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A full breakfast or fry-up is a substantial cooked breakfast meal often served in Great Britain and Ireland. Depending on the region, it may also be referred to as a full English,[1] a full Irish, full Scottish,[2] full Welsh[3] or Ulster fry.[4] The fried breakfast became popular in Great Britain and Ireland during the Victorian era, while the term "full breakfast" doesn't appear, a breakfast of "fried ham and eggs" is in Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861).
The typical ingredients are bacon, sausages, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, and fried bread or toast and the meal is often served with tea. Baked beans, hash browns, and coffee (in place of tea) are common contemporary but non-traditional inclusions.