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.
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Origin Period, From (Year)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 accountGreat Britain and Ireland 1 Sources
1. Full Breakfast (Wikipedia)
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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).
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