A scotch egg should be considered a breakfast menu item

[quirkyquerty]

It's sausage and egg. How did it end up in the picnic category rather than the breakfast category?

After a long stressful day at work, this is where my mind is at. But I do think I'm right, it should be moved to the breakfast category with immediate effect. Perhaps even pushing avocados out to make room for it.

A black pudding scotch egg warmed up is definitely a breakfast item🤤

We sometimes have breakfast for dinner though.

Breakfast? Wash your mouth out you charlatan!

Made me snigger, I got it 😷 . And the handmade ones in my local shop are very definately a substantial meal !

I would happily eat a scotch egg for breakfast. In fact I have. I often say that if I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would be that.

Morning everyone, scotch eggs as the ready?

Make a scotch egg cereal bar!

I think it was finally declared to be one! Goodness, those were the days

If I had one I would have it for breakfast, alongside an avocado!

So a Scottish breakfast would be egg wrapped in haggis, covered with tattie scones and deep fried then allowed to cool?....

@choppolata can you cook/heat avocado? And surely, although you have eliminated the egg, there is still the 'scotch' bit which isn't vegan.

You could, I expect, make something similar with vegan sausage mix, but I'm not sure what you would fill it with.... It needs to be something fairly substantial that will hold its shape, but not something that needs a lot of cooking unless it can be cooked first.... Hmmm worth thinking about! Mushroom? Onion? Potato? A tomato perhaps! An interesting conundrum.

That “scotch egg is a substantial meal’ was the only highlight of Covid for me. To have the government legislate that I should eat scotch egg when I went to the pub is the sort of law I can really get behind.

@quirkyquerty this is a very important question you’ve raised. Thank you. I think the unbreakfastyness of the SE is predicated on its temperature.

I'd happily eat a scotch egg at any time of day. For me it falls into the same category as trifle 😍 Everyone knows that trifle is great for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea...or in a portable container at a picnic 😍

There is never a bad time to have a Scotch Egg. I bloody loved a scotch egg!

I hate sweet breakfasts like cereal and fruit so this would be right up my street!

What about the smoked haddock Scotch egg, then? Smoked haddock is also traditionally a breakfast food (for the aristocracy, anyway - those glorious Downton Abbey style breakfast spreads always include some sort of smoked fish). Never had a SHSE. Are they eaten hot or cold? I don't fancy the idea of cold fish, I must say, but this Tesco recipe says 'leave to cool before serving'.

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/smoked-haddock-scotch-eggs.html

... but then I do like smoked mackerel pate, and that's cold. Hmmm.

That sounds good, but it is missing a layer of batter.

This. So far today I've had a piece of brownie and a slice of leftover pizza.

I also wouldn't have a scotch egg at any time because I don't like egg yolk unless it's mushed up in mayonnaise, but I sometimes get a pack of quorn picnic eggs as a late breakfast if I'm out and about somewhere.

And to further pimp up the 'uber scotch egg' my offering is 'uber canape hash browns' which is a hash brown topped with egg mayonnaise with an artfully positioned cocktail sausage garnish.

I have found my people. The scotch egg and trifle lovers. It’s like my 70s childhood all over again.

@ThePinkFrenchFancyPlease

🙌🏼 definitely a thing in the 70s (and 80s/90s/00s 😂)

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g the smoked haddock scotch egg sounds good! If only I liked eggs...

@Bjorkdidit leftover pizza is fab for breakfast. Bread, cheese, tomato...yum

When I was growing up we used to have homemade scotch eggs served with tinned plum tomatoes and boiled potatoes.

So you're all wrong; scotch eggs are dinner.

Really want some now.

Sausages and eggs are acceptable at all three meals. Full cooked breakfast , sausage rolls or omelettes at lunch, sausage egg and chips for dinner (or sausage and mash, and cheese soufflé with salad)

They aren’t breakfast food because they are every time food. They defy your narrow categories @quirkyquerty , and are lovely at any time.

The Jolly Fisherman in Craster does a kipper Scotch egg, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g . It is a thing of wonder. I didn’t even know it I liked kippers.