Actress Sneha: 2014

Thursday, 4 September 2014

A full breakfast, especially in the British Isles and some other English-speaking cultures, is a substantial breakfast meal of several courses including a cooked main course, a starter such as fruit juice, prunes, grapefruit, or cereal, and a beverage such as coffee or tea or, in a pub, an alcoholic drink.

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"Full breakfast" may also refer to the main dish itself, which traditionally includes meat and eggs. Other common names for the dish include bacon and eggs, or the fry-up. Variants include the full English, full Scottish, full Welsh and full Irish breakfasts and the Ulster fry.

The name "bacon and eggs" was popularised by Edward Bernays in the 1920s. To promote sales of bacon, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendations that people eat hearty breakfasts. He sent the results of the survey to 5000 physicians, along with publicity touting bacon and eggs as a hearty breakfast.

A traditional full English breakfast includes bacon (traditionally back bacon), poached or fried eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast with butter, sausages and baked beans, usually served with a mug of tea. As nearly everything is fried in this meal, it is commonly called a "fry-up".

The ingredients of a full breakfast vary according to region and taste. They are often served with condiments such as brown sauce or ketchup. Some of the foods that may be included in a full breakfast are:

egg, fried, poached, scrambled or in a basket

fried or grilled bacon, also referred to as "rashers" or "slices"

corned beef hash sausages,

sausage links or patties

scrapple (in the US) sliced sausage (also known as Lorne sausage or square sausage, popular in Scotland)

white pudding

black pudding

Hog's pudding sliced (in Cornwall and Devon)

kidneys, grilled or fried

hash browns sautéed potatoes, also known as home fries

chips (French fried potatoes)

potato bread (also called "fadge" or tattie scone)