The nation’s favourite breakfast drink? Tea, of course. Some 55% of the UK has a cup of tea when it eats a Full English breakfast. Second favourite is fresh orange juice (41%) and in third is coffee (35%).

　　英国人最喜欢在早餐喝什么呢?当然是茶。大约55%英国人在吃全英式早餐的时候会喝一杯茶。他们第二喜欢的是鲜橙汁(41%)，第三喜欢的是咖啡(35%)。

　　Jo Hudson added: “Our research also discovered that far from being unadventurous, Brits are happy to chance their arm and try new things for breakfast. Lobster Benedict, Eggs Benedict, Breakfast Burgers, Egg & Marmite Soldiers, Salmon & Scrambled Eggs – more than a third of the nation (34%) have tried all these.

　　琼·哈德森补充道：“我们的调查还发现英国人根本不是不喜冒险，他们很乐意在早餐的时候尝尝新东西。龙虾松饼、火腿蛋松饼、早餐汉堡、鸡蛋配面包条、鲑鱼配炒鸡蛋——超过三分之一的英国人(34%)都尝过这些。

　　History of the full English

　　全英式早餐的历史

　　The first English Breakfast was mentioned in recipes around 1840 but the menu was not fixed it could include halibut, whiting, figs, pheasant, kidneys on toast, and pork pie”.

　　英式早餐最早是在1840年左右的菜谱中被提及的，但菜式并不固定，可能会有大比目鱼、无花果、野鸡、吐司配腰子和猪肉馅饼。

　　That legend of the cookbook Mrs Beeton in her household management book of 1861 recorded breakfast as: “The following list of hot dishes may perhaps assist our readers in knowing what to provide for the comfortable meal called breakfast. Broiled fish, such as mackerel, whiting, herrings, dried haddocks, mutton chops and rump-steaks, broiled sheep’s kidneys, kidneys à la maître d’hôtel, sausages, plain rashers of bacon, bacon and poached eggs, ham and poached eggs, omelets, plain boiled eggs, oeufs-au-plat, poached eggs on toast, muffins, toast, marmalade, butter.”

　　在传奇级食谱——比顿夫人1861年的家庭管理手册中，她对早餐的记录是：“在准备一顿令人舒适的早餐时，以下的热菜列表或许能帮助读者选择做什么菜。烤鱼(如鲭鱼、牙鳕、鲱鱼)、黑线鳕鱼干、羊排骨和羊肉排、烤绵羊腰子、总管腰子、香肠、熏肉片、熏肉配煮鸡蛋、火腿配煮鸡蛋、煎蛋卷、水煮鸡蛋、煎蛋、煮鸡蛋配吐司、松饼、吐司、果酱、黄油。”

　　During the Second World War due to a shortage of bacon and eggs breakfast became a rare luxury but by 1956 half the British population were still having a cooked breakfast even if it was just a boiled egg.

　　二战期间，由于熏肉和鸡蛋短缺，早餐变成了罕有的奢侈品。但直到1956年，仍然有一半的英国人吃做好的早餐，尽管只有一个煮鸡蛋。

　　An Ulster version includes potato bread and soda farls, Welsh includes laverbread, eaten fried with bacon and cockles. In the North Midlands, oatcakes sometimes replace fried bread and the Scots includes tattie scones and Lorne sausage.

　　阿尔斯特(位于北爱尔兰)版本的早餐中有土豆面包和苏打薄饼;威尔士版本的则有莱佛面包，跟熏肉和鸟蛤一起炸着吃。在英格兰中部地区偏北的地方，人们有时候会用燕麦饼代替煎面包，而苏格兰早餐会有土豆煎饼和方形香肠。

　　A typical full English has approximately 1190 calories.

　　一顿标准的全英式早餐大约含有1190卡路里。

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