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oldironside

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4. When I was a student...
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:57 AM
Apr 2012

... I had a driving job in the West Midlands and we used to visit a greasy spoon every morning after leaving the yard.

This particular establishment (called The Greedy Pig, but I'm buggered if I can remember exactly where it was) did five sizes of breakfast ranging from tea plate sized (half a sausage, one egg, one small slice of black pudding, one slice of fried bread, half a tomato and a tea spoon of baked beans) right up to something served on a plate usually used for bringing a family sized turkey to the dinner table. Basically three full sized breakfasts and a row of pork chops, accompanied by half a loaf of bread.

I never tried it, but it probably explained why the HGV drivers you met who were over forty were also round.

Wimps intaglio Apr 2012 #1
The Grauniad's pic is a bit on the anemic side. oldironside Apr 2012 #2
Plate is too small dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #3
When I was a student... oldironside Apr 2012 #4
Breakfast today: DCKit Apr 2012 #5
Baked beans do NOT belong on a FEB, neither do "hash browns"... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #6
Ketchup on a full English breakfast!?!?! oldironside Apr 2012 #7
I have to admit that I prefer it to the HP fruity stuff... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #8
I think the problem with ketchup is... oldironside Apr 2012 #9
It is not a proper fry up unless it has been cooked fedsron2us Apr 2012 #10
Ah... black pudding! Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #11
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