帮英式料理洗白，英国可不只有“黑暗料理”

It’s breakfast time. Forget stacks of pancakes covered in maple syrup and push aside your love of grits. As there’s really no place for any of these items in the classic full English breakfast. So grab your knife and your fork, and come with me, as we feast our eyes on Britain’s most treasured national dish.

Maple syrup是枫糖浆，加拿大有名的特产，美国人特别喜欢浇在pancake上吃，也有很多人会跟着bacon一起吃。Grits是粗玉米粉，也是美国人早餐经常吃的食物。不过正宗的英式早餐可见不到他们哦，一会儿Kate就会一一给我们介绍地道的full English breakfast里包含了什么。

Sausages

The full English breakfast is the perfect place for you to show off your sausage. And no, I’m not talking sausage patties or hotdog wieners. Instead, we prefer a simple Lincoln or Cumberland sausage, fried or grilled.

Patty是那种finely chopped meat or fish formed into a small round flat shape，可以翻译成小肉饼。Wiener也叫做frankfurter，是一种long thin smoked sausage with a reddish-brown skin, often eaten in a long bread roll as a hot dog，就是热狗里夹的香肠啦。(看到wiener想歪的孩子自动面壁去!)不过full English breakfast不用这两种sausage哦，他们更喜欢Cumberland sausage (A very long, spicy pork sausage traditionally made in the north of England. It is usually twisted into a spiral before cooking.)或者Lincolnshire sausage (这个到底是什么大家可以去Wikipedia查阅)。

Black pudding

I can only imagine this is called a pudding to make it sound more appealing. Black pudding is actually not a pudding. In fact it’s more like a sausage but made with kidney fat, oatmeal and pig’s blood. It’s sliced and then yeah, you guessed it, fried. It tastes a bit dry and salty, a bit like everything else in the plate.

叫它“布丁”完全是为了听起来更诱人，其实它根本不是布丁，更像是血肠!切片之后油炸，吃起来有点儿干有点儿咸。

Baked beans

Our baked beans are very different to the original American creation, which was made up of beans, stewed with pork and molasses. British baked beans are stewed haricot beans typically in a tomato sauce. You can make your own, but most of us just buy them in a tin.

Baked beans (small white beans cooked in a tomato sauce and usually sold in cans)经常被翻译成“甜豆”，它们跟美国的Boston baked beans (small white beans baked with pork and brown sugar or molasses)不太一样。虽然可以自己做，不过正常人一般都会买罐头来吃。

Toast

Toast or fried bread is essential for mopping up all the lovely grease left on your plate. You can use it as a platform to transport eggs and beans to your mouth, or you can save it and cover it with marmalade.

我们可以用土司把鸡蛋和豆子送进嘴里，也可以沾着果酱吃。

Note:

Mop something up

To remove the liquid from something using something that absorbs it.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms should never come from a tin, only fresh mushrooms will do. Grilled or fried them gently and add some herbs if you’re feeling particularly creative.

此处要用新鲜的蘑菇!新鲜的蘑菇!新鲜的蘑菇!

Tomatoes

Grilled tomatoes are perhaps the most colorful item on the plate. Next to the browny creamy beigey color of everything else. These have a tendency to explode. So try not to wear your favorite T-shirt to breakfast unless tomato juice embarrassment is the look you’re going for.

番茄应该是整盘食物中最“色”的了，因为其他的都是棕了吧唧的(browny)，黄了吧唧的(creamy=pale yellowish-white)或者是土了吧唧(beigey=light yellowish-brown)的颜色。但是要注意，番茄会喷出汁，吃的时候要小心……

So there you go, eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, baked beans, toast, mushrooms and tomatoes. Let me know what you think, it really is the perfect way to start the day like a true Brit. Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee and of course a copy of the morning papers.

如果大家感兴趣的话，可以在厨房里，小试一下了。