Full English breakfast: should hash browns be deleted from it?

The full English breakfast is enjoyable and everyone loves it. It is an integral part of the food culture of the UK. But now a new debate has emerged on it. Because the English Breakfast Society states that hash browns are not part of the complete English breakfast. Hence, they are campaigning for a change and asking for replacing the hash browns with another british food alternative.

The full English breakfast

The full English breakfast is such an integral and inseparable part of the food culture and cuisine of the UK. Everyone loves the classic English breakfast. It contains crunchy toast with baked beans, crispy bacon, runny eggs, black pudding, hash browns, tomatoes and mushrooms. Everyone has something to eat out of the lot.

But now the English Breakfast Society have come up with some suggestions. They feel that hash browns are not part of the English food culture. It is not part of the typical English breakfast. They are on a nationwide campaign to change and replace hash browns with another alternative. They want the bubble and squeak which is a British potato cake.

On 31 March 2023, they tweeted:

“The Hash Brown Army may outnumber us, but we fight for a just cause, to give the people of our Kingdom bubble & squeak, a tastier, and more authentically British potato cake. Join us in our quest to restore the authenticity of our English breakfast tradition. #BringBackTheBubble.”

YouGov survey

YouGov is a public opinion company. It did a quick survey to find out what the Britishers think about this campaign and their choice of foods in the complete English breakfast.

And their survey revealed that majority of the people thought that bacon is a must on the menu of a classic English breakfast. 89% of the surveyed people believed that bacon is the ideal dish that must be in the full English breakfast. And 83% people felt that sausage are essential to be on the ideal English breakfast menu.

Moreover, more than half of the surveyed people (60%) wanted hash browns in the list. Referring to the tweet of the English Breakfast Society, YouGov tweeted:

“The English Breakfast Society has said that hash browns do not belong on a Full English.”

“They’ve got some convincing to do, given that 60% say hash browns would feature on their ‘ideal’ Full English.”

Good Morning Britain show and the debate

The show hosts of Good Morning Britain carried the controversial news into a debate. They tweeted the same day:

“Controversial news this morning: there are calls for hash browns to be banished from the full English. The English Breakfast Society is supporting a return to bubble & squeak. Is this the end of the hashbrown? Or would you get rid of something else instead?”

They discussed on it on the show. Charlotte Hawkins, the show presenter said that the English Breakfast Society banned the hash browns because they thought that it did not soak up enough of the juices. Further, she revealed what she would prefer to be replaced:

“If I was going to lose something, I would lose the black pudding.”

Read here: Easy way to make Hash Browns (Delicious and Crispy)

Co-host Ben Shephard said:

“I’m not a fan (of hash browns).”

“I would rather have a bubble and squeak.”

While Laura Tobin disagreed. She said:

“I love a hash brown, I might just duck to the canteen and grab one.”

“I like a hash brown sandwich.”