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The Perfect Full English

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  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    I like to use a sausage as a breakwater between the egg and the beans. 
    Dammit I was too late for this one, I mean I might want to mix my beans and my egg but I want that to be my decision. 

    Otherwise though the tomato and mushrooms go straight in the bin for me
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    edited August 2021
    Baked beans are for mooks, lose them and the mushrooms add white pudding and a slice of haggis 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited August 2021
    My mum met my dad whilst on holiday in Rimini. On that holiday, My Grandad wouldn't eat anything at all as he couldn't eat that foreign muck. They were getting worried about him and found a bar advertising an English breakfast, But he wouldn't touch any of that either as it was cooked in olive oil!!!

    At a later date, my dad brought in some Italian salamis, which he kept hanging in the cellar. My grandparents lived in the basement flat and shared the cellar with us. Which was great for my sister and I who spent a lot of time with them. One day my dad went to get some salami and they had all gone. He was trying to find out what had happened to them as they were quite expensive. When my grandad heard, he said he had thrown the sausages away because they had gone mouldy! 
  • Don't forget the bottle of becks too pep one up. 
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    So Kosher... I love it all, twice !!! and special tick for the absence of coffee.
    Not yet !!!
    But later...mmmmm
  • Baked beans are for cunts, lose them and the mushrooms add white pudding and a slice of haggis 
    I never realised someone could be so angry about baked beans. 

    what i like about them on a full English is not only are they one of your 5 a day but also because of the sauce it acts as a gravy for the bubble and squeak plus the black pudding or in your case white pudding and haggis. 
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Baked beans are for cunts, lose them and the mushrooms add white pudding and a slice of haggis 
    I never realised someone could be so angry about baked beans. 

    what i like about them on a full English is not only are they one of your 5 a day but also because of the sauce it acts as a gravy for the bubble and squeak plus the black pudding or in your case white pudding and haggis. 
    I literally amended it as you were posting as I realised it was a bit much for lunchtime 🤣
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,855
    edited August 2021
    rananegra said:
    I'm trying to cut down on the pork I eat, but this thread has made me hungry. Been ages since I had one of these :(

    For me, bacon, fried egg, beans, toast, mushrooms, sausages, tomatoes in that order. Most sausages I find are a disappointment (the ones in Youth Hostels when we stayed there when the kids were younger were terrible).  Happy to have black pudding.  Other options of egg are acceptable once in a while. Fried potatoes are better than hash browns, though neither are essential in a Full English. 

    (edited to add) When I was a kid, it would have included fried slice and spam fritters. I've had neither in donkeys years and don't miss them.
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Don't forget the bottle of becks too pep one up. 
    Becks?

    BECKS?
  • Jonniesta
    Jonniesta Posts: 1,152
    Great thread. The original picture looks good too, though I love a good portion of fried potatoes or bubble as well. Bloody Mary as well if it's a hangover cure. Haggis is a great addition, but can't be classed as a full English then. Amazing. 
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Jonniesta said:
    Great thread. The original picture looks good too, though I love a good portion of fried potatoes or bubble as well. Bloody Mary as well if it's a hangover cure. Haggis is a great addition, but can't be classed as a full English then. Amazing. 
    Stick a slice of haggis in a fresh roll with bacon, AMAZING!
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Hash browns have no place on a full English breakfast. Baked beans are questionable but acceptable.
    Each to their own of course. But a Good fry up was a staple hangover cure for me back in the day. And for a fry up to completely work it's magic I need a fair amount of carbohydrate included.
    You could I suppose say bread and butter (which I also have) fills that void, but the hash brown does compliment the English fry up so well.
  • dicktracey
    dicktracey Posts: 319
    Love an Irish one, with boxty instead of the hash brown, white pudding to go with the black pudding and toasted soda bread.
    Plus Potato bread and special baked beans (fried onions and Worcester sauce)
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    edited August 2021
    bobmunro said:
    We buy Braughing Sausages from Tesco. They may not be available elsewhere as they are a Hertfordshire sausage, but they are delicious. If you spot them, give them a go.
    Only a 75% pork content? One step up from Richmonds  ;)
    One must never compromise on the majesty of a sausage.

    Only these for me https://www.clewlows.co.uk/sausage-varietys/
    Heresy!

    These are 'fancy Dan' sausages ... pork, orange and cranberry?  The Devil's work.

    All hail the King.

    The Braughing Sausage Company
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    We buy Braughing Sausages from Tesco. They may not be available elsewhere as they are a Hertfordshire sausage, but they are delicious. If you spot them, give them a go.
    Only a 75% pork content? One step up from Richmonds  ;)
    One must never compromise on the majesty of a sausage.

    Only these for me https://www.clewlows.co.uk/sausage-varietys/
    Heresy!

    These are 'fancy Dan' sausages ... pork, orange and carnberry?  The Devil's work.

    All hail the King.

    The Braughing Sausage Company
    Some, not all. The pure pork is mighty fine on its own - and some of the fancy dan ones are pretty good also.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    cafctom said:
    Love everything on there, but I’m the only person I know who can’t eat eggs in any form!
    I love eggs and ate them all the time up until about six months or so ago at which point I developed an allergy with some unpleasant side affects. Steer clear of them now which I am not happy about but it's not worth the risk. A full English isn't the same now without an egg or two.
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    bobmunro said:
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    We buy Braughing Sausages from Tesco. They may not be available elsewhere as they are a Hertfordshire sausage, but they are delicious. If you spot them, give them a go.
    Only a 75% pork content? One step up from Richmonds  ;)
    One must never compromise on the majesty of a sausage.

    Only these for me https://www.clewlows.co.uk/sausage-varietys/
    Heresy!

    These are 'fancy Dan' sausages ... pork, orange and carnberry?  The Devil's work.

    All hail the King.

    The Braughing Sausage Company
    Some, not all. The pure pork is mighty fine on its own - and some of the fancy dan ones are pretty good also.
    We need a Sausage Off, @bobmunro.

    I will happily throw myself to the mercy of the wonderful Boys and Girls of Charlton Life.

    Let's use this season wisely ... please, friends and acquaintances ... get your online orders in via the website links that Bob and I have provided and let us know your verdict.

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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    cafctom said:
    Love everything on there, but I’m the only person I know who can’t eat eggs in any form!
    I love eggs and ate them all the time up until about six months or so ago at which point I developed an allergy with some unpleasant side affects. Steer clear of them now which I am not happy about but it's not worth the risk. A full English isn't the same now without an egg or two
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  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    I like pretty much all those ingredients, would never have them all at once.

    There are some absolute no-no's if the meal is to be a Full English
    baked beans? get out of town they're American.  Same goes for hash brown FFS that's modern processed american dross.
    white pudding? that's Irish or Scottish, delicious but not English.
    Have any or all of those but if you do it ain't an English Breakfast.  That should have regional protected status like Cornish Pasties.

    Your choice of eggs, potatoes, tomatoes is fine.  Grilling or frying components is also immaterial.

    Just realised the quoted article is worthless crap cos there's no mention of bubble!  Hash browns but no bubble?  Hysterical.  That's the insidious influence of american fast food corporations and their catalogue of moody ingredients.

    FWIW a hearty English Breakfast would comprise bacon, egg(s), mushroom, tomato (preferably tinned), black pudding, bubble and toast if I'm proper hungry.  All washed down with big mugs of strong tea
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    edited August 2021
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    We buy Braughing Sausages from Tesco. They may not be available elsewhere as they are a Hertfordshire sausage, but they are delicious. If you spot them, give them a go.
    Only a 75% pork content? One step up from Richmonds  ;)
    One must never compromise on the majesty of a sausage.

    Only these for me https://www.clewlows.co.uk/sausage-varietys/
    Heresy!

    These are 'fancy Dan' sausages ... pork, orange and carnberry?  The Devil's work.

    All hail the King.

    The Braughing Sausage Company
    Some, not all. The pure pork is mighty fine on its own - and some of the fancy dan ones are pretty good also.
    We need a Sausage Off, @bobmunro.

    I will happily throw myself to the mercy of the wonderful Boys and Girls of Charlton Life.

    Let's use this season wisely ... please, friends and acquaintances ... get your online orders in via the website links that Bob and I have provided and let us know your verdict.

    Overall summary after the Ipswich (A) game in April?

    COYB
    The issue I have with Braughing is that they have a max pork content of 75%, and that's their 'Extra Pork', range. Their standard banger is only 65% pork.

    Bangers need to have an absolute minimum of 85%, preferably 90%, in my honest one of course. 
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Billy_Mix said:
    I like pretty much all those ingredients, would never have them all at once.

    There are some absolute no-no's if the meal is to be a Full English
    baked beans? get out of town they're American.  Same goes for hash brown FFS that's modern processed american dross.
    white pudding? that's Irish or Scottish, delicious but not English.
    Have any or all of those but if you do it ain't an English Breakfast.  That should have regional protected status like Cornish Pasties.

    Your choice of eggs, potatoes, tomatoes is fine.  Grilling or frying components is also immaterial.

    Just realised the quoted article is worthless crap cos there's no mention of bubble!  Hash browns but no bubble?  Hysterical.  That's the insidious influence of american fast food corporations and their catalogue of moody ingredients.

    FWIW a hearty English Breakfast would comprise bacon, egg(s), mushroom, tomato (preferably tinned), black pudding, bubble and toast if I'm proper hungry.  All washed down with big mugs of strong tea
    Interesting - no bangers (or fried slice)?
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,644
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    Dave Rudd said:
    bobmunro said:
    We buy Braughing Sausages from Tesco. They may not be available elsewhere as they are a Hertfordshire sausage, but they are delicious. If you spot them, give them a go.
    Only a 75% pork content? One step up from Richmonds  ;)
    One must never compromise on the majesty of a sausage.

    Only these for me https://www.clewlows.co.uk/sausage-varietys/
    Heresy!

    These are 'fancy Dan' sausages ... pork, orange and carnberry?  The Devil's work.

    All hail the King.

    The Braughing Sausage Company
    Some, not all. The pure pork is mighty fine on its own - and some of the fancy dan ones are pretty good also.
    We need a Sausage Off, @bobmunro.

    I will happily throw myself to the mercy of the wonderful Boys and Girls of Charlton Life.

    Let's use this season wisely ... please, friends and acquaintances ... get your online orders in via the website links that Bob and I have provided and let us know your verdict.

    Overall summary after the Ipswich (A) game in April?

    COYB

  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,644
    edited August 2021
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    bobmunro said:
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
    I'm with you on the Pie n Mash debate mate.....but you've gone too far this time.
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    bobmunro said:
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
    Used to always have brown sauce. Now don't have any sauce at all. Just black pepper and a sprinkle of salt on the eggs.

    Red sauce is a definite no-no.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,644
    bobmunro said:
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
    I'm with you on the Pie n Mash debate mate.....but you've gone too far this time.
    Hear hear. Pie and mash is toilet and completely agree with Mr Munro on that one but come on. You got to have a bit of dippage sauce on your fry up other than bean juice.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    bobmunro said:
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
    I'm with you on the Pie n Mash debate mate.....but you've gone too far this time.
    Hear hear. Pie and mash is toilet and completely agree with Mr Munro on that one but come on. You got to have a bit of dippage sauce on your fry up other than bean juice.
    Dippage is provided by the eggs!
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Everything on that plate minus the tomatoe with a healthy serving of brown sauce 😋
    Nooooooo!

    Brown or ketchup, the latter definitely the work of the Devil, have no place on a Full English. 
    I'm with you on the Pie n Mash debate mate.....but you've gone too far this time.
    Hear hear. Pie and mash is toilet and completely agree with Mr Munro on that one but come on. You got to have a bit of dippage sauce on your fry up other than bean juice.
    Dippage is provided by the eggs!
    Also the residual oil left by the mushrooms.
  • Brown sauce like Worcestershire sauce is a part of English cuisine and is very acceptable to have with an English breakfast.