If you thought Brexit was the nation at its most divided, think again.
A debate about the key ingredients of a fry-up has been raging among Twitter users, but you had better brace yourself if you want to enter the fray.
It appears Dawn Foster kicked things off when she controversially asserted her distaste for a good ol’ can of beans on her plate.
If you put beans on a full breakfast you are morally wrong, sorry.
— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) July 18, 2017
She was soon rebutted by David Whitley, who not only stood up for the humble baked bean, but shot down the neglected star: the cooked tomato.
Incorrect. Very incorrect. The true full breakfast crime is the cooked tomato that literally no non-deviant wants. https://t.co/ExjmU1fWP6
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) July 18, 2017
Honestly, the poor tomato is like the last kid to be picked in PE.
His assault on some of the most prized elements of the legendary Full English Breakfast continued.
Cooked breakfast ingredient ranking:1. Bacon.2. Egg (runny yolk)3. Hash brown4. Toast (lightly buttered)5. Mushroooms6. Sausage (pork)
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) July 18, 2017
Beans are at 7, but a correct part of a full breakfast. Cooked tomato is wrong, black pudding is negotiable. Anything else is showing off.
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) July 18, 2017
Er, David? David. How is black pudding negotiable? It’s top of the list, surely?
Meanwhile, the eggs were standing quietly in the corner, minding their business, until Mollie Goodfellow launched her passive-aggressive attack.
best breakfast: 4 hash browns, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, 2 grilled tomatoes, 2 black pudding, 4 more hash browns.
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 18, 2017
Hi there. You appear to have forgotten the eggs?
— Josh Barrie (@joshbythesea) July 18, 2017
no i haven't
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 18, 2017
Tom Peck attempted to add a dash of diplomacy to the debate…
More people should have the courage to admit the full English itself is the problem. No one likes all of it. Order what you do like.
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) July 18, 2017
…Yet, it could only last so long among the quarrelling voices.
Views like this are picking away at the fabric of our society.
— James Pignon (@j_pignon) July 18, 2017
In an attempt to bring some facts to the table (who can argue with cold, hard data?), Stephanie Boland introduced a definitive Fried Breakfast quiz, featuring beans, hash browns, mushrooms, chips, fried tomatoes, sauce and soda bread.
While most agreed with the majority of ingredients, mushrooms and tomatoes were the most polarising.
FRIED BREAKFASTS: THE QUIZ 👇 https://t.co/pYyoP5sTGU
— Stephanie Boland (@stephanieboland) July 18, 2017
Her polls received thousands of votes.
But mate, seriously, what did the tomatoes ever do to you?
Not sure about the next one, though.
But the real winner emerged when this guy saved the day with his cherry tomatoes.
The perfect English breakfast is chips/hash browns, bacon, sausage, egg (fried or scrambled), fried (cherry) tomatoes and toast/fried slice.
— netflix & phil ☭ (@PaleCompanion) July 18, 2017
I mean, really – where would we be without a juicy, slightly sweet and perfectly bite-sized tomato to contribute to our five-a-day?
In most hotel chains across the world it's named "American Breakfast."
— Wendy Molinaro (@wendymolinaro) July 18, 2017
Oh goodness, someone please stop Wendy – she’s only here to add fuel to the fire.