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 founder of the English Breakfast Society is someone called Guise Bule de Missenden.

Tell her you like to wash it all down with a can of Carling and a Marlborough

Benson or jtfo

I’m minded to think that what this meal is actually called is more indicative of social characteristics - rather than whether it’s eaten or not.

And by social characteristics I don’t just mean ‘class’ (whatever the heck it means anymore anyway) but also sex, age, social environment etc. Definitely for someone cleverer than me to work out though!

We always called it a ‘cooked breakfast’ at home growing up, with my uni housemates when trying to relieve our hangovers they were ‘fry-ups’. And I’m not sure I’ve ever even said the words ‘full English’. I don’t know why!

Well they used to have the servants serve bacon, sausages, eggs etc from silver lidded serving dishes in Upstairs downstairs. I think at one point black pudding was considered coarse, as a pp said things like devilled kidneys would probably be the posher alternatives. Ladies working about weight swapped to Kippers. I'm glad that black pudding got a revival, even as a starter.

I miss Home Fries!

I can’t do a full English. It’s way too much food and grease for me. Most of it I can’t stomach nor does it look appealing to me. I rather have scrambled eggs on toast with a side of fresh fruit or some skillet potatoes with chopped peppers and onions with a side of scrambled eggs and fruit.

Are teacher parents a sufficiently MC upbringing to qualify? Firmly middle class now I'd say.

Anyway, rarely go out for just breakfast. Occasionally for brunch, but would probably not go for a straightforward full English if I did as there are usually options I prefer on a brunch menu. I do quite often choose a full English at an hotel/B&B if away for a weekend. Tend to skip the beans though.

I dunno.. I grew up MC, my ex was WC, and it was definitely more of a “thing” for him than me, but that could also be an England / Scotland thing, or just personal preference. I do like elements of a full Scottish (especially the black pudding) over a full English though, but prefer hash browns to tattie scones (ds is quite partial to the latter). Maybe pp is right and it’s down to where you buy it and the specific ingredients you choose.

If there is fried bread bring it on, I have no class when it comes to food

I honestly couldn't imagine anything worse than eating a full English every day.

Im not a breakfast person though

This is a really strange post.

I’d call it a cooked breakfast too. Which makes no sense because our standard winter breakfast is porridge which is obviously cooked, as is toast! Fry-up wouldn’t make sense for me either though as I’ve always cooked it using the grill rather than frying.

An Ulster Fry is better than a full English. Not sure what class that makes me, but I prefer Eggs Benny anyway if eating out for breakfast.

Growing up, very occasionally (maybe 2-3 times a year). Would have been bacon, fried egg, black pudding, fried tomatoes and mushrooms. Possibly sausage instead of the black pudding but never hash browns or baked beans, which I think are a more recent trend.

I would never really eat this now, because although I like all the components, I don't want them all at the same time, or at breakfast. Cooked breakfast for us now usually means pancakes, waffles or boiled eggs.

Yes, good point. My mum would call it a "cooked breakfast", even though she never cooked one! :)

"Full English" feels like a menu description.

If I'm out for the day I have one for lunch in winter. Bonus points if chips or bubble are an option.

Strange question. But I'd never eat a full English. The thought of it turns my stomach.

I no longer have any idea what class I am. I eat whatever takes my fancy that day such as Greek yogurt and fruit, avocado on soda bread etc. If I eat a cooked breakfast it will only be on a weekend.

Have you never seen Downton Abbey??

I remember watching an episode of Poirot where he was staying in a grand country house. He was most looking forward to enjoying a full cooked breakfast and was disappointed to find only eggs on offer. (This was obvs a sign that the family were on their uppers and it was them wot did the crime.)

Don’t much bother with breakfast. When I do, it’s toast, yoghurt or an omelette. Not sure what class that makes me 😁

During Pesach, I have to forgo grains/toast, so make these to go with eggs for breakfast on days I go to the gym.

What is it with being middle class on here lately.

OP, you only need to look at the prevalence of independent cafes and farm shops selling breakfasts in affluent areas to know the answer to this.

??? Surely you order what you feel like, where does class come into it?

Dp is very much upper middle class, both by upbringing and current job. He always orders a full English when out, sometimes for lunch! Me not so much, not keen on most the constituent parts so I'll order a sausage sandwich or avocado on toast

I just eat what I fancy…last time I went out for brunch it was a full English, usual go to is eggs royale.

If we go somewhere a bit fancy I’ll usually have something with avocados or a bit spicy.