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Full English anyone?

(111 Posts)
Puzzler61 Tue 28-Jul-20 07:23:27

DH asked did I want anything before he left for Golf. I immediately thought “bacon, sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns, scrambled egg, and fried potato slices”.
I won’t have that for breakfast, but I do really fancy it sometimes.
I can almost smell it cooking! ? ?

What’s your usual breakfast?
What would you love to have?

EllanVannin Tue 28-Jul-20 11:18:52

Oh, I've had churros Pantglas, yummy.

biba70 Tue 28-Jul-20 11:13:44

I could not ever face a full English ... fruit, yogurt and small amount of Fruit and Fibre or good quality Muesli.

Largolass Tue 28-Jul-20 11:12:27

I'll have a full Scottish Puzzler if you're cooking, will bring my tatties scones, black pudding and I prefer link sausages?

GagaJo Tue 28-Jul-20 11:07:29

Mmmm Craftycat. I LOVE Marmite. I take a big jar with me when I go overseas for work.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 28-Jul-20 10:59:49

Cereal like Porridge, muesli, granola one day various on the next from kippers to boiled egg to egg and bacon etc.

lizzypopbottle Tue 28-Jul-20 10:59:17

I love crumpets but they have to be Warburtons (other brands of crumpets are available) with real, salted butter running out the bottom. Only one each, though, and they are a mid-morning snack rather than breakfast. This indulgence drives the obsession with oats and apples!

Craftycat Tue 28-Jul-20 10:46:09

Toast & Marmite! Love it & have it most days but a nice poached egg on toast is a favourite too.
We are very taken with sourdough at the moment- especially the sourdough crumpets with a poached egg!

NemosMum Tue 28-Jul-20 10:38:52

Usual: overnight oats with kefir, 2 brazil nuts and 5 walnut halves + 1 boiled egg on some days. Coffee. Ideal: very soft scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, capers, wholemeal buttered toast. Large pot of very good black coffee. Mmmmm!

GrandmasueUK Tue 28-Jul-20 10:38:34

Full English, without beans, but with black pudding would be wonderful, and only on holiday. I've just had smoked salmon on sourdough toast with a home-made cappuccino. So good! I usually have a couple of slices of seeded toast if anything, but always my coffee. Occasionally I have kippers. I only drink tea when I'm ill or pregnant! (That's now a distant memory.) grin

janipans Tue 28-Jul-20 10:37:05

I have just had a 2 egg omelette with a big spoonful of left over vegetarian chilli con carne (mushrooms instead of meat!). My favourite breakfast is omelette and leftovers - chilli, ratatouille, pealla, etc.
I then usually only need a mug of homemade soup for lunch.
Lost 2 stones a couple of years ago and this hasn't made me put it back on. Variety and the spice of life - that's my breakfast motto!

Gwenisgreat1 Tue 28-Jul-20 10:36:45

Usually have a cereal I make up, that has porage oats and dried fruit with a few spices - yum. Doesn't mean I would not partake in a full English if it were put in front of me!

Aepgirl Tue 28-Jul-20 10:34:50

My usual breakfast is yogurt with fresh fruit, but just occasionally I make myself an egg and bacon sandwich with brown sauce.

I can only have this on my own because of the mess the egg makes running down my chin! Not a pretty sight, but oh so yummy.

trisher Tue 28-Jul-20 10:32:25

Porridge or muesli with blueberries. But staying in a hotel always means a full English for me. I did have bacon eggs and mushrooms for lunch the other day because it's so long since I had one. Oh and the essential fried bread!

GrammarGrandma Tue 28-Jul-20 10:25:43

Everyday breakfast is nectarine + blueberries, nuts and seeds, three spoonfuls of Greek yoghurt, GF granola and some milk. On Saturdays we have half a red grapefruit and GF porridge with blueberries and honey. If I have brunch out, it's two slices of GF toast with smashed avocado and two poached eggs.

lizzypopbottle Tue 28-Jul-20 10:24:26

Teetime the old rule about breakfast being the most important meal of the day has been thoroughly debunked!

Bella51 Tue 28-Jul-20 10:24:26

Good Lorne sausage, hard to beat!

lizzypopbottle Tue 28-Jul-20 10:21:35

I just read through all of this thread before reminding myself that I'm fasting today! ? I won't be eating anything, other than one apple around lunchtime, until a frugal dinner about 7.30pm and a small bowl of porridge at about 10pm or so. All calories counted! Tomorrow will be a different story. I'll have a very large bowl of porridge (jumbo oats and a sprinkle of oat bran) made with oat milk (I eat oats and apples every day to keep cholesterol in check) and I'll have a banana sliced on top, raspberries and blueberries too. My day starts with a big cafetiere of coffee. It's what I get out of bed for!

Molli Tue 28-Jul-20 10:21:09

Puzzler61

BTW the Aga is a dream, I’m not “wealth signalling” ?

Agree with the Aga creating great breakfasts! ( not rich or in a big house but its been here for 18 years and is our only way of cooking, drying, ironing etc etc ?). Love a full cooked breakfast- no additional fat is needed when Aga cooking so healthy. I don't do black pudding but do do baked beans! Hubby does a lovely fresh spinach, crispy bacon, avocado, fresh tomatoes, poached egg and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar - as a treat. We often have boiled eggs for breakfast - we have chickens. During lockdown I persuaded myself to like banana and blueberry pancakes - maple syrup and homemade yoghurt.

Purplepoppies Tue 28-Jul-20 10:18:53

Im not great at eating first thing. I do sometimes have a fry up at lunch time though. Sausage, bacon, fried egg, beans, mushrooms occasionally, I love fried bread but it doesn't love me ?.
Im not keen on black pudding or haggis (I live in Scotland) and I will eat square sausage depending on the make.

Whatever you fancy does you good sometimes ?

missdeke Tue 28-Jul-20 10:18:23

Spangler Baked beans on a fried breakfast are an abomination grin Not that I have had one in years. My usual breakfast is home made granola with fruit and a glass of orange juice. In winter, porridge with honey.

My dream breakfast is a Turkish breakfast, boiled egg, honey, cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, cold meats and delicious fresh bread, mmmmm......

SueEH Tue 28-Jul-20 10:18:20

That will be a ROAST sweet potato!

clareken Tue 28-Jul-20 10:16:57

kittylester Morrisons do a gf black pudding, if you have one near you.

merlotgran Tue 28-Jul-20 10:06:45

I couldn't get through a full English these days if you held a gun to my head so we deconstruct it.

Grilled bacon, mushrooms and tomato on one day and scrambled eggs on toast on another. Baked beans and poached egg on toast is a favourite Saturday brunch.

I have to be careful with eggs so only once a week!

I like to make buckwheat pancakes and have them with blueberries, Greek yoghurt and a drizzle of agave nectar.

Quick breakfast is gf cereal and sliced banana.

vickya Tue 28-Jul-20 10:02:40

Usual is weightwatchers porridge. That is oats made with water. With cinnamon and sweetner on top.

Favourite would be churros and thick chocolate sauce with them or the American bacon someone upthread mentioned. It is sweeter than UK bacon, and with pancakes and syrup and maybe an egg turned over. I also love hotel buffet breakfasts and can eat through, starting with fruit, then cooked(no beans or veg) and finish with croissants and cakes, and nice toast and marmalade with the cooked course.

I'm greedy too and like to take my time over the hotel breakfast. Also as I drink black tea I ask for two pots, one with hot water to make the tea weaker, and it does a few cups that way.

Pantglas2 Tue 28-Jul-20 10:01:08

I’m on my way Puzzler ✈️! EllanVannin, would you like some churros to go with your hot chocolate? So popular here in Spain!

I’m planning kedgeree for the weekend brunch- can’t beat a bit of spice to wake you up!