Eggs and bacon

One of the most reliably delicious dishes throughout the length and breadth of Britain, breakfast eggs and bacon can be eaten with pleasure and relish at any time of day or night.

Although ‘oeufs sur le plat à Vanglaise’, when served in France, are fried in the sizzling fat of the bacon, British traditionalists insist that bacon grilled or crisped in the oven or toasted on a toasting fork in front of a clear fire is infinitely superior. The object is to get the bacon crisp an