Not really. In fact I was generalising. I know that there are Brits who eat healthily and these heavy breakfasts are often more associated with the working classes who do more manual type work and where they might be exposed to the elements. Jamie Oliver used to be very popular here and all the aunties think he's very cute. I remember having to watch his school canteen series in the mid 2000s as part of one class or other. Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay appeal to more niche groups. Through (English) lit and film studies (Billy Elliott, Full Monty, Trainspotting, etc) I was also exposed to a lot of British cultural norms (historical and contemporary). Last year I was trying very hard to place Fountainhall because he reminded me of somebody and it finally occurred to me that he was the spitting image of Mrs Bucket both in size and pomposity. Of course there are thousands of Brit and other farangs working in my country in various sectors and you do get to know them socially. Just last week I took my grandma for a check up at our local hospital and one of the pharmacists was a young-ish British woman. My grandma was trying to explain to her that she was born during British Malaya and sang God Save the King as a little girl but I don't think the pharmacist understood her - many of these farangs are quite thick and have very little general knowledge outside of the world they grew up in. But you know what? She said my grandma's knowledge of history was truly astounding!
Something changes in the body around age 30. Some around-or-over-30-year-olds look good, but when I touch them there is a feeling that I can only describe as "the flesh is not firm". Has nothing to do with body shape. As my sexual attraction lies in the 18-25 years age range, I rarely get these "the flesh is not firm", but I clearly remember two cases: a 28 (?) year old mixed Burmese-Chinese, and a 41 (!!!) year old Thai. The Thai appears in the show in Macho Sauna, and I touched him many times, and while by looks I would date him, once I touch the attraction is gone.
Cooked breakfasts died out in the UK forty years ago. The only time we eat them is in hotels.
arsenal (December 10th, 2018)
"The fruits of peace and tranquility... are the greatest goods... while those of its opposite, strife, are unbearable evils. Hence we ought to wish for peace, to seek it if we do not already have it, to conserve it once it is attained, and to repel with all our strength the strife which is opposed to it. To this end individual[s]... and in even greater degree groups and communities are obliged to help one another... from the bond or law of human society." [Marsilio dei Mainardini (c.1275-1342), Defensor Pacis]
arsenal (December 10th, 2018), Brad the Impala (December 11th, 2018)
??? Then I fear you may be cooking it incorrectly ?
SO, a bit like the lightbulb question - so, how many "pots and pans' does it take to make a good cooked breakfast !? The answer surely is "just one" - and that's simply one frying pan !
Surely that's half the point of a "fry" ( or a grill if you're trying to be half healthy I guess but that sort of defeats the purpose in my book assuming you're not eating a cooked breakfast every morning.
So, surely, everything goes into one pan, easy, simple and quick - and ok you "might" pop stuff on to a dish and pop that in to the oven just to keep some ingredients warm while other stuff is cooking but if you're good you can knock it all together in one go.
Well that is unless I've been doing it wrong all these years......mind you according to Oliver as it's apparently been 40 years since I last had to bother ( last Sunday actually) maybe it's not all my fault after all that I forget :-) But hey let's face it Novelle cuisine it is not - and nor is it meant to be. Viva la (Ulster) Fry - beans discretionary as to your politics ( i.e English or Irish and whether or not you like beans basically ! Being from N.ireland the answer for me should be "no beans" - but screw that, I sold out my birthright years ago and am now a "just a few ( a lot) on the side of the plate please" kinda guy !
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Yes. I agree, it's a one pan number so whatever Marsilius is doing it isn't correct or efficient.
Sausages and black pudding first, then the bacon and all three to the side of the pan. Potatoes and tomatoes next, they don't take long and again, to the side of the pan. Heat it up a bit and cook the mushrooms then move them to the side of the pan. A little more oil and in go the two fried eggs with loads of freshly ground black pepper. The beans go in the microwave and the toast goes in anytime. Presto. A full English in about 20 minutes.
Or get on your motorbike and go to Deli Diner or The Pirate Bay if in Pattaya.