I suppose the tomatoes are intended to be sort of a concession to good health, meant to counter the heart-exploding powers of aaalllllllllll the other ingredients. 🤓
A friend of mine from Chelsea was kind enough to invite me to his restaurant and pub to watch England play in the World Cup and made us my first proper English breakfast. Epic. God bless you Michael!
now your cookin bro.....retired uk trucker......changing to organic lard instead of corn/sunflower/vegetable oils could be a better health choice, but it has its hassles in a modern kitchen......"when in doubt,clear ones mind with some LEMMY".......👍
Protip for visitors to the UK: Go to a cafe where you see workman wearing hi-vis equipment eating a full English if you're not sure where is a good place to get one.
Lorry drivers are also a major clue 👍 where I live in Devon or Devonshire to our American friends, you have to pull off the roads to find decent breakfast stops. Romany Jones truck stop in Kingsteignton breakfast so big it won't fit on the plate 😋😂and you can swap the potatoe rubbish for an extra egg or rasher of bacon 😋
Traditional old American farm breakfast was fried eggs over easy, a really spicy sausage patty or two, hashbrowns, toast and oatmeal. Glass of either milk, orange juice, tomato juice, tea or coffee. You likely had two of the drinks. Sometimes morrels but those were mostly for supper with deep fried fish fillets as well as asparragas as morrels and asparagas season were the same. Most canned type beans are bad these days. To sweet or more like tomato juice with a lot of sugar added. I have had left over home made Boston baked beans. A lean breakfast was two eggs a large helping of hashbrowns, toast and something to drink.
I love watching Darren McGrady cook. He explains everything so clearly and simply so you can cook it at home, and he gives a little bit of history. I am from the UK, living in Canada, so I like how Darren always gives the North American equivalent ingredient, so I know what to look for in the store, and still get a taste of home. Keep up the great videos Darren!
Idk why but any cooking show starring people from the UK seems so comforting and cozy compared to others. I love it! Whenever I watch Darren or The Great British Bake Off is feel so cozy and warm lol.
@@laurenbray8314 Surely you don't mean Gordon Ramsey, I know he was born in Scotland but was brought up in London. I can't stand him nor his faul language. Some people are glutton for punishment.
I’ll share my story. I had not eaten in about 42 hours after flying around and I landed in London. Heathrow airport to be exact. I had gotten in late and and I had no idea where to eat or what to get so I said to the man late that night just give me something you recommend. So he brought me a giant burger and hand made crisps and a giant soda. It was amazing and I slept great. Next morning I was at the same place and skimmed through the the breakfast menu and I saw the “Grand Breakfast” well, being an American in London, why not get the grand breakfast. I ordered and it blew my mind, I had no idea what it was or ever even heard of this. Well I was unsure but hungry. And dove right in and I can attest to the gentleman in the video. It is amazing. Never have I ever had something so spectacular in my life. It was better than the previous meal I had there and I’m sure it will be if I ever am fortunate to fly again to London, something I would stop and enjoy again. Loved the video and you answered so many questions I had. Like I just thought it was a hockey puck but now I know lol. Absolutely tremendous!
I so can relate to this! I also had the English breakfast after a long fly at the London Airport but I can’t remember the name of the place. Man it was so good and the staff at the restaurant were so nice!
@@JimCarner777 it was before 2020 and it was actually reasonable for an airport price. About 25 pounds? Absolutely crazy at the time but looking back and having been to other places (France) it was and still is reasonable.
Man I miss a full English. Every single Saturday and Sunday, we go to the pub, have the full English, go play some pool and back to the pub for football. Such incredible memories
I'm from the UK, 25, and have been eating a (semi) full English almost every day because of working from home...* *sweating as I stare death in the face* *
I love black and white pudding! My Grandmother was from Lincolnshire, and my Grandfather was from Kerry. Since we lived in the U.S. on a farm they would make their own puddings, and back bacon, so even though I'm born and bred American (Eastern Maryland) I still grew up eating a good deal of traditional British fare. Absolutely love it!
When german businessmen come over to the uk,many would order the full english and probably didn't need to eat for the rest of the day....if your busy and active,a full or half english to start your day is a joy.
I was born in Delaware, and throughout the DELMARVA a popular breakfast item is scrapple, and one of my favorites but love a full English breakfast too.
@@MG-ot2yr I LOVE scrapple...when I moved away I couldn't understand how no one else had even heard of it. I lived in West Virginia on the Ohio border in the mid 90's and not one store carried it, even though I was only 5 or 6 hours away from Delaware/Maryland. I would buy a case of Rapa Scrapple everytime I came to visit my Mum...So good!!!
@@roshif-tv9xd Yea its pretty localized, but the stores here in the Washington, DC area carry it, Rapa brand which is best, but west of here it would be tough to impossible to find. And its popular in South Central and SE Pennsylvania and up there they like to cut a 1" slice, fry it up, and put syrup on it, which I always thought was a terrible thing to do to a slice of scrapple. But I've never been a fan of sweet things for breakfast either.
My wife is Irish and her mother introduced me to this traditional breakfast and cooked it for me on my first visit to Ireland to meet them as I prepared to ask her dad for his blessing to marry.
This is coded into every British person's dna and yet I watched the entirety of the video and enjoyed every second of it. There's something about a full english... Love the videos Darren!
@@RodericSpode It's not something we would have on a daily basis by any means. This is certainly a large portion though; the kind of portion size we'd cook up for a hangover cure after a heavy night of drinking lol
@@RodericSpode We call it black pudding and we even have white pudding. There's some puddings flavoured with some interesting stuff too. It's quite a northern thing on the breakfast plate.
What tends to be forgotten about this meal is it was invented to feed agricultural workers around 10am who had incredibly manual jobs and had been at it since 6am. The fact we are all office workers and still eating it is the problem 😂
@@floralwallpaperenthusiast6631 Same problem in US where people still eat biscuits and gravy and then sit all day when it was meant for someone who had been ploughing since 6 AM and was going to do more. They needed all those calories.
From taupo, New Zealand , having been married to a “Pom” trust me, there is NOTHING more genuine that a British full English breakfast that we had when travelling back to England
OK I am sold on this breakfast , it looks too good. I will be looking for these ingredients here is the USA. God Bless my cousins in the UK for making a great breakfast tradition.
I've stayed at a few B&Bs in Britain and the breakfast is always so massive I could barely finish it. The best (worst?) was at a place near Portsmouth. It had everything and plenty of it - eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms - plus 4 pieces of toast, a full pot of tea, jam, honey, coffee if I wanted, and yogurt too. Could barely move after and there was no need for a lunch. Excellent.
@@jamiengo2343 It was in Gosport (I think) across the harbor by ferry from Portsmouth. It was a large B and B, almost like a mini hotel. Beside the grand breakfast I remember they had a bar and game room, with a pool table, board games, and lots of books we could borrow. The owner told me the bar was open and you were 'on your honor'. Which meant we could get our own drinks, but had to mark them down in a ledger with our name and room number, and we would be billed for our drinks at check out time. At the B and B I met some British soldiers in town for a wedding and got plastered with them after they dragged me to the wedding reception. Next morning I found they had put about 60 quid worth of drinks next to my name in the ledger! Was worth it though. Great time.
When I was a little girl, my dad used to do these breakfasts on a weekend morning. He made back bacon or Canadian bacon, eggs sunny side up, toast, sometimes he’d open a tin of beans, sliced tomatoes on the side, and sausage. And he always had HP sauce. Canadians love their HP sauce as well.
Cannot beat it! I went to Birmingham, U.K. Art Gallery and Museum last year, they have a whole section dedicated the HP Sauce, as that is where it old factory was based.
I know it's not the same but Ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper works as a HP sauce substitute. I don't have any specific measurements I just add to taste.
While living in Scotland in the 80s the best cure for a hang over is a traditional English Breakfast. My first time I had one was when I met this lass in Glasgow at the Tin Pan Alley. She brought me home. When I got up her mom dad and brother were eating breakfast. They invited me to sit and eat. It was the best breakfast I ever ate
I'm Episcopalian a lady at my church is Anglican from London.. We became good friends and she'd invite me for a full English breakfast at least once a month. She'd have me bring my dog Oliver too. She'd feed Oliver sausages under the table so naturally Oliver adored her too.
@@aquilatempestate9527 Noooo! Sacrilege! That would risk the egg yolk running into the bean juice instead of being used to dip the sausage and bacon in. That would spoil the whole thing.
Right. I remember as a child my grandma would often cook black pudding with eggs, toasts and mushrooms whenever I visited her some mornings. I grew so fond of it that when I learnt what was in it, it didn't matter anymore.
I went to the UK as a student and enjoyed English breakfast. Your video reminded me of the university days,good old days. Technology was not so advanced(no mobilephones no internet) and I used to crave English breakfast as well as Fish and Chips. I will surely try to cook this. Wish me luck and thanks for sharing this wonderful content. God bless ya mate.
How can anyone not like this guy. Thanks for showing me how to cook it. It looks so good. An English breakfast, Sunday dinner, and genuine fish and chips is something I have wanted to try.
While visiting Ireland I had a Full Irish Breakfast and it was so hearty that I wasn't hungry for the rest of the entire day. There were no beans, and we had toast or brown bread instead of fried bread, but the rest was the same. The Black Pudding was amazing and I've never had any as good since.
We also have White Pudding (Try Gubbeen, Jack McCarthy or Nolans of Kilcullen etc) which you wont get in a full English. Delicious! My favourite full Irish breakfast is x2 Sausage, x2 Bacon, x3 White Pudding, x3 Black Pudding, x2 Fried Eggs, small pot of beans, a slice of fried bread or one or two Potato farls, No Mushroom (not for me!), Fried quartered Tomatoes (never tinned!) and some sliced white or soda bread on the side with Kerrygold butter. Absolute Bliss...especially when hungover 🤣
I used to visit family in Kentucky and they would have beans for breakfast. I thought that was so weird lol. But I now know where the tradition came from. ❤
I live in the UK, and have spent time in the US, and I do love a diner breakfast... but an a full English breakfast, is a wonder to behold... and eat... funny how Heinz Baked Beans don't taste the same in the US?...
There's no way he would know what individual members of the Royal family would be eating, as he wouldn't be in the dining room. Pure fantasy. Also, fried bread is NOT deep-fried, it's shallow-fried. This is basic stuff.
This was informative... in the 80’s whilst I was serving in the Canadian armed forces in Lahr Germany we would regularly train at British bases further north. ei Paderborn. We usually had our cooks with us but for some reason we still had breakfast in the Brit’s kitchen. They fried absolutely everything in the deep fryer. Eggs bacon sausage, bread. I found that quite strange especially the bread. Now I understand where that came from.
The two meals I love cooking for my family of four are a full English and a full Sunday roast. I think it is the challenge of the logistics getting each item cooked to perfection and all hot on the table at the same time.
I’m a Brit living in Texas and on Christmas Day we ditched the turkey in favor a full rib of beaf, roasties, Brussels sprouts and carrots. I have almost managed to get close to an English pork sausage locally but failed with back bacon and black pudding. I can forego the traditional English baked beans as I like American beans. Mushrooms and Tom’s are no problem. Fried bread, no problem. I’m almost there. If I go to a “British shop” here I can get Cumberland or Lincolnshire but curiously they are made here and expensive. My latest thing for high protein quickie breakfast is a couple of slices of spiral cut ham lightly cooked to stay tender and two fried eggs. One pan. Great post. Thanks.
@@phbrinsden "I’m a Brit living in Texas and on Christmas Day we ditched the turkey in favor a full rib of beaf, roasties, Brussels sprouts and carrots." I'm not a huge fan of turkey, it's a bit bland, isn't it? I mean a butter-basted turkey crown is OK, but your option still sounds better to me. Were the carrots roasted? I love roasted parsnips too. Did you have Yorkshire puddings and horseradish sauce? I like halved boiled sprouts mixed with fried smoked bacon pieces and chopped fried onion, and then mix in some butter, and give a few twists of fresh black pepper.
I love a full English Breakfast so much that I often work it into the stories and novels I write. They're mostly science fiction, but you can bet I've had the starship's chef cook up a proper English Breakfast more than a few times, as well as Bangers and Mash, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Welsh Rarebit, and Shepherd's pie, and Toad in the Hole, and Cornish pasties, and other good things. As an American I think English food is very underappreciated, and not as well known as it should be.
Ironically it was the American soldiers based in England during WW2 who created the myth the English food is bad. This was because rationing was in place during the war and food was very limited. Many items weren't available and people had to make do with what's they had. I agree, English cuisine (when cooked correctly) is absolutely wonderful. Fish & chips is my favourite.
Not to mention there's also like 120 grams of oil on that one plate alone! Yes U.S. bacon is a bit fatty but goodness! I once went to England many years ago and they also made fried toast for us for breakfast. Couldn't eat it, just not my "cup of tea". LOL!
@@LyleKN fair enough it's normally optional that or toast, For a healthier version grill everything and have grilled tomato instead of beans and generally smaller portions of everything.
@EfU UTube That's how I've developed a taste for many cultural foods. UK does have a better selection and meats, and cut options than the USA IMO. But live in Texas so can hunt and we raise livestock. So we just process our own as a family. I can work off the calories still. But reached the age where I didn't want to go on cholesterol medications till I was so old I couldn't have anything fried and had to eat only "rabbit food". So that is like a months worth ration or more on a single plate. 😂🤣
@@deathbycake7637 it wasn't on the original English breakfast that is why , I would hate to give you a history lesson but why do you think this breakfast came about
When me and my family visited Manchester and they brought a full English breakfast to the hotel room; it was one of the greatest food experiences of my life. I've been trying to recreate myself in my own kitchen since to no avail. Can't wait to try it again one day.
well if you are american then like he said, you need english bacon, a proper english sausage, and proper black pudding with some decent baked beans... then just fry it... mushrooms, bread and tomatoes im pretty sure you can get hold of easy enough haha
@@AlketaFrasheri not when you worked hard for 12 hours + flat out doing hard manual work ,no nhs, no benefits back then proud to be a white English man 👍
I spent ten days at the Kensington Hilton continental breakfast was included it was very nice. One morning I spent the extra and got the English breakfast. Oh my God it's like a dozen eggs a pound of potatoes every breakfast meat you can think of I don't think I ate the rest of the day
The fry up is amazing! I love the fact that the EPL is on at 9:00 am on Saturdays here in Texas, so I can make my own fry up and eat it while I watch my beloved Palace! Come on, you Eagles!
I lived in the UK in the 70s.. was fun staying in a nice hotel and having breakfast... used to order something that went out of style... Grilled kippers with stewed tomatoes.
I have yet to have a full English breakfast, though I want to try it sometime. I have however had a "full Irish breakfast" at a pub here in America. And while I can't say whether or not it was fully authentic or not, I have to say I absolutely fell in love with black pudding. The flavor was phenomenal!
There's a rule of thumb with foreign food. If you see natives in that restaurant all the time, you know it's authentic. In Overland Park, Kansas we have a good number of Mexican restaurants. If you see mostly hispanics eating the food, you know it's real
Thanks for posting this, I learned so much! As a Canadian, I grew up w/ HP sauce & we've wondered what HP stood for. ( Not enough to look it up obviously.) I can't wait to try this out on my family!
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You’ve burned the eggs. Dropped into a too hot pan. And you left all the pith in the tomato.
when i cook the beans i melt butter i the pot then i stuer them till them till the source thicken
@@Raggandrist how are the eggs burnt???? those are the best types of sunny side ups. runny middle, crispy edges.
No thanks.
I suppose the tomatoes are intended to be sort of a concession to good health, meant to counter the heart-exploding powers of aaalllllllllll the other ingredients. 🤓
In a traditional English breakfast, we cook everything in one pan at 2am whilst still blind drunk and singing
That made me laugh out loud
are you confusing between Irish cause they drink and nothing happens how
Huzzah!
@John Smallberries ❤️🇨🇦❤️
@John Smallberries right with the hash
This looks like the perfect breakfast to cure a hangover.
Oh boy... Fish and chips and Guinness at night and full English and ale in the morning!
It really is
Luis, this breakfast is the bees knees, amazing for breakfast and as you say just perfect for an hangover
Brainiac tested it years ago, a proper fatty breakfast is the best hangover cure.
it is but make sure you have some anti indegestion tablets, its bad enough with a hangover let alone followed by a fry up!
When he said "Harry come join me..." I half expected Prince Harry to appear at the table...lol
I expected a certain boy who lived to enter the dining room...
@@PresidentFunnyValentine From under the cupboard?
@@pscully1969 Why yes.
Sorry Harriet is in Cali with his keeper
@@merriedge8186 thank God he's there. You heathen!
“We only live to 25 here, but we eat well.” 😂😂😂 ok, I just became a fan. That made me belly laugh.
A friend of mine from Chelsea was kind enough to invite me to his restaurant and pub to watch England play in the World Cup and made us my first proper English breakfast. Epic. God bless you Michael!
I absolutely love how genuinely excited he is about cooking this breakfast!
I also love how genuinely excited his son is about eating breakfast!
Lies again? Delicious Food English Treat
@@a.d.3606 His son sounds like an American. I think he holds his fork and knife like a Brit, though. I wonder how they hold their spoons.
It's a ritual cooking a full breakfast is in our blood
Guys it ain't his son 🤣
I am a southern American man, born in Alabama, and I LOVE a proper English fry up.
now your cookin bro.....retired uk trucker......changing to organic lard instead of corn/sunflower/vegetable oils could be a better health choice, but it has its hassles in a modern kitchen......"when in doubt,clear ones mind with some LEMMY".......👍
You also love your siblings
@@ericdpeerik3928 LOL! Yes. Yes, I do.
@@colmhain, he wasn't complimenting you.
@@bcaye Oh, i know. I'm 49. I've heard, and said, worse.
Not been home in three years and this makes me massively nostalgic.
This guy makes grease sound so interesting.
its not a proper cooked breakfast if it aint swimming in grease lol
And necessary!
It's cracklin' good stuff!
It's always been a crap movie
Tell me more, tell me more...
Protip for visitors to the UK: Go to a cafe where you see workman wearing hi-vis equipment eating a full English if you're not sure where is a good place to get one.
Lorry drivers are also a major clue 👍 where I live in Devon or Devonshire to our American friends, you have to pull off the roads to find decent breakfast stops. Romany Jones truck stop in Kingsteignton breakfast so big it won't fit on the plate 😋😂and you can swap the potatoe rubbish for an extra egg or rasher of bacon 😋
I second this
That's good advice in the US, too.
Yep- just go to cheapest place
Got it 😀
If i had that for Breakfast everyday I'd also conquer 66% of world.
😁😄
A breakfast like that, I'd let you!
Wasnt it 25%
Go for it
Normally not every day sunday treat, or you wouldn"t live long.
Traditional old American farm breakfast was fried eggs over easy, a really spicy sausage patty or two, hashbrowns, toast and oatmeal. Glass of either milk, orange juice, tomato juice, tea or coffee. You likely had two of the drinks. Sometimes morrels but those were mostly for supper with deep fried fish fillets as well as asparragas as morrels and asparagas season were the same. Most canned type beans are bad these days. To sweet or more like tomato juice with a lot of sugar added. I have had left over home made Boston baked beans. A lean breakfast was two eggs a large helping of hashbrowns, toast and something to drink.
I love watching Darren McGrady cook. He explains everything so clearly and simply so you can cook it at home, and he gives a little bit of history.
I am from the UK, living in Canada, so I like how Darren always gives the North American equivalent ingredient, so I know what to look for in the store, and still get a taste of home.
Keep up the great videos Darren!
Thanks Lewis
Idk why but any cooking show starring people from the UK seems so comforting and cozy compared to others. I love it! Whenever I watch Darren or The Great British Bake Off is feel so cozy and warm lol.
@@laurenbray8314
Surely you don't mean Gordon Ramsey, I know he was born in Scotland but was brought up in London. I can't stand him nor his faul language. Some people are glutton for punishment.
Hi Lewis.....was watching him cook and I was waiting to see if he deviated from "the script" but he did not.....
@@billgreen1861 you've obviously never watched him cook
"To eat well in England you should have breakfast three times a day."
LOL
-You already had breakfast.
-What about second breakfast?
Yessssssss
Fool of a took
My sweet mom had joined Pippen Took in this chat🤣🤣🤣.
*”We only live ‘til about 25 in England but we do eat good.”* 😂
hahaha cough choke expires
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@@Corgipon he fixed modified everything for her to make it healthier 😉 broccoli for all!
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Lol! We eat alot of stuff too here. Once in awhile is good! Lots of cholesterol prescriptions! Lol
I loved it when he got all excited ! Lol . I’m
Defiantly going to try this delicious meal !
I’ll share my story. I had not eaten in about 42 hours after flying around and I landed in London. Heathrow airport to be exact. I had gotten in late and and I had no idea where to eat or what to get so I said to the man late that night just give me something you recommend. So he brought me a giant burger and hand made crisps and a giant soda. It was amazing and I slept great. Next morning I was at the same place and skimmed through the the breakfast menu and I saw the “Grand Breakfast” well, being an American in London, why not get the grand breakfast. I ordered and it blew my mind, I had no idea what it was or ever even heard of this. Well I was unsure but hungry. And dove right in and I can attest to the gentleman in the video. It is amazing. Never have I ever had something so spectacular in my life. It was better than the previous meal I had there and I’m sure it will be if I ever am fortunate to fly again to London, something I would stop and enjoy again. Loved the video and you answered so many questions I had. Like I just thought it was a hockey puck but now I know lol. Absolutely tremendous!
I so can relate to this! I also had the English breakfast after a long fly at the London Airport but I can’t remember the name of the place. Man it was so good and the staff at the restaurant were so nice!
@Willow Cat our borders have never been closed to come in.
Wow, what did you pay? Airports are notorious for rip-off prices.
@@JimCarner777 it was before 2020 and it was actually reasonable for an airport price. About 25 pounds? Absolutely crazy at the time but looking back and having been to other places (France) it was and still is reasonable.
@@CottonTailJoe 25 pounds is in no way reasonable. Absolute rip-off.
I was relieved to see the HP at the end there. Perfection!
@@JHSTARKY1450 HP or chop......but never Tommy K!
Colmams
This guy is so freaking charming. I can't help but to like him.
The English breakfast is probably one of the heartiest breakfast in the world.
Man I miss a full English. Every single Saturday and Sunday, we go to the pub, have the full English, go play some pool and back to the pub for football. Such incredible memories
“Football”?! Americans call it Soccer. I love my American “football”! 🏈
@@mnob1122 he's still asleep 😴
What does black pudding taste like? Similar to sausage?
That sounds amazing!
@@KA-ui3sm dont get me started you IDIOT ! Now I want one and there is no way, what did you dooooo ;)
I'm from the UK, 25, and have been eating a (semi) full English almost every day because of working from home...* *sweating as I stare death in the face* *
If you are only eating semi you are good till 50 at least 😂
Ah you can still turn it around
LOL!
You need to cut that out mate, once a week at most or it's an early grave for you
@@coops9871 strange bloke.
I have the biggest smile on my face right now, this guy is so warm and pleasant 🥰🥰🥰
When we were in Ireland they had the Full English Breakfast and it was my favorite meal, except when we went to the Pub for fish and chips.
I love black and white pudding! My Grandmother was from Lincolnshire, and my Grandfather was from Kerry. Since we lived in the U.S. on a farm they would make their own puddings, and back bacon, so even though I'm born and bred American (Eastern Maryland) I still grew up eating a good deal of traditional British fare. Absolutely love it!
When german businessmen come over to the uk,many would order the full english and probably didn't need to eat for the rest of the day....if your busy and active,a full or half english to start your day is a joy.
You were so blessed!!
I was born in Delaware, and throughout the DELMARVA a popular breakfast item is scrapple, and one of my favorites but love a full English breakfast too.
@@MG-ot2yr I LOVE scrapple...when I moved away I couldn't understand how no one else had even heard of it. I lived in West Virginia on the Ohio border in the mid 90's and not one store carried it, even though I was only 5 or 6 hours away from Delaware/Maryland. I would buy a case of Rapa Scrapple everytime I came to visit my Mum...So good!!!
@@roshif-tv9xd Yea its pretty localized, but the stores here in the Washington, DC area carry it, Rapa brand which is best, but west of here it would be tough to impossible to find. And its popular in South Central and SE Pennsylvania and up there they like to cut a 1" slice, fry it up, and put syrup on it, which I always thought was a terrible thing to do to a slice of scrapple. But I've never been a fan of sweet things for breakfast either.
My wife is Irish and her mother introduced me to this traditional breakfast and cooked it for me on my first visit to Ireland to meet them as I prepared to ask her dad for his blessing to marry.
Had you turned down the breakfast, the blessing for you to marry their daughter, might not have been forthcoming. Lol.
Yes, with Irish brown bread and butter. Nothing like it.
.ha...that's pretty cool🤙
@@redwoods7370 Irish ppl like soda bread too, also white pudding
@@whatastud1000 Yes I warm my soda bread on St Patty's Day and eat it with cheese and butter.🇯🇲🇺🇸
Nothing beats a hangover like a full english with a tea and pint of orange juice
Yes, definately the tea, man. And with milk too
Yes bruv
and 3 bloodies
Yanks version is the "Grand Slam": eggs, browns, flapjacks, toast, bacon, sausage...with a screwdriver/bloody
I was about to post basically this lol
Great English breakfast that... and not a hash brown in sight!
Traditional American breakfast:
Two Marlboro reds and coffee with two shots of whiskey in it.
in Germany called a "hooker's breakfast" oder "Nuttenfrühstück" - cigarettes (filterless) and black coffee
I died 🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@horstschattenhirn9081 *reads filterless* Dear God what a woman
That's my kinda breakfast
Nah! As the old fiddle tune goes, you should have the "Whisky Before Breakfast""
This is coded into every British person's dna and yet I watched the entirety of the video and enjoyed every second of it. There's something about a full english... Love the videos Darren!
@@RodericSpode It's not something we would have on a daily basis by any means. This is certainly a large portion though; the kind of portion size we'd cook up for a hangover cure after a heavy night of drinking lol
@@RodericSpode personally I eat this every Saturday morning with the family usually in the local cafe but obviously not right now.
@@RodericSpode you can always get smaller portions from experience this would be considered a large in most cafes
That's true. I could eat that any day and at any time. We all know how to make it aswell, or at least have a our own take on it.
@@RodericSpode We call it black pudding and we even have white pudding. There's some puddings flavoured with some interesting stuff too. It's quite a northern thing on the breakfast plate.
Aww Darren, You are fast becoming my happy place amongst this mad world we live in these days! Thank you 😊
My fave too! Love British cuisine 😋😋
What tends to be forgotten about this meal is it was invented to feed agricultural workers around 10am who had incredibly manual jobs and had been at it since 6am. The fact we are all office workers and still eating it is the problem 😂
@@floralwallpaperenthusiast6631 Same problem in US where people still eat biscuits and gravy and then sit all day when it was meant for someone who had been ploughing since 6 AM and was going to do more. They needed all those calories.
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In New Zealand here, I make a full English breakfast for the family every Sunday morning. A great family moment for talking and laughing
you wouldn't get me up in the morning on a sunday, i don't care what you make to eat.
Do you call it a Full New Zealand?
@@greggschroeder good point.
I will do the same.
From taupo, New Zealand , having been married to a “Pom” trust me, there is NOTHING more genuine that a British full English breakfast that we had when travelling back to England
OK I am sold on this breakfast , it looks too good. I will be looking for these ingredients here is the USA. God Bless my cousins in the UK for making a great breakfast tradition.
I've stayed at a few B&Bs in Britain and the breakfast is always so massive I could barely finish it. The best (worst?) was at a place near Portsmouth. It had everything and plenty of it - eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms - plus 4 pieces of toast, a full pot of tea, jam, honey, coffee if I wanted, and yogurt too. Could barely move after and there was no need for a lunch. Excellent.
I live in Portsmouth, do you remember where you went?
@@jamiengo2343 It was in Gosport (I think) across the harbor by ferry from Portsmouth. It was a large B and B, almost like a mini hotel. Beside the grand breakfast I remember they had a bar and game room, with a pool table, board games, and lots of books we could borrow. The owner told me the bar was open and you were 'on your honor'. Which meant we could get our own drinks, but had to mark them down in a ledger with our name and room number, and we would be billed for our drinks at check out time. At the B and B I met some British soldiers in town for a wedding and got plastered with them after they dragged me to the wedding reception. Next morning I found they had put about 60 quid worth of drinks next to my name in the ledger! Was worth it though. Great time.
Heavenly!!
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I'm from Portsmouth 😉❤🇬🇧
who else is watching this at breakfast time and now cooking an english breakfast haha. This video made me so hungry.
When I was a little girl, my dad used to do these breakfasts on a weekend morning. He made back bacon or Canadian bacon, eggs sunny side up, toast, sometimes he’d open a tin of beans, sliced tomatoes on the side, and sausage. And he always had HP sauce. Canadians love their HP sauce as well.
Cannot beat it! I went to Birmingham, U.K. Art Gallery and Museum last year, they have a whole section dedicated the HP Sauce, as that is where it old factory was based.
Indeed. I am planning on preparing this copious breakfast this coming Sunday morning.
@@antonboludo8886
At what time should I be there? 😁 I'll bring the coffee.
@@billgreen1861 :D
Beans are where I draw the line.
A full English breakfast. Or as it is called in the rest of the world: a full day's worth of food, lunch and dinner!
That’s pretty much what it was designed to be for the British manual worker, who worked 12 -16 hour days years ago.
In brazil this is like a lunch without rice and chicken or cow meat
In Asia it’s just a breakfast . An average middle class Asian family have like 4 or 5 dishes , soup and rice every lunch and dinner.
@Darren Mountford Which has been renamed in the meanwhile to Stroke-on-Tent.
@Darren Mountford Pretty much. :D :D :D
Good luck we're in lockdown.
As a Brit living in the US I have converted my three boys to HP sauce and now regret it as the bottle is always empty - love ya Darren
Brown sauce is best.
@Timothy Mckee HAHAHHAAH
I know it's not the same but Ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper works as a HP sauce substitute. I don't have any specific measurements I just add to taste.
I like A1 but HP DEFINITELY tastes better
@@patriciayohn6136 thank you for the tip!
You sir, are a NATURAL! I love watching you!
I've traveled and to 40 countries around the world. I've eaten wonderful food but, English Breakfast is by far my favorite!
There is nothing in the world like English bacon I cannot get it where I live in the United States but I have such fond memories of it
@@migimom8950 we are lucky to live close to a big international supermarket that carry English Bacon, Bangers and black pudding 😋
for sure you have a taste problem...
Now I love an English breakfast, it is wonderful fare, but it is surpassed by a good Sunday roast!
what about turkey?
Heinz beans and toast will keep you going for a long time. 💖🍁
That’s pretty Punny🤣🇨🇦
Beans, beans, the musical fruit....
Free afterburners.
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In my humble opinion the beans need to simmer for a while to let tge sauce thicken slightly.....hav'nt had any comlaints from family yet.....
I find myself rewatching your older videos because I enjoy them so much! Thanks for sharing delicious food and stories with us! 😀
In the north of the Uk Scotts dont make it to 25 we deep fry everything lol haha.
Your energy and frendliness while you're making this amazing breakfast is perfect
While living in Scotland in the 80s the best cure for a hang over is a traditional English Breakfast. My first time I had one was when I met this lass in Glasgow at the Tin Pan Alley. She brought me home. When I got up her mom dad and brother were eating breakfast. They invited me to sit and eat. It was the best breakfast I ever ate
I bet you didn't say sitting in a Glasgow house in Scotland I loved that English breakfast ,
My God I want a traditional English breakfast right freaking now!!!
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I hope to one day be as excited about ANYTHING as this man is about English breakfast. You can tell he truly enjoys what he does
I'm Episcopalian a lady at my church is Anglican from London.. We became good friends and she'd invite me for a full English breakfast at least once a month. She'd have me bring my dog Oliver too. She'd feed Oliver sausages under the table so naturally Oliver adored her too.
“More distance between the eggs and the beans.
Use the sausage as a breakwater.”
Alan Partridge
I might want to mix the eggs and the beans... but I want that to be MY decision.
Hahaha true
@@aquilatempestate9527 Noooo! Sacrilege! That would risk the egg yolk running into the bean juice instead of being used to dip the sausage and bacon in. That would spoil the whole thing.
Black pudding is one of those things where it's better to have grown up eating it before you know what's in it
yeah so the adult can lie to you about what's in it.
@@bkbk4003 lol well no one lied to me, they just didn't tell me. I guess I always assumed it was meat but it does taste really good
Whats in it
@@edwardkenway148 Blood, captain.
Right. I remember as a child my grandma would often cook black pudding with eggs, toasts and mushrooms whenever I visited her some mornings. I grew so fond of it that when I learnt what was in it, it didn't matter anymore.
I love ❤️ your Diana mini stories i so appreciate it.
They're my favorite too!👑
How could you not get hungry watching this? Such a good meal perfect for anytime of day not just breakfast
An "All-day breakfast" is a common thing in many British pubs.
I love English Breakfast! Thank you for sharing
I went to the UK as a student and enjoyed English breakfast. Your video reminded me of the university days,good old days. Technology was not so advanced(no mobilephones no internet) and I used to crave English breakfast as well as Fish and Chips. I will surely try to cook this. Wish me luck and thanks for sharing this wonderful content. God bless ya mate.
Glad Darren helped bring back such good memories 🐖🐷😂
I can't help but like this guy. Love the stories and the food.
Thank you, Chef, for the culinary lesson. May God continue to bless you and your family.
How can anyone not like this guy. Thanks for showing me how to cook it. It looks so good. An English breakfast, Sunday dinner, and genuine fish and chips is something I have wanted to try.
I always find time to watch Chef Darren Mcgrady. Your storytelling whilst cooking is never boring.
He's a loser, a joke of a chef
This man is full of positivity. Really gives me good vibes. Thank you for the wonderful video.
While visiting Ireland I had a Full Irish Breakfast and it was so hearty that I wasn't hungry for the rest of the entire day. There were no beans, and we had toast or brown bread instead of fried bread, but the rest was the same. The Black Pudding was amazing and I've never had any as good since.
We also have White Pudding (Try Gubbeen, Jack McCarthy or Nolans of Kilcullen etc) which you wont get in a full English. Delicious! My favourite full Irish breakfast is x2 Sausage, x2 Bacon, x3 White Pudding, x3 Black Pudding, x2 Fried Eggs, small pot of beans, a slice of fried bread or one or two Potato farls, No Mushroom (not for me!), Fried quartered Tomatoes (never tinned!) and some sliced white or soda bread on the side with Kerrygold butter. Absolute Bliss...especially when hungover 🤣
@@TheAvarusAnimus (Which is EVERY day if you're Irish! )
@@DMSProduktions Ah come on..that's a stereotype!!! Well, maybe 5 out of 7 days 🤣joking!
when fishing in Ireland we had two of everything bacon as thick as gammon steaks, then came the cereals, two weeks I put on a stone.
@@TheAvarusAnimus Ta be shoor!
Chef, I love the history behind the food. Please keep sharing with us. Best Wishes!
A proper night out in London involves a pub crawl, a curry, and a fry up in the AM
My Mom was from Maine, USA and Boston baked beans were on Sunday's breakfast menu. Yum.
Did you try the recipes?
Thing that changed my 'full English breakfast' life was when I bought a paella pan, then I finally had space to cook everything in one!
just use a garbage can lid ..much cheaper
They're really good as they're carbon steel and heat up well.
Pro move
Love the personal stories you share while you cook! :)
watching you talk about cooking and doing what you love really brings a smile to my face!
I used to visit family in Kentucky and they would have beans for breakfast. I thought that was so weird lol. But I now know where the tradition came from. ❤
Brings tears of joy to see such art, a fellow brit cooking a full English.
At last I know exactly how to cook an English brekkie...will skip the black pudding though!
English breakfast is the best comfort food ever.
Ever had a full Irish?
@Timothy Mckee Bushmills is Protestant whiskey.
@@MonarchPoolPlaster It's still Irish
I visited England for the first time in 2019, and my breakfast was the highlight of each day!
I'm American and I would tear that plate up. That looks amazing
I ALWAYS smile when I hear your voice!
Darren: Sausages are called ‘bangers’
Me: a h. y e s.
Darren: *explains*
Me: oh.
Bangers and Mash .... sausages and mash potatoe is great too 🥰 🥰
@KR Diaz haha! why yes I suppose that works...
Not the breakfast type.
Same... Same...
Nobody in the UK ever calls sausages bangers, unless they are served with mash.
I've been craving this for 40 years. (I live in the US.)
I live in the UK, and have spent time in the US, and I do love a diner breakfast... but an a full English breakfast, is a wonder to behold... and eat... funny how Heinz Baked Beans don't taste the same in the US?...
@@monoloco99 we probably add sugar to it like we do all our processed and canned foods 😒
@@texastea5686 Brown sugar at that and extra ketchup and mustard lol
Why do I get the feeling this guy cooked for the royal family?
Yeah, I mean he hardly mentioned it.
There's no way he would know what individual members of the Royal family would be eating, as he wouldn't be in the dining room. Pure fantasy.
Also, fried bread is NOT deep-fried, it's shallow-fried. This is basic stuff.
This was informative... in the 80’s whilst I was serving in the Canadian armed forces in Lahr Germany we would regularly train at British bases further north. ei Paderborn. We usually had our cooks with us but for some reason we still had breakfast in the Brit’s kitchen. They fried absolutely everything in the deep fryer. Eggs bacon sausage, bread. I found that quite strange especially the bread. Now I understand where that came from.
This makes me so proud to be british
The two meals I love cooking for my family of four are a full English and a full Sunday roast. I think it is the challenge of the logistics getting each item cooked to perfection and all hot on the table at the same time.
Yes I have a system when doing a fry up, don't mess with the system lol.
Two good meals - but not on the same day!
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I’m a Brit living in Texas and on Christmas Day we ditched the turkey in favor a full rib of beaf, roasties, Brussels sprouts and carrots.
I have almost managed to get close to an English pork sausage locally but failed with back bacon and black pudding. I can forego the traditional English baked beans as I like American beans. Mushrooms and Tom’s are no problem. Fried bread, no problem. I’m almost there. If I go to a “British shop” here I can get Cumberland or Lincolnshire but curiously they are made here and expensive.
My latest thing for high protein quickie breakfast is a couple of slices of spiral cut ham lightly cooked to stay tender and two fried eggs. One pan.
Great post. Thanks.
@@phbrinsden "I’m a Brit living in Texas and on Christmas Day we ditched the turkey in favor a full rib of beaf, roasties, Brussels sprouts and carrots."
I'm not a huge fan of turkey, it's a bit bland, isn't it? I mean a butter-basted turkey crown is OK, but your option still sounds better to me.
Were the carrots roasted? I love roasted parsnips too. Did you have Yorkshire puddings and horseradish sauce? I like halved boiled sprouts mixed with fried smoked bacon pieces and chopped fried onion, and then mix in some butter, and give a few twists of fresh black pepper.
I love how enthusiastic chef is
I love a full English Breakfast so much that I often work it into the stories and novels I write. They're mostly science fiction, but you can bet I've had the starship's chef cook up a proper English Breakfast more than a few times, as well as Bangers and Mash, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Welsh Rarebit, and Shepherd's pie, and Toad in the Hole, and Cornish pasties, and other good things. As an American I think English food is very underappreciated, and not as well known as it should be.
Ironically it was the American soldiers based in England during WW2 who created the myth the English food is bad. This was because rationing was in place during the war and food was very limited. Many items weren't available and people had to make do with what's they had. I agree, English cuisine (when cooked correctly) is absolutely wonderful. Fish & chips is my favourite.
@@rain-bender4712 And there was me thinking it was the Romans!
@@davideldred.campingwilder6481 Not really. The 'bad English food' cliche really came into its own during and after WW2.
"a little butter" **throws in the equivalent of half a stick**
Not to mention there's also like 120 grams of oil on that one plate alone! Yes U.S. bacon is a bit fatty but goodness! I once went to England many years ago and they also made fried toast for us for breakfast. Couldn't eat it, just not my "cup of tea". LOL!
@@zetanist to an extent 😭😭
@@LyleKN fair enough it's normally optional that or toast, For a healthier version grill everything and have grilled tomato instead of beans and generally smaller portions of everything.
You really can't get too much butter
How much is a stick of butter?
I wouldn't do it everyday but would definitely enjoy eating that whole plate all by myself at least once as a life experience.
@EfU UTube That's how I've developed a taste for many cultural foods.
UK does have a better selection and meats, and cut options than the USA IMO.
But live in Texas so can hunt and we raise livestock. So we just process our own as a family.
I can work off the calories still. But reached the age where I didn't want to go on cholesterol medications till I was so old I couldn't have anything fried and had to eat only "rabbit food".
So that is like a months worth ration or more on a single plate. 😂🤣
I eat breakfast this good every day. Mum spoils me.
My god...I’m an American and this is my most favorite breakfast with extra black pudding and mushrooms!
I might try black pudding but you can have the mushrooms.
Did you ever try scrapple I'm PA?
@@MrRShoaf scrapple on bread with yellow mustard is the best.
Cant beat fried mushrooms, preferably in a garlic butter.....my favourite part of a full english breakfast.
As an American I tip my hat to the British. Two things superbly “invented”; Afternoon Tea and baked beans for breakfast. 👍💯
Tea came from China
@@wildlifewarrior2670 I think he meant the concept of “afternoon tea”…. Or atleadt I hope he did 😂
@@Max-wl7jn we'll never know unless he replies
Haha I'm an American too and never seen baked beans for breakfast until I discovered the English Breakfast.
@@deathbycake7637 it wasn't on the original English breakfast that is why , I would hate to give you a history lesson but why do you think this breakfast came about
When me and my family visited Manchester and they brought a full English breakfast to the hotel room; it was one of the greatest food experiences of my life. I've been trying to recreate myself in my own kitchen since to no avail. Can't wait to try it again one day.
well if you are american then like he said, you need english bacon, a proper english sausage, and proper black pudding with some decent baked beans... then just fry it... mushrooms, bread and tomatoes im pretty sure you can get hold of easy enough haha
Isnt it too much in the morning?
@@AlketaFrasheri Yeah its more of a weekend breakfast, or something you'd go to a pub/cafe to eat.
@@AlketaFrasheri not when you worked hard for 12 hours + flat out doing hard manual work ,no nhs, no benefits back then proud to be a white English man 👍
I have it most days.
The best breakfast ever! Thank you so much for this amazing video!
Did you try the recipes?
@@Ianbrownmusic-id I cooked this for many years, first for my husband, and then for both of us!)))
I’m like you, when I go to the UK, I have to seek out a full English breakfast, which I was introduced to there. I’m American but I love this!
I fell in love with this as well, but I can't handle the pig's blood pudding and I want coffee.
My Father was Polish and loved any type of sausage. I was introduced to blood sausage at a very young age and love it! Thanks dad.
mmm kaszaneczka
I spent ten days at the Kensington Hilton continental breakfast was included it was very nice. One morning I spent the extra and got the English breakfast. Oh my God it's like a dozen eggs a pound of potatoes every breakfast meat you can think of I don't think I ate the rest of the day
The fry up is amazing! I love the fact that the EPL is on at 9:00 am on Saturdays here in Texas, so I can make my own fry up and eat it while I watch my beloved Palace! Come on, you Eagles!
I'm obsessed with that adorable stuffed corgi.
Gayyyyyyyyyy
Me too it would make the perfect target for crossbow practice.
Me too! He made it "sleep" in a dog bed, so cute. 🙂 ❤
It's amazing how much I enjoy watching you cook things I already know how to cook.
"We only live till 25 in England". Yes...but what a beautiful way to go. Thanks Darren. Gonna do a proper fry up for breakfast on Sunday. Cheers :)
I lived in the UK in the 70s.. was fun staying in a nice hotel and having breakfast... used to order something that went out of style... Grilled kippers with stewed tomatoes.
I have yet to have a full English breakfast, though I want to try it sometime. I have however had a "full Irish breakfast" at a pub here in America. And while I can't say whether or not it was fully authentic or not, I have to say I absolutely fell in love with black pudding. The flavor was phenomenal!
There's a rule of thumb with foreign food. If you see natives in that restaurant all the time, you know it's authentic. In Overland Park, Kansas we have a good number of Mexican restaurants. If you see mostly hispanics eating the food, you know it's real
EVERYTHING BUT THE BLACK PUDDING FOR ME !✌️❤️💥😇🌎🖖
@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 I agree, in the UK that is often true of Asian cuisine
@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 Good point, my wife and I do that when traveling cross country. Oh, and my niece used to live in Overland Park :D
@@shaylajay190 .......black pud is lush........come to scotland and youll get some haggis on your plate too
I love full English breakfasts I'm gonna have one in the morning
Thanks for posting this, I learned so much! As a Canadian, I grew up w/ HP sauce & we've wondered what HP stood for. ( Not enough to look it up obviously.) I can't wait to try this out on my family!
I thought hp stood for Houses of Parliament sauce
@@danvincent2600 it has the royal stamp on it which means the royals use it.
A U.S. version of brown sauce is Heinz 57 sauce.
Darrens a breath of fresh air!!