People from the UK, do you really eat a full English breakfast or is it just a tourist thing?

Not everyday but yes! Absolutely.

It's in no way, shape or form a tourist thing. It's a typical British meal. However, we don't eat it every day - it can be anything from a once a week thing to a once a month thing for most people.

I eat a fry up at a greasy spoon once or twice a month

As above, it's a rare treat for most people, but labourers who start work very early might have one at their morning break. That's the only sort of person who might eat that every day. You can see lots of high visibility jackets/bibs in English cafes in the mornings.

Yes, I love a fry up. (I prefer this name to saying full English).

We have this for breakfast on special occasions and if we have overnight guests. I make it myself but would have it at a hotel or if out at a brunch place.

Its not an every day thing but once a month or so, sure.

Wouldn't eat a big full breakfast on a daily basis, but absolutely would as an occasional treat. Makes a great weekend brunch.

Or there are small versions of the form that you might get at a little 'greasy spoon' diner/café, which are less excessive. If there's just one or two of each thing it's not such a huge plate. Good for a breakfast while you're away from home and don't have access to your normal stuff.

Despite it being called a 'breakfast' I have it for lunch or brunch much more frequently. I used to have it twice a week when I was at university, now much less regularly.

Probably once or twice a year

Maybe three times a year, usually Sunday morning, in the winter. Makes a change from boiled eggs and soldiers.

Absolutely. Breakfast of champions.

Maybe once every month, maybe once every 2 months ...

I don't, it's way too heavy for me. I have porridge, fruit and coffee in the mornings.

Once in a blue moon but I know some people who have them every weekend

I’d eat it everyday, but I’d be dead.

I eat it as a treat, a hangover cure, or if I've done a lot of exercise. When I was in university (or 'college') I did rowing in the mornings and would always look forward to a full english breakfast afterwards.

We have one some Saturday mornings, We'd be dead by now otherwise

I rarely cook one, but if I’m eating out at breakfast time I’m absolutely getting one. It’s not a tourist thing.

Yep every weekend.

Not everyday. Usually eat them if I'm at a hotel or away for the weekend etc

I have 2 weetabix and a cup of coffee, I don't think I have ever had a full english breakfast in all my 61 years here.

When I was a lad we’d have a full cooked breakfast on Sunday after mass. This would see us through to the evening when we’d have a roast dinner. Our mum spent most of Sunday cooking for six of us.

Full English is an occasional thing but I don't know anyone that doesn't partake occasionally. I'll do one for the family once a month or so, but it doesn't mean you have to do a socials-ready gutbuster!

When I was a child in London - I’m 70 now - we had a full cooked breakfast every day, except Sunday. On Sunday, by family agreement, my mother could sleep in and so we made do with cornflakes. We would be having a full roast dinner after church anyway. Every 10 days, my father would need to leave the house for work at 4.30 in the morning. My mother still prepared a cooked breakfast for him even then, went back to bed and then did it all over for me and my brother before we left for school at just after 8.

A lot of people here commenting it's not a daily thing but a rare treat, which is true, but few people mentioning the key context which is: it's usually a hangover thing.

We're not eating them for breakfast everyday (no one I know could be bothered cooking all that of a morning, at least on a weekday) but if i'm staying in a hotel or something I'm absolutely having a full English every morning.

And going out for one at the weekend (especially if it was a heavy night the night before) is also definitely a thing.

In fact, it doesn't even have to be 'breakfast' plenty of places offer a Full English/fry up, whatever you want to call it all day.

There's a small, medium & large versions & cafes thrive on all day breakfasts.

Some of the lads on site go full English on a Friday. I can’t because I just want to sleep after eating that amount and no building work will be done by me anymore that day.

Mostly will only eat it on a Saturday or Sunday when I’m massively hungover. Or if you’re on a works trip and the company is paying might have it at the hotel.

Also used to eat it quite a lot when I was laboring from a greasy spoon.

I might have it a handful of times a year in a cafe when I'm really hungry. Most people who have breakfast I'd imagine have either a cereal, toast, fruit, avacado, porridge, some eggs etc and a cup of tea. If I'm staying in a hotel and want a breakfast that'll carry me to 2pm I'll have a huge full English (Premier Inn all you can eat breakfast) 

It’s a thing but only once a week for me. Every day would lead to a coronary lol.

No it's shite. I have an Ulster fry or Scottish breakfast instead. The English "full" breakfast is missing all the things.

I'm more likely to have it as my evening meal though overall.

It's a weekend treat.

In the same way I don't, for a second, think Americans eat a stack of pancakes with bacon & lashings of syrup every morning.

Whenever I can! At least once a week if not more often

On occasion, I've made myself one instead of a Sunday roast.

Occasionally, maybe on a Sunday if im feeling up to it, but definitely on a special occasion.

Yes, absolutely. They are majestic.

Occasionally on a weekend but at lunch time and to cover breakfast and lunch.

Scrambled eggs on toast with bacon or porridge during the week. Then fried bread 2 fried eggs 2 bacon 1 sausage and baked beans at the weekend. You can swap for fried bread for chips if you want a different carb. Normally at least once during the weekend!

Traditionally only on a Sunday, but only if you're a great big fat bastard. It's more of a treat than anything 

I’ve only ever had one in a hotel or B&B

I usually only have one after a big night out(they cure hangovers!), or at a hotel.

I can’t imagine how bad I would feel if I ate one every single day.

Too large for me, I'd go for the mini fry when on holiday.

I have one about once a year. It’s terrific.

It is a rare treat nowadays (3 or 4 times a year). It was never a daily thing but used to enjoy it once or twice a month.

I had one today...

Not a brit, but my family absolutely loves english breakfast, so I try to treat them with it on the weekends, although not all weekends (as they also love french omelets, so it is usually a battle between these 2 breakfasts).

Edit: oh, and we skip the blood sausage thingie 🤭

Fuck no. Maybe once a year... maximum

On a building site, yes, every day. At home? Once a month, maybe.

Probably once a month, it's great!

Sometimes at the weekend . Normally it's a council breakfast. Coffee and a smoke.

I’m English. I eat a full cooked breakfast a small handful of times per year: under ten. My waistline would not forgive me if I ate it daily!

Every day, without fail.

Nowhere near every day - in my experience, it’s a privilege reserved for the morning after the night before, when you need bringing back from the dead!

Very, very occasionally, as a special treat.

Maybe once a week if I can be bothered making it or I go to a cafe with my dad, I don’t think I could eat it everyday but when you get one that’s right it is just HEAVEN especially if you’re particularly hungry

I eat one every chance I get but you can't have one every day or you'll die before 30.

We have a full Scottish Breakfast most Sundays. Rare on other days unless on holiday and somewhere does a good one.

Nope. I've only ever had it when I've been away somewhere. Growing up it was cereal or nothing. Usually nothing for me. I have protein oats and fake Weetabix ATM with almond milk. Seems to keep me full most of the day.

Yes, but only once a week ish... other days, eggs on toast or marmite on toast, or cereal

Once a week maybe

Every now n again for me couple times a month maybe

I go out to Wetherspoons for a full breakfast once a week. Sometimes, instead I have one at the local greasy spoon. But it is a once a week treat a break from my very healthy diet

At least once a week I have a full English.

I have something similar every day but not everything.

Today was mushrooms and scrambled eggs, yesterday was sausages and toast. Type thing.

I don't eat cereals and I'm not keen on sweet things for breakfast, so something cooked is preferable.

Yes, but usually when I am holiday.

As a treat on Saturday.

Most people do not eat them everyday. Maybe just at the weekend or every now and then as a treat. The average breakfast would just be cereal, toast or crumpets.

I did work for a delivery company and some of the lorry drivers there would pick up their load then go for a full English around 9:30 and then stop again at 12:00 for lunch at the chippy. They weren't exactly the healthiest of people.

More likely to eat it for my tea lol can’t be arsed with all that in the morning

very rarely but sometimes yes. and it’s not usually ‘full’ as in every possible part, but usually includes the basics like bacon, eggs, toast, beans, sometimes sausages and hash browns. i’d usually call it a fry up tho

I have one ad a treat every so often

Not at all. It’s like saying the entirety of Italy eats just pasta, pizza and fabulous wine. And also works for the Mafia.

Twice a month, perhaps on average….yes.

its the law that everyone has a full English breakfast at least once a week or you get deported as an illegal alien /j

we usually have one for a treat. less so now people are more concerned about their heath.

It's a treat, not a daily thing. The cost alone would be prohibitive.

Maybe once or twice a year at a greasy spoon (cheap café). It's definitely one for after a night out lol.

Only fat fucks and goons eat full English brekkies on the regular

I’m not from the UK, but my wife cooks me a full English once a year on Father’s Day, blood sausage and all.

I love it, but eating it regularly would kill me.

I eat sausage, eggs, bacon, toast every Saturday and Sunday with friend onions and tomatoes with a scotch bonnet in there. I don't eat hash browns, and black pudding and beans.

We maybe have it once a week

No one eats them every day, even people who have it regularly only do so at the weekend ect.

It’s not healthy to be having a fry up every day.

Not every day. Only as a treat when eating out or in a hotel.

Some people only eat then when they’re on holiday.

Not every day. But we do eat them.

I don't even eat breakfast xD

About the same frequency as you do. I love one on holiday or when I’m off work and can go to the cafe but at 6am I’m having a coffee and a bit of toast and leaving, not cooking a massive breakfast.

I probably eat it once or twice a year. It's nice, but soooo unhealthy. Plus, you feel bloated for a while after.

No we don’t, it’s generally a weekend brunch type meal. I mean no one is going to eat: square sausage, links sausage, black pudding, haggis slice, tattie scone, fruit pudding/fried clootie dumpling, bacon and eggs, fried potatoes, grilled tomatoes and mushrooms. Then there’s the toast and or a well fired roll. If we ate that everyday we’d be built like “brick schithoose’s”. 😅😂😹

It’s the name of a dish. Like “fish and chips”. It’s not like toast or cereal.

Some people eat it every day. I eat it once a week - at lunchtime from a greasy spoon cafe. Some may eat it as frequently as they do a Christmas lunch.

Maybe at the weekend we’ll have sausage butties or bacon, egg and toast. But I’d say it’s maybe twice a month, and it’s considerably smaller than a proper full English. It’s just too much food for breakfast.

If I didn’t have to cook it and didn’t care about my weight, I would eat one every day

It’s too intense for me, too many ingredients, so I don’t really eat it.

I'm always trying to lose weight and what used to be common man's cuisine is too expensive to eat on the regular anyway. So it's very rare I have one. I can't even remember the last time I had a good one.

Yes we eat a Full English, but it’s not an every day thing. It’s something most of us will only eat a few times a year

The beans threw me at first but I'm ok with it now.

My husband has it once per year when we go for a family holiday with my in-laws. I like it as well, but I prefer a lighter breakfast, so I basically never have it unless there's no other option.

Me and a mate play snooker every other Saturday morning and grab one beforehand. Couldn't imagine eating them more often though.

My grandparents ate one every day in the 1950s - 1970s, but I don't know anyone who eats one daily now. It's a weekend thing, or a treat, or maybe when you're at a hotel. I know people who have them Christmas morning.

I haven't eaten one in 40 odd years. I have a cooked breakfast occasionally, but usually just eggs.

2 weeks ago I had one every weekday morning from the cafe at work. This isn’t a usual occurrence, but one a week is probably pretty normal, it’s not a tourist thing whatsoever it’s a legit British thing that we do

Never at home. Only if out at a cafe or maybe if we are away overnight and staying in. Premier Inn or something. Then only probably once or twice a year if that.

Yes, more or less depending on where you look. I have one at least every other weekend. Pure joy.

Eat them? Yes! On the daily? No!

For me, it's definitely an occasional thing, maybe on a bank holiday or something like that. Some people probably have one every weekend, but I wouldn't think many are having it any more often than that.

It's a lot of effort tbh. I might do it for the fam as a treat but not daily.

For me it's a monthly at best. I will cook bacon or sausage and eggs on a Saturday but full English is a treat and not healthy every day. I could never eat that much every morning. For me full English means bacon, sausage, eggs, black pudding, beans, fried bread, mushrooms and tomatoes. Nobody should eat that much regularly. When you do have that though it's glorious.

My coworker says she eats a fry-up every single day. She's skinny as a rake.

Only person I know who eats it is my grandad who has one every saturday that my nan makes him. No-one can possibly eat that much everyday unless theyre texan

They're good if you have a hangover. I'd call it a fry up not a full English. Best eaten at a greasy spoon (cafe that specialises in that kind of food). I probably have one every other month or so.

Not every day! Too expensive. It's a treat.

Hangover remedy.

Very rare that we make one at home but we will go out to a cafe for breakfast a couple of times a month and will usually have a full English.

Definitely not a tourist thing. Most places that serve breakfasts will do them and for a lot of places it’s the core of the breakfast menu.

Not every day, but it's a treat whenever I do have it. Not had one for months unfortunately...

When someone else makes it, yes.

A full Ulster is a going out for breakfast sort of meal but whatever weekend day I’m off I like to do sausage eggs and potato bread which I guess is a mini fry

We tend to have one every Saturday/sunday. Definitely not suitable for everyday if you’re at work/school but always super nice for brunch on a weekend

It’s a special event in our house - once a month or so?

It’s a lot of things to cook at once, tasty but not healthy. But good to cook for 8 or more people.

A lot of people do eat them, but I don't know anyone who would have one as a regular breakfast everyday.

For most I'd say it's a weekend treat or a hangover food.

I'd also say that most people might cook the basic elements of it, but it's a FULL full English/Scottish breakfast it'd be more likely something you'd get at a cafe, purely because it's a lot of individual things to cook (which as I said, if you're hungover, is not something you want to do😂)

As a treat I'll have one. Normally I might have a few cooked bits at home at the weekend, say, bacon, eggs and some nice home cooked beans, or some good sausages and mushrooms with fried potatoes. The whole lot is more of a pop out for a special occasion, you need the space of a commercial kitchen, or military timing that I rarely possess in the mornings. My kids prefer pancakes for a home cooked brekkie, seems a waste to cook it for one

No, maybe for like birthdays or something but not as a regular thing

I mean, there's probably very few countries that eat a full breakfast of any kind every day. Americans aren't waking up every morning and eating pancakes, bacon, and sausage (maybe in sandwich form). 

Hell yes we eat it!

What we don’t have is “afternoon/high tea”.

Once a month at least

Hell yes 

In my younger years working in a supermarket I had one 5/7 for well over 10 years. 

I wan on my feet all day and it was genuinely the only breakfast where I wouldn't feel hungry again until lunchtime .

Coffee is a full breakfast, right?

I would imagine most people won't bother making a full English breakfast regularly.

I do if it’s on offer but this is usually only when I stay in a hotel

I never have for breakfast, but I've had one for tea a few times. No one is eating it every day surely...would cost a fortune and take so much time nevermind anything else.

I wouldn't be able to cope with a cooked breakfast in the morning on a regular day, I only have one on holiday in a hotel. I prefer a lighter breakfast if I need to be able to function afterwards!

I eat them probably once a week or fortnightly, but that’s a perk as a builder and nice cafes.

Not every day but I had one this morning...

Even have it for tea sometimes too.

Only very occasionally at home or sometimes when staying at a hotel.

shout out to all the retired dads who eat one every day. my dad, reckless behaviour.

Yep, but not regularly. Although, anyone else sometimes have an English brekkie for dinner?

Very occasionally. We do tend to have the bits from it though - eggs and toast most commonly, or a sausage sandwich, some people have bacon rolls. The only time I have a full English consistently is when I do a physical weeks work on a conservation/restoration working holiday I sometimes go on. On those occasions it’s a great way to set yourself up for physical work.

Most of the world’s traditional foods come from a time when work was really physical and they tend to be less often eaten now many jobs are becoming sedentary.

Construction workers frequently eat them. Whenever I go into our local greasy spoon it's full of people in high viz. Everyone else has them as a treat now and again or on holiday.

definitely not daily, but if my family are staying over my dad will buy all the ingredients and nag one of us to cook it in the morning 😂

Im British. I eat some elements on weekdays, such as bacon or sausage but its very rare ill eat a full English unless its a special occasion like a birthday or a Saturday with no plans

Love a full English, but only on special occasions or when staying at a Premier Inn

Definitely a weekend treat.

Once a week at least

For me it’s a treat every now and then. Used to be the ultimate hangover cure!

Before climbing an actual mountain or cycling across the width of the country, yes. Before work, no.

I used to have a full breakfast every day when I was in the mob. But that’s cos the mess was awesome and they had a never ending servery. I also had metabolism like a greyhound on speed. Nowadays it’s just occasionally, but I still really enjoy it.

Defo just a hotel thing. There the economies of scale make it worth it while cooking up the various bits at home is just a recipe for frustration.

Most people have an English breakfast every now and then (lets say 1 every few months), sometimes more but it usually depends how much money you have