An image for our far flung Boro brothers and sisters

[Borobarmy]

Dreadfully cold and miserable here on Teesside but we are grinning and bearing it with the odd little treat . Mmm , mustn’t grumble .
This is what’ll be waiting for you whenever you manage to touch down here in the not too distant future .

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

I’ll phone NHS direct for you now

 

[Nzedred]

Almost makes me home sick. Almost.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I hope Rick Stein didn't send you it.


Anyone else open this and expected to see a snowy picture of Rosebery Topping. Instead it was a picture of something harder to climb.

 

[Borobarmy]

I’ll phone NHS direct for you now

I hope Rick Stein didn't send you it.


Anyone else open this and expected to see a snowy picture of Rosebery Topping. Instead it was a picture of something harder to climb.

Will give it a bloody good go . Going East Face and base camp on top of the black pudding

 

[Muttley]

Right, let's do it properly you can chuck those hash browns for a starter. Bit skimpy on the bacon, I prefer my eggs scrambled and what have you done with the tomatoes?

I trust there is a proper bucket of tea just out of shot?

 

[gravy173]

No tinned tomatoes - 7/10

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

No tinned tomatoes - 7/10

What’s red and invisible? NO TOMATOS!!

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Here are the rules which should be in the gospels .

The 12 unbreakable rules of the Full English breakfast

Respect the rule of law.

www.joe.co.uk

Can't argue with any of that.

 

[Muttley]

Point of order.

Brown sauce. HP is NOT "Brown Sauce" it is too fruity. I prefer Tesco's or Sainsbury's own brand Brown Sauce, Aldi's is too much like HP.

 

[r00fie1]

Dont forget........

....although it should be a pot of tea not coffee.

 

[Borobarmy]

I Roofie I challenge you . I know curry sauce is debatable and almost sacrilegious but it is 2021 . This is offset by its takeaway factor .

On further inspection yours has buttered bread , so you pip it

 

[Borobarmy]

The common denominator is both have lashings of salt and vinegar . Agreed ?

 

[red_harrington]

The keen-eyed among us will note the sausage barrier that's been specially constructed to avoid the beans touching the egg

Personally I'm not that bothered but I know many people get very upset about egg/bean touching

 

[WoodallServices]

Quit it!!

 

[Billy69_uk]

On further inspection yours has buttered bread , so you pip it

and buttered bread cut width ways (which is the correct way) and not diagonally like some sort of hippy would have.

 

[Billy69_uk]

The keen-eyed among us will note the sausage barrier that's been specially constructed to avoid the beans touching the egg

Personally I'm not that bothered but I know many people get very upset about egg/bean touching

you cant beat a structural sausage barrier.

 

[Terryterrycooper]

Do you get free stents with that ?

 

[Borobarmy]

Here’s a good structured argument as to not take the beans for granted both in their presence and location on the breakfast plate .

Baked beans are never going to be noticed for their extravagance. You could conceivably argue that toast is more interesting. What they bring to the (breakfast) table, however, is versatility.

Beans are ubiquitous in fry-ups because without them you’re looking to egg yolk as your sole source of wetness. That would be an error. A yolk will never get you through an entire meal. Post-plunge, you’re looking at three to four mouthfuls, tops. They’re also too mild in flavour to call themselves a one-stop-shop for moisture.

That’s why at the end of every respectable forkful you’ll find a smattering of beans. The sauce - tomatoey, wholesome, just sweet enough - goes with everything on the plate, but unlike ketchup, it won’t overpower. I’ve heard them called blandness in a can, but without their presence everything goes to ****. Beans make the showpiece ingredients better. Even when I’m ordering a posh brunch - chorizo, mercilessly smashed avocado, halloumi, that lot - I’m looking at the £1 beans side order. It’s instinctive.

If I was going to use a not-at-all lazy footballing analogy (which I obviously will, because it’s sort of a go-to at this point in basically any argument), I’d say baked beans were the utility player of the fry up: the Jack Grealish , Stephen Gerrard , the James Milner. You can play them in a central role, getting everything started and mopping up when required, but they’re no less useful out wide. Lose your baked beans and suddenly the rest of the plate looks exposed. They’re flexible, and you feel reassured when you see them on the team sheet.

I have no issue with sausages, black pudding or the humble hash brown being deployed mid-plate as a beans buffer. You don’t want the tomato sauce running wild and colliding with crust. So yeah, applied too liberally you’re definitely risk a tomato flood – grief nobody needs at peak hangover. The trick is to make sure the sauce thickens slightly before you take them off the heat, and just don’t be an excitable idiot when you’re dolloping.

Thoughts ?

 

[Muttley]

Agree that beans must be "REDUCED" to use the TV chef vernacular to concentrate the flavour and increase the viscosity (a useful side effect of this is it breaks down some of the oligosaccharides thus reducing your methane production, you will fart less and as methane is a "greenhouse gas" you will save the planet, well done you!)