吃飽喝足的英式早餐 Have you tried the famous "English breakfast"?

不知道大家有沒有享用過所謂的「英式早餐」呢？
相信來過英國的旅客們對於炸魚薯條、英式早餐以及英式下午茶絕對不陌生！
但是正統的英式早餐又究竟包含了哪些要素呢？

Have you ever tried the so called "English breakfast"?
I believe most of the tourists who had visited UK must be familiar with Fish 'n Chips, English breakfast and English tea time!
But what does a real English breakfast include?

英式早餐主要風行於英國與愛爾蘭，許多酒吧甚至提供全天候的英式早餐。
正統的英式早餐又被稱為全套英式早餐(Full English breakfast)，
也會簡稱為全套英式(Full English)！
所以下次民宿老闆問你要不要全套英式時，可得記住他是在問你早餐菜色喔！

English breakfast is majorly popular in Britain und Ireland, many pubs even provide English breakfast all day long.
Traditional English breakfast is also called "Full English breakfast" and "Full English",
so next time if you're asked if you want a full English, don't forget it's all about what you are going to have to break your fast!

一份完整的英式早餐中包含以下幾種食材：
油煎培根
炒、波奇、或滑蛋
烤蕃茄
油煎蘑菇
奶油吐司
香腸
茄汁焗豆
若是老闆再大方一點，還有可能再加上血腸與薯餅！

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A complete English breakfast includes:
Fried bacon,
fried, poached or scrambled eggs,
grilled tomato,
fried mushroom,
toast with butter,
sausages,
baked beans.
And if the host's absolutely generous, you will probably also get black pudding and hash browns!

看到上面提到的所有食物，是不是就覺得胃口大開了呢？
通常英式早餐會搭配熱茶，如英式早餐茶，近年來也為了符合大眾口味，也可以選擇搭配咖啡喔！
（茶點部分之後也會在網誌上另做文章討論。）
由於上述食材幾乎都經過油煎處理，全套英式早餐也被口語戲稱為「油煎餐」(Fry-Up)......
（少女們請注意，一餐吃下來熱量真的不低啊！）

After reading all these foods above, aren't you getting starve already?
Usually hot tea comes along, like English breakfast tea. Recently, in order to suit everybody's taste, a cup of coffee is also an option!
(About English tea, there'll be another article to discuss it.)
Because most of materials above are fried, so the English breakfast is also called "Fry-Up"...
(Attention! A full English provides more than average calories...)

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如同台灣有南部粽與北部粽，英國的各個區域也延伸出了不同的英式早餐變體：
愛爾蘭早餐中多了白豬肉香腸與蘇打麵包的選項；
蘇格蘭早餐中由麥餅代替了白吐司、多了以絞肉與麵包塊做的方形香腸還有馬鈴薯司康；
威爾斯早餐多了蛤蠣、海帶麥泥和威爾斯香腸，且近年來更風行加上煙燻煎魚！

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Like we have southern ZongZi (A traditional taiwanese food) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongzi) and northern ZongZi in Taiwan. Some areas in UK also developed their own English breakfast:
Irish breakfast adds white pudding and soda bread;
Scottish breakfast substitutes white toast with oatcakes, adds Lorne sausages and tattie scones;
Welsh breakfast adds cockles, laverbread and Welsh sausages, recently it's also popular to serve with smoked fish!

與傳統歐陸早餐多為輕食大異其趣，也是英式早餐特別吸引旅客注意的原因之一。
英式早餐在準備上難度並不高，所有的食材都可以在超市購買到。
只是若是第一次實作、不夠熟練的話，可能會發現爐子不夠使用或是將食材烤焦的情形......
所謂熟能生巧，別忘了在下次想給親愛的一份早餐驚喜前，先試做過幾次喔！

Comparing to the continent breakfast, English breakfast does have its unique selling proposition.
It's quite easy to prepare a full English, and all materials are available in supermarkets.
Only if it's your first time to try it, there might some situations like lack of stoves or burning your food....
People say: Practice makes perfect. Don't forget to practice a little bit, before you offer a breakfast surprise to your loved one!

p.s. Mäxchen今早才做了英式早餐、沏了壺英式早餐茶，並配上新一季的唐頓莊園當早點呢！

p.s. Mäxchen just made himself a full English with a pot of English breakfast tea this morning, and enjoyed the newest season of Downton Abbey!

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