Traditional English Breakfast - The Secrets Behind One Of The Most British Dishes You Can Eat

Eight ingredients adorn your plate when you order the "Full English Breakfast" at Terry's Cafe in London, including black pudding, baked beans and bubble and squeak. We show how the national dish is prepared.
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[@trajancanada]

Now that's the kind of breakfast to start the morning with -- and right afterwards to go back to bed until mid-afternoon.

[@keithtansley2343]

Just one egg? Any less than two is an insult to a chicken.

[@Fathervinyard]

complaining about 1 egg ? id be complaining about not having 2 of everything

[@jayn9559]

here here

[@MULLAFC]

No you can order more or large breakfast with two of everything well I do 😂😉

[@tasteslikepennies2549]

Touche

[@nagiyanagi6501]

How many balls do you have? 1? If you are a man you eat two eggs

[@frakundo]

Oh yes, they call it full English…I have been making it since college and call it “I’m so drunk let’s fry everything in my fridge and call it the night” cheers everyone

[@krpyton7368]

is he related to gordan gamsey

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@krpyton7368 He looks like an unsuccessful clone attempt of Gordon Ramsay.

[@mannyb7949]

I had the full English breakfast once but at a different place while on short stay in London and I really liked it, with all the trimmings (blood sausage, baked beans, bubble and squeak included), it was love at first taste.

[@nealgrimes4382]

Blood sausage is similar but it's Black Pudding.

[@michaelm6948]

My parents from Ireland cooked up a fry every weekend here in the States. I was never much for baked beans, and didn't do the mash with cabbage. The most difficult items to get in the States are the black pudding, the Irish sausages (American breakfast sausage is different) and thicker bacon. But there are several Irish shops in Boston, MA where they make their own sausages and black and white puddings. The entire fry was washed down with plenty of pot brewed, loose Lyons or Barry's tea.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

@michealm6948 I'm hoping you have home made soda bread too 😁

[@johnferry7778]

Totally agree. Beans have no place on a traditional full English, a fry up yes, if you like them(I don’t). Baked beans were only imported by Fortnams around the turn of the century and only started becoming popular after the war( they weren’t rationed).

[@sichhuang6884]

Bring up my good memories of London, I used to came in every single weekend ❤

[@itouchelmo1303]

"the best time to come and have breakfast is in the morning"

[@HomeSkillit]

I like to eat dinner in the evenings

[@rodjones117]

Many English cafes advertise "All Day Breakfast"

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

I think he meant it's best to have stereotypical breakfast foods, like eggs, in the morning. But I don't care about those social constructs.

[@nealgrimes4382]

I know it sounds silly but it is kind of an all day thing now.

[@paulhollis8879]

That’s Great Suffolk St, about a 10 minute walk from Borough Market and a few minutes walk from my office. Terry’s is always busy and that means that it’s good.

[@EX7Sonic]

On my first trip to the UK, I made sure to get this for breakfast and it is amazing. I even liked the black pudding which I didn't think I would based on my experiences with other blood dishes.

[@continentalhealthyfood]

Lovely recipe

[@1bush053]

looks delicious!

[@tinyfoodworld6226]

Very amazing recipe

[@andrewjones-productions]

This isn't the only classic 'English Breakfast' however. Kippers with a fried or poached egg is also a very good alternative and far healthier too. People would of course vary their diet and not all of the ingredients would be served in a home as Austin rightly suggests to us. A traditional Welsh breakfast using laverbread is also an alternative from the UK, but this video is about the English breakfast. Personally and even though I am Welsh, I like the English breakfast, but I wouldn't want to eat it every day. A good black pudding is very delicious, but 'bubble and squeak' was not something that was ever served in my family or extended family. Any leftovers would be used to make a late night supper called 'broes'.

[@CrimsonCrux]

I'm from Glamorgan originally and honestly rarely ever saw laverbread or rarebit in any place that wasn't more touristy. Cawl's a big fave though.

[@vasiovasio]

Probably is good for the Winter season right and for those who worked outside and need a lot of calories! 😊

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

​@@CrimsonCruxlol 😂

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Bubble & Squeak 😊

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

We only got bubble and squeak on Monday, using up leftovers from Sunday lunch

[@hoilst]

"To eat well in England, you should have breakfast three times a day" - W. Somerset Maugham

[@LePierrackOfficiel]

"well"

[@jsb43]

Had a most memorable breakfast at Terry's Cafe in 2015.

[@malemutekid1973]

I'm French and I love English cuisine

[@MarduksonofEa]

You're not French, you're a liar.

[@soliscabal]

Looks good

[@panama-canada]

I’m salivating.

[@andrewmarr8279]

These videos are excellent

[@DWFood]

Thanks!

[@ammovette]

I spent 5 years in England and their traditional breakfast is on point!!!

[@nealgrimes4382]

Breakfast of Champions.

[@DavidJensen-nm5sf]

I love the historical look feel of that place. I wish we had something like this in Las Vegas, wishful thinking.

[@pauloconnor5101]

Fried bread is required 👍

[@seantynan1]

Go to Ulster!

[@cookingshowchannel_01]

Very nice 👍

[@DWFood]

Thanks for the visit

[@easyboi1143]

GREAT 👍

[@DavidJensen-nm5sf]

When I was in my 20's, I could take down a full breakfast. I'm 54, now.

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

I made english breakfast few days ago. I added some Spinach.

[@DWFood]

At least there was one vegetable in it

[@GiantCactuar]

@@DWFood Fried tomatoes would be more usual!

[@9MealsFromAnarchyUK]

Bubble n squeak on a breakfast, what a legend.

[@Beesa10]

Bubble and squeak? I haven't had that as part of an English breakfast before, sounds good though.

[@adrianfernand33s]

Find it's more common in London up in Manchester you never get that

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

delicious

[@DWFood]

Thank you 😋

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

@@DWFood I will go there next time I'm in London!

[@70rodal]

DELICIOUS!!! I WANT TO VISIT TERRY'S CAFE AND ORDER THE FULL BREAKFAST!!!!! SALUTATIONS FROM OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA!!!

[@manithangavalu7885]

Cholesterol laden breakfast! Terry looks like a mad scientist.

[@KeithDeley]

A true English fry up, two eggs, sausage tinned tomatoes, bacon, fried bread end of.

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

The way the mushrooms and eggs are fried makes me cry, the oil is way to cold.

[@ukaszhabdas9950]

how they can do it any way..... deep fry mushrooms and eggs...

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Some people don't like fried food or eggs. Cause it's unhealthy. Why do some people assume people do?

[@seantynan1]

The best breakfast! Not unique to England though, you can find variations of this in all of the related countries: Ireland, Wales, Scotland. Ulster (Northern Ireland) too has fried breads to add to the greasy delight!

[@kalingtamut8008]

Yum

[@williamellis-xd1rm]

Beans with breakfast...I can dig it. I'd like something minus the tomato sauce...like some black eyed peas.

[@mylifemyruless4279]

Love from India ❤

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

Let's add some seaweed and salt seasonings to make it delicious

[@toaster1971]

After eating something like that, I'd be looking for a nap..zzzzzzzz

[@DWFood]

See any British household on Sunday morning

[@stuarthunter7559]

Come to Yorkshire for a proper breakfast. Might frighten with the calories but it's full of goodness and you won't need lunch

[@Gothiczartan]

I had made myself a big breakfast like that before add everything that I see except for black pudding.

[@docrex1678]

Try making a few hundred dosas, idli / vadas and a thousand coffees every morning in Southern India!

[@DaleHubbard]

No fried slice? Another egg also, please!

[@BarisPalabiyik]

Apart from beans and black pudding, it's actually sounds pretty neat. Sometimes they put, hashbrowns and toasts on the side too.

[@IslamBenfifi]

It is neat especially because of beans and black pudding

[@gibaksh]

Honestly, how can u consider this as even breakfast? Come to India and experience what's breakfast means

[@bigboiganiga8356]

@@gibaksh I am kind of Indian and we eat rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Different curry tho.

[@MULLAFC]

Beans and black pudding the best part!

[@philauguste7310]

hash browns need to be eradicated from the Full English Breakfast

[@Lofarl]

Jesse Plemons can knock out a decent fry up.

[@gabrielmoreno9455]

Não sei como alguém consegue mandar tudo isso pra dentro às 6 da manhã, é algo que eu nunca vou entender.

[@georginashanti4605]

Simple, yummy & delicious! I don't know what it is about British food, it appeals to me. Maybe because it's like comfort food.

[@demandcollect]

swap out bubble and squeak and black pudding for toast and hash browns

[@NedLudd717]

I'm guessing the bubble and squeak is more authentic than hash browns then

[@parthasur6018]

I would skip the baked beans and the bubble and squeak when I used to eat this at our local cafe in London. This time I was shocked to find that they added hash browns! I politely refused the fried potatoes.

[@seantynan1]

No hash browns!! Only potato bread (farls) are slightly acceptable. But we do have toast (with proper butter) and plenty of tea.

[@jc-tu6pg]

Gormdon Romsey

[@DonFranito69]

Where is your potato bread & hash brown geezer? I'm coming to see you geez#

[@jgalt155]

This is the kind of stodge that keeps heart surgeons in a job.

[@tshampoo7762]

Love black pudding but why fry the egg like that?

[@ahmedm.h.ibrahim1768]

So, toast is not part of the Full English? I mean, Bubble and Squeak sounds nice, but I think I'd prefer toast myself.

[@alexvikendi1768]

When you need that Gordon Ramsey but you are on a budget

[@eliespinoza9920]

Oh no baby! You eat that and it’s likely to come out the other end the same way it went in! 😂😂😂

[@clundgeweep]

Bubble and squeak? Smoked bacon? Give your ‘ed a wobble Tezza!

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

And the Italian breakfast is a coffee and a brioche.

[@invisible.fatman]

The shart?

[@Bungle2010]

Shard.

[@BlueMax333]

Restaurants and cafes do not serve them. So have to cook it yourself Full English Breakfast 1. Eggs, fried with runny yokes, 2 2. Back Bacon Rashes, 2 3. Sausages, 2, Lincolnshire/Cumberland 4. Black Pudding 5. Mushrooms, Flat (Portabella) 6. Grilled Tomatoes 7. Heinz Baked Beans 8. Hash Brown 9. Bubble and Squeak (potatoes and cabbage) 10. Fried Bread 11. Fresh Orange Juice 12 Toast, Butter, Jam /Marmalade 13. Pot of Earl Grey Tea 14. Pepper, Salt, Tomato sauce and HP Brown sauce 15. Selection of Newspapers

[@enzoma7253]

it's very strange to me to get served canned food when u go out for a meal.

[@IslamBenfifi]

You won't like tapas in Spain too much then lol

[@johncarlosahagun4065]

san marzano tomatoes are canned 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ValerioBettini]

@@johncarlosahagun4065 you use them for cooking, you don't just serve out of the can on the plate

[@donq2957]

American style baked beans taste pretty good out of a can. Coooked just right.

[@seantynan1]

You must understand baked beans. They are essentially from the can. Anything else is just not the same!

[@TheLuc224]

He looks like Gordon ramseys long lost older brother

[@donq2957]

Baked beans were introduced from America to the British diet. Otherwise they would have used smoked eel before the war.

[@arthursannazzaro866]

There's no reason to use that amout of oil to fry an egg.

[@Sycokay]

Looks absolutely delicious from a German point of view. But...why on earth do you eat at that in the morning? If I would do that, I could go straight back to bed. Happy, for sure, but unable to work.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Make a smaller portion and not fried. I think that big size in any food is too much.

[@devanman7920]

As a man born in England and grew up in the south of Ireland I can tell you this....the Ulster fry is superior!!

[@nickmail7604]

One sausage, one egg, no fried bread, tight arse breakfast thats what this is.

[@thetigerfelix279]

0:28 Baikd bains

[@piggypoo]

I've never heard of an egg poached in oil before....😶

[@zink77]

Bro the baked beans. Can't be heinz

[@saligut]

I eat 6 eggs for breakfast. 300g potatoes lot of bacon and a rice bowl. Swiss style yo

[@saligut]

And a beer . Sometimes.

[@saligut]

Or whisky. Just a little then work it out

[@LePierrackOfficiel]

why no subtitles ? at least german subtitiles because it's Deutsche Welle isn't it ?

[@justk2575]

The best time to come and have breakfast is in the morning you say?! Hmmm I suppose the best time to come for dinner is in the night then…

[@rodjones117]

Many English cafes serve the full breakfast all day.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

He meant to say it's best to have stereotypical breakfast foods, like eggs, in the morning. Tho I don't care about breakfast social constructs. Different cultures are different too.

[@gloriawheatley-holder7080]

The Full Monty

[@bearclaus2676]

Every english breakfast ive seen, doesnt slow cook and simmer down those beans. I add a knob of butter and cook on a slow simmer, as though the pot is on the edge of a campfire. Until the beans have amalgamated and enriched into the sauce. Its the only way.

[@seantynan1]

I fully agree. Some monster heat up their beans in a microwave even...

[@user-gn9mx3mb7k]

This guy looks like a cross between Gordon Ramsay and David Lynch

[@simonsimon325]

comments section is rammed with chips on shoulders.

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

มีแรงกดดันในชีวิตหลายอย่างตลอด 2 ปี

[@marcobaek1378]

Gordon Ramsay's lost sibling Ramdon Gorsay

[@FRESHNESSSSSS]

Freddy needs to brown his sausages all the way round, not just do half of it

[@robbiemasters1]

He looks like a cross between Gordon Ramsey and Simon Weston!!!!

[@clyneheretic]

Very nice - but baked beans are NOT part of an English breakfast; they were introduced in transport cafés in the early 1980s. And where's the fried bread?

[@b172ddm2]

Gordon ramsays twin🤔😂

[@DWFood]

Some have said Gordon Ramsay from Wish

[@philauguste7310]

where's the fried slice and a cup of splosh ?

[@DWFood]

Certainly hanging around somewhere :)

[@jean-pierre4369]

Well this explains why my old english colleagues would fart all day long....

[@theredbar-cross8515]

That's enough to feed 4 Indian families for a month.

[@SandeepSingh-or7jr]

Old sea travellers... bread, potato and liquor

[@johnbirch7639]

What a pity, NO FRIED BREAD

[@mintcake2668]

This is the most British person I've ever seen.

[@DWFood]

Bahaha... if only there was an award for that!

[@Matt86172]

Looks like Gordon Ramsey's "slower" younger brother

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Vile!

[@andyleighton6969]

Beaker from the Muppets!

[@darkiftekhar7478]

No toast😂😂😂

[@uryen921]

From some angle, he looks like Gordon Ramsey 😂

[@mixedhairless]

I have a banana blueberries tea and a couple of bites of kimchi and I’m full .. 🤯

[@ajconstantine3593]

He’s what Ramsay would call “a plonker.” 😅🤷‍♂️

[@OshinAttari]

You opened a Restaurant for Beans and Potetos ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@DWFood]

British cuisine pal 😁

[@gibaksh]

If it was in India nobody would have visited this restaurant ..

[@celtibero6214]

@@gibaksh India, the most hygienic country in the world!🤣 That´s why...

[@gibaksh]

what I meant is that how you called this a recipe? Come to Kerala and experience different varieties of food

[@celtibero6214]

@@gibaksh No thanks. I had a very bad experience in India with my girlfriend. Spain, Portugal, Italy or Greece are great options for me...

[@3a146]

封面太黑暗了

[@devroombagchus7460]

I missed the extra high cholesterol sauces.