I like a nice full English (or Scottish, Irish or Welsh), everywhere I go they get served up with a pile of cheap baked beans (not Sainsbury's basic, Viv) which spread across the plate and contaminate the egg, fried bread and everything else. In my book beans are not part of a full English. For me a full English should include Eggs Bacon Sausages Grilled tomato Grilled mushrooms Fried bread A dash of brown sauce (not tomato ketchup) Served with a mug of strong milky tea and some white toast with butter and marmalade Regional variations may include black pudding, potato scones, fried sliced potatoes, toast instead of fried bread I would not mind if they put the beans to one side of the plate behind a couple of sausages, however the bloody things get everywhere. Given a choice would you have the beans or something else?
No beans on a proper one with posh sausage n bacon, but if its a greasy spoon one from a cafe yes somehow brings it all together!
As a hater of tommy sauce they are not for me. Beans in general have a real odd texture to me,same reason I can't abide peas
A posh full English usually bean free. But cafe food beans and tinned tommies. I like baked beans love them but not microwaved yuk !! Have to be cooked in pan so they are soft and break down a bit. I don't eat meat or fish. My brekkie would be Fried mushrooms tomatoes egg I can't stand egg whites! So I cut out the yolk or have scrambled egg. Hash browns toast with butter. Fried bread I like but not in meat fat. Local thing here in our chippy is deep fried black pudding. I also love potatoe cakes and proper soda bread I'm dead happy with beans on toast with a dash of HP sauce.
Breakfast should not contain fruit or veg - fungus is fine Legumes are a personal choice and dependant on how hungry you are - named brands only
ditch the beans however my prime gripe is cheap nasty sausages and bacon rashes so thin you can see through them
Yuk no beans or runny tomatoes No fried bread either If you want beans then I think they should be served in a separate dish so you can add to your choice. Nothing wrong with basics beans I would rather mine cold though they go like stodge heated up And a good dollop of HP sauce And milky coffee
Ditch the Mushrooms Swap the fried bread for thick sliced toast Beans Eggs fried scrabbled or poached Sausages Lincolnshire Bacon with no fat Plum Tomato's Brown sauce Mug mug of tea
Beans are never served in a Full Irish breakfast. No way, yuk. Here it would be Bacon, egg, sausage, black pudding, white pudding,tomato (not tinned) toast and tea. Yum
Two Thick bacon, two quality sausage, Two eggs, fried poached or scrambled, One Fried Bread, Tomatoes, real or tinned, matters not, Mushrooms, Black pudding, Beans, And a great big steaming mug of Tea! Or variations thereof! Like This Or This .. Sausages can be utilised as a dam to prevent the "contamination" of other items with Bean juice. Now if you will excuse me im off down the caff!
Could also have white pudding in certain places. I'm not fussy but hold the fried bread. It's just an excuse to soak up all the fat that came out if the sausages and bacon. Sure, repeated cooked breakfasts will give you heart disease, but there's no point trying to make them as fatty as possible deliberately.