English Breakfast Part #2

[STEVE G]

Jaime wrote;
The Welsh version adds fried cockles and laverbread (a sticky seaweed mush somewhat like chopped spinach but thicker) which is rolled in oatmeal and fried into crisp patties.


Hi Jaime, I hope you made that bit up! I’m very partial to sea food, but I really cant think why you would want to ruin a perfectly good breakfast with it.
In the forces a full cooked breakfast was known as a “train crashâ€

[Jaime]

No I didn't make it up but it's an acquired taste! There would probably not be beans on the plate either.

I love it, especially the laverbread, which is quite filling and nothing like the Japanese stuff, although I think laver is related to Japanese nori. It is only laverbread after being rolled in oatmeal.

Here is a pic of some laverbread on toast (toast must be well buttered):

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/15dc9f/

This was the only pic of proper laverbread, rolled in oatmeal, that I could find. If you do a google image search there are quite a few photos that show it in it's sloppy raw state on breakfast plates. Those images demonstrate ignorance on the part of those who created them as it is not the traditional way to eat the stuff.

[DawnHRD]

I don't know if it's typical of Scotland, but my Granny (NE Scotland) would always give us potato scones instead of fried bread. Much nicer, flat scones with potato in them. YUM!

OK, serious question here; I love English Breakfasts, but I hate eggs! Can it be an FEB if you have the bacon, sausages, black pudding, beans, mushrooms, tomato, bread of whatever description & HP sauce & no eggs? Or am I a ... gasp! a shandy drinker???

This next part is not strictly breakfast, but is related to the Scottish fry-ups - does anybody know/like red & white puddings? C'mon Jockey, help me out..

Also, breakfast; Northern Scotland (not South of Aberdeen in my childhood, but not sure now) butter rolls. My absolute favourite! Does anybody else know what they are? Very difficult to describe

[STEVE G]

Jaime’s bizarre welsh seaweed thing, which actually looks better than it sounds, has reminded me that I haven’t had any Manx kippers for years.

[tuktukmike]

HHDRC

They also have white pudding in Crawfords.

To be honest i prefer it to black pudding.

Mike.

[Big Boy]

Jaime wrote:

Here is a pic of some laverbread on toast (toast must be well buttered):

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/15dc9f/

I think you've pointed us to the wrong picture - you've directed us to a picture of an old ashtray.

[Jaime]

It doesn't look pretty but then neither does scabbed up black pudding! The idea is to replace the traditional real cigarette ash that you used to find in the transport caf breakfasts. An eyelash on the plate edge is optional.

[Jaime]

Ooops - duplicate post.

[STEVE G]

I like the link above Jaime’s picture, which says “send photo to a friend.â€

[Janis]

Why are you looking for good english breakfast in Thailand - I don't understand people who go on holiday to another country then start looking for their own kind of food - try the local foods - the noodle soup is delicious either with duck or pork - also the rice with pork and egg is lovely -

[Big Boy]

Janis,

I don't know how much time you've spent in Thailand, but there are times when your body needs some home cooking. With a name like Janis, I'll assume your a lady, so I won't go in to too much detail. However, if you're really interested, look here http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/vi ... php?t=3361

Believe me, we all love a bit of the local cuisine, but our bodies often call for a rest. However, the Thai food you're talking about is quite mild.

[caller]

Janis - that view has been debated to death - go with the flow! . Personally, wherever I am, the thought of giving up a great bacon sarnie is just not a done thing.

On saying that, have had a few great Thai brekky's, like the fish place under Monkey Mountain, but upcpountry - hmm? Still have to face up to eating whole fried frogs next time I'm back at the wifes village, something I promised last time.

Jaime - laverbread is also popular the other side of the Severn estuary, so I guess that's another Welsh export - or import?

Dawn - I am allergic to egg! I order the full brekky without the egg please, and normally get extra bacon, even in Hua Hin. One of the big regrets of my life is missing out on the opportunity to dunk a bread soldier into a runnyish boiled egg and in LOS, the idea of topping some dishes off with a fried egg!!! So the answer, for me at least, is that you can have a full brekky without the egg!

[STEVE G]

Janis wrote;
-try the local foods –

Hi Janis, don’t worry, my normal breakfast in Hua Hin is curried squid or prawns on rice, it costs 25 baht down the end of the soi, and its excellent. As others have said, you just fancy a taste of home once in a while.

[Jaime]

[quote="STEVE G"]I like the link above Jaime’s picture, which says “send photo to a friend.â€

[Jaime]

Janis, I'd love to introduce you to the mother-in-law's breakfast. I guess you missed my favourite Thai dish further up the thread. Here it is again anyway:

http://photos.huahinafterdark.com/main. ... itemId=551

Bon apetite!

And Caller - the frogs are OK. But before you eat them you have to see how they are prepared - thrown alive into a pot of boiling water and the lid quickly shut. They are only in there for a few seconds then the lid comes off and they are there before you, all bloated and stiffly spreadeagled, bobbing belly-up on the simmering water. They are ladelled out, patted dry and stir fried into crispy bite sized morsels. It tastes better if you go through the whole process. Honest.

Me? I'll stick with the bacon... and laverbread when I can get it.