An American living in London decided to put British cuisine to the test by making himself a full English breakfast for the first time, but he quickly argued that one thing was lacking
An American has given his honest verdict after trying to make his own full English breakfast for the first time, but he argued that one element was ‘missing’ from the popular meal.
Kjordy, from the US, has been living in the UK for the past four years. But even though he’s spent multiple years living this side of the pond, he’s still introduced to new parts of British culture on a daily basis, from new slang words that he’s never heard before to new foods he’s yet to try. Because of this, he decided to take on one of the most popular meals in the country.
“About a month ago, I attempted beans on toast, and safe to say, well it could have been better,” he said in a TikTok video. “And now, I’m on a quest to perfect the next British cuisine. And after a little consultation with the most British person I know, it’s time for a full English breakfast.
“Everybody has their different ways of making it, but today we’re putting in bacon, sausage, eggs, roasted tomato, hash browns, toast, Heinz beans, and against my own will, black pudding. Let’s get it,” he said before he started cooking.
He was seen preheating his oven before cracking his eggs into a pan on the hob to fry. He then placed a tray with two hash browns into the oven Using the same pan he used for the eggs, he went on to cook the sausages and the bacon rashers.
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Meanwhile he put the bread in the toaster before microwaving his beans in a bowl. The final step was to fry the halved tomatoes.
“Alrighty man, food is ready. This is a lot of d**n food,” he said, showing his plate which had been filled with the breakfast foods. After having made sure to have tasted everything on the plate, except for the black pudding, he said: “I see why this is so popular. The egg with the beans, the sausage, very heavy but very savoury.
“The one thing it is missing [is] something sweet,” he criticised. “There’s no better combo than sweet and savoury, so having a little syrupy pancake with a bacon is… mm.
“I think it’s time I man up and try this damn blood pudding,” he said before smelling and taking a bite out of it. However, after gagging because of the flavour, he said: “F**k no.”
“My final review, it’s really, really good. I don’t know how I feel about the beans and tomato with it,” he said before giving it a score of six and a half out of ten.
Brits quickly flocked to the comment section to share their tips and tricks for how to make the full English more enjoyable.
“You didn’t butter the toast,” one person criticised, while another viewer wanted to make sure that he actually cooked the black pudding.
“Good try. Swap the black pudding for fried mushrooms,” another person recommended, while a fourth viewer said: “If you didn’t cram a bit of each food on one fork full then you haven’t eaten a full English. Dip that fork full in HP, you’re at a 10/10.”
“Solid mate. Tomatoes and black pudding not an essential for me. Keep with the stuff you enjoy!” another person said.
Instead of adding pancakes, like Kjordy wanted, another viewer said: “Ketchup or hp sauce adds something sweet. I like tinned tomatoes with mine as the acidicness of the tomatoes helps contrast the grease of everything else.”
“Jam on the toast for sweet can help too. But I’m weird and like jam and buttered toast with egg,” another person recommended.