Favourite breakfasts

Partial to a full English as a treat (but only if it isn’t junk meat).

The king of normal, non heart attack inducing and messy clearing up breakfasts has to be porridge made with oat milk (dairy and me have agreed to disagree) and any one of a number of different toppings.

Don’t piss about with all this fancy muck. poached eggs, toasted bagel, marmite. Can’t miss.

I’ve always liked French Toast for breakfast. When I lived in Thailand they used to serve it with honey, and I was converted to this quickly.
Then, one day I saw a German tourist order it with bacon. I couldn’t believe I’d never thought of this myself!

So, French toast, bacon , honey. With tea. And an espresso afterwards.

Morning roll with loads of butter, filled with square sasuage and tattie scone. If I’m feeling particularly glutenous (hungover), I’ll throw in some stornoway black pud as well.

I like a proper brunch and cook one often. Sausage, bacon, poached eggs, grilled tomatoes, grilled pepper, avocado on sourdough toast, a few beans (for Mrs TiRed), mushrooms with cherry tomatoes, washed down with juice and a nice coffee. I normally have a cereal to start and fruit to finish.

Full Scottish

Or

Poached egg on sourdough with Chile jam

Or

porridge with cream and whisky on top

Or all three

Christ almighty, what kind of deviant puts avocado on the same plate as baked beans? Genuinely disturbing.

Weekend breakfast: RadMac on 6Music; Proper toast, avocado, olive tapenade*, perfectly poached egg, Aleppo pepper flakes; Decent coffee; Guardian/Observer with time to read it.

Hungover weekend breakfast: F-all on the radio (if it’s that bad I want to watch a re-run of Celtic scudding Rangers); at least two Mortons crispy morning rolls containing toasted potato scone, fried mushrooms, fried egg, Sriracha and lots of it, vegetarian haggis if available (requires pre-planning so unlikely); Decent coffee; Guardian/Observer with time to read it; Minimal conversation.

* – the olive tapenade addition came from Guy Garvey who revealed Rachael Stirling likes it. I just want to be prepared. It is an excellent addition though.

Pane con tomate. Grated tomato on (sourdough) toast. Have it virtually every day ever since I got a taste for it visiting the folks in Spain .

Works better on a toasted baguette, but fancy sourdough is easier to find than good baguette.

Does a coffee and a pepperami hot count?

Asking for a friend

What about hangover breakfasts? Surely there can be only one? Washed down with a pint of full fat Coke?

Christ almighty, what kind of deviant puts avocado on the same plate as baked beans? Genuinely disturbing

Could be worse, I looked at the picture before reading the post and thought it was broccoli!

More seriously…

Eggs Benedict is a favourite. I would say a full English, but I only REALLY like about half the traditional ingredients, and hash browns. Love kedgeree too, but it’s more of an evening meal for me.

only just started eating breakfast regularly during the week (work provide it for free) so I normally have Greek yoghurt, fresh assorted berries, and granola. Makes me feel healthy, even if it isn’t.