The Full English

Two Pork and apple sausages, heinz beans, unsmoked bacon, french toast, a potato waffle, roast cherry tomatoes and a poached egg. (HP sauce on the side)

I have many versions of these and lets face it anything goes. I especially like haggis and black pudding but sainsbury's and waitrose denied me this time on both counts. 

I do have a list of rules though.

1. Always with beans. It's just not the same for me without them, and they must be heinz or you can get f**cked.

2. Brown sauce is also a must. HP is god but that tiptree  stuff is good too. 

3. Sausages should be of the upmost quality and pork. I want soft and moist banger type sausages not your dry european type (listen local gastro pub...listen!). Cook slowly and evenly and in the same pan as the bacon.

4. Bacon should be streaky and unsmoked. Cooked from a cold pan without oil. 

5. To enhance the flavour of the beans add them to the same pan as you cooked the bacon and sausage in and use them to deglaze all the pan bits.

6. French toast is better with french bread. 

7. Waffles are waffly versatile.

Comments

[IKavey]

Glad I'm not the only one who trots out the "waffly versatile" jingle everytime I talk about potato waffles (which, thankfully, isn't too often!)

But, untraditional though it is, I'd prefer chips to waffles myself. Or better still, home made hash browns/ rostis. Not the ready made triangular croquettes though, no no no.

Hmmm, agree that if there are beans, they must be heinz but actually, I'm a fan of tinned tomatoes, myself. I particularly like tinned cherry tomatoes or tinned plums.

Pork sausages have to be banger-style but good quality, yes. Had some fantastic paganum ones recently. Proper banger taste but lovely quality meat.

Bacon, agree on streaky, don't mind smoked or unsmoked.

Love black pudding though only rarely actually include it.

Personally, I like my eggs fried but poached is OK. As long as there's a soft runny yolk so scrambled eggs are out.

Eggy bread is nice but I tend to have that on it's own, not as part of a full breaky. For me it's got to be a slice of fried. If not, white toast, buttered or just white bread, buttered, will do.

And I'm a tomato ketchup girl, can't be doing with this HP nonsense!

:)

[thewaroncookbooks]

I'll forgive you for ketchup but tinned tomatoes?...so wrong.

I know what you mean about waffles and in culinary circles I'll get beaten up for this but there is something about waffles or things like alphabites that make them more breakfasty than even a great chip. That said the best way to have a waffle is just with some smoked salmon a little lemon juice and a crunch of pepper.

[Essex Eating]

Beans, Poached Egg, Bacon, Good Sausages (Got to be a Butchers sausage), Tomatoes - (big'uns halved and fried), Toast, fried mushrooms, english mustard...loads of pepper.

Must say, not sure about the waffles.

Sudden nostalgia trip, my Grandad used to be a big fan of fried leftover boiled potatoes - just remembered those, beautiful with a poached egg.

[twitter.com/sweagles]

I was all about Heinz beans, had been a loyal consumer for all my life. But have you not noticed a recent quality drop?

All to often too much thin sauce, moved over to branston, simply a superior baked bean.

[restaurantgroupie]

Amen :)

[Tristan]

Did you make this on thursday by anychance?!

[Maclauk]

Has to be smoked bacon and I'll not return to HP brown sauce after tasting the Stokes version.