What do Brits Eat for Breakfast | Easy English 117

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This week, we decided to head down to the beach

and marina in Brighton.

We wanted to find out what  the people eat for breakfast

each morning and any special  breakfasts they like to have

once in a blue moon.

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Okay, so tell me; what do you do for breakfast?

I usually have muesli with oat milk

and fresh fruit on a good day; a banana.

Tell me what you had for breakfast this morning.

So porridge, porridge and fruit.

Okay, porridge and fruit. - Porridge and fruit.

Was it like, a flav... you get  these like, flavoured porridges.

Oh no, no. - straight up.

Straight up, boring. Yeah, yeah.

Bit of water, microwave.

Bit of water, no milk?

2 minutes... no, no milk.

Wow wow.

And... but then, what do you usually do, then?

Wha... no that's it. That's  the normal, that's the normal.

And why... why'd you pick  porridge then? Why the porridge?

Sustaining.

Erm... sustaining... is that a word?

Yeah, think so. - Yeah, kept me er...

As in, it keeps you...

I've got the red button fear. Can you tell?

It's not very good, is it?

Well, it might spin you out a bit,

because I don't usually eat  breakfast, I'm a bit of a faster.

You do intermittent... - Yeah,  I'm an intermittent faster.

But if I was to eat breakfast,  it's usually an omelette,

(a) meaty omelette, something like that. - Okay.

So, try and stay away from the bread nowadays.

What do you do for breakfast?

Er... I normally have cereal with milk and honey.

And wha... what kind of cereal is it?

One called ''Shreddies''.

You'll see it a lot if you come to the UK.

Okay, and wha... describe ''Shreddies''.

It's kind of like... - Malted wheat.

Malted wheat in kind of, a rectangular shape,

in like, criss-cross... criss-cross pattern.

They look like, kinda like, tiny cushions.

Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah, that's it.

Okay, and erm... how often do you have that?

Every day. - Every day? - Yeah. - Religiously?

Yeah, yeah. It's tradition.

I mean, it depends on the day, but right now,

because of my... my family's like, lactose free.

Because me and my brother can't have dairy.

So we have like, these  lactose free... like, waffles.

Really? - Or... yeah.

Or we have cereal with lactose free milk. - Yeah.

Not proper milk.

And... and... - Sometimes you have grapefruit.

Yeah, I do have grapefruit  and fruit a lot as well.

Nice, with what? - Erm... just  normally as a fruit salad.

Yeah, I'd like to say that I was that healthy,

but I erm... I do try and have  a piece of fruit for breakfast.

But recently, I found that  you can get frozen cra...

frozen croissants.

which you can stick in the oven

and then you can stick marmalade on 'em,

which is really, really nice.

And then, how about you; what  would you do for breakfast?

I usually al... during the week, alternate.

You know, I will have a Greek  yoghurt with fruit and honey

and other days, I'll have porridge,

again with fruit and honey and maybe some er...

pumpkin seeds or other seeds. - Nice.

And how about you; what's...  what's your breakfast consist of?

So my breakfast is... erm... is yoghurt,

Greek yoghurt with nuts;  chopped up and frozen fruit.

And then by the time I get to work,

I usually have my breakfast  about half past ten-ish.

And the frozen fruit is thawed.

What do you do for breakfast?

Mainly cereals for breakfast.

And, if I'm still hungry,  toast; toast and marmalade.

Okay, let's go into specifics;  what cereal do you go for?

Er... ''Rice Krispies''.

Really? - Yeah. - Snap, crackle and pop?

Snap, crackle and pop.

Or Cheerios.

Let's say it's your birthday or you've... I dunno,

A special breakfast. - Yeah, what's your special,

cheat breakfast that you go to?

Pancakes. - Pancakes? - Gotta be, yeah.

And, what kind of pancakes? American style?

Yeah, no. American style.

And then, it would normally  have honey, I love honey.

Honey and... I think golden syrup as well,

golden syrup's great.

Occasionally, if I get a chance,  I like to go for a fry-up.

Yeah, traditional sort of, eggs, bacon, sausage,

that kind of thing, yeah. - If it's your birthday,

is that you're kind of, what you're  asking people to make for you?

Yeah or something, you know,  on a Friday night out...

after a Friday night.

Yeah, on a Saturday morning, not feeling too well

and having... having a fry-up  is always a good option. - Nice.

There's really... there's a really nice,

greasy spoon cafe near me, that I enjoy going to.

I didn't say... I didn't ask that,

you go out and get it?

I go out and go get it, yeah.

You stumble out in the early hours and... - Yeah.

And also, my girlfriend makes  a mean pancake, as well.

So, occasionally at the weekend have pancakes.

American style or the... -  American style pancakes, yes.

Nice, with... with what?

Er... depends again, whether  we're feeling healthy.

So if we're feeling healthy,  it's with blueberries.

If we're feeling not so healthy, it's with bacon.

Wow, nice! - But plenty of  maple syrup, whichever way.

So then, what do you...  let's say it's your birthday.

Right, yeah? - What are you doing  for your birthday, for breakfast?

Pancakes, maybe a fry-up, something like that.

Okay. - Yeah, one of those.

What kind of pancakes are  we... American or crepes?

I tend to make er... banana ones, banana pancakes.

But like, these thick, American ones?

Yeah, think style, yeah.  Banana, oat milk, mixed up.

Mixed with banana, or? - Yeah,  peel a banana, mush it up,

baking powder, sugar, oat milk.

D'you know what, a lot of people  er... three people, so far,

have gone for these American  style pancakes. - Right, yeah.

(I'm) quite surprised. -  Yeah maybe, I think we're...

we're coming around to new ideas and cultures,

aren't we, a bit more? Bit more varied, yeah.

I mean it's still kind of, beige.

So we're within the English realm.

It still... it still looks the right colour.

So we'll give it a go.

But it's... it's thicker than  our small, thin ones, yeah.

So let's say, for example or scenario;

it's both your birthdays. - Yeah.

What is... do you have like, a cheat breakfast,

or like, a really special  breakfast, that you'd both have?

Yeah. - What do you have? -  I go to pancakes. - Really?

Because my dad's really good  at making the really thin ones.

The French, crepe style? - Yeah.

So, we normally have pancakes  on my birthday. - You do.

Nice, and what do you have on your crepe?

So we have like... we have  like, all our toppings out.

Like, fruit, yoghurt, golden  syrup, chocolate spread

and sometimes we just have butter, as well.

So we'll have like, a whole like, assortment.

Nice fry-up. - Yeah? What does that consists of?

Sausages, loads of eggs, bacon, er... tomatoes,

couple of mushrooms. - Yeah.

If I'm feeling really naughty  I'll get a fried slice, as well.

What's a fried slice? - So  like... basically like, toast.

But I... I don't even know you'd do it,

I get the girlfriend to do it.

You just fry it in butter  or oil and then it's just

the most unhealthiest thing  you'd probably ever eat.

Is it sim... is it similar to French toast?

Similar to... similar to French toast,

but erm... ideally it's not...

it's not sweet, like French toast.

And, any sources to go with your fry-up?

Probably just ketchup; bit boring.

No brown sauce? - Er... sometimes.

Sometimes, I'd rather ketchup though.

Do you have er... like a naughty  breakfast... - Course I do.

So yeah, that'd be a fry-up, usually with friends,

if friends have been staying or  if I go away for the weekend.

Okay, you're cooking it or someone else?

Me or them.

And then, what does your fry-up consist of?

Because there's some  variations, right? - Oh, okay.

Maybe you can compare?

Bacon, mushrooms, egg, usually.

Bacon, mushrooms... okay, that's quite...

That's not like your... when you get...

that's quite a civilised-ish, isn't it really?

Yeah, I imagine when you go  to get yours in a restaurant

or in a little er... cafe or something,

I'm sure it's pretty substantial?

Sausage, bacon, chips and beans. - Chips!

Chips and beans, Yes. - Really!? - Yeah, yeah.

Nick, we're discovering things about you - I know!

That's mad. - It's a high calorie breakfast.

How about you; what you go for?

Probably a bacon sandwich. - Oh yeah?

If I'm having something special, yeah.

And how would you have your bacon? - Crispy.

Really? Dead, dead crispy? - Yeah.

What sauce d'you have on it, if any?

Tomato. - Yeah? Not a fan of brown sauce?

No, tomato. - Brilliant

And how did you learn...

gather information about intermittent fasting?

Well, I'm a P.T. (personal trainer)  as well as a support worker.

So I train a lot of clients  and I've done a lot of like,

delving into healthy diets and nutrition

and the benefits of intermittent fasting.

And this is the one?

I believe so, I believe it works.

How long do you do? - It's usually a 16:8.

Right... So 16 hours (not eating).

So what time do you stop eating, then?

Oh well, around seven or  eight o'clock in the evening.

And then you... - And then you stop.

But the good thing is;  halfway through those hours,

are... are during night time,

so you've already kained eight  or nine hours just by sleeping.

And then you get up and then you're meant

to just have water, really or  black coffee. - Yeah, yeah.

And then, come... come midday; one/two o'clock,

that's when you can stuff  your calories. - That's it!

Not eat what you want; eat quite well.

But, get your calories in,  in that short period of time,

up to around seven.

So, it's not too bad.

And then wha... what were your thoughts on erm...

a big thing that's in vogue, is  like, this intermittent fasting

and skipping breakfast all together.

Yeah well, my girlfriend did  that this morning over there.

Oh really? - Yeah, it's... it's fine for her.

But it's the... the other side, coping with that.

You know, and fitting in  the food slot, either side.

Hopefully she's out of shot here,  so she won't be able to hear me.

Have you not thought about giving it a go then?

I'm awfully routine like that.

I think as a teacher, it's sort of, you know,

when you get to certain  slots in the day, you're...

I could eat any every hour, to be honest.

So er... - You don't want a big drop off at like,

9AM do you I suppose? - No  exactly, you're going...

Zombie-esque.

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Please feel free to leave us a  comment about where you’re from

and what you like to have for breakfast

and if you’ve ever tried a traditional

full English breakfast or fry-up.

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