Paddy McGuinness has sparked a lively online debate after he talked about an item he has banned from his breakfast plate. The former Take Me Out host says "no likey" to something which many consider as a must in a full English.
Sharing a mouthwatering video of his on-the-go meal, Paddy, 49, showed a takeaway cardboard box. The Question of Sport and Top Gear presenter panned the camera over his serving of bacon, sausages, poached eggs, tomatoes and beans, but emphasised that he had shunned hash browns.
He said in the video shared on his Instagram: "While I'm out and about this morning I got myself a breakfast in a box." And he asked teasingly: "What's missing? what should be there."
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Paddy then declared: "A dirty hash brown. Not a chance. Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a breakfast. Not on my watch, get out!."
The comments came thick and fast as Paddy wrote alongside the clip: "No love lost for the hash browns here, they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a brekky!!! Whoever came up with the idea to introduce them to a cooked breakfast wants throwing in the sea! #hashbrowns."
But Running Rabbit Man responded: "But you are wrong though. It’s mushrooms and black pudding that should never go near a cooked breakfast."
And clap1409 replied: "Hash browns makes breakfast." dark_opal exclaimed: "I have to disagree I love a hash brown, can't stand black pudding!"
Meanwhile, lou._2_ argued: "That’s criminal got to have a hash brown!" Lisabriggs gasped: "Paddy!! It's one of the best bits of a full English. You are wrong on every level my friend!"
And they added:"And you can throw POACHED eggs in the sea, fried my friend, FRIED!" But sarahhockerry agreed with Paddy, saying: "It should be fried bread not hash browns."
Other followers pointed out other items missing from Paddy's breakfast box. jonathan.firth.31 told him: "Mushrooms are missing Paddy that's a shocker." And Andyh4055 said: "Black Pudding should be there."
Hash browns became a topic of discussion recently when The English Breakfast Society, dedicated to the history, heritage, and culture of the English breakfast, called for brits to bring back the more traditional bubble and squeak made from cooked potatoes and cabbage mixed together and fried. The society called for hash browns to be blacklisted from the morning meal in a bid to restore a "tastier and more authentically British" potato dish.
However, 60% of people said hash browns would feature on their ideal full English, a YouGov survey revealed. Hash browns first started appearing on breakfast menus in New York City in the 1890s – the dish consists of finely julienned potatoes fried until golden brown.
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