Questions you always wanted to ask

**Migflanker** · 13-Aug-2008, 12:21 PM

Ok, this thread is for all those (travel related

) questions you always wondered about but never had the nerve to ask. Since there are people from all over the world on this board, chances are someone will be able to answer even the most obscure question. So lets go, ask that question--What have you always wondered about?

1. Is the typical English breakfast really fried eggs, sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans as English hotels and B&B's would have us believe? I always thought baked beans to be a little time consuming to fix, not to mention a little heavy for breakfast.

Anyone?'

Edited post because 'obsure' wasn't exactly the word I wanted.

**29palms** · 13-Aug-2008, 02:35 PM

I never had baked beans in England for breakfast. I never had BOSTON BAKED BEANS for breakfast in Boston. Nor do I remember having it in Boston anytime. I suppose its up to you what you want to eat. Come to think of it. I don't remember much of breakfast in England/Scotland. I remember eating alot of meat pies, cod, beaf and potatoes. Never any beans, grilled tomatoes.
Place that likes beans for breakfast is places like Nicaragua and Costa Rica. GALLO PINTO. Rice and beans, eggs, sausage, cheese, juice, coffee and toast. Lots of little things that add up. Heavy yes, but delicious.

**Migflanker** · 13-Aug-2008, 04:08 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (29Palms @ Aug 13 2008, 12:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I never had baked beans in England for breakfast. I never had BOSTON BAKED BEANS for breakfast in Boston. Nor do I remember having it in Boston anytime.[/b]

My London hotel served what they called a "typical English breakfast" (sausages, grilled tomatoes, baked beans etc) every morning. After the first day I passed on the beans

I've never had Boston baked beans in Boston either, although I have "ran a Boston- (bid whist) and had a very nice slice of Boston Creme pie there. I've also had some very nice Memphis ribs in Nawlins, but that's another story.

**mrs767er** · 13-Aug-2008, 04:27 PM

I spent a lot of time in England when I was a young woman in love with abloke from Portsmouth and never did I have beans on a breakfast plate anywhere. Just those greasy eggs, fried bread (greasier--not buttery) and those nasty broiled squishy tomahtoes and the shrooms (I never understood how anyone could make a mushroom into dark things that looked like turds). I must say the yolks were the loveliest color of yellow-orange I'd ever seen and once you wiped all the fat off them, they tasted YUMMY. Oh, yeah, don't get me started about the sausages--what WERE they thinking when they extruded some of those meats into casings? Blood sausage--that's another one. Oh dear...

**Migflanker** · 13-Aug-2008, 04:57 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mrs767er @ Aug 13 2008, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I spent a lot of time in England when I was a young woman in love with abloke from Portsmouth and never did I have beans on a breakfast plate anywhere. Just those greasy eggs, fried bread (greasier--not buttery) and those nasty broiled squishy tomahtoes and the shrooms (I never understood how anyone could make a mushroom into dark things that looked like turds).[/b]

I' d forgotten about the fried bread. M767 I've got to go along with you about "English mushrooms" they aren't the most appetizing dish I've ever seen; at the time I thought it was just the way the chef at the hotel was preparing them....maybe not.

So if you've spend a lot of time in England and never had baked beans for breakfast, I'm thinking this whole beans for breakfast thing might be some elaborate hoax put on by the hotels for the tourists.

OK BRITSKI99...Paul, do you eat beans for breakfast?

**29palms** · 13-Aug-2008, 05:45 PM

From what I'm hearing here, I don't think I'd want to do English breakfast in England. I think I would pass on the breakfast and head on over to WHIMPY'S for a burger.
I had APACHE FRIED BREAD at the Inn of the Mountain Gods casino in Mescalero country near Ruidoso a week ago. Kind of like having a SOPAPILLA but thicker.
One thing I remember eating in England was KEBOBS.

**BRITSKI99** · 15-Aug-2008, 07:31 AM

Too right I do .... well OK not every day as a full English takes time to lovingly prepare .. but often on a Sunday as its a great start to the day.

Time for a bit of cultural enlightenment ..

The Full English Breakfast consists of sausage ( proper fat sausage not those thin chipolata things ), bacon ( thats decent bacon with a good amount of meat on it and a little fat .. not the streaky bacon that unfortunately frequents most buffet breakfasts in the US

). fried eggs ( sunny side up ... complete with a touch of salmonella

), grilled tomato ( need to have one of your five-a-day veggies

), mushroom ( although I personally don't have mushroom I have a reaction to them ), baked beans ( these are British type of canned baked beans in a tomato sauce as opposed to refried beans or similar ) and of course a couple of rounds of fried bread ( absorbs all the fat and juices in the pan created by frying the other ingredients and makes the washing up easier

).
These should be sparingly accompanied by Tomato and Brown sauce.

There are some regional variations on this... in t' north of England you may also find Black Pudding as part of the Full English and in Scotland you may find a wee haggis appearing on your plate.

P.S.
In respect of the aforementioned Kebab ... this is normally procured from a late-opening take-away when the munchies attack after an evening out partaking of alcoholic beverages .... normally as a speedy alternative to a sit down curry

**29palms** · 15-Aug-2008, 08:32 AM

You got me. You got it right. After a night out beer drinking WHITBREAD ALE in the local pubs, nothing like a KEBAB. I remember putting the tomato sauce or some sauce on the Kebab and watching the drippings splatter on the street as I shoved the Kebab down my throat.
I had WHITE PUDDING in Scotland. My ship was in KIRCALDY for about ten days. I especially enjoyed those FISH AND CHIPS that they put in these NEWSPAPERS to soak up the grease along with fries and a laced good with vinegar while waiting for my launch ride back to ship.
Can't forget the steak and kidney pies at the local taverns.

**imon32red** · 15-Aug-2008, 08:55 AM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BRITSKI99 @ Aug 15 2008, 05:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

The Full English Breakfast consists of sausage ( proper fat sausage not those thin chipolata things ), bacon ( thats decent bacon with a good amount of meat on it and a little fat .. not the streaky bacon that unfortunately frequents most buffet breakfasts in the US

). fried eggs ( sunny side up ... complete with a touch of salmonella

), grilled tomato ( need to have one of your five-a-day veggies

), mushroom ( although I personally don't have mushroom I have a reaction to them ), baked beans ( these are British type of canned baked beans in a tomato sauce as opposed to refried beans or similar ) and of course a couple of rounds of fried bread ( absorbs all the fat and juices in the pan created by frying the other ingredients and makes the washing up easier

).
These should be sparingly accompanied by Tomato and Brown sauce.[/b]

Paul, sounds wonderful, although I don't quite understand the tomato. Not that I don't like tomatoes, I just have a hard time envisioning to tomatoes on my breakfast plate, but it sounds worth a try. Next time I am in Europe I will stop by for Sunday breakfast because it sounds like one I could really go for. I don't want to try the low fat cafe version this sounds like it would only be good home cooked. As for the eggs <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BRITSKI99 @ Aug 15 2008, 05:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

fried eggs ( sunny side up ... complete with a touch of salmonella

[/b]

how else would you eat them. I have tried to convince my wife for years that the only way to eat eggs is sunny side up, not overcooked.

My dad comes from Hawaii and so I grew up with rice in every meal especially with a heavy breakfast. For breakfast take a couple scoops of rice and flatten it out a little on your plate. Then take 3 or 4 eggs sunny side up with some of the runny stuff uncooked on top and place it on top. Every meal comes with meat and breakfast is no exception. Either a pile of portuguese sausage or a pile of bacon will do nicely. You can substitute the rice for fried rice as well if you have it.

My personal favorite for the "salmonella sunny side up egg" is with a waffle. Take the waffle straight out of the iron and heavily coat it with butter. Then add two sunny side up eggs on top of the waffle and soak the whole thing with maple syrup.

**Migflanker** · 15-Aug-2008, 12:25 PM

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Aug 13 2008, 09:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

1. Is the typical English breakfast really fried eggs, sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans as English hotels and B&B's would have us believe?[/b]

Ok, assuming that Paul knows what he's talking about

, we will record the answer to question #1 as a yes! With the stipulations that a full "English breakfast" isn't an everyday thing and that Paul, because he has a "reaction" to them, doesn't have mushrooms with breakfast. Paul I have to say, I too had a reaction to the mushrooms served with my English breakfast.

I will also assume a full English breakfast is served with a nice cup of breakfast tea.

Ok, on to question 2
2. What is Hawaii's fixation with SPAM? How much do Hawaiians love spam you may ask..... well Spam is served in McDonald's & Burger King and you can get Spam sushi at 7-11 (oh yeah) So I32red, do you have a clue...anyone?

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