English breakfast
History of the English Breakfast
Food historian Caroline Yeldham told the BBC that Romans did not eat breakfast: “They were obsessed with digestion and eating more than one meal was considered a form of gluttony. This thinking impacted on the way people ate for a very long time.”
The medieval world was divided between a small number of wealthy aristocrats who enjoyed a hearty morning feast and a lot of peasants who didn’t.
Ingredients of the Full English Breakfast Today
Some of the more exotic items have disappeared from the full English.
No more quail eggs, kedgeree, or galantine of beef. The standard English breakfast has evolved. Essential ingredients are eggs, bacon, pork sausage, black pudding, baked beans, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, and toast.
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