If you are from a MC upbringing, do you eat a full English breakfast?

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Thinking if out for for breakfast in a cafe or restaurant? Or is the old sausages, bacon, beans thing a WC thing?

The 'Full English' is a take on the Edwardian country house breakfast, served from chafing dishes on the sideboard, where you'd have eggs, bacon, sausages etc and also smoked haddock or kedgeree and other delights.

Everybody else was breakfasting on bread and tea.

I love a proper breakfast if we're away and going out for the day. DH has fruit and yoghurt, same as at home, and starts asking for cake about 1am!

I would have to go back to bed afterwards

Yes. the class obsession on MN is so real.

'Do you tie your shoelaces in a working class or middle class manner?'

I don't think this has much to do with class. Lots of people like a cooked breakfast, lots aren't bothered.

My family were immigrants and my mother was obsessed with class. I think because of exactly what you said - new and not established. It used to really irritate me. But it definitely got in there somewhere because I often don’t feel comfortable around people who had an upbringing like my DH (v privileged) except I obviously do feel very comfortable around my DH! 😁

If I fancy one. I can't for a second see how class dictates what you eat for breakfast though

I love a full English in hotels or restaurants

A cooked breakfast every day or even regularly is very unhealthy!

Grew up on the wealthier side of MC and my DM would make us an English breakfast every Sunday.

As an adult I prefer eggs Benedict but would definitely have an English breakfast from time to time.

Sadly DD is very allergic to eggs so eggy breakfasts are a thing of the past now.

I had a week at a lovely hotel in Devon last month. They did a superb full English and I indulged every day.

Seems weird to claim it as English by default.

It's not weird at all. It's like saying you're going for an Indian when you go for a curry. Most places now call it whatever country they're in anyway so "full Irish" in Ireland etc. Most places have slight variations depending on where they are I.e. you often get little cooked potatoes in Ireland or some haggis or "tattie scones" in Scotland.

I love a full English if I go out, sometimes at home. I prefer good quality ingredients but will eat cheap shite too. Definitely MC but both parents were WC. I call myself "mixed class"!

I would probably choose eggs Benedict or avocado/mushrooms on toast if we were breakfasting out and it was an option. DC love one though!

I haven’t taken the exam though so no idea which class I’ve been assigned to.

😂

The term fry up is a bit misleading.

I make DH scrambled eggs, the hash browns, sausages and bacon are all cooked in the oven.
It's not greasy

Personally I’m a pescatarian so wouldn’t eat one but I really don’t get how it’s a class thing. A full English, or cooked breakfast variant of, will be on the menu at just about anywhere that does breakfast in the UK whether that’s a 5 star hotel or greasy spoon.

I was brought up WC and still am. I eat a whole food vegan diet that regularly includes all sorts of things I'm not entitled to as a WC person. What I do is, I put on a special posh voice and use some big words when I'm ordering. As long as I can remember to use my cutlery the right way round and not use the word serviette, I think I get away with it.

Is it? Are carb laden and sugar loaded cereals/muesli/granola etc so much better for you than meat and eggs?

Rarely at home, unless we have guests, but if staying in a hotel where it’s an option (and someone else is cooking!) I do enjoy a full English*. Not that we ever called it that when I was a child - it was a ‘cooked breakfast’ and usually only at weekends.
*Except for black pudding, 🤮, and the white pudding we were also offered with an Irish breakfast in Limerick.
My DF liked kidneys with his FE - another 🤮- they smelt of wee while being fried.

You get to enjoy the pescatarian classic that is kippers. A classic English breakfast that has been out of fashion for a long time now, so probably ripe for a hipster comeback.

Surely one’s lady’s maid ties one’s shoelaces.

A full English is enjoyed by everyone from WC to UC, OP

If I go out for breakfast (any meal) I usually pick something I wouldn't make at home, so eggs benedict or similar.

I sometimes cook breakfast, but it would be pared down somewhat, probably eggs, bacon, mushrooms.

If I'm away in a hotel I have the works on the first morning and then start looking for healthier options.

I've no idea what class I am.

Red and processed meats (ie bacon and sausage) are carcinogens. And not all cereals have added sugar.

@Comedycook I’m assuming the PP meant a fry up as a breakfast, where I’m from it’s just called a cooked breakfast not a full English etc.

It's food. Where does class come into it?