A full breakfast is a substantial breakfast meal, usually consisting of bacon, sausages and eggs, often served with a variety of side dishes and a beverage such as coffee or tea. It is especially popular in the UK and Ireland and in British-influenced cultures including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is sometimes referred to as an English breakfast or a full English.
The phrase "full breakfast" is used to differentiate it from the European continental breakfast traditionally consisting of tea, milk or coffee and fruit juices with croissants or pastries. The meal is regarded as a staple of traditional English cuisine; W. Somerset Maugham stated, "To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a day." Many British cafés and pubs serve the meal at any time as an "all-day breakfast". Other common names for the dish include bacon and eggs, or the fry-up. Variants include the full English, full Scottish, full Welsh and full Irish breakfasts and the Ulster fry.
A variant of the full breakfast, the 'breakfast roll' or 'bacon roll' – consisting of elements of the full breakfast served in a French roll – has become more popular in recent times due to the fact it can be easily eaten on the way to school or work, similar to the breakfast burrito in the United States. As a result, the breakfast roll is available from many petrol stations and convenience stores throughout the UK and Ireland in the morning hours.
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