Fry-Up Breakfasts

A Full English breakfast typically includes sausages (known as “bangers”), back bacon, black pudding, a fried egg (or two!), grilled tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, and baked beans. It is also often served with some form of potato (such as chunky chips or hash browns) and often with either sliced or fried bread.

A Full Irish breakfast is commonly served in Ireland and in many of the Irish pubs found all over the world, particularly here in the United States of America. A Full Irish breakfast typically has many of the same ingredients as a Full English breakfast but is often served with skinnier ‘chipolata’ sausages, along with the addition of white pudding.

Beans on toast is a cooked breakfast tradition that remains. The story originates that in 1927, an executive at Heinz decided to create a national dish to sell more canned beans which worked miracles!

A Full English, Full Irish or Full Scottish breakfast is often colloquially referred to as a “fry-up”, in large part as many of the main components are fried. In the UK it is often also called a “Full Monty” due to the sheer size of the meal.

According to The Full English Breakfast Society, the concept of the full English breakfast began during the Norman Invasion of 1066 when Anglo-Saxon elites preserved their traditions of having meat for breakfast with any available trimmings. This contradicts the typical belief that Full English breakfasts started as a farmer’s breakfast between working the fields. Other stories abound for the origin of this great meal, and regardless of which tradition you believe, there is nothing quite like a Full English, Full Irish or Full Scottish breakfast.