UK vs USA: Who Does Breakfast Better?
Who does the best breakfast: American or Britain?? Let's find out! I had so much fun diving into crazy breakfasts 🥞🥓 Let me know what your favourite breakfast is versus what you usually eat!
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0:00 what are we doing today?
1:01 an American breakfast
2:01 a pop-tart rant
3:56 crazy American breakfasts
6:03 what about the Brits?
7:54 what do YOU eat?
8:42 most popular American breakfasts
10:40 what about me?
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a thirty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZread video every Tuesday plus an additional video every Saturday on Patreon + YT Membership. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
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Back bacon, fried eggs, pork sausages, mushrooms, baked beans, and fried bread with a large mug of tea is my preference when it comes to a Full English breakfast.
@tt-ew7rx
29 күн бұрын
Forget the fried bread and substitute hash browns. Then add an apple at the end.
One of the best things about being retired from work is that i can take my time over the first meal of the day - usually mid-morning. No more shoving bits of toast into my mouth as I dash out of the house first thing.
@Stevesixty7
4 ай бұрын
I've got ten more years to do. I can't wait to not have an alarm in a morning, and getting up to do my own thing. 41 years of work makes you dream of retirement lol.
@andyjdhurley
4 ай бұрын
So true. Since covid and working from home (almost) all the time, I have 'breakfast' some time between 9 and 11 and it can be literally anything I fancy, then nothing else until tea time. For me that is usually a pasta dish but it varies. I gave up cereal for breakfast a long time ago because I found it made me ravinously hungry at midday so I would end up eating too much for lunch.
@RossDear-zm4nj
3 ай бұрын
One of my big treats these days in retirement is a monthly visit to a local caff to get a great English Breakfast , fried bread , bacon , eggs , sausages , beans , fried potatoes and loads of toast . Nothing sweet for me please no never not for breakfast . Pancakes with maple syrup great for tea not a breakfast for us in the UK .
In no universe, anywhere, ever, are chips a legitimate UK breakfast food. I WILL die on this hill! 😂
@paulallaker8450
4 ай бұрын
100% right, chips have NO place on the breakfast plate. I'll join you on that hill.
@alexcrawford6162
4 ай бұрын
I will be the next to fall on this hill.
@mewsli
4 ай бұрын
I'll make chips but won't add them to bacon, egg, sausage and a fried slice.
@tonywall8393
4 ай бұрын
@@mewsli For breakfast? No thanks!
@louburnett6782
4 ай бұрын
Indeed!
I'm going to add kippers with bread and butter to the list of English breakfasts although I'm aware that very few people now eat kippers - I think this is due to the herring fishing ban between 1977 and 1982. Kippers are awesome and cheap!
@davidrenton
4 ай бұрын
Kippers are yum, plenty of butter, + some peas
@shaunfarrell3834
4 ай бұрын
Kippers for breakfast, yes please.
@julianbarber4708
4 ай бұрын
@@davidrenton Peas? Are you mad?
@lloroshastar6347
4 ай бұрын
Did we have an embargo on Denmark at the time?
@ytstigto
4 ай бұрын
Smoke me a kipper, skipper, I'll be back for breakfast!
"When I'm at Gatwick I always have a full English and a pint." You may be the perfect woman ;-)
An Adventures and Naps video about breakfast? Yes, please!
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
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- Good morning, Poirot. - Bonjour, Hastings. - Is that all you're having? - What more is there to have? - A decent English breakfast. - And what is that, Hastings? - Well, porridge, two eggs, sausage, bacon, tomato, toast and marmalade, and a pot of tea. That's what I had, anyway.
As a retired Brit, during the winter months my go to breakfast is porridge oats with blueberries and banana or strawberry, sweetened with clear honey
@BruceLinderDPT
Ай бұрын
In my case, brown sugar, raisins, dried cranberries, pecans, and heavy cream or butter. Heavy cream is a game changer of oatmeal...but then I need to take a lactose pill. Sadly became lactose intolerant in my 60's.
Being Canadian, I would have to say that I have had breakfast both in the U.S. and the U.K. and have to say that the U.K. wins the contest. The full English breakfast has always been a treat for me when I visit, but as you mention, I could not eat that every day (perhaps twice while on a 2 week trip).
@truckerfromreno
4 ай бұрын
We normally have the full English on a Saturday or Sunday morning - not every day mate.
@randorama1588
4 ай бұрын
Only a maniac eats a full English every day. It's generally a weekend treat, for many only one day, and others even less often. It is a grand breakfast though.
@kokomo9764
4 ай бұрын
Gross
@nealgrimes4382
Ай бұрын
@@randorama1588 Some people who do hard physical work do.
I never eat breakfast but I do love most British breakfast foods. I'm not sure I'd be able to stomach many American-style breakfast foods, even if served later in the day - far too sweet! Thanks for the video as always Alanna!
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! ☺️
@PaulW4
4 ай бұрын
Recce's Puffs cereal is literally my favourite cereal (it isn't sweet and the puffs stay crunchy in milk). Lucky charms is my 2nd favourite cereal (its sweet but its bearable). 3rd favourite is curiously cinnamon from Britain
@isthereanybodyoutthere9397
4 ай бұрын
Porridge!
@catgladwell5684
3 ай бұрын
I don't know how anyone can eat all that sugar. I don't eat breakfast at all, unless it's a special day like Christmas day (smoked salmon and champagne), but if I did it wouldn't be sweet stuff. Probably some oats with milk.
When working in London I would always buy a sausage and egg sandwich from the same cafe on my way to work about 6.30 am. By the second week as I walked past the cafe would have one ready for me as I walked past. Pay on Friday. This is a great example of how you get engaged in a community.
A fry up isn’t a blow out without fried bread. During the week toast and honey or marmalade and coffee
100 % agree that hash browns make an excellent addition to a full English!! However you keep missing out fried bread!! The ultimate part of a fry up!! Also bizarrely Americans don't eat boiled eggs and soldiers!
@keithevans9544
4 ай бұрын
Not for me but I agree fried bread every time
@Timbothruster-fh3cw
4 ай бұрын
We eat boiled eggs, just not for breakfast, scrambled usually
@intellex551
4 ай бұрын
Not for me either, it's just too much.
@stevemoss7793
4 ай бұрын
As far as I'm concerned, a full English isn't "full" unless it includes fried bread...
@jamesbeeching6138
4 ай бұрын
@@stevemoss7793 key to good fried bread is to butter both sides before frying!!
A full English breakfast is a rare treat on the odd weekend. Having them a couple of times a week would give you some problems eventually lol, especially mine as I love fried bread.
I’m from the US! We very rarely do anything sweet. Our breakfast usually is comprised of scrambled eggs and oatmeal with fruit and a side of toast:) Oatmeal is the biggest staple in our house!
@mikepxg6406
4 ай бұрын
Oatmeal ? its called Porridge.....
@ConnerTravis1998
4 ай бұрын
@@mikepxg6406did you literally say that to a American 🤣🤣🤣. It would be one thing if it was a fellow Brit but a American 🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lucylane7397
4 ай бұрын
Scottish pancakes are the same as American pancakes
@wessexdruid7598
4 ай бұрын
It was a shock to the system to this Brit to be served savoury food for breakfast in the US, dusted in icing sugar and with strawberries on the side.
@RovingReader
4 ай бұрын
Same!
Breakfast priorities - what I most regularly have, starting with most frequent choice: 1 Coffee 2 Coffee 3 one of the following: a) porridge (made with water), chopped fresh fruit to sweeten b) uncooked oats with yoghurt, seeds and lots of chopped fresh fruit b) toast with butter and homemade jam or marmalade and a piece of fresh fruit on the side 4 Far less often (instead of any of the items under 3 above) scrambled egg on toast, poached egg with avocado on toast, mushrooms on toast, or some combination of these. 5 Full english/fry up only on holiday, maybe once or twice a year (simpler version of fry up for lunch at home more often). 6 Far too rarely (because don't have the luxury of domestic staff to make it for me) delicious tasty kedgeree. Will make this for lunch or dinner instead sometimes .
The Dream Breakfast - 2 sausages, 3 bacon, 2 eggs, beans, mushrooms, black pudding, white pudding, tinned toms, 2 hash browns, fried bread and about a pint of coffee along with some juice. REALITY Breakfast - 3 cigarettes and a kit-kat.
@johnturner4400
4 ай бұрын
Breakfast of champions!
@robg1151
4 ай бұрын
Three cigarettes and a Kit Kat lol 🤣
@mikepxg6406
4 ай бұрын
Then off to pick up benefit and a trip to Poundland no doubt. :)
@GiantHaystack
4 ай бұрын
@mikepxg6406 I wish Mike! It's the stress of having a small company that means I need to generate the income to pay 4 people every month. We are profitable, but it still gives me anxiety!
@jezfrench9435
3 ай бұрын
@@GiantHaystack A very nice return serve 😉
Toast and marmalade and coffee is the way to start the day. Cheers Alana for a great video.😊
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
The other day, I stopped at a roadchef on M5 to have a full English breakfast for lunch. It was amazing. I had to get off the road again half an hour later, though, because I was falling asleep after consuming so many calories.
In the US the pancakes and waffles and other sugary items on the Denny's menu are only part of the menu. Many of us go to diners and have variations on eggs, bacon/sausage with hash browns or other versions of potatoes with toast/ muffins, etc. Much more toward the savory area and not so much the sweet stuff. In the south the potatoes are often replaced by grits.
Excellent video. I too usually start the day with a boring cereal (porridge) and tea breakfast, though often accompanied by a cheese toastie. Full English fry ups are an occasional luxury.
I have a overnight refrigerated porridge made with almond milk, 0% greek style yoghurt, clear honey with mixed nuts and mixed berries but once every 4 months, I do have a cooked breakfast at the harvester.
I love cornflakes with a sliced banana on top. My nana used to say it doesn't matter what you have for breakfast, as long as you have breakfast
Kedgeree is nice, not had it for years
For the last 4 years I have consumed the same breakfast every morning. Two hard cooked eggs, sliced and heated in butter, salt, and pepper. Two slices of bacon, One sausage patty. Two sausage links. 3 oz of SPAM. And a coffee. I guess I'm a Texan who eats like a Brit.
@clivebrealey6795
4 ай бұрын
No - sounds like you're a Texan that eats like 2 Brits!😄😄
@vtbn53
4 ай бұрын
Well I doubt I could eat that much but it sounds great, I sometimes have canned corned beef and poached eggs, kind of like a corned beef hash without the potatoes, not that I have anything against potatoes but they are too high in carbs for my keto diet.
@andyf4292
4 ай бұрын
ugh spam...
@mehallica666
4 ай бұрын
@@clivebrealey6795Ooof!
@norwegianblue2017
4 ай бұрын
SPAM SPAM SPAM and EGGS!
I've just had a triple decker (3 slices of bread) sandwich with sausage, black pudding and a runny egg! with my dog watching every bite with an intensity that's unnerving and of course he gets the corners lol! Good video Lass really enjoyed it!
Hi Alanna,on holiday I will start with porridge followed by Bacon, mushrooms and scrambled egg with toast…washed down with coffee. Back at home sometimes I don’t bother,another morning it might be toast..but always coffee.cheers Roly🇬🇧.
As a Brit, I do enjoy a Denny’s breakfast when over in the US. I particularly like their hash browns, not the factory formed versions common here in the UK.
I agree with your comment about airport food, and I have often had a cooked breakfast before leaving the UK for a while. However, I've changed my mind (not least because a heavy fry-up is not great to fly on as you are sitting down for so long). So now I recommend Wagamama at the airport, who do a British *kedgeree,* a really traditional cooked British breakfast containing curried rice, fish and an egg. Wagamama's kedgeree has a slight Japanese twist as they use a katsu curry rather than the traditional British curry powder, and a poached egg rather than a hard-boiled egg.
It's nearly 9:30PM and I've eaten a decent tea, but somehow I now want breakfast.... Love a good A&N food video!
Great vid this week Alanna ..Great snacks..👍👍
Breakfast? Natural yogurt with cinnamon swirled through it. Flax sprinkled over the top, a scattering of dried cranberries, toasted flaked almonds and candid ginger. Topped with 2 types of fruit - whatever I fancy. Grapefruit, apples, orange, blueberries... And most of it is organic. My dream breakfast that I enjoyed as my normal breakfast.
Great video Alanna. Have you considered doing a full English vs full Scottish breakfast comparison (and indeed Welsh and Irish variants)?
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
Great idea!
@GuyRutter
4 ай бұрын
Was just thinking this ! Nice bit of haggis, potato cake, Lorne sausage or even a buttery !
@Dionysos640
4 ай бұрын
They're all the same thing with a few tweaks! Celts love to blab on about their culture, so why the need to steal something English, modify it slightly and pretend it's something different? It's pathetic. (I'm Irish BTW.)
@davidpowell8249
4 ай бұрын
The Welsh breakfast would have to be skipped, or only feed to the butler, as it contains cockles, a shellfish, and Alanna's allergic.
@niallrussell7184
4 ай бұрын
@@Dionysos640 fried Soda bread beats the others just on it's own.
I skip breakfast during the week and get something from the van that calls mid morning. One of the weekend days I go for a Toby Carvery breakfast, the other I have American choc chip pancakes :)
Have you tried the American breakfast at 'spoons yet Alanna? I tried it recently. Well, my son ordered it so I joined in!
I can't remember the last time I had a breakfast. The last thing I think of doing in the first few hours of waking up is eat or drink anything apart from tea or coffee.
2:30 We had pop-tarts in UK. We called them the Spice Girls.
The Pancake Cafe in Madison, Wisconsin... OMG they do the best Hash Browns with Scrambled Eggs and Sausage Patties... with of course a side of Pancakes lavished with strawberries and cream! My fave out of the UK breakfast ever!!
Not to mention regional delicacies - Arbroath Smokies, decent Kippers, Hog's Pudding from Cornwall and Devon potato hash.
Great video! As a kid I was partial to bacon egg and cheese biscuits from McDonalds, as an adult I'm fond of home fries. I'm having breakfast for dinner tonight!
A good friend and his wife just came back from a cruise that was full of people from the eu and the USA plus some from the uk and told me that at breakfast the English breakfast area there was always a very long queque , the same applied to the Full Roast Dinner , whilst food was always left in the other areas .
Thanks a bunch for sharing ❤
Thanks for posting new vids on Tuesdays. You make the worst day of the work week bearable...
I'm from Burnaby, BC, Canada (next to Vancouver) and I've had plenty of savoury breakfasts. When I was in Scouting our go-to breakfasts on weekend camps were bacon, scrambled eggs, and hash browns on Saturday morning; and gruel/oatmeal made with water on Sunday morning (we wanted an easy cleanup on leaving day). I've had both of these breakfasts at home, though I put milk in my oatmeal (our milk has added sugar).
In the winter I like porridge Scottish style. Scottish style means with salt and cream. No sugar. No fruit. Otherwise (or occasionally also) I have buttered toast with marmalade or marmite.
Sunday morning is full breakfast for me , no beans .Interesting video Thank you😁
Great rule of thumb , go to your nearest building site and ask any scaffolder where the best cafe / greasy spoon is . You will not be disappointed, most of them have a fry up before they start work most days I have Scots Poridge Oats with honey in it , hotel breakfast on the first and last day , definitely a full English with everything apart from the hash browns
We are British ( and Canadian citizens) we lived in Ontario for 12 years and moved back home in 2021. We go out for a fry up once a week. We did the same in Canada usually on Saturday morning.Sometimes on Sunday as did everyone else as we normally had to queue for a table. The Grille on Queensway, Etobicoke, On. was a particular favourite.
@daveandjuliebrown2906
4 ай бұрын
I would usually order the Hungry Man , "4 large eggs prepared your way served with bacon, ham and sausages and our famous home fries and 3 pieces of Texas toast". If I was particularly peckish I would order the Hungry Mo Fo, " A breakfast for those of you with an itch that you just can't scratch.This bad boy has all the traditional heart clogging goodness of the Hungry Man with a side of pancakes of French toast. Perfection at its finest ". I just read online that The Grille closed permanently in July last year they obviously struggled to survive after we moved back to Blighty in 2021 !!
A bowl of hot porridge and a pint mug of Yorkshire Tea (lose leaf) gets the day started for me. Perfect on a winters morning but good all year round.
UK person here...most of the time I have Jordans raisin + almond Granola, and fruit juice (orange, tropical etc). Bagels sometimes .. anything with carbohydrates to give u energy. Bacon, eggs, beans and so on sometimes at the weekend
Going back many years a traditional English breakfast ( in upper class households) would include kippers ( smoked herring fish) and kedgeree ( smoked fish, hard boiled eggs and rice with curry spice). I think you're correct about the sweet/savoury divide ( until it comes to cereal).
@fools_opinions
4 ай бұрын
Kedgeree was relatively popular when I was younger. Can't say I've heard anyone mention it in at least 20 years. Certainly not my favourite.
If you are ever up there, you should try a traditional "Potteries" breakfast. My mother's side of the family all lived in the Potteries and as kids, we were there all the time. My granddad would be gone by the time we got up, makings pilgrimage to "his" oatcake shop. Everyone in the Potteries used to have "their" oatcake shop, almost always the one closest to where they were born - or here the parents had been born. I think the last of them has gone now, but the original oatcake shops were "hole in the wall" operations, where a family on a street had converted their downstairs into a kitchen and served fresh oatcakes out of their front window, straight onto the street. These places provided an early version of the "take away" breakfast and workers would grab a few on their way to work - they would buy theirs filled, with things like bacon and cheese, but you could also buy them plain to take home and fill yourself. My grandparents - like most families had several favourite ways of serving them, savoury and sweet and they were an absolute staple in every home there - they still are, but nowadays they are made by one or two large companies. When we left my grandparents, we'd always bring a few dozen home with us, they are the Staffordshire version of a tortilla or wrap - but so much tastier
English fry ups are a treat - generally we eat low sugar cereals, low calorie smoothies, yogurt with fruit, toast for breakfast
Great vid Alanna.Gotta be Toast and Marj. Fried ? a bit last year. Porridge,? och no.Quite fond of the occasional brunch or as we call it elevenses.Guess what ?GREEN breakfasts work,(a bit of the old chick pea curry)Had a KEBAB delivered at, wait for it, 7am. Sterling !!! Variety,it seems is the spice of breakfast.
Great vlog Alanna ❤ I have a sweet tooth so I prefer the American breakfast. Pancakes 🥞 and bacon 🥓 with warm maple syrup...lush 😍 As I have my breakfast once I get to work it's either a porridge pot or a yoghurt with some grapes and nuts thrown in, not the most exciting of breakfasts 😂 While holidaying in Florida, one day we went to Dennys for breakfast, there was a chap at the next table eating steak 🥩...for breakfast 😲 I'm sure he would of loved the good old British fry up 🍳🥓🍞
@mehallica666
4 ай бұрын
Judging from the amount of emojis, by 'work', you mean 'school'?
Okay so for years when I was growing up, my breakfast consisted of tea & toast, but I would fold the toast and dip it in my tea. Now I have a bowl of porridge with blueberries and honey, a banana sandwich on brown or 50/50 and a mug of tea; sometime I’ll add a couple of crumpets with butter (actually Flora spread).
I have a pitta bread cut open to make a pouch, then put a soft cheese triangle 🔺️ in the pouche - put it in toaster to heat up to melt the cheese 🧀- extract from toaster carefully reopen pouch with fork and shovel in choice of chutney - I love caramalised onion chutney ( but whichever you prefer). - re- close pitta bread and leave to cool to eat - GORGEOUS 😍 😋 Wonderful morning or bedtime.
Since I retired, breakfast is my favourite meal because I no longer have to rush. However, what I eat is not exactly exciting. Crunchy Nut Cornflakes with blueberries or porridge and blueberries when it is cold, followed by brown bread toast with a spread (Bertolli (because I don't like butter), chocolate and Hazelnut Spread, cheese spread, peanut butter, or peanut butter and jam), and always a glass of juice, usually Clementine, or maybe Orange. Sometimes, I might have crumpets, bagels, or croissants on rare occasions. I always take my time eating breakfast, having previously taken it on the go (a couple of pieces of toast to eat in the car). To me, it's not what I eat that is important, but that it is a calm and relaxing start to my day.
I’m from Texas and a go to dream of a breakfast are breakfast tacos! They are literal heaven. Here common go to’s are - cereal - eggs - bagels - donuts (a lot of people get donuts and kolaches (kind of like sausage rolls here) on a Friday) - biscuit rolls and sausage gravy are a sometimes - oatmeal - yogurt with granola and fruit - and of course it is true Americans love pancakes, waffles, and French toast but people aren’t eating that on the regular. More weekend treats
Airport pint at breakfast seems to be such a British thing, I tend to do it just to signal the start of a holiday and maybe just to calm the anxiety of travelling with a group of people, probably wouldn't do it alone.
My breakfast most mornings is a homemade smoothie with a little OJ, banana, frozen fruit, yogurt, and a scoop of colagen peptides. Sometimes oatmeal. English breakfast sometimes on the weekend. I sometimes find Heinz beans at Whole Foods (I'm in the US) to make it more authentic!
Daily breakfast, bowl of porridge and cup of fresh coffee. I will occasionally do bacon, fried egg and slice of lorne sausage in a bread roll or as a toastie. Can't stand too much sweet for breakfast and tend to have hot buttery toast as a late night snack, especially in winter when a fires going.
Hi Alanna, As an American, on an average weekday I eat a bowl of oatmeal with fresh blueberries and strawberries, then I add some honey, dried cranberries, and a sprinkle of Aldi’s Chocolate Coconut Granola on top. It is really delicious. But on the weekends I will have an egg omelette or pancakes. My sister makes an amazing German pancake with lemon juice and powdered sugar on top, so when we have a Family Sunday Brunch, she will make that. Also, my cousins from New York came to Illinois for a visit last week and my cousin Evan made a spinach and egg quiche. I never had quiche before that, but it was so good. Anyways have a great day, Marc K
Can't beat a fry up, I swap the toast for fried bread it is so nice. Love honey nut corn flakes with a couple of spoonful oats on top. We used to have pop tarts here but not sure if you can still get them as I haven't looked for ages. Poached eggs on toast with a very thin spread of marmite is divine 😊
I've historically usually had cereal or a pastry but I tried to have fruit on occasion, maybe a yoghurt. Looking to diet soon so the fruit option will probably be the most common.
Summer time, that'll be cereal (granola or muesli) with fruit during the working week and maybe bacon and egg at the weekend. Winter, I prefer warm, savoury food, this morning was two poached eggs on buttered toasted crumpets :)
Cereal (organic) with fruit and tea will do it for me in a pinch. I enjoy a Full English but it's not for every day. However, one of the best breakfasts I've ever had was in Las Vegas, USA - pancakes, bacon, syrup - before a flight back to the UK. That was phenomenal!
Of course there is variation on the full English . There is a full Scottish with square sausage, Haggis and scones and other strange stuff or full Irish with white pudding which i really like
Presumably you have also tried Frosties Alanna - my staple breakfast, with or without some cut fruit on top. I used to do Cornflakes with Agave Nectar on top (plus fruit!) but have moved away from that since with Frosties I have less to do! :-)
I love a fry up: bacon, eggs, beans (mikeed til there soft-hate hard beans, oh and not heinz, thy are too liquidy, wernt always), mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding and for ease (hate frying chips, for the mess), hash browns. Tip: 3 0r 4 cycles in the toaster does them !
Toast with Marmite, Tea. Sometimes bacon and fried tomato in a section of baguette on a Sunday. Holidays or time away are when I have a full English or fruit juice with cereal or fresh fruit. Sometimes Crumpets at home or croissants once a month. If you don't have time get up earlier 🤣🤣
Quite a few Brits have what's called a continental breakfast. This is usually a sweet pastry breakfast found in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Maple syrup and Scotch pancakes (sounds more Canadian), Belgian waffles with syrup or whipped cream, pan au chocolat, croissants with jam or marmalade, chocolate crepes, English pancakes with sugar and lemon or orange juice, mini French baguettes with ham and/or cheese or a Danish.
British born, but raised in Canada. My dad often made porridge for breakfast, but he did not often make it well! So I lost my taste for it at a very young age. I always eat breakfast though - usually a bowl of cereal. On special days like holidays, I will make pancakes or waffles with real maple syrup. Juice to start, bacon, and tea at the end. Sometimes I'll put frozen fruit in the pancake batter. Or cinnamon. As a shift worker, though, sometimes my breakfast could be a supper time. :)
Full English with black pudding, bubble and maybe a cheeky hash brown is my absolute favourite, especially from Pellicci's in Bethnal Green, London. What I actually have every day is Bran Flakes with berries....😂
I worked in Construction in the 80's/90/s We had a big fry up every morning .. But not until around 09.30/10.00 .. this is the right time for it.. not too early
I'm retired and my usual breakfast is porridge, made with oats and water, with a sprinkling of dried fruit. I would love to have a full English (or Scottish), but coronary bypass surgery 5 years ago has made me more cautious about fatty food.
Lately I've been eating some high-fibre cereal with yoghurt (instead of milk) followed by a carrot with hummus. Unless I'm in a hurry, in which case a prepackaged tuna and rice thing followed by a protein bar. And always a cup of tea.
At the moment, I'm hooked on Kelloggs Crunchy Nut hazelnut and chocolate granola. I like a cooked breakfast from time to time but I can rarely be bothered at home - mainly hotel stays.
I usually have chopped up fruit and nuts (always with apple), topped with Alpro organic soya yoghurt - delicious, creamy, and very healthy! I have to admit I do like bubble and squeak, or potato rosti with an accomplement of one’s choice
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
Sounds lush!!
@Dionysos640
4 ай бұрын
Creamy *yuk* made with soya is not yoghurt. Why do vegans have the need to appropriate meat and dairy food words to describe their food? Yoghurt is made from the milk of ruminants and it is very healthy to eat. Eating lots of soya is most definitely not healthy.
@lucylane7397
4 ай бұрын
Not really that healthy just a load of fructose and soya
I don't know if it counts as breakfast or brunch food but my ideal breakfast is Eggs Benedict. My regular is Weetabix with cold milk.
My absolute favourite breakfast is Finnan Haddock with a soft poached egg, with wholegrain toast and butter on the side. I rarely get the chance to savour this these days, but it was a Sunday staple when I was at school. I do like a short stack & maple syrup with crispy bacon when I'm in Canada, though. In the US, I opt for country hash browns with bacon and two eggs SSU. Decently brewed Kenya Highland Arabica is a must too!! 😋🤗
French Toast is called Eggy Bread or Gypsy Toast in the UK.
As a hotel manager for many years my breakfast was a big mug of coffee and a bacon and black pudding sandwich, perfect way to start the day at 7am.
I am British and used to have toast - but as I have got older the sweet tooth has come in and I love pancakes, bacon and syrup - but I do use the fruit derived ones rather than just liquid sugar 😅. I have this at the weekend.
@nealgrimes4382
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Are you sure you are British, Pancakes Bacon and Syrup ?
@louburnett6782
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@@nealgrimes4382 yes, but heavily influenced by American 🤣
Great video Alanna! I love a bowl of cereal for breakfast, lunch or dinner :-)
@AdventuresAndNaps
4 ай бұрын
Love that!
Hi Alanna, On the British breakfast, you didn't mention Kedgeree, or Kippers. Scrambled or poached eggs, probably with toast. Do Americans add sugar to their cereals? or maybe to their eggs? Have you tried pop tarts, with marmite? Did you know you can get marmite cheese?
@wessexdruid7598
4 ай бұрын
Devilled kidneys?
Look up an Ulster Fry. Local, Northern Ireland version of full English. More breads with the meats.
My favorite is full English and mushrooms are one of the best bits. Actual breakfast is usually cheese and tomato on toast, seeded rye sourdough if possible. I used to have various cereals but now I know how dreadfully ultra-processed they are I've gone off them.
As a afterthought, I call French toast, bread dipped in beaten egg and shallow fried or grilled, which may differ from what you call it xx
I do miss a good full english breakfast. There are some great breakfast/brunch places here in Canada, but it's not quite the same somehow.
UK here. Porridge for weekday breakfast. Fruit and/or golden syrup optional.
Porridge with blueberries and raspberries. Rolled Oates and Irish Oates with unsweetened almond milk to be pre-diabetic compliant.
Weetabix w/fill fat milk and sliced bananas. Can of Beans with grated cheddar cheese on top - then under the grill to melt the cheese. Yum
Full Scottish breakfast is my favourite. Basically the same as English breakfast except you swap out the Hash Browns for Potato Scones. We also have lorne sausage which is kind-of like a burger but made of beef + pork mince, coriander (spice not herb), and white pepper; rather than the sort of sausages you find in England. I do like good English sausages as well though. Also black pudding and white pudding. Usually I have fried eggs and potato cakes or potato farls. I generally can't find potato scones in England, and those are the closest equivalent I can buy. The big Sainsburys sometimes has actual potato scones, and I always buy them when they have them. Or sometimes I get a bacon roll from Greggs, if I am going past one on the way to work, usually that isn't an option though. If you are in England, you can find a full Scottish breakfast at Hilton hotels, because until fairly recently, Hilton was two different companies, one covering the USA and the other covering the rest of the world, and the rest of the world one was headquartered in Glasgow. You can get non-knock-off pop tarts in the regular food section of most large supermarkets. Probably they have less sugar than American ones though.
Great video 👍🏻Here goes, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, mushroom, tomato and black pudding. Never have beans. Normal day, toast.
My usual is some brioche as easy to eat driving to work. On days off, i love an eggs benedict, kippers are good and if only i could find somewhere that serves kedgeree. So savoury for the win.
A great Welsh breakfast is Bara te. Take a bowl, chuck in crusty chopped up bread, a good strong cheese, cut to thumb sized blocks and pour in the tea of choice.
My usual breakfast is two fried eggs on buttered toast - but I add chilli flakes to the vegetable oil that I fry the eggs in. :)
Alanna check out the 8 course Edwardian breakfasts, for real ! Washed down with red wine 😋
I rarely eat breakfast buy my mum has either fruits with Greek yogurt for her breakfast OR porridge & my dad has either wheetabix or porridge. If I do have breakfast I have crunchy nut cornflakes OR if I’m on holiday/at a hotel I’ll have a full English.