hogso Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 My favourite breakfast batch consists of; 2x Sausage 2x Hash Brown 1x Egg Decent portion of tinned tomatoes No sauce Butter Yeah, it's a big batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, sidcow said: You shouldn't have to look hard for good bread. That's a problem in itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, hogso said: My favourite breakfast batch consists of; 2x Sausage 2x Hash Brown 1x Egg Decent portion of tinned tomatoes No sauce Butter Yeah, it's a big batch Missed off the 2 best ingredients! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Just now, villa4europe said: Missed off the 2 best ingredients! If it's on offer I'd take a slice of black pud. I feel like bacon is overkill; double sausage is sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2022 You're not really getting the full glory of a hash brown on a sandwich covered in wet ingredients are you? McMuffin in one hand, hash brown in the other, grease dripping down both arms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 39 minutes ago, BOF said: My experience of England is that your bread is generally terrible. It's like you don't even like bread over there. Like how Americans don't generally do proper cheese. The vast vast majority of the bread available in your shops is the run of the mill long life sliced pan, and even those ones you've got are shit. I agree with you that the thick crusty is a different meal, but I'm now beginning to think when talking bread with an English person we're probably not even talking like for like, and the things you guys do, or do not do, to your bread is heavily influenced by what you're working with to begin with. I sympathise with your plight. I've got 2 stories on this My brothers in law in Germany work for the factory that make the bags for Warburtons (and tesco carrier bags) when they first met me they asked me to take a photo of the bread aisle in an English supermarket because no one at their factory could believe what we were doing with all the bags, how could we possibly eat so much plain sliced bread (which they call toast brot because its only good for toasting and is generally looked down on) Years back when I worked at a cookie factory I spent some time in tesco working with them and their ovens because all of their "fresh" bakery products actually get delivered frozen and then are either thaw and serve (donuts) baked in store (cookies) or part baked and finished off in store (bread) not to sound too harsh on the "bakers" in the store but they were a mixture of lazy, didn't really know what they're doing and had no time, the big ovens they have come with settings for each product, a certain type of bread has a certain code and the computer on the oven does the rest for them... But they don't use it, they will put different products in together, they will play with temperatures and times thinking even 2 mins or 10° makes no difference but it makes a huge difference Basically we have mass production problems The sainsburys in kiddy you could build a house with their crusty bread, mentioned it before we had a spring test at the factory, that means that with a proper crusty loaf of bread you should be able to squeeze the middle and it springs back to where it was, do that in sainsburys and it doesn't spring back it has a hole in the top of the crust where you've broken it 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, hogso said: If it's on offer I'd take a slice of black pud. I feel like bacon is overkill; double sausage is sufficient. Butchers black pudding, black pudding can swing between the best ingredient or the worst depending on where you get it from I'd take bacon over sausage personally and I can happily eat the cheapest nastiest bacon going, sausage again I'm leaning towards better quality to enjoy them Recently had some black pudding sausages from sainsburys, think they were own brand, got them trying to be posh... Two bites and binned them, horrible things edit - these are the offenders absolutely disgusting Edited May 13, 2022 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Butchers black pudding, black pudding can swing between the best ingredient or the worst depending on where you get it from I'd take bacon over sausage personally and I can happily eat the cheapest nastiest bacon going, sausage again I'm leaning towards better quality to enjoy them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, hogso said: My favourite breakfast batch consists of; 2x Sausage 2x Hash Brown 1x Egg Decent portion of tinned tomatoes No sauce Butter Yeah, it's a big batch What's the story with tinned tomatoes for breakfast? They are an ingredient, not something to be eaten on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Rds1983 said: What about gravy on a sausage sandwich? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 41 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Butchers black pudding, black pudding can swing between the best ingredient or the worst depending on where you get it from I'd take bacon over sausage personally and I can happily eat the cheapest nastiest bacon going, sausage again I'm leaning towards better quality to enjoy them Recently had some black pudding sausages from sainsburys, think they were own brand, got them trying to be posh... Two bites and binned them, horrible things edit - these are the offenders absolutely disgusting serves you right for buying something with Apple in them 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said: What's the story with tinned tomatoes for breakfast? They are an ingredient, not something to be eaten on their own. If you have fried bread, tinned tomatoes for me are the best wet accompaniment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said: What's the story with tinned tomatoes for breakfast? They are an ingredient, not something to be eaten on their own. Yeah, an ingredient of my breakfast batch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said: What's the story with tinned tomatoes for breakfast? They are an ingredient, not something to be eaten on their own. Mrs Sidcow always has tinned tomatoes on a cooked breakfast, she also doesn't like beans though (this is her replacement) so her opinion is pretty much null and void really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 If you’ve not got time for the cooking of sausage / bacon etc does anyone have the egg banjo ? One of my favourites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, sidcow said: Mrs Sidcow always has tinned tomatoes on a cooked breakfast, she also doesn't like beans though (this is her replacement) so her opinion is pretty much null and void really. Both are optional extras and should not be considered an essential item Anything outside of bacon, sausage and fried egg is an optional extra. It's not a fried breakfast without the triumvirate intact on the plate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2022 Eggy bread is utterly essential for me. Everyday fried bread is no substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted May 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Recently had some black pudding sausages from sainsburys, think they were own brand, got them trying to be posh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 bacon, beans, hash browns, tinned tomatos, sausage, and a slice or two of ( diagonally cut ) fried bread. That's all the good ones and none of the shite ( mushrooms, black pudding etc ). I can tolerate the odd egg but it is not actively encouraged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 For me it's bacon beans and toast, that's the start of a meal and I build out from there when I get greedy Hash Browns are the biggest problem because I like them there for texture so super crispy and most of the time I can't be bothered to wait for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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