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A full breakfast, or fry-up, is a substantial cooked breakfast meal often made in Great Britain and Ireland. Depending on the region where it is served, a full breakfast or one of its variants may also be called a full English, full Scottish, full Welsh, or full Irish fry-up, or an Ulster fry, and other variants are made elsewhere.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1861 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountThe full breakfast as a fixed named dish is first attested in Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management, published 1861, during the Victorian era; earlier fried-egg-and-bacon breakfasts existed but the fixed full-breakfast menu dates to this cookbook.
Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account
Great Britain and Ireland 1
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In Cuisine

British Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Bacon, Ingredients
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
Bread, Ingredients
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
Mushroom, Ingredients
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
Sausage, Ingredients
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
Tomato, Ingredients
Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
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Ireland

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United Kingdom

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Source Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)tier 3
Sources
1. Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    A full breakfast or fry-up is a substantial cooked breakfast meal often made in Great Britain and Ireland.
  • History section
    Cookbooks were important in the fixing of the ingredients of a full breakfast during this time, and the full breakfast appeared in the best-selling Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861).
  • In Cuisine: British Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Uses Ingredient: Mushroom, Lead paragraph
    The typical ingredients of a full breakfast are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast.
  • Uses Ingredient: Sausage, Lead paragraph
    The typical ingredients of a full breakfast are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast.
  • Uses Ingredient: Tomato, Lead paragraph
    The typical ingredients of a full breakfast are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast.
  • Uses Ingredient: Bread, Lead paragraph
    The typical ingredients of a full breakfast are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast.
  • Uses Ingredient: Bacon, Lead paragraph
    The typical ingredients of a full breakfast are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast.
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