What is the logic behind the foods deemed suitable for the British breakfast? Traditionally, we eat bacon but not ham, kidneys but not liver, haddock but not cod, kedgeree but not curry. I know there are individual and regional variations, but the taboos still seem eccentric.
Matthew, Aberystwyth
There is no logic, because it isn’t actually a very old tradition – look back at Victorian or Edwardian breakfast menus, and everything was fair game, from pasta to pickled herrings, mutton chops and onion soup. I suspect the modern “rules” about what is and isn’t breakfast food arise from…
Source: The Guardian
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