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A traditional ''' | A traditional '''English breakfast''' generally consists of four elements: egg, tomato, baked beans, and bacon, athough sausages may frequently be included also. The egg may be scrambled, fried, or boiled; the tomato is typically sliced in half and the exposed side broiled, grilled, or fried; the bacon is of a different, wider cut than [[United States|US]] bacon strips, and the beans are baked in a sweetened tomato sauce. The breakfast may also include an additional meat element; in [[England]] and [[Ireland]] this might often be a small [[black pudding]]; in Scotland it might instead be [[haggis]]; such a meal is sometimes called a "full breakfast." It is usually accompanied by a strong [[Tea|breakfast tea]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:51, 31 August 2007
A traditional English breakfast generally consists of four elements: egg, tomato, baked beans, and bacon, athough sausages may frequently be included also. The egg may be scrambled, fried, or boiled; the tomato is typically sliced in half and the exposed side broiled, grilled, or fried; the bacon is of a different, wider cut than US bacon strips, and the beans are baked in a sweetened tomato sauce. The breakfast may also include an additional meat element; in England and Ireland this might often be a small black pudding; in Scotland it might instead be haggis; such a meal is sometimes called a "full breakfast." It is usually accompanied by a strong breakfast tea.