Good morning, are you hungry? Good because I'm about to rustle up some
breakfast and as I'm ENGLISH it will be a full
English breakfast. A full English breakfast sometimes simply called a full
English is a hot meal, it has been cooked and usually we cook it in the frying pan
so some people will refer to it as a fry up. A fry up. Do you fancy a fry up? Now
this is breakfast and breakfast is of course served in the morning but do not
be surprised if you see a full English breakfast on the menu in a cafe or in a
pub but it would usually be called an all-day breakfast but it consists of the
same items. Now before I start cooking let me serve you up a little tidbit. If
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Firstly the ingredients. No full English breakfast is complete without
bacon. These are these are called bacon rashers, so they might ask you how many
rashes you would like on your breakfast. Normally you get one or two. Bacon is
normally cooked in one of two ways it's either fried in a frying pan with a
little oil or you can grill it under the grill. Then we have eggs.
On a full English breakfast the egg is typically fried however there are many
other options to choose from. You could go for a boiled egg, which is where the
egg is put in its shell in boiling hot water until the insides are firm. If you
opt for a soft-boiled egg then it'll mean the yolk, the golden section, is
still loose, but if you opt for a hard-boiled egg you boil it for a little
longer until the inside is firm...but that's no good for dunking. Alternatively
you could opt for a poached egg. I personally cannot poach an egg, it's
quite difficult, it's where you remove the shell but still manage to keep the
egg altogether and you cook it like a boiled egg just without the shell. It's
very difficult. Or you can opt for scrambled egg. Scrambled egg is where you
mix the egg with milk. You stir it all together you put it into a hot pan and
then you keep stirring until it starts to cook and becomes lumpy and fluffy and
delicious. How do you like your eggs? Fried, boiled poached or scrambled? Next
up we have sausages. Whoops. Pork sausages which can be cooked
in the frying pan or under the grill or in the oven even although I think
that takes longer. Then we have something called black pudding.
Now despite the name this isn't sweet, this is a savoury cut of what looks like
a sausage but it's made of congealed pig's blood, hmm. You would cook this in
the frying pan for around six to eight minutes.
You'll also find on the plate mushrooms and tomatoes, as far as I know you fry
the mushrooms and you bake or grill the tomato. A firm favourite with many are
the baked beans. One of the biggest brands in the UK is Heinz baked beans.
Now this is a sweet little addition to the breakfast plate. This obviously can
be cooked in a pan or warmed in the microwave. And to finish it off you'd
have a couple of slices of toast, these are referred to as rounds of toast I
don't know why. So one slice is one round, two slices two
rounds. How many rounds of toast do you like? And the toast of course is normally
made in the toaster but if you don't have a toaster then it could be toasted
under the grill. Oh hang on before you start eating there's just one more thing
that will complete the breakfast and that's a cup of English tea. It's a great
way to start the day.
Perfect, now I hope you've enjoyed learning about the traditional English
breakfast I'd love to know what your traditional breakfast is or if you have
a full English do you do anything different? Let me know in the comments
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