A question for the English

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Now, as you all know, I have been obsessed with England for a while. However, I never thought about their food that much until I became obsessed with Russell Brand and actually Googled pictures of the foot that is the title of his song "Bangers, Beans and Mash".

Is that for real or is that a type of joke? I know I have seen pics of (I think) Tequilas food, and mentioned beans for breakfast but I honest to God thought it was a joke.

Yesterday my best friend came over to borrow some money and she's obsessed with him too and we listened to this song. We discussed their food (and their weather) for about an hour. We have a tentative wishful plan to go to London, lure him to a car and then steal him and bring him here so he sees good weather and can eat good food, especially breakfast. We are NOT going to do that, it's only a pipe dream. (In her case in more ways than one).

But do you all really eat that for breakfast? If so, why?

Here at my house on weekends I make a good breakfast and it's bacon, fried ham, redeye gravy, sweet milk gravy, biscuits, cooked apples, grits, scrambled eggs, canteloupe and sliced tomatoes.

My question, other than the above one, is that wierd to you all to have those things for breakfast? I know you don't have grits. My friend Maria from Manchester told me that and I was truly shocked and so I sent her several packages of grits with instructions on how to cook them and what and how to eat them with, and she got hooked. She loved them.

So what's food like over there? How much is fried? Do you normally eat biscuits or cornbread with the evening meal? Or white bread with butter? Whats the food like there? Does it have a taste?

I am not being ugly here, I really am curious and want to know so I'm asking.

Bangers mash n beans is a daytime meal. For fried English breakfast ask tequila. Beans and sausages can feature there bacon eggs etc

Well *I* don't eat breakfast full-stop.

The majority of people I would say have toast or cereal, but the classic English breakfast consists of things such as; fried sausage, bacon, black pudding, egg, mushrooms, tomato, toast, baked beans and maybe hash brown (personally I'd add fried liver to this too, but that's just me - and I'd have such a meal as a main dinner, not for breakfast) - I'd say not many people eat this often, not practical, cheap or healthy.

We have a lot of fried foods here, but obviously it's vastly different depending on who you're talking to.
No 'biscuits' or cornbread - perhaps white bread and butter.
Yes our food has taste, however largely our food is bland.

Tequila is the one to ask as he seems to be a bigger fan of traditional English grub than me

curry, Chinese, and whatever is knocking around. we ask questions later. of course i could be judging a country by my own standards ;)

Wow. English cuisine sounds so... unappetizing. This coming from a guy who sometimes eats French Fries (Chips) with gravy and cheese.

<--- Giving ten lashes to Olive Oil Mom because he didn't know she meant English as in British!

<--- Was fooled because he thought this thread applied to him since he does speak English.

<--- Still loves Olive Oil Mom, though.

Or if you live in Scotland, you would typically add potato scone and square sausage, I know I do

If you still love me, make it twenty lashes

I've heard of those, and that they were like potato pancakes, is that right?

Doesn't he post pics of his food sometimes, or is that someone else?

Pretty much, Its just mashed potato with butter and flour made into a dough then cooked. We don't tend to cook from scratch in this house so we usually just buy them. My family in Canada always take a bunch of them back home when they visit

The most popular main meals in the UK are Fish 'n Chips (i.e. French fries) or Indian or Chinese,but as it's a cosmopolitan country you'll
find all types of meals being eaten.For example there are now specialist Polish delicatessens and suchlike in some towns.
The most popular "Indian" meal of Chicken Tikka Massala was actually put together by a Bangladeshi chef in Glasgow,or possibly
Birmingham
Children (and a fair proportion of adults) probably like hamburgers and pizzas the best.
I don't think many people have the time or appetite to eat a full breakfast of sausage,bacon,eggs,beans etc (variously know as full English,Scottish or Irish breakfast depending on where you're having it,with slight variations). Cereals,toast or porridge are more the norm
at the start of the day.

Just wanted to point out that biscuits in the UK are what American's call cookies, and what Americans call biscuits, is a bit like a scone here, but it's a different texture.

The Parmo. A local delicacy for delicate locals.

Hello OliveOilMom,

I live in England and I love all foods, including English food. These days, food in Great Britain tends to be very multicultural with a range of different types of resturant or foods being sold in supermarkets. As well as English food, I enjoy Chinese (proper authentic that is as well as the food for western palates), Thai, Japanese, Indin, Polish, German, Spanish and Italian cuisine. However, I will attempt to outline typical English breakfasts for you:

Smaller breakfasts can be any of the following:

a bowl of cereals (with or without toast and butter on the side)
porridge on its own or with fruit or honey mixed in it - I like it with chopped apple or banana, pecan nuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon
toasted teacake, potato cakes, English muffins or toast with butter, jam, marmalade, peanut butter or any other spread of choice
a boiled egg with toast and butter (with the toast sometimes cut up into strips for dunking in the egg yolk and are called 'soldiers')
a fruit salad with yoghurt
a cereal bar (for if you are in a hurry).

A larger breakfast would be a full English 'fry-up' (unless like me you grill/broil most of your items). These can be personalised according to taste but usually consist of bacon, sausage, baked beans, fried tomato (which I hate), fried or scrambled eggs, toast, fried mushrooms, black pudding and hash browns. Being part Scottish, I sometimes like to have Lorne sausage (also known as square sausage) and some sliced haggis with my breakfast. However, with it being so fattening, I don't often have a 'fry-up'. Other breakfasts include beans on toast, cheese on toast or scrambled/poached/fried egg on toast, bacon or sausage sandwiches (or a combo of the two with a fried egg or mushrooms in) or just bacon with eggs.

Typical beverages to accompany any of the above breakfasts would be tea, coffee or pure fruit juice.

I think he does yes but I'm sure you could also google "English fried breakfast" to see a fry up