An authority on the full English breakfast is calling for hash browns to be removed from a fry-up. The English Breakfast Society believes the potato-based food has no place in a proper fry-up - and is calling for bubble and squeak to be included instead.
The campaign group, which is dedicated to the history, heritage, and culture of the English breakfast according to The Times, says hash browns have become become popularised by fast-food chain McDonald's. Their call for it to be removed from fry-ups comes despite a 2017 poll from YouGov finding that 60 per cent of the British public believes that hash browns are the most important part of the staple meal.
“Somebody had to put their foot down,” Guise Bule de Missenden, founder of the English Breakfast Society, said regarding his campaign. “Otherwise we’ll find kebab meat in our English breakfast before long.
