A proper breakfast

[Guest Wolfeymole]

This is what an English MAN eats for his breakfast.

 

It is however missing Fried Bread and Toast.

 

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn266/FPCH/english-breakfast-blackpudding.jpg

[DirtyPolo]

God you're making me hungry with that Bob!

 

STOP IT!

 

and I agree, need the fried bread and toast!

 

Get rid of that Black pudding and i'd eat that right out of the screen!

 

add in a few nicely cooked Hash browns and then you've got a breakfast fit for.. well me! :D

[Guest Wolfeymole]

For the unaware.

 

Black pudding or (less often) blood pudding is an English term for sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. It is also called blood sausage (first attested in 1868, perhaps influenced by German Blutwurst). Although "blood sausage" is often labeled as a North American term, it is also found in English (e.g., in the story "The Name-Day" by Saki). "Blood sausage" is also a useful term for similar blood-based solid foods around the world.

Pig or cattle blood is most often used; sheep and goat blood are used to a lesser extent. Blood from poultry, horses and other animals are used more rarely. Typical fillers include meat, fat, suet, bread, sweet potato, barley and oatmeal.

 

 

Enough to make you puke?

 

Trust me it's gorgeous.

[Plastic Nev]

I have to second that, and for me a black pudding can also be boiled for about ten minutes, then the skin should just peel off, a bit of good English mustard and it is even more gorgeous.

[DirtyPolo]

No thanks, I cant even think about it.

 

disgusting :)

[Goku]

Here is what a typical Indian breakfast might consist of.

 

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/photobyrobbwalsh.JPG

 

Though the menu is often larger than the one listed.

 

And I agree with Matt; I don't think I would be able to digest the black pudding now that I know how it is prepared.

 

-- Goku

[Dalo Harkin]

Black pudding is GROSS - its just blood and fat and thats just GRIM

[Plastic Nev]

Not that many years ago food was food, and it included things like tripe, (cow stomach lining) pigs trotters (pigs feet) and many other delights, all offally good stuff. You eat them cos it was all you could afford, no half pound steaks, or lamb chops, they were to expensive.

[BeeCeeBee]

I am looking for a way to hide a thread so only those who actually care can even see it.

 

Speaking of tripe, Nev, does it look worse than that black pudding? And what is that watery looking white stuff next to it? Please don't tell me those are potatoes!

[Plastic Nev]

It looks like a dollop of fried mashed spuds to me, though I could be wrong, prefer hash browns meself if your going for the spuds.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Well someone's made a hash of the fried egg in that pic so it may well be that it's an omelette of some description.

 

It could also be Rosti but that's not traditional.

 

It's the wrong colour for Bubble and Squeak.

 

Bubble and squeak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mara]

What happened to the fried tomatoes? Gotta have them for a proper English breakfast surely? :)

 

Oh gracious, that black pudding brings back memories of my sitting at the table for hours until I ate every bit of it from my plate - eek! Actually used to like it until seeing it made (ugh and eek!) - and now it's right up there with head-cheese and haggis - huge laugh!

 

Goku, what is the breakfast please? I recognize the pan bread, I think ... since we moved a few months ago, I can only dream of our favourite restaurant that served traditional East Indian food - loved it!

 

(To show you how much I miss it - the gentleman who built our house immigrated here from India and I was tempted to beg him to take us home for a meal - huge smile!).

[Guest Wolfeymole]

What's head cheese Mara?

 

I hope it's not similar to...........sorry I cannot be gross. :eek:

[Mara]

Oh dear, I am literally laughing aloud as I'm afraid it is pretty gross!

 

My mother used to have the largest pot humanly possible .. and into it went the washed head (yes, head of the pig) and often the feet too (without the actual hooves) with enough water to just cover it.

 

It was brought to a boil and then simmered for hours ... with subsequent 'scum' floating on top of the water and a very distinctive smell that used to make me want to run for cover!!

 

Then the mess would get drained and she'd pick through that gross stuff for the 'meat' ... mix it with spices and some other stuff ... and then press it into molds similar to bread pans. And yup, when it cooled, there'd be a coating of congealed fat coating the entire thing.

 

It was chilled and sliced and served as luncheon meat - or dod forbid to a kid, fried and served as a treat for dinner.

 

Feel free to gag, Wolfeymole, I surely used to!

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Goku's offerings however with regard to the 2 small bowls reminds me of something I might find in the cat litter tray and that's depending whether the cat has had a good day or a bad one.

 

Just kidding Goku mate. :D

[BeeCeeBee]

Can we move this entire thread, perhaps to some other forum, or maybe just convert to another language (preferably one that does not use an actual alphabet.)

 

Next can we take Wolfey's picture and convert it to audio only.

[DirtyPolo]

Yes, please do Barry!

 

Also, Goku, what is in that breakfast?

I have had it somewhere before but I cant remember whats in it :P

 

it's not too bad, to my very, "british" taste buds :)

 

Don't judge a book by it's cover Bob ;)

 

Kind of like that black pudding of yours :P ew :)

[Goku]

Well, basically the meal consists of a Roti, Chila, Chhole and Dal.

 

A Roti is something similar to a tortilla. It is made from dough and is eaten with most vegetables and Dal. It is quite tasteless if eaten alone but nutritious all the same.

 

Chila is another type of tortilla made from the dough of chickpea. The chickpea dough is made by powdering the chickpeas and then adding water to it. It can be eaten alone or with sauce or chutney as the diner prefers.

 

Chhole is a vegetable delicacy and is one of the most delicious dishes there is. It is very spicy and a personal favourite of mine.

 

Dal is some sort of water that is saturated in leguminous beans. It is usually accompanied by a Roti or two.

 

There are a wide varieties of Dal and vegetable delicacies available and trust me, they are all worth eating. Some of the simpler ones can be prepared at home too so I will post the recipe if anyone is in the mood of experimenting. :)

 

-- Goku

[Mara]

Would love it if you'd share some recipes of your favourite dishes, Goku - especially Chhole, please!

 

Oh dod, I just realized you said "tripe", Plastic Nev! Darn near brought me to tears just seeing the word and remembering thinking (and still believing) that cow tummy linings would simply never ever pass my lips again if I ever lived long enough to become an adult! (And I had my serious doubts after eating so much of the 'traditional English food' as a kid - huge laugh!).

 

Of course, my poor husband still has nightmares about the 'Spam' in a can that his mother used to serve them when he was a kid. I escaped that but how bad can it be compared to some of these other culinary 'delights'! :)

[RandyL]

Spam is just pork shoulder meat. Put a little mustard on it and it makes a great sandwich.

 

The Hawaians love it.

[Mara]

Oh Randy, I'm still laughing as I just read my husband your response to what 'Spam' is - and he's still looking green remembering "the mushy stuff squished together in a can that was globs of yellow solid fat stuck on it" - huge laugh!

[BeeCeeBee]

A far superior American alternative. Note the absence of blood pudding which has been banned by the FDA and declared to be subversive by the Department of Homeland Security as a terrorist weapon.

 

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn266/FPCH/breaky.png

[RandyL]

LOL Mara. Spam wasn't looked down at in war torn Europe once upon a time.

 

LOL bee. A fine plate. My arteries are clogging as I look. But that's what I eat.

[DirtyPolo]

LOL Barry, whats on that exactly?

 

and I see the only Nutritional LOOKING food there, [green] is the smallest part! :P

 

Rofl

 

I see the scrambled egg, sausages, bacon and the pancakes [or are they waffles? no idea what you call them] with syrup and whipped cream, but no idea what the rest is! :D

 

what weedy sausages you guys have!!

Now THESE are proper sausages!

 

Unfortunatly, these are not stocked in Yorkshire or Lancashire wolfey :P, or near me, so I have to go far and wide to get them! But it's worth it :P

Edited January 18, 2009 by DirtyPolo

[Plastic Nev]

Good old Spam eh. Now a dirty word on the internet LOL, but it is quite a reasonable canned food and also, the what I consider the the British equivalent, corned beef. great in a sandwich with salad, or sliced and fried with a breakfast etc.

Those sausages do look great Polo, however we do get an equivalent up here in both Lancashire and Yorkshire, that being the traditional Cumberland sausage. It also is large in diameter and filled with chunky meat. Lovely things.