What should go on a proper full breakfast plate?

[purplepoppy]

A common question is what is the difference between English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish breakfasts? There's a few minor differences, for example, the Scottish one has haggis, the Irish has potatoes, and the Welsh like cockles and laverbread.

Unsurprisingly in reality most people don't stick rigidly to each nations breakfast prefering to mix and match. Here's a list of the most common full breakfast ingredients. Which ones would you put on your dream plate?

Bacon
Sausage
Black pudding
White pudding
Haggis
Mushrooms
Beans
Tomato
Eggs
Tattie scones
Soda bread
Fried bread
Toast
Laverbread (seaweed puree)
Lavercakes (laverbread and oat patties)
Cockles

[MrOracle]

Big breakfasts were created mostly for farmers and others who were heading out for a long day of physical labor - most of us don't do that kind of work anymore and don't need 2500-calorie breakfasts. As such, I don't have a bigger breakfast like this more than 2 or 3 times a month, and when I do, I usually don't have lunch.

Anyway, MY personal ideal big breakfast would be:

• 2 eggs (scrambled)
• 2 slices of French toast
• hashbrowns (shredded fried potatoes)
• bacon

and a small glass of orange juice.

Occasionally, I'd substitute a couple of pancakes for the French Toast, or maybe just some regular toast with jelly. I'm a simple man and I like simple food.

[goaded]

Now I'm confused, I thought French toast was what we call eggy bread. Or do you have three eggs in that breakfast?

[purplepoppy]

French toast is eggy bread. It was originally called Poor Knights, then German bread but the war changed that. You'll also hear it called gipsy toast in the uk too

[goaded]

It's called Arme Ritter - poor knight - in Germany. I'd never heard it in English.

[purplepoppy]

We kinda dropped the German name after a little falling out in the 30-40s and changed it to French toast.

[goaded]

It's funny, because we were at war with France for centuries before Germany was even a country. (I'm always amazed at how recently that was!) We'll always have Waterloo station and Trafalgar Square.

[Iron_Man]

Everything you can think of known to mankind that is edible no insect or bugs just clearly awesome professional breakfast everything in the book

[laly520]

looks delicious

[Iron_Man]

@laly520 thank you that’s my kind of breakfast right there

[mooky06]

We have something called the big brekky which is basically bacon, sourdough toast, eggs, rosti’s (hash brown), tomato’s, mushroom, spinach and baked beans

[FreyaRed]

Scrambled 2 eggs made on butter, tomato slices with green onions, roasted bun or sourdough bread with butter.

[Jersey2]

Tomorrow I will have a big breakfast at IHOP. We joked around about having pancakes because we were supposed to go today but I slept in. Wifey asked what I wanted for breakfast and I joking said pancakes to which she replied anything but pancakes. So a big stack tomorrow I guess with sausage, coffee and orange juice.

IHOP isn’t our go to for breakfast but the last time we were there it was surprisingly great and we had a good time.

[AviatorTom]

My ideal breakfast plate (and side bowls) contains:

Sausage
Mushrooms
Eggs, preferably scrambled
Toast
Mixed Fruit (bowl)
Muesli (bowl)

[Jessica405]

Hash brown
Bubble and squeak
Mushrooms
Fried bread
Hard fried egg
Baked beans
Fried tomato

Enough there to last all week.

[MysticDevice]

Bacon, eggs, sausage, bacon, skillet (consisting of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, peppers, tomatos, onions, and bacon), pancakes, waffles, french toast, a Bloody Mary, and bacon.

[jamesgoldman]

I go out for breakfast about once a month and the option i generally get has bacon, sausage, a load of mushrooms, black pudding, eggs, hash browns tinned tomatoes (if they have them) and toast

[mandyfire98]

Bacon, sausage, mushrooms, eggs, scone, potatoes, tomatoes, white and black pudding.

[Joshydavid25]

As long as it's breakfasty and good, put it on my plate..

[Jhonrembo36]

This is my favorite

[goaded]

That looks great, but do you find there's never enough bread for the spreads?

[goaded]

Bacon, Sausage, Mushrooms, Beans, Eggs, Fried bread.

Fried tomatoes are the worst.

[IslaTheWitch]

Coffee...

Breakfast is too early to eat it...

[Jessica405]

True! Corree first!

[Phoenix98]

I don't make it often but probably 2-3 sunny side up eggs, some bacon and some fried potatoes and of course buttered toast and a glass of orange juice and coffee.

[OddBeMe]

Seeing how it’s usually lunchtime when I get up, anything goes.

[Kingofkings1992]

No job?

[OddBeMe]

@Kingofkings1992 Work for myself. And my contractors do most of the work. Suckers.

[NathanDavis]

• tacos...

[Libidononexistenteww]

I’m such a loser I promised my fiancé I’d cook bfast 3 days and didn’t do it once

[spartan55]

Being an ignorant American I don't know what half those items are.

[JacobJordan]

Pancakes, maple syrup, orange juice, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast. Piled high!!!

[WhitneySnow]

Bacon, eggs, toast (though tbh I only eat a little bacon at a time)

[HighValue]

I would just want lots of crispy hash browns and scrambled eggs.

[Nice222]

Bacon, Sausage, eggs, toast, Jelly and potatoes.

[OfDeath]

Eggs, bacon, buttered toast, a sausage, grilled tomato and some haggis. Beans optional. Must also be served with a pot of tea