What do English people eat for breakfast?

Answer 1

English cuisine is shaped by the country's temperate climate, its island geography and its history. The latter includes interactions with other European countries, and the importing of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America, China and India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of post-war immigration.

As a result, traditional foods with ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, and freshwater and Saltwater Fish, are now matched in popularity by potatoes, tomatoes and chillies from the Americas, spices and curries from India and Bangladesh, and stir-fries based on Chinese and Thai cooking. French cuisine and Italian cuisine, once considered alien, are also now admired and copied. Britain was also quick to adopt the innovation of fast food from the United States, and continues to absorb culinary ideas from all over the world.

The Sunday roast is perhaps the most common feature of British cooking. The Sunday dinner traditionally includes roast potatoes accompanying a roasted joint of meat such as roast beef, lamb or pork, or a roast chicken and assorted vegetables, themselves generally roasted or boiled and served with a thick gravy. Yorkshire pudding and gravy is often served as an accompaniment to the main course. Since its wide-spread availability after World War II the most popular Christmas roast is turkey. Game meats such as venison which were traditionally the domain of higher classes are occasionally also eaten by those wishing to experiment with a wider choice of foods, due to their promotion by Celebrity Chefs, such as Antony Worrall Thompson, although it is not generally eaten in the average household.

At home, the British have many original home-made desserts such as rhubarb crumble, bread and butter pudding, trifle and spotted dick. The traditional accompaniment is custard, known as creme anglaise (English sauce or English Cream) to the French. The dishes are simple and traditional, with recipes passed on from generation to generation. There is also Christmas pudding.

Fish and chips Notably, Britain is famous for its fish and chips and has a huge number of restaurants and take-away shops catering to it. It is possibly the most popular and uniquely British dish, and is traditionally served with a side order of mushy peas, sliced bread and butter and a cup of tea. The advent of take-away foods during the industrial revolution, led to foods such as fish and chips, mushy peas, and steak and kidney pie with mashed potato (pie and mash). These were the staples of the UK take-away business, indeed British diets for many years, though ethnic influences, particularly Indian and Chinese, have led to the introduction of ethnic take-away foods. From the 1980s onwards, a new variant on curry, the balti, began to become popular in the West Midlands, and by the mid 1990s was commonplace in Indian restaurants and takeaways over the country. Kebab houses, pizza restaurants and American-style fried chicken restaurants aiming at late night snacking have also become popular in urban areas.

Sunday roast consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire puddingAt teatime, especially in Devon and neighbouring counties, meals eaten include scones with jam and butter or clotted cream, while nationwide, assorted biscuits and sandwiches are often eaten. Teatime is not practised by many British people in the 21st century, having been replaced by snacking, or simply ignored, although regional variations do exist and many areas such as Devon and Cornwall feature establishments catering to tourists with traditional cream teas.

The full English breakfast (also known as "cooked breakfast" or "fried breakfast") also remains a culinary classic. Its contents vary, but it normally consists of a combination of bacon, grilled tomatoes, fried bread, black pudding, baked beans, fried mushrooms, sausages, eggs (fried, scrambled or boiled) and other variations on these ingredients and others. Hash browns are sometimes added, though this is not considered traditional.

Bacon Sandwiches, often referred to as "bacon sarnies" or "bacon butties" are commonplace as well, sometimes eaten as an informal outdoor breakfast or in midmorning as a workplace snack.

There is also "Bangers & Mash." It is simply sausages with mashed potatoes and one can add gravy.

A unique sandwich filling is Marmite, a dark brown savoury spread made from yeast extract, with a tar-like texture and a strong, salty taste. There are also butterfly cakes, simple small sponge cakes which can be iced or eaten plain.

Tea, usually served with milk, is consumed throughout the day and is sometimes drunk with meals. Coffee is perhaps a little less common than in continental Europe, but is still drunk by many, typically with milk. Italian coffee preparations such as espresso and cappuccino are popular, especially in more urban areas, while tea, though still an essential part of British life, is less ubiquitous than it was. In recent years herbal teas and specialty teas have become popular. In more formal contexts wine can be served with meals, though for semi-formal and informal meals bitter (beer) or cider may also be drunk.

Another formal British culinary tradition rarely observed today is the consumption of a savoury course, such as Welsh rarebit, toward the conclusion of a meal. Most main meals today end with a sweet dessert, although cheese and biscuits may be consumed as an alternative or as an addition. In Yorkshire, fruit cake is often served with Wensleydale cheese. For formal meals, coffee is a usual culminatory drink.

For a long list of traditional dishes, with names, eaten in Great Britain, see the related questions and answers further down this page, listed under Related Questions.

Answer 2

Breakfast

Standards include full English breakfast the following foods: bacon, fried eggs, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes, fried sausage, black pudding, beans and sometimes fries and ketchup, of course, there will be coffee or tea, table . Staple food is usually fried slice of bread.

In recent years, the British began to match the traditional breakfast nutrition challenge, their breakfast menu has the "functional Breakfast" shift: more and more Britons are choosing cereals, vegetables, salad, fruit for breakfast in the main food .

Answer 3

The English breakfast is quite a varied menu, and usually depends on how much time you have to prepare and eat 'the most important meal of the day' A typical English cooked breakfast, sometimes called the full English, would consist of Bacon, Sausage, Eggs, Hash Browns, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Baked beans, (plus regional variations such as Black pudding, Oatcakes etc.), all accompanied by pleanty of hot buttered Toast. For those in a hurry or just watching their waist line, there would be cereal and milk such as Cornflakes, Shredded wheat, Muslie, Wheatabix etc. Kippers, or a bowl of hot Porridge or simply Buttered Toast with Jam or Honey Whatever breakfast you choose it is alwasy washed down with lots of fresh hot tea or coffee.

Answer 4

A full English breakfast usually includes a fried egg, bacon, sausages, grilled tomato, grilled mushrooms, and toast. Sometimes beans are also included. A typical breakfast could be any combination of these or cereal, yogurt, oatmeal, breakfast pastries or anything anyone else eats for breakfast.

Answer 5

Anything they want! Cereal and toast are most popular.

Answer 6

Mainly toast, cereal or a fried breakfast but people on a diet might have something different like juice, fruit, yoghurt etc. Hope this helped.

Answer 7

Cereal, English Breakfast, allsorts!