Sunday 22 April 2012

British Breakfast

I wanted to share with you today how the English do breakfast. 
Although America has it's fluffy pancakes, waffles, cookie crunch and hash browns, the British have their accessories. 


Item #1: Egg Cozies


These particular ones were hand knitted by the very talented Rosemary Stirrup (so they're not for sale unless you ask very nicely). I'm desperate to sit down and have some lessons! Look at the detail with the pipping around the sweaters and the multicoloured hats.


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Instructions on how to make your own
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The point of egg cozies is to keep your eggs warm while you toast your bread for the toasty soldiers


This brings us to item #2:


Item #2: Egg Cups 


Absolutely vital in any household. 
According to Wikipedia, the earliest known use of an egg cup was on Minoan Crete. Someone realised that it was a lot easier to provide the egg with its own vestibule than try and hold a hot egg. genius. 


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Item #3: Toast Holder


Not really sure why these exist as piling toast on top of each other is a much better way of keeping them warm. 
But perhaps that's just me. 
You'll often find these on the fancier breakfast tables.  


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Item #4: The Food
Okay, so not an accessory. But you can't really have an English Breakfast without having some of this on the table


The Marmalade
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The Marmite
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Or if you're being fancy:
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The Baked Beans (must be on toast)
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Happy Eating

Amy xx

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