English breakfasts-what is appealing about them.

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Not judging! I do like them occasionally myself (especially if eating out, almost got one the other day but I'm vegan so slightly different) just pondering what exactly it is that makes so many people love them so much?
They even have their own subreddit. Is it the mixture of carbs/protein/sloppy things (beans/tomatoes)?
Is it (as a friend of mine says!) That they're the only thing that 'cures' a hangover?
Tradition?
Just curious. I can see the appeal with some other commonly eaten meals but can't put my finger on this one ?

Isn't it? I mean that's obviously one variation but most restaurants that offer that sort of thing but with vegan substitutes do something similar.

I want a cooked breakfast for my dinner now/

Maybe?

The first time I had anything like it was while staying at my then ex's house. Her housemate had a real 'knack' for cooking simple things, but brilliantly. We'd had a quite messy night out and she cooked us all a breakfast and used vegan substitutes in mine. As I've said, it was brilliant and I felt so over-indulged!

When I met my most recent ex she did it too. They are a great meal, but I was wondering why they were quite as popular as they are, what people like about them. This thread is enlightening!

I made Sourdough pancakes last week for brinner.. Breakfast dinner. Trying to make it a big movement.

I don't like them. I only like the bacon and eggs from them and then I feel greasy and disgusting after eating one so I avoid them.

Nah full English for me!

The sheet pigsty of it all :) - especially when it is on holiday or for brunch, I am usually feeling always sick early in a weekday morning and can stomach only few coffees until lunch time, so cannot and never will understand anyone who really this regularly every morning

Meant to type sheer piggery or pigsty behaviour

I used to love them before my ileostomy but I found I was so thirsty all day after eating one.

The meat-based full-English seems to be enjoyed by most people whatever the quality. I like either a vegan or vegetarian version, but the quality and variety has to go up a notch to be worthwhile.

Maybe a selection from scrambled eggs or scrambled tofu (vegan), poached eggs, good vegan bacon/sausages, roasted vine tomatoes, sliced gently cooked mushrooms - butter absolutely needed imo, home-made baked beans, grilled halloumi, avocado, fresh spinach, fried potatoes, bubble and squeak, potato cakes, soda farl, staffordshire oatcake, wholemeal toast. HP SAUCE!

It's a feast and should feel like one!

Abominations - hash brown, tinned tomatoes, hotel half tomatoes not grilled enough, whole mushrooms grilled without butter/oil - soggy and chewy!

I don’t like baked beans on a full English, and only occasionally have a grilled tomato - but what appeals to me is the combination of the tastiness of the bacon and sausage, the unctuousness of the fried egg, the umami of grilled or fried mushrooms, and something crispy - preferably fried bread, but I do like hash browns too.

Add orange juice and a big mug of strong coffee, and I am in heaven. Though now I have type 2 diabetes, it will be a much more infrequent treat (and it was pretty infrequent anyway).

We have it very occasionally and it’s called Brinner. There’s much excitement when it gets suggested.

I adore full English breakfasts - they fill me up for hours upon hours, which is great!

We used to have them on a Friday night, Ulster fry.

Personally can't do it at breakfast time.

Why on earth would you think that, have you not been in a supermarket in the last 5 years? There are vegan alternatives for sausage, bacon, black pudding, haggis and Evan eggs readily available everywhere.

Red pudding is definitely a thing, not so much as part of a breakfast but served in chip shops a lot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redpudding

I’ve no idea. A cooked breakfast is lost on me (or any breakfast if I’m honest). But the rest of my family view them as a real treat.

I could eat scrambled eggs for dinner though. And maybe bacon, if it was American style - ultra thin and crispy. 😋

Beans wreck the purity of the whole experience - everything else is pure unprocessed food - sausage, egg, bacon, tomatoe ..... and then some random 60's sloppy tinned processed convenience food gets thrown on top - all sorts of wrong.

I love a full English breakfast. I have one at least 3 times a week. 2 half fat sausages, bacon, 2 scrambled eggs a hash brown and spoon of baked beans.

Why when we are talking the English breakfasts the Scots and Irish must try to better it?

insecurity?

Kindness. We see the English getting breakfast wrong and try to point out what they're missing.

They're just so amazing to me. Bacon, sausages, slice of buttered toast, beans, hashbrowns...all my fav foods

This puts into words what I was thinking - the mix is brilliant!

@birdglasspen2 red pudding is most definitely a thing!!!
(east/north Scotland here!)

Fried bread, thick, chewy and dripping. Thats what makes a full English.