Sausage, fried eggs, bacon, black pudding, toast and potato scones, ketchup, peanut butter, marmalade enough finally to lure the boys into the kitchen on smell alone.

NEWYORKER: Wasps

For breakfast, the poached emu steak is served with bacon, eggs, toast, baked beans and a sauce made from wild bush tomatoes.

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For years, European hotels wooed American tourists by offering an American breakfast, consisting mainly of eggs, bacon, toast, oatmeal, cornflakes, pancakes, juice and coffee.

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