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imported>Martin Baldwin-Edwards (corrected 2 aspects of baked beans) |
imported>Hayford Peirce (some rewriting; I think the older version was too dogmatic; and I've certainly had sausages included on my own breakfasts; and the Savoy Hotel never included baked beans!) |
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A traditional '''British breakfast''' consists of four elements: egg, tomato, | A traditional '''British 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 cooked whole; 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]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 29 July 2007
A traditional British 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 cooked whole; 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.