In your view, what are the mandatory components for a "full english breakfast"?

For me the minimum is sausage, bacon, eggs (I prefer fried but scrambled also OK), and baked beans.   Optional extras include hash browns, black pudding, fried bread and/or toast. Some people like a grilled tomato or plum tomatoes - they're not for me. Note three things: - we use back bacon which is difficult to find in North America.  It is NOT the same as Canadian bacon despite Americans seeming to think it is. - British baked beans are tomato based and taste different to North American baked beans (which tend to have a syrup/molasses element). Even beans with the same branding and packaging use different recipes.  The closest you'll get in N America are 'Heinz vegetarian beans'.   - By sausage we mean a sausage, not just sausage meat / sausage patty (unless you're in Scotland in which case they sometimes use 'square sausage').  British style sausages are also very hard to find in N America.  Bratwurst are close but not quite the same.