on one slice of toast and then want lunch, just soup or something but it does annoy him because he doesn't want to stop as he is still full up.

ninathenana Thu 15-Jan-15 18:13:43

I hasten to add the cooked breakfast is a once a week thing. The rest of the week I have a bowl of fruit n fiber and DH has two rounds of buttered toast.

hildajenniJ Thu 15-Jan-15 18:14:19

I only have a cooked breakfast when I am on holiday. At home a bacon sandwich is a treat. It's usually toast and tea for me.

Agus Thu 15-Jan-15 18:25:56

I couldn't eat any of it. No one needs that amount of food for one meal. Gross!

loopylou Thu 15-Jan-15 18:36:22

For me? No way, makes me feel sick to look at it! Fruit, yogurt and coffee is plenty.

Iam64 Thu 15-Jan-15 18:53:28

WE love a cooked breakfast at our house. the grown up children and their partners often join us for the long walk, followed by brunch. Our table groans, it's bacon, sausages, eggs, mushrooms, fried tomatoes, fried bread and potato cakes if there are any left over mashed spuds hanging around. Without wanting to sound precious, the bacon and sausages are from the local butcher, who slaughters his own out door pigs. The eggs are free range and we have proper butter and marmalade on our toast, with pots of tea and coffee. Some Sundays we're more restrained, scrambled eggs and toast. But, those meat feasts happen about once a month, total joy smile

Charleygirl Thu 15-Jan-15 18:57:30

I could divide up the plateful and there would be enough for at least a week.

I have 2 slices of toast with marmalade, more than enough for me. I never have a cooked breakfast.

rosequartz Thu 15-Jan-15 19:09:27

I only have cooked breakfast (apart from a poached egg sometimes) when I am on holiday. It's usually porridge or yoghurt and banana.

So let's pretend I am on holiday in Portishead and going for a brisk walk on the front afterwards wink:

2 slices of bacon - only British from free range porker
1 egg
mushrooms
a grilled tomato (although they don't look like fresh tomatoes)
1 slice of toast and butter

Possibly a small sausage if it could be identified as a local, free-range variety