A full breakfast,^[1] is a traditional cooked meal, typically and originally eaten at breakfast, though now often served at other times during the day (this is particularly true of the Ulster Fry, described below). Breakfast is the first meal of the day, eaten in the morning. ...

It is a popular breakfast meal in many countries, mainly in the Anglosphere. Bacon and eggs are the quintessential ingredients. The full breakfast comprises at its heart bacon and eggs, and is popular throughout the British Isles and other parts of the English-speaking world. Depending on where it is served, it is called bacon and eggs,^[2] a fry, a fry up,^[3] The Great British breakfast,^[4][5] a full English breakfast, a full Irish breakfast, a full Scottish breakfast a full Welsh breakfast^[6] or an Ulster fry.^[7] The complement of the breakfast varies depending on the location and which of these descriptions is used. Full cooked breakfasts are no longer an everyday occurrence in many British or Irish households, although they occupy an important place in the concept of the morning meal and are the predominant business of many greasy spoon cafés, as well as generally being offered to tourists as traditional fare in hotels, guest houses and bed-and-breakfasts. Although it has declined as a breakfast it has grown in popularity as an all day breakfast, especially on weekends. Breakfast is the first meal of the day, eaten in the morning. ... Definitions of the Anglosphere vary: Countries in which English is the first language of a large fraction of the population are shown in blue. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... This article explains the archipelago in north-western Europe. ... The Regency Cafe in Pimlico, London, is a well-preserved 1940s greasy spoon cafe. ... Cafe redirects here. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging, usually on a short-term basis. ... Tourists of various nationalities chatting over breakfast at a B&B in Quebec City. ...

Origin

A full English breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, mushrooms, baked beans, hash browns, and half a tomato

A cooked breakfast of this sort is a relatively modern invention, although this is disputed; it developed in the houses of successful farmers or landowners during the late nineteenth century. For the more well-to-do, an array of breakfast dishes would be laid out buffet style in much the same way as hotels do today. Up until this period, fresh meat was generally considered a luxury for all but the most affluent. The emergence of town grocers in the 1880s allowed people to exchange surplus eggs, etc., for other food items to diversify their diets. Only with the relative increase in the wealth of the general populace in the 20th century was the consumption of the full breakfast meal commonplace amongst the working classes. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2549 KB) Summary A picture of a full English breakfast taken by me. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2549 KB) Summary A picture of a full English breakfast taken by me. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Some of the many varieties of Sausages A sausage consists of ground meat and other animal parts, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal), and preserved in some way. ... Black pudding (Boudin noir), before cooking Black pudding or less often blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. ... A hash brown (frequently in the pural: hashed browns) is a food made of fried diced or shredded potatoes. ...

E. Cobham Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, published in 1898, describes a full breakfast, calling it a Scotch breakfast.^[8] He describes it as "a substantial breakfast of sundry sorts of good things to eat and drink." Set six years later in Dublin of 1904, the opening of Ulysses by James Joyce contains a famous breakfast scene in which Leopold Bloom prepares and eats a fried pork kidney with bread and tea. For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. ... This article is about the writer and poet. ... Leopold Bloom is a fictional character in James Joyces novel Ulysses. ... For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). ... Major function-filter blood. ...

The meal was popularized in the United States by Edward Bernays during the 1920s and 1930s. In order to promote sales of bacon, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendation that people eat hearty breakfasts. He sent the results of the survey to 5,000 physicians, along with publicity touting bacon and eggs as a hearty breakfast.^[9] More recently, many doctors and health organizations have come to believe that diets high in saturated fats and cholesterol, such as bacon and eggs, are unhealthy and contribute to heart disease. Cover of Bernays 1928 book, Propaganda. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids. ... Cholesterol is a sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol). ... Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases which affect the heart and as of 2007 it is the leading cause of death in the United States,[1] and England and Wales. ...

Tradition

A small Ulster fry, including potato farls.

While weekday breakfasts in Britain and Ireland often consist of a brief meal of cereal and/or toast, the fry-up is commonly eaten in a leisurely fashion on Saturday or Sunday mornings. Many cafés and supermarkets now serve the fry-up as an "all-day breakfast" which is more often eaten as a hearty lunch. Being reasonably oily and fatty, it is regarded by most diners as an occasional treat, but such is the passion for a good fry-up that even the health-conscious defend an occasional indulgence with the "everything in moderation" rationalisation. Whether the fry-up is accompanied by orange juice and an abundant supply of tea or coffee, or only bacon, eggs, and toast, it is regarded as a ritual comfort and a wholly satisfying start to a day. Ulster fry (Full English breakfast; Irish breakfast), an instance observed at Queens University, Belfast guesthouse in 2003-09. ... Ulster fry (Full English breakfast; Irish breakfast), an instance observed at Queens University, Belfast guesthouse in 2003-09. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the food. ... For other uses, see Orange juice (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tea (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Coffee (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ...

There are many traditional cafés in Britain and Ireland that specialise in serving breakfast throughout the day. The full breakfast may therefore be listed as the "all day breakfast". Such cafés (often colloquially referred to as "caffs" or "greasy spoons") are typically frequented by local construction workers or passing lorry drivers. As a consequence, the tea that is typically served in such establishments is known as "builder's tea". Cafe redirects here. ... Lorry Look up Lorry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Can mean: A truck, in the sense of a commercial large goods vehicle. ...

In hotels and bed-and-breakfasts, a full breakfast might include additional courses such as cereal, porridge, kippers, toast and jam or marmalade, kedgeree, or devilled kidneys. Fruit juice and dry cereal were added to the breakfast after 1950. The term "full breakfast" is used to differentiate between the larger multiple course breakfast, and the simpler continental breakfast of tea, coffee and fruit juices, with croissants or pastries. Coffee at breakfast is a Continental European tradition introduced through hotel fare. This article is about lodging. ... Tourists of various nationalities chatting over breakfast at a B&B in Quebec City. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... Kippered herring. ... Jam from berries Jam (also known as jelly or preserves) is a type of sweet spread or condiment made with fruits or sometimes vegetables, sugar, and sometimes pectin if the fruits natural pectin content is insufficient to produce a thick product. ... For other uses, see Marmalade (disambiguation). ... Kedgeree Kedgeree (or occasionally kitcherie, kitchari or kitchiri) is a dish consisting of flaked fish (usually smoked haddock), boiled rice, eggs and butter. ... A Victorian British breakfast dish consisting of lambs kidneys cooked in a mixture of Worcestershire sauce, mushroom ketchup, English mustard powder, butter, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. ... Juice is the liquid naturally contained in plants. ... Breakfast is a meal, often light, usually taken in the morning. ... For the Japanese womens magazine, see Croissant (magazine). ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. ...

Typical ingredients

The ingredients of a fry-up vary according to region and taste. At its heart, the meal consists of bacon and eggs, but to earn the title of a "full breakfast" a number of other ingredients are expected. The bacon, often called rashers, and eggs are traditionally fried, but grilled bacon, poached eggs, or scrambled eggs may be offered as alternatives. These are accompanied by toast. Some of the additional ingredients that might be offered as part of a Full breakfast include: How To Poach an Egg Heres how to poach perfect eggs. ... Scrambled eggs Scrambled eggs is a dish made from beaten whites and yolks of eggs (usually chicken). ... This article is about the food. ...

• toast or fried bread
• sausages
• black pudding
• white pudding
• scrapple (in eastern Pennsylvania)
• fried, grilled or tinned tomatoes
• fried mushrooms
• chips (in North America)
• baked beans
• bubble and squeak
• sautéd potatoes or hash browns
• condiments such as brown sauce and ketchup
• pancakes (in the USA, Canada and Northern Ireland)
• grits in the Southern United States
• biscuits (US-style, not British) and gravy (normally sausage gravy), also in the American South and never in the UK

Due to the increase in popularity of vegetarianism over recent years, some proprietors offer vegetarian versions of the Full breakfast, using Quorn or various other substitutes instead of their meat counterparts or simply serving the breakfast without the meat components. Chinese fried bread Fried bread is bread, sliced or baked especially for the purpose, fried and served as part of, or as an accompaniment to, a food dish. ... This article is about the prepared meat. ... Black pudding (Boudin noir), before cooking Black pudding or less often blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. ... An Irish breakfast consisting of sausages, black and white pudding, bacon and fried eggs, served with orange juice. ... A plate of scrapple Scrapple is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... For other uses, see Tomato (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mushroom (disambiguation). ... Chips redirects here. ... Baked beans and scrambled egg on toast. ... Bubble and squeak (sometimes just called bubble) is a traditional British dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner. ... Sautéing is a method of cooking food using a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. ... For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). ... Hash browns or hashed browns is a simple potato preparation in which potato pieces are pan-fried after being diced, riced, or julienned. ... Salt, sugar and pepper are the most essential condiments in Western cuisine. ... Two types of steak sauce A bottle of brown sauce, as defined by British cuisine In the United States, steak sauce is a generic term used for various premade meat sauces. ... For other uses, see Ketchup (disambiguation). ... Two American-style pancakes A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ... This article is about the corn-based Southern U.S. food. ... Historic Southern United States. ... For other uses, see Biscuit (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Gravy (disambiguation). ... Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products[1] [2]. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health. ... For other uses, see Quorn (disambiguation). ...

Regional variants

Full English breakfast

The normal ingredients of a traditional full English breakfast are: bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast, and sausages, usually served with a cup of tea. Black pudding is added in some regions as well as fried leftover mashed potatoes (called Potato cakes). Originally a way to use up leftover vegetables from the main of the day before, bubble and squeak, shallow-fried leftover vegetables with potato, has become a breakfast feature in its own right. Baked beans and hash browns are modern additions that have crept into many recipes. For other uses, see Tea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the food. ... Potato cakes may refer to different preparations of potatoes. ... Bubble and squeak (sometimes just called bubble) is a traditional British dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner. ...

A popular variant is the breakfast roll, which is a French bread demi-baguette filled with the contents of a full breakfast. The concept developed as a ready-to-go meal from convenience stores. It was spurred on by the innovation of in-store ovens being used to cook part-baked frozen French bread. now. ... For the food dish, see French bread. ... A baguette (French for little stick) is a variety of bread distinguishable by its much greater length than width, and noted for its very crispy crust. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

When an English breakfast is ordered to contain everything available, it is often referred to as a "Full Monty", and often attributed to Field Marshal Montgomery, the prominent British military officer of World War II. However the OED states that "Perhaps the most plausible (explanation) is that it is from a colloquial shortening of the name of Montague Maurice Burton (1885-1952), men's tailor, and referred originally to the purchase of a complete three-piece suit".^[10] Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal The Right Honourable Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO (17 November 1887–24 March 1976) was a British Army officer, most noted for his involvement in World War II and often referred to as Monty. // Early life and World War... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of...

Full Irish breakfast

An Irish breakfast consists sausages, black and white pudding, bacon and fried eggs.

In Ireland, a full breakfast is served with white pudding, soda bread and traditional boxty, although the latter is now often replaced by hash browns. Although baked beans may sometimes be found served with a full breakfast in Ireland, these are considered to be an English addition to the traditional Irish breakfast. Download high resolution version (1772x1615, 1398 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1772x1615, 1398 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the prepared meat. ... Black pudding (Boudin noir), before cooking Black pudding or less often blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. ... An Irish breakfast consisting of sausages, black and white pudding, bacon and fried eggs, served with orange juice. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... An Irish breakfast consisting of sausages, black and white pudding, bacon and fried eggs, served with orange juice. ... Whole wheat soda bread (known as wheaten bread in Northern Ireland) Soda bread is a type of quick bread in which yeast has been substituted with baking soda. ... Boxty is a traditional Irish potato pancake. ...

The Full Irish Breakfast is also known as "chub" in certain parts of Ireland. The term "chubbing up" is local Irish slang for eating a Full Irish Breakfast.^{[citation needed]}

Full Scottish breakfast

In Scotland, a square "sliced sausage" in the form of a patty slice, known as a Lorne sausage, black pudding, fried sliced haggis, potato scones and oatcakes might be served. This article is about the country. ... Square sausage, served with black pudding, baked beans, fried bread and mushrooms Sliced sausage (often known as square sausage, or lorne sausage) is a delicacy most often enjoyed in Scotland. ... an uncooked small haggis Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. ... Tattie or potato scones are a regional variant of the savoury Girdle Scone which is especially popular in Scotland. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Oatcake An oatcake is a type of cracker or pancake, made from oatmeal, and sometimes flour as well. ...

Full Welsh breakfast

The traditional Welsh breakfast include laverbread, a seaweed purée which is mixed with oatmeal, which is formed into patties and fried in bacon fat. Cockles are also often eaten. This article is about the country. ... Laverbread (Welsh: Bara Lawr) is a traditional Welsh delicacy made from the seaweed laver. ... Ascophyllum nodosum exposed to the sun in Nova Scotia, Canada Dead Mans Fingers (Codium fragile) off Massachusetts coast For the band, see; Seaweed (band) For the rock musician, see; Seaweed (musician) Seaweeds are any of a large number of marine benthic algae. ... In the United States and Canada, oatmeal means any crushed oats, rolled oats, or cut oats used in recipes such as oatmeal cookies. ... Genera Acanthocardia Americardia Cardium Cerastoderma Clinocardium Corculum Ctenocardia Dinocardium Discors Fragum Fulvia Laevicardium Lophocardiium Lyrocardium Lunulicardia Microcardium Nemocardium Papyridea Parvicardium Plagiocardium Ringicardium Trachycardium Trigoniocardia Serripes Cockle is the common name for bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae. ...

Ulster Fry

See also: Culture of Northern Ireland

A full Ulster Fry served in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

An Ulster Fry is a dish of fried food that is popular throughout Northern Ireland and the 3 counties of Ulster which lie in the Republic (Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal). The Ulster fry is similar to the Irish fry. The Culture of Northern Ireland relates to the traditions of Northern Ireland and its resident communities. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 127 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph was taken by me in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2007. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 127 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph was taken by me in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2007. ... This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ... This article is about the constituent country. ... Plantains frying in vegetable oil. ... This article is about the constituent country. ...

A traditional Ulster fry consists of bacon, eggs, sausages (either pork or beef), the farl form of soda bread (the farl split in half crossways to expose the inner bread and then fried with the exposed side down), potato bread and tomatoes.^[11] Other common components include mushrooms, wheaten bread or pancakes. All this is traditionally fried in lard. For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). ... A farl (reduced form of the Scots fardel) is a term used in Northern Ireland and Scotland for some roughly triangular flat breads and cakes, traditionally made by cutting a round into four pieces. ... Whole wheat soda bread (known as wheaten bread in Northern Ireland) Soda bread is a type of quick bread in which yeast has been substituted with baking soda. ... Potato bread is a form of bread in which potato flour replaces a portion of the regular wheat flour in the making of the loaf. ... Wheaten bread is similar to soda bread, but its made with whole wheat flour. ... Two American-style pancakes A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ... Plantains frying in vegetable oil. ... This article is about the fat. ...

Despite, or perhaps because of, the popular comic reference to the dish as a "heart-attack on a plate",^[12] many people in Ulster have taken to grilling most of the ingredients, or use healthier alternatives to lard such as sunflower or vegetable oil. Sunflower Oil is the non-volatile oil expressed from sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seeds. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with cooking oil. ...

The Ulster Fry is not considered solely a breakfast dish as it is often served for lunch and dinner in households and cafés around the province. Emigrants have also popularised the serving of an Ulster Fry outside Northern Ireland.

From 2001-2007, a BBC Two Northern Ireland ident used during opt-outs of the network schedule featured the BBC Two logo of a figure 2 eating Ulster Fry at a table. BBC Two Northern Ireland is a television station operated by BBC Northern Ireland. ... Station identification (sometimes called a sounder or stinger) is the practice of any type of radio or television station or network identifying itself, typically with a call sign or brand name. ...

North American

Bacon, eggs and Chili peppers frying on an electric barbecue, Jervis Bay, Australia

A full American breakfast consisting of bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast and more is often referred to as a "country breakfast" in many areas of the midwest. The terms "fry" and "full breakfast" are not generally used in North America, though hotels may distinguish between a "continental breakfast" and "American breakfast." Breakfasts of this type are normally served at all hours, and are popular as a late-night meal after a night on the town or as a hangover cure. "Bacon and eggs" as a meal name was popularised in the United States by Edward Bernays in the 1920s and 1930s. In order to promote sales of bacon, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendation that people eat hearty breakfasts. He sent the results of the survey to 5,000 physicians, along with publicity touting bacon and eggs as a hearty breakfast.^[13] For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... For other uses, see Chili. ... Jervis Bay looking through the heads, with 10 Royal Australian Navy ships at anchor, Sunday 6 February 2006. ... For other uses, see Hangover (disambiguation). ... Cover of Bernays 1928 book, Propaganda. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ...

A North American variant, popular in family restaurants and coffee houses, is the breakfast buffet: a selection of eggs (usually scrambled), link or patty sausages, bacon, hash brown potatoes, corned beef hash, various breads and muffins, and sometimes fruit, kept warm at a steam table. Regional variants abound to this formula: in the East, it is not uncommon to see scrapple as a popular dish: Southerners occasionally base full breakfasts around biscuits and gravy, and Midwesterners have been known to enjoy the "stretch", or many components of the breakfast mixed together in a saucepan and served with ketchup and toast. Hash browns or hashed browns is a simple potato preparation in which potato pieces are pan-fried after being diced, riced, or julienned. ... A plate of scrapple Scrapple is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. ... A serving of biscuits and gravy, accompanied by homefries Biscuits and gravy is a popular breakfast dish in the United States. ...

Central America

Important components of a Central American full breakfast are soured cream and refried beans. Other ingredients include, ham or sausage, and eggs, much like a full breakfast elsewhere. Either tortillas or toast are necessary while orange juice is often added as a drink. For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... Blinis with sour cream and red caviar Smoked salmon, chive, cream cheese, sour cream and cucumber Slice of toasted bread with sour cream and pepper Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ... Navy Bean redirects here. ... This article is about the Mexican Tortilla. ... This article is about the food. ... For other uses, see Orange juice (disambiguation). ...

References

See also

• Brunch
• Bubble and squeak

Brunch is a late morning meal between the typical time for breakfast and lunch, as a replacement for both meals, usually eaten when one rises too late to eat breakfast, or as a specially-planned meal. ... Bubble and squeak (sometimes just called bubble) is a traditional British dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner. ...

External links

• Ulster Fry and Eggs recipe
• Why the great British breakfast is a killer