Gary wrote:

> On 4/21/2021 10:32 AM, Janet wrote:
> > In article >, says...
> > >
> > > On 4/20/2021 6:28 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > That is a lot more than I eat for breakfast, but it is nothing
> > > > compared to a full English breakfast. Take that plate of bacon,
> > > > eggs and fried potatoes and add some baked beans, breakfast
> > > > sausage, blood sausage and toast.
> > >
> > > Don't forget the toast should be pan fried in a little bacon
> > > grease.
> > >
> > > I have a friend that grew up in Manchester and asked him about the
> > > "english breakfast" several years ago.
> > >
> > > He gave me a list of the food but added that it's more of a diner
> > > breakfast, not something that most people made at home.
> >
> > I'd never eat it in "diners" ( UK cafes) because their quality of
> > "all day breakfasts" is generally cheap ingredients badly cooked a
> > while ago and kept warm.
> >
> >
> > We occasionally cook and eat a full British breakfast at home;
> > usually at the weekend.
> >
> > It's also served in many UK hotels and guest houses. Quality
> > places to stay are judged and advertised on the excellence of the
> > cooked breakfast; we pick places to stay based on its breakfast
> > reputation because we are going to eat it. One of the joys of being
> > on holiday, freshly cooked to order from top-notch ingredients.
>
> A friend and his wife were in Ireland a couple of years ago. They
> stayed in a B&B. He took this pic of an Irish breakfast he had one
> morning.
>
> There might have been other items offered but this is what he chose
> for his plate:
>
> https://www.hostpic.org/images/2104221551350111.jpg

Now you know why Irish people are short and podgy. The shortest and
podgiest ones are from the Duffy tribe

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