Full Cornish breakfasts were on offer for anyone who wanted to turn up this Christmas morning at Gweal An Top in Redruth. There were lots of volunteers cooking, serving and washing up. A full Cornish breakfast has – eggs, bacon and sausages, fried bread and beans, mushrooms and tomato, fried potato and Hog’s Pudding, a Cornish speciality – an amazing spread! What a kind and beautiful thing to do for people who are perhaps alone or those for whom a Christmas dinner is not on the menu. Well done to the organisers and all the lovely volunteers.
A Full Cornish Breakfast
A Christmas Day tradition for our family and many others is to go to the beach on Christmas Day, whatever the weather and so we did in wild, wild winds! A number of my dear friends are among those for whom the tradition is to swim in the sea on Christmas Day! Some of them were off to Carbis Bay to swim today but I haven’t yet heard how they got on.
Wild seas at Porthtowan
Lorem Ipsum
May 25, 2024 at 10:06 pm
It’s hard to say what should be in any traditional dish, though I’d say it should historically be local/regional produce. Heinz (American imported) beans were used as a substitute for tomatos in WWII) and have somehow stayed, isn’t it about time we removed them? Another No – When you say fried potato, you mean a triangular McDs hash brown…oh, my. Tomatoes – plumb and tinned. No sauces — the yolk from a fried egg is all you need. Perfection…
mybeautfulthings
May 26, 2024 at 6:32 am
Not sure about your point here. The tomatoes are fresh and the meal, not one I would want myself, was being served to homeless people or those who would be alone on Christmas Day. It was all donated and served by volunteers on Christmas morning. 😊
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
December 28, 2015 at 12:06 pm
I would hesitate to swim in the “wild seas”…
Mama Cormier
December 28, 2015 at 1:12 am
The full Cornish sounds very similar to the full ‘Irish’ and the full ‘English’ breakfasts we’ve had. The only difference seems to be the black and white pudding that these two versions serve.
ladysighs
December 25, 2015 at 9:47 pm
Sure beats my dish of cold soggy cereal. 🙁
mybeautfulthings
December 27, 2015 at 8:17 pm
They were enormous breakfasts! We were offered one too but they were over facing! The people who came in were very glad of such a monster meal though! 🙂
ladysighs
December 27, 2015 at 8:27 pm
Yes, a very generous offer.
greenbenchramblings
December 25, 2015 at 8:13 pm
What a beautiful sea picture. It would make a great poster.