The British Fry Up

OK with everything except the black pudding --pork blood and oatmeal , right? Thank you, but not for me.

A heart attack on a plate.

My cholesterol just went up 200 points looking at OP's pic.

It isn't an everyday meal.

Looks delish, OP. Not sure about the pudding and kippers (where are they on the plate?). But everything else looks divine.

Looks like pig slop.

Kippers? I don't see kippers. They dont belong on a fry up.

It doesn't have to include everything in the pic. I usually go with eggs,potatoes,sausage,bacon,tomato, and mushrooms.

It says kippers in the article...where they do a breakdown of what's shown on the plate. They mention kidneys too. But I don't see them either.

Well, you would expect to eat your kippers separately. They are usually offered as an alternative to a fry up. Kidneys are quite rare. They haven't mentioned bubble and squeak

I wouldn't want to be sitting behind or near whoever eats all the crap (beans AND eggs?!) yikes!

Paging the Two Fat Ladies....

An early scene in 'Phantom Thread' evokes this delicious treat. Later of course foodie erotica goes distinctly awry.

I think the Two Fat Ladies are dead.

Jesus that looks good.

Need to have "biked beans" on that plate.

They are present r16, right in the middle.

Everywhere I had this in the UK broiled the bacon and sausages instead of frying so it’s slightly less calorific. It is the breakfast of kings. Egg, bacon, sausage (also square lorne sausage in Scotland), baked beans, potatoes (or potato scone in Scotland, farl in N. Ireland), mushrooms, toast, builders tea. You don’t need to eat again until dinner.

Yes, my co worker eats this every time he goes back to his country, he gains 5 pounds every year

Dylan Moran does a great bit on this: "Slabs of ham! Tubes of ham! Fungus and a chicken's period! Enjoy!!! (he also riffs on cereal as an alternative - "Cereal. Yum yum. Dust with milk"

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The one in the picture is a bit overdone.

What you'd get if you ordered it in a British restuarant or cafe would most likely be bacon, one egg, beans, mushrooms, tomatoe and a sausage. It's actually quite rare to get fried bread, more than one egg, and black pudding.

I try to have sausage & 1 lightly fried egg, with oatmeal and toast, every morning, along with muffins, marmalade and coffee. Since I only eat 2 meals a day I don't think it excessive.

Mushrooms, grilled tomatoes and baked beans never accompany the American version. I stayed at a massive low budget tourist hotel in London which featured Full English. Instead of actual grilled tomatoes they open giant institutional cans of tomatoes into a trough and call it a day.

Black pudding is delicious but impossible to find in the US.

You can order it.

I like a big breakfast too a couple times a week.

Doubt it’s the Scot, Irish and English roots so much as the weed the new guy before.

I'd love to try the full version before I die, including the black pudding and fried tomatoes, two foods unknown in the US. Plain fried bread is also unknown here, we either have toast buttered on one side, or french toast with eggs in.

I don't promise to finish the black pudding, and you can leave off the baked beans. Those are well known in the US, and they're far too leaden for breakfast.

R27 The quality of black pudding can be variable. Some are edible, while some actually taste like blood.

That picture & article make me grateful that I gave up meat years ago. It's Lent, you guys -- kippers are OK, but no meat & no pig's blood!

It’s not the same type of baked beans r27, it’s navy beans in a tomato sauce and they work really well with a fried breakfast.

I remember visiting my relatives who live in England as a kid and this landing on my breakfast plate one of the very first mornings there. Even though there was no way I could ever eat all of that, it wasn't that bad once I got used to the concept of having beans for breakfast. Another thing I had for breakfast there, for the very first time, and which I liked so much that I make it to this day is creamy mushrooms on toast.

Fry ups are fun, but the bacon is different from US bacon.

The best black pudding o ever had was in York.

it's why the English all have messed up teeth!

The older I get the less I eat for breakfast usually, just eggs and bacon with toast being optional. On the other hand if someone put that plate in front me I'd finish it and feel like a bloated pig for the rest of the day.

I ate so much black pudding when I was in Ireland. I tried it to say I did, and ended up loving it. I️ know it’s slightly different from English, but I’ve never had anything better than Irish breakfast made from the freshest ingredients.

In Ireland, what I was served for breakfast was Irish oatmeal to which you could add a dash of Irish Mist or Bailey's (!) Talk about starting your day on the right note...

Ha I was offered oatmeal but no booze!

Black puddings are apparently very heavy.

Has anyone tried bangers from the place? These British food threads have got me craving a British Fry Up with beans (I can buy Heinz beans nearby).

R39, if it helps, Aldi will be selling "Irish-style bangers" next week. We'll be checking them out.

I've ordered square sausage from online and it just wasn't good, I've decided to try making my own.

R40, Yes, that does. Thanks! I haven't been to Aldi's in a while. I'm not a big fan of typical American breakfast sausage, but I've had some breakfast sausage at a couple of nicer buffets that I've really liked, and it sounds more like British or Irish sausage, but when I was looking online, it looked like I'd have to import a big package of it from Ireland or the UK, and I don't want to spend that much on something I may not like.

It wouldn't be out of the question to get something like this sans the black/white pudding and have hashbrowns ?

How does a traditional banger differ from an American(or German) sausage?

Fat York sausage and black pudding is delicious! Traditional ones from the UK are made from pork, they're plump and juicy and slightly spiced with mace and/or thyme. German ones are more pungent because they age them or smoke them. Full English breakfasts definitely taste best after a night of ale or larger. I have family in Yorkshire but I do find the breakfast a little bit overrated, I enjoy them on occasion, maybe a couple of times per year.

I much prefer kippers as a lighter alternative, and most "proper" establishments will serve them. Fried in butter untill the skin is crispy and the butter golden brown and can be poured over, served with a grilled tomato and poached egg and parsley. If you see smoked kippers in the supermarkets the Scottish ones that are a little daintier in size are the tastiest ones.

[quote]Full English breakfasts definitely taste best after a night of ale or larger.

This is a key to the massive breakfast: hung-over people need it!

Bangers ate bigger but somehow lighter than American sausage links. The bangers I've had we're liver-y, whereas links are spicey ground pork meat of various types.

American Fry Up:

Eggs any style

Steak, Ham, link sausages, streaky bacon, or pork chops

Hashed Browns or Home fried potatoes

Pancakes or Waffles

Toast

Biscuits and gravy

Grits