Settle an argument

[Greenleaves]

You are all wrong....bananas on toast for breakfast

[SusieG]

Joined brekkie debate rather late, but for me marmite and cheese is king! Lightly grilled on thick sliced toast. Absolutely NO butter or 'pretend' butter, (hated the stuff since a very young child!!) has to be dry, unadulterated toast!

[SusieG]

OH has strawberry jam, by the way, hates marmite!

[bearded bloke]

Ummmmmm, banana & black treacle butties

[clod]

well I'm glad everyone likes breakfast whatever they have - except maybe the disagreement!

Damson and blackcurrant are gorgeous, but the best jam of all is sunberry - any time, anywhere, anyplace...

[Bill HH]

My daughter when she was young insisted on burnt toast, and I mean black!! how wierd is that.

But all this jam for breakfast nonesense is just the influence of all the continental holidays where they chuck you a horrible croisant and a bit of jam and try to convince you its suitable. I think a proper full English brekky is just to much hard work and mess for most people. On the farm we used to work from 6:30 until 10 am and come in to the farm house starving, have a huge breakfast and endless rounds of toast and marmalade after.
Yes proper toast and marmalade needs cold toast and real butter laid on with a trowel. I also think toast is a worthwhile taste, different from bread and it doesn't fall apart in your hands like fresh un toasted bread.

As for Scottish white pudding (mealie pudding) I am an expert. This is not to be confused with hogs pudding which is basicaly just a big pork sausage. Proper white pudding (as I make it) is mainly oat meal, beef suet, chopped leeks and most importantly jamaican pepper (all spice) Getting skins to pack it into is very messy so I roll mine in cling film, boil it for 30 mins then freeze it, it is then used as fried slices like black pudding. It transforms a cooked breafast. You only need a couple of 1/2 inch slices. In scotland the chip shops deep fry it and serve it with chips.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Best place for strawberry jam is on a crisp Yorkshire pudding as a sweet after a beef dinner.

[Small pumpkin]

I'm liking the sound of the White puddin Bill

[Alison]

I'm liking the sound of the White puddin Bill

It's horrible, honestly totally vile.

[rary]

I like both. Currently on blackberry jelly. And because Mum's raised us with her odd Scandi ways, jam on cheese on toast is also marvellous.

Yes jam on cheese and it has to be blackcurrant jam, and (even though it goes against the grain), blackcurrent jam on toast, I dont like marmalade, and would only use it as a last resort, but it is good for catching wasps

[Jay22]

Toast with jam or toast with banana for breakfast...yum!

[Jay22]

Hmm, sweet stuff is disgusting first thing in the morning.

This from the woman who likes sardines for breakfast!!! Yuk!

[Bobh]

You lot are odd!
Marmalade goes on morning toast.
Jam goes on scones, croissants, afternoon toast, in tarts, steamed puds, bakewell pud, in sarnies ideally with peanut butter, in crepes, various cakes, yoghurt, rice pudding ... And in sausages, it would appear
Marmite goes on lunchtime toast. With cheese.

Hi
I'm small pumpkins better half just had to sign up to put a few people straight about this whole marmalade/jam thing!
PP above has hit the nail on the head, I couldn't have put it better myself.
It's not that I have anything against jam, its a perfectly acceptable method of preserving food BUT it should never be eaten or even seen at the breakfast table.

[Nicos]

YEY!!!...here comes the trouble maker!!

(I'll forgive you if you think marmalade is on cold toast though! )

[PyreneesPlot]

Hi
I'm small pumpkins better half just had to sign up to put a few people straight about this whole marmalade/jam thing!
PP above has hit the nail on the head, I couldn't have put it better myself.
It's not that I have anything against jam, its a perfectly acceptable method of preserving food BUT it should never be eaten or even seen at the breakfast table.

Hello and welcome Bob (or is that Mr SP?). At last, the voice of sanity

Marmalade on hot toast and cold toast are two utterly different affairs, Nicos. One is homely and comforting and the second should be only taken following porridge or a mountain of fresh fruit, and then a full English breakfast.