English Breakfast vs American Breakfast - which is better at WETHERSPOONS?

[@GreenoEats]

So which one wins for you? English breakfast or American breakfast??

[@GreenoEats]

And who got the John Shuttleworth reference??😂

[@davidjones6470]

UK BRITISH BREAKFAST IS BEST, ALWAYS IS, INIT,😁🤘

[@GreenoEats]

@@davidjones6470 but which is best, the English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh breakfast?

[@GreenoEats]

Oh, and thanks to David for making me aware of a slight sound issue on the first minute or so of the video, something funky happened in the editing process!

[@timspencer3348]

Out of the two I’d say the English breakfast would be my preference. Pancakes, bacon and maple syrup on their own are great, but adding in sausage, HB and an egg is too far.

[@tempestfury8324]

Hello, new subscriber and I really enjoy your channel! As an American, I can tell you I'm very familiar with a traditional American breakfast. But there are some glaring oddities about this version of an American breakfast; Hash browns: Not sure why but every English breakfast I've seen with hash browns are these strange preformed triangular and probably frozen patties. American hash browns are nothing like that. It's loosely shredded potatoes that are cooked on a griddle. You can also ask for them to be as crispy as you want. It's also very popular to add Tabasco sauce to them. Sausages: It seems like English sausages used for breakfast is the same type of sausage used in bangers and mash. That is not the case here. American breakfast uses a completely different "breakfast sausage" which is nothing like a bratwurst or sausage we would eat for lunch or dinner. Pancakes: This is weirdest thing I've ever seen. I've never ever seen bacon put between the pancakes! It's almost always just a pad of butter between and another on top. I cannot stand pancakes...to me it tastes like a sweet soggy sponge. But if you've had some actually real maple syrup from Canada, that is a game-changer...especially when you dip the breakfast sausage in it. Overall, there are things that are traditional in both countries. You might think hash browns are weird for breakfast, where it's a staple here. We think it's completely bizarre to have beans for breakfast, where that is a staple there. We also almost always have toast with butter and/or jam. And it's not uncommon to have a bowl of fresh fruit. I was surprised how different German and Austrian breakfasts were. But different is good. I would love to try a traditional English breakfast with the things I'm not used to.....black pudding, grilled tomato, mushrooms, English sausages, your style of bacon, and yes beans!!! Sorry for the long post but I really did enjoy this video, thank you!

[@GreenoEats]

I love long, detailed comments, they're always interesting to read. And welcome t the channel !! I think this was a very average British interpretation of what an American breakfast is. The hash brown was never a thing here until McD started selling them with their breakfast muffins, and they are frozen triangles of potato, deep fried. Those pancakes are premade ones, that basically you reheat in a toaster, nothing like the fluffy buttermilk pancakes over the pond. Glad to hear you would go for the beans and the black pudding on a Full English (although you can keep the mushrooms, bleugh!) If you'd like a reminder of a European breakfast, I had a great one in Vienna recently, which I filmed.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGKynqSfnJqBbqc

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

The "classic American breakfast is 2 fried eggs, crispy pork belly bacon, toast and homefries with coffee of course. Most times we have pancakes separately with sausage. Love you vids!

[@GreenoEats]

Thanks for the kind word, I am glad you are enjoying the content more than I enjoy American coffee ;-) ha ha (some of your breakfasts are crazy good though, just the coffee is mostly awful!!)

[@ngatiramona]

Being Kiwi, the English breakfast is closer to what we know. Except it'll be mash potato, not hash and tinned spaghetti. 😮😅 I always thought American was blueberry pancakes, whipped maple butter, and crisp bacon on the side. This was a delicious education! Thank you.🎓🍽💕💕🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@GreenoEats]

Hang on, tinned spaghetti on a breakfast… that’s a new one on me! Tinned spaghetti is one thing Mrs Greeno still can’t get her head around after so long in the UK. Thinks it’s madness!

[@ngatiramona]

@GreenoEats 🍽😉☺️ Kiwis are a special kind of crazy. But yes, in the back blocks of farming, Dad used to put tinned spaghetti. Sorry Mrs Greeno for the imagery.🥰😊 if that doesn't appeal, hed make fried bread (unsweetened donut basically) which you dipped in double cream.. with a bit of jam, if you weren't hungry.

[@amandarussell6298]

Definitely the English breakfast !

[@GreenoEats]

I am with you on that one!

[@Sc25515]

Portion sizes getting smaller and smaller

[@GreenoEats]

In fairness I did order the “small” version of each breakfast. But they certainly were small!

[@timspencer3348]

Egg and maple syrup is a war crime 🤣

[@GreenoEats]

Not a flavour combination I am keen to experience again any time soon!

[@MikePaton-Williams-yv9qo]

Small is definitely the key word!

[@GreenoEats]

Not wrong :-)

[@mariannewaszak8253]

I've never had bacon thrown in the middle of my pancakes especially the bacon not even cooked enough. It's usually on the side like your bacon is. I have never had an English brekki. I will make it homemade since I can't get one around me. Thank you for doing this video 😃

[@GreenoEats]

You are most welcome, glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@Deadman1957TEB]

English breakfast definitely! I love proper American hot pancakes with maple syrup and real vanilla ice-cream. So wouldn't have as a breakfast!

[@GreenoEats]

I dunno, my kids would love ice cream for breakfast 😂

[@Deadman1957TEB]

@@GreenoEats True! Expect I would of too!😃

[@angelaglanville9377]

Judging by the color of the maple syrup and the way it poured I would say it’s not real maple syrup. It’s probably corn syrup with an artificial flavor.

[@GreenoEats]

@@angelaglanville9377 I imagine you’re right there

[@AlbertPalmer-w9k]

Always good food and good value at Witherspoon's go to my local in ebbw vale neaver had a bad meal there

[@GreenoEats]

Glad you enjoy it :-)

[@MikePaton-Williams-yv9qo]

Decent prices at Wetherspoons too😀

[@tomsoden1738]

English breakfast everytime for me. I don't like sweet stuff, especially in the morning. Sorry, but I like hash browns. I have been known to put one on My sausage and egg McMuffin.

[@GreenoEats]

I am more savoury for breakfast, unless I am in France!!

[@jessicanippes1730]

I totaly missed this, sorry, was a really bad week ( my father in law died ) ... My favourite breakfast would be hash browns and sunny side up eggs...

[@GreenoEats]

Oh, I am sorry to hear the sad news about your father in law, these are always difficult times for a family of course. It seems difficult now, but time always helps the healing process. Take care of yourself and your family 🙂

[@jessicanippes1730]

@@GreenoEats thanks for your kind words, Greeno 😀

[@FossaBooks]

Not bad for the price, though I think I'd like to pay just a little more for a bit of toast on there.

[@GreenoEats]

In that pub a slice of toast is £1.13, I bet the whole loaf they use costs around half that 🤣

[@DavidGreen-oe2fo]

I always have the large American breakfast it's great, and I always ask for an extra pot of maple syrup yum 😋

[@GreenoEats]

For me the mix of sweet and savoury was a little weird, but if you're into that then I can understand how that would be your choice. I think it was ok, although the pancakes weren't warm, which was a bit of a disappointment. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@JonnyVision88]

Then you're a sadomascist lol

[@GerwynDavies-vy7gk]

The English without doubt. Got to say though that you don't go to Wetherspoons for fine dining but I think the breakfast is good value for money.

[@GreenoEats]

Can't argue with anything in your comment 🙂 Spoons is what it is, cheap food, but fair price for what you get!!

[@davidjones6470]

2:16! Bloody hell thats some small 🥓, 😂

[@GreenoEats]

Must be from a piggy bank rather than a real pig!!

[@davidjones6470]

😂😂, nice one,

[@matlepak9694]

Isn't orange juice really sweet? Since you don't like sweet stuff for breakfast? 😀

[@GreenoEats]

It does have sweetness, but also sharpness - so it works for me :-)

[@GaryG1974]

I guess, there is no right or wrong, it is all subjective. However, I have never seen an "American breakfast" which included sausage and a fried egg. Bacon works fine with pancakes and syrup due to the salty and sweet contrast, but sausage and fried egg!?! I am not convinced by that.

[@GreenoEats]

Yes, it's definitely a British twist on the American breakfast isn't it!!

[@Lisa-q2p2u]

Eggs and sausages with pancakes and syrup?🤔Mmm. Not for me ,but then I'm not American

[@GreenoEats]

They mash marshmallows into sweet potato and served it with turkey on Thanksgiving, I mean they're obviously a weird bunch!! 🤣

[@alanthomson1227]

Still having palpitations as English had hash brown and no black pudding .

[@GreenoEats]

Ha ha, not right is it!

[@katiebice3905]

That bacon is rather sad. A TRUE American breakfast is CRUNCHY BACON or HAM STEAK, EGGS YOUR WAY, REAL HASHBROWNS (grated & grilled till browned on both sides), TOAST and if in the South, GRITS. I prefer a omelet with cheese, spinach, mushrooms, onions and all soft and fluffy. Sourdough toast or buttermilk biscuit and applewood smoked CRUNCHY bacon.

[@GreenoEats]

Yeah, I have to say it is a low cost, British interpretation of an American breakfast. Maybe I should head across the pond sometime and try the real thing!!

[@carolinecalvert401]

Where is the toast in english

[@GreenoEats]

They don't list it as a menu item - you can order it as an extra I believe !

[@carolinecalvert401]

@@GreenoEats Ok when il went to wetherspoons for breakfast toast was included but that was four years ago

[@davidjones6470]

Excellent Thumbnail, But neither for me, not the best are they wetherspoons But will watch 2 see what was better,😉

[@GreenoEats]

I must admit it's not my favourite place to eat. As much for political reasons as culinary! But in these times I guess they are cheap and cheerful right...

[@davidjones6470]

Yes, good point, And a place for the 6 Nations coming up init, quick food and some pints,

[@GreenoEats]

@@davidjones6470 in the early years of my time in Wales 20 odd years back, the company I worked for did a lot of corporate hospitality, so I did a lot of the Six Nations games. In venues like the Angel Hotel for prematch meal and drinks with great guest speakers, then into the ground for the game. Scotland being in town was always one of my favourites, a good bunch who liked a drink. Of course being an Englishman in Cardiff with Scotland in town meant I took my share of stick from all sides, but it was (mostly) good natured 🤣

[@davidjones6470]

@@GreenoEats 😉🫨🤣🤣

[@davidjones6470]

Excellent upload sir,

[@GreenoEats]

Diolch David, hope all is well with you pal!

[@davidjones6470]

I'm good, thank in you, All good your end sir,

[@GreenoEats]

@@davidjones6470 just spent a couple of days in London, racked up almost 50k steps in a little over 48 hours. So I feel a little broken, good trip though 😀

[@davidjones6470]

@@GreenoEats nice one sir, so London content coming up then, 😉

[@GreenoEats]

@@davidjones6470 yep, filmed footage for 6 videos in total I think. Will drip feed them in over the coming weeks, probably one a week or something. Still want to focus on budget meals too, and London isn’t famous for that!

[@davidsworld5837]

Has yours gone up in price. since my local has. BUT they still so a traditional one for £3.14 on special offer. But you still have the £3.89 breakfast muffin while mine has gone to £4.01 you need folding scissors there is so little when you look at the size of the plate. hehehe

[@GreenoEats]

Everything gone up everywhere so I would expect so. I know they have different prices in different places. Some locations being more expensive to run than others etc. But normally all the prices would be cheaper on the menu, not just some, weird that!

[@MaureenPower-n4y]

It has to be the English breakfast,👍❤

[@GreenoEats]

💯 agree!

[@bigdaddigaming]

I've been living in America for 23 years and when I do get back to England I sometimes forget that British hash browns have onion added to the, the traditional American ones are pure potato and I'm not a huge fan of hash browns with onion and it's a huge disappointment when I have British hash browns, the true American ones are much better

[@GreenoEats]

I would agree with you, in the US it is something that’s cooked on a flattop right? And you get a proper portion, not the paltry little triangle we have. But, I bet you miss the bacon and sausages here 😀

[@bigdaddigaming]

@@GreenoEats sausages most definitely, but the hash browns come in 2 types, the formed patties witch the restaurant sell but you can buy in stores but they come loose, basically grated potato with most of the water removed then you throw them in a frying pan and just cook them until golden then flip and cook the other side, I've worked in a few restaurants and the formed hash browns are deep fried in a special basket that is separated into thin deep channels and deep fried, they use the same basket for nuggets, McDonald's also use them for fish and there fried chicken The hash browns in there patty form are a full rectangle or curved at the ends

[@GreenoEats]

@@bigdaddigaming thanks for that, always good to learn something new 😀

[@thomascastle1171]

It has to be English by a mile

[@GreenoEats]

Correct answer Thomas 😀

[@davidjones6470]

GOT A COLD SIR, DIFFERENT VOICE, OR WAS THE BEGINNING DIFFERENT?? Sounds a bit Pinky and perky,

[@GreenoEats]

Wow, didn't notice that, something funky happened in the editing process I suppose, sounds like it is speeded up a bit doesn't it, weird!

[@davidjones6470]

😂

[@karennill7131]

English always

[@GreenoEats]

Correct answer 🙂

[@geoffreymcdonnell9869]

English breakfast every time for me I have now reached the stage with "American Bacon" that I refuse to eat a crisped dried up streaky burnt crisp and when in America I ONLY eat 'Canadian Bacon'.....same as English Bacon.

[@GreenoEats]

Yeah, bacon in the States is just weird isn't it.

[@fv1291]

We don't put the bacon between our pancakes. The sypup is delicious when it kisses the sausage and eggs. 😋

[@GreenoEats]

It’s very much a British interpretation of an American breakfast that’s for sure!

[@andrewhayes7055]

Both looked shite typical Spoons cheap and cheerful rubbish, you get what you pay for I suppose.

[@GreenoEats]

Neither were exactly a gourmet experience but in fairness the English one was pretty tasty!

[@Shagyamum]

I'm English but would pick the American ngl

[@allmovin]

I am American but prefer an English breakfast, sans fungus. The maple syrup in this video looks odd. Wrong color and watery. Actual maple syrup is brownish but clear, and the consistency of honey. Maybe that was maple flavored syrup

[@GreenoEats]

Yeah, in a Wetherspoons you are unlikely to find genuine maple syrup. The English Breakfast sans fungus is exactly up my street!!

[@JonnyVision88]

Minus the maple syrup I probably got the American No tomatoes or mushroom on the small give us 1 of each at lest lol

[@GreenoEats]

Not a fan of mushrooms here, but yeah, a tomato or a bit of toast wouldn't go amiss on the small breakfast.

[@timspencer3348]

For the American breakfast the pancakes definitely need to be warm, and the bacon needs to be crispy and salty to complement the maple syrup.

[@GreenoEats]

Go have a word with Tim Martin mate, get him to sort it out. You'd think bacon would be close enough to gammon that he'd have a grip on that!!

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Enjoyed the video Greeno. The look of the American one surprised me a little although it has to be English for me. I’m with you on the Hash Browns!! Off to Dean Court on Sunday Greeno and the Bob Lucas tomorrow? ⚽️ …. Smithy

[@GreenoEats]

Got to be the English. Not sure if an American would be happy being served that as an American breakfast mind! Yep doing both games this weekend, and just got back home having done West Ham away last night. Football overload this week!! Hope all is well your end fella 🙂

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

@@GreenoEats to right! 😂 Fair play Greeno I’m loving it!!! ⚽️⚽️

[@GreenoEats]

@@theabandonedhunter3604 not sure Mrs Greeno approves of my footie exploits as much as you do Smithy!

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

@@GreenoEats I bet she doesn’t Greeno! 😂

[@GreenoEats]

@@theabandonedhunter3604 Gills away for your lot tomorrow, not an easy fixture, but one that could go either way, neither team setting the world on fire right now!