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To find the idea of a sausage roll for breakfast strange?

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 15:24

Am not sure if it's just me tbh, so happy to be told AIBU!

I was out for lunch with my sister and she was telling me that her daughter (who has SATs) is being given a special breakfast at school every day and their choice for the breakfast was either a sausage roll or for vegetarians a cheese roll (ie. Cheese in pastry). I think there was a vegan option too.

Maybe it's just me but I can't imagine having a sausage roll /cheese roll for breakfast. But then I guess a cooked breakfast is sausage and bacon etc and I guess you get things like danish pastries for breakfast.... I guess I just wasn't expecting it! It's nice of the school to do that for them though, apparently my niece was looking forward to it (she was just a bit confused by the choice of food too I think which is why my sister was telling me the story)

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WonderingWanda · 12/05/2025 19:42

Based on this I now think scotch eggs would make a wonderful on the go breakfast meal too. Weirdly....and not very often, I like reheated apple crumble with milk poured over it for breakfast.

ShiftingSand · 12/05/2025 19:34

NoSoupForU · 12/05/2025 16:17

I find the idea of reserving certain foods for certain meals at particular times of the day weird.

Eat whatever you want, whenever you like.

This. Me too. I eat whatever I fancy whenever I fancy it. I had breakfast for dinner the other night - poached egg, avocado etc.

Mrsgus · 12/05/2025 19:32

They are probably ordering in a Gregg's through Just Eats or Uber, convenient, cheap and ensures the kids eat something. Not everyone's idea of a healthy breakfast but it's fine to have as a short term treat. I bet the kids are loving it!!

shellyleppard · 12/05/2025 19:28

When my sons did SATs at school they had toast and croissant..... lucky ducks;! ❤️

Disturbia81 · 12/05/2025 19:07

It’s kinda weird the constraints we put on different meals, like eating lasagne would be weird for breakfast. Why is it? 😂 But people love eating curry or pizza for breakfast from the night before. Sausage roll does seem like something later in the day but I wouldn’t say no!

BedlingtonLover · 12/05/2025 19:03

I mean both pastries and sausages are pretty standard breakfast foods.

but I find it weird people think you can only eat specific things at specific times. It’s all food at the end of the day.

AlmostSummer25 · 12/05/2025 19:02

UK2HK · 12/05/2025 18:05

Cheese isn't actually vegetarian - friendly since it has rennet in it (which comes from the cow's stomach.

Most cheese in the U.K. IS vegetarian. NOT made with rennet. You have to watch
out for imported cheese.

Birdsongsinging · 12/05/2025 18:55

i used to buy a Greggs vegan sausage roll in my way to work if I hadn’t had time for breakfast. I never thought there was anything strange about it!

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 18:54

Sherararara · 12/05/2025 18:45

Very common. Why do you think all the sausage rolls get sold out at Greggs by mid morning? Often have a sausage roll
if travelling and it’s an early start.

I've never been in a Greggs Blush

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 18:54

Sherararara · 12/05/2025 18:46

She checked with the school? Why on earth for?

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Because they had to pick their choice in advance and her daughter wasn't sure what to pick (or whether to have breakfast at home)

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/05/2025 18:51

UK2HK · 12/05/2025 18:05

Cheese isn't actually vegetarian - friendly since it has rennet in it (which comes from the cow's stomach.

A quick google shows that Sainsbury's, ASDA's, Marks', Tesco's, Co-op's and Morrisons' Cheese & Onion rolls are all marked suitable for vegetarians.

They use a rennet alternative and have been doing so since at least 1989 when I was buying cheese & onion pasties. Now, if you buy a fancy one that specifies Parmesan, they won't be because Parmesan has to have animal rennet, but the bog standard ones are absolutely vegetarian.

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 12/05/2025 18:50

I do love a sausage roll.

Sherararara · 12/05/2025 18:46

Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 18:15

Yes definitely, because her mum wasn't sure and checked with the school

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She checked with the school? Why on earth for?

Sherararara · 12/05/2025 18:45

Very common. Why do you think all the sausage rolls get sold out at Greggs by mid morning? Often have a sausage roll
if travelling and it’s an early start.

leccybill · 12/05/2025 18:41

Oh I'd happily eat a sausage roll at any time of day or night!

Hayley1256 · 12/05/2025 18:18

I use to work with someone who would go to greggs on tje way to work and get a sausage roll sandwich 😅

WearyAuldWumman · 12/05/2025 18:17

MrsSkylerWhite · 12/05/2025 15:32

Had many a sausage roll breakfast in my youth.

My last permanent school had a breakfast club: cornflakes and milk most days; roll and bacon or roll and sausage on Fridays. Fridays were most popular.

TrustyRusty68 · 12/05/2025 18:17

Some people call a butty a roll. So a sausage / cheese roll could be a sausage sandwich / butty / batch - whatever people call them 😂

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Notgreggs · 12/05/2025 18:15

Spidey66 · 12/05/2025 18:12

Are you sure it isn’t a sausage IN a roll rather than a sausage roll?

Yes definitely, because her mum wasn't sure and checked with the school

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TryingToBeHelpful267 · 12/05/2025 18:15

They always had sausage rolls, pizza bread and toast available for breakfast and lunch in my secondary school 😂

Seems weird though as an adult.

louderthan · 12/05/2025 18:14

Would you find it strange if it was a sausage sandwich/bap?

TheChosenTwo · 12/05/2025 18:13

The school I worked at offered this too, it was primarily a way to bribe the kids in to school on time and also ensuring they had had something, anything, for breakfast so they had more of a chance of concentrating.
I think the choices were sausage in a roll (so not quite a sausage roll!) meat or veggie, and there was fruit and from memory also some plain croissants. It was free to kids to use and we had a really good turn out for the years that I was there.
So it’s not unusual to me!

Spidey66 · 12/05/2025 18:12

Are you sure it isn’t a sausage IN a roll rather than a sausage roll?

Witchtower · 12/05/2025 18:12

YANBU and you are at the same time.
If it’s something you fancy and if it’s a treat then no problem.
My daughters school are giving the children who are sitting their GCSE’s waffles or pancakes for breakfast before their exams.
I don’t understand why this is a good idea. High in sugar and processed foods before a day of exams, it’s ridiculous.

Hankunamatata · 12/05/2025 18:12

Artesia · 12/05/2025 18:07

"Morons break". If only they'd had a more nutritious start to the day it might be "geniuses break" Wink

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I think they are more like lemmings.....