/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17612549
>>17612410 is not far off, it has too many black puddings and mushrooms, also looks like it has sausage patties with actual sausages?

A full english is intentionally large to keep you full for the day, it's not something you eat every day.
Typically was eaten by labourers before a long shift to last until their tea around 6-7pm.

A Full english is debated heavily on what "full" means. Some people think a FE is a set dish, it isn't, although alot of cafés will do set dishes to make life easier for them
A FE is a collection of items that you chose from to make up the dish and represent most food groups and set you up for the day.

The "full" part comes from selecting a minimum number of items from all groups.
>Meat (2 items)
Sausage, Bacon, Black pudding
>Veg (2 items)
Tomatoes (grilled/chopped), Mushrooms (chopped/baby), Beans (in tomato sauce)
>Egg (1 item)
Fried, Scrambled, Poached
>Potato (1 item)
Hashbrown, Chips, Homefries, Waffles
>Bread (1 item)
Buttered, Toast, Fried

As long as you have the minimum number of items from each group it's a full english.

People will argue all day about what should/shouldn't be on a FE, but that's all just preferrence.
An English breakfast will have a few of the items, a FE will have most of them

>>16909257
Here’s a survey from the UK. Most brits think the hash brown is more important than the black pudding or tomato. The most vital parts are the bacon, sausage, and toast, however.

>>16835163
Go for the one with the correct bacon & sausage etc.
Black pudding is great though