"Breakfast is the
most important meal of the day. You won’t go out, if you don’t
eat that sandwich!”
I suppose everyone
can recall such a situation from their childhood, with their mum
standing over them and warning not to let them out until she could
see an empty plate. As children we probably don’t understand it,
but later on, as teens and adults, we discover that it actually may
make sense to eat breakfast. After all, it gives us energy, improves
our concentration and, generally, provides long term health.
Okay… We’ve
already established that breakfast is important. But what should we
eat for that particular meal? Well, in Poland we would probably
choose a sandwich with ham or cheese, maybe a bowl of cereals or a
yoghurt. This, however, does not have to be the best option for the
British and Americans. So what do they eat for breakfast? Hmmm…
Let’s se
The traditional
British breakfast is called the “Full Breakfast”. As the very
name suggests, it really looks substantially and, indeed, is full of
various foods. Since many of the ingredients that land up on the
“British plate” in the morning are fried, the meal is also
commonly known as “A Fry Up”. There are regional variations as
regards the accompanying elements, but the essence of the Full
Breakfast in all parts of the UK are: bacon, eggs, sausages, grilled
tomatoes, fried mushrooms, toasts, marmalade, and, obviously, tea.
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| British Full Breakfast |
Apart from this
“basic” stuff, what else can you find on the plate?
In England people
additionally indulge themselves with baked beans, fried bread and
black pudding. But don’t mistake the last one with a delicious
chocolate dessert! Black pudding is a sausage made from pigs’
blood, onions, oatmeal, barley, various herbs and spices. As a part
of Full Breakfast, it is usually sliced and fried.
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| Black pudding |
In Ireland, apart
from the above mentioned foods, you may also come across an Irish
soda bread. It is not difficult to guess what kind of bread it is,
but why the Irish bake it seems to be a more challenging puzzle to
solve. Well, it is Irish flour that is to blame for everything! As it
is made from soft wheat and, as a result, is a very indolent
co-worker for yeasts, soda for bread baking turns out to be a much
better solution.
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| Irish soda bread |
In Wales you can
choose for your breakfast laver bread (a seaweed purre often mixed with
oatmeal and fried),
whereas in Scotland you may want to try tattie scones (or potato
scones), haggis and oatcakes.
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| Welsh laver bread |
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| Scottish tattie scones |
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| Haggis |
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| Scottish oatcakes |
As you can see, the
traditional British breakfast is HUGE!!! and this one meal may
contain more foods than some people in Poland eat throughout the
whole day. But what about American breakfast? Is it also of such a
gigantic size ?
Well, it appears
that the Americans like eating breakfast as well… In many
respects, their breakfast doesn’t differ from the British one.
Poached
or fried eggs, sliced bacon or sausages, toast with
jam/jelly/butter…. All of them likely to appear on the plate of a
British guy. Yet, there is something that makes that “morning meal”
in America one of its kind, and it has something to do with
sweetness! An important part of an American breakfast are
pancakes/waffles with syrup or cream. Interestingly, they are often
served with bacon, as Americans love mixing savory and sweet
together.
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| American pancakes with bacon |
Preparing
such a meal definitely requires time and patience. Not surprisingly
then, they are usually served by hotels, whereas working people who
start their morning at home choose much easier options, such as
cereals, bagels with cream cheese, toasts with butter and jelly,
yoghurts or fruit.
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| Bagels with cream cheese |
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| Toast with jelly |
But
if you don’t have time even for that, then McDonalds, Burger King,
Starbucks come with help! There you will find coffee,
muffins, donuts, bagels or breakfast sanwiches.
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| The Egg McMuffin |
So what option do you choose?
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