Some people in the U.S. face the day with cereal or a bagel and coffee. When you discover the full English (Irish. Scot) breakfast you will understand how they can skip lunch and have tea around 4 p.m. This may look like a good deal of bad cholesterol, but it really is not.
Starting clockwise at 9:00 there are mushrooms. 11 and 12 are two eggs medium. At 1 you will see sausage (bangers) and then a strip of bacon which is more like ham or Canadian bacon than our version. At 6:00 there is an English muffin; there will be many kinds of jam on the table. Some places serve toast instead.
In the middle is white pudding. It is made from pork meat and fat, suet, bread and oatmeal formed into a patty or tube and then sliced. The patty to the right is black pudding, the same as white with the addition of blood. They are a little like the filling in haggis.
You fill this out with a side of fruit, tea or coffee, and you are ready for the day. Many times the cook will add a slice of tomato. The evening meal can be much lighter, although not necessarily.
It takes time to eat it and the day therefore does not begin in a rush. I especially like black pudding, but then I also like haggis.
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