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I don't think you can link yesterday's election to potential success for Hillary. I am a life long Republican that voted for Democrats yesterday, but my British friends, to all things there is a limit!!!

Actually, the Democrats DO have a "magicman" candidate for 2008, Senator Barack Obama. He's the one to watch. Even my cranky 60+ year old life long Republican relatives swear they'll vote for him if he runs....and I will too!

Okay eggs Benedict I can see... but your hatred of our bacon is absurd. American bacon may very well be the greatest culinary contribution the world has ever known. Bacon forms a necessary part of any breakfast sandwich, and has provided necessary sustenance for many an inebriated soul over the years. Going beyond that, bacon fat yielded during cooking can be saved and used as a secret ingredient in a myriad of dishes. In point of fact I know of no American family of Irish decent that doesn't keep a cup of bacon fat on hand for preparing special dishes.

It's bad enough you have chosen to criticize one of our greatest contributions to the world, it's worsened by the fact that you are British. And we in the United States know the real reason for the revolution of 1916... Ireland finally had enough of your cooking tips. Well we have had them too. Keep your deep fried fish to yourselves thanks.

You're dead-on when it comes to American breakfasts; however, I would like to suggest that they ought to include the cooked tomato to match British standards for truly vile early morning cuisine.

I love a good english breakfast, but eggs benedict is my hands down favorite sunday morning meal. Morning in this case means about 1pm.

As far as eggs go, though, my fellow new yorkers and I are rejoicing at the egg dripping down the faces of the newly unemployed right wing candidates.

Think they'll have a shortage of political bacon (pork) in D.C. soon.

Yeah, you probably wake up to a good helping of haggas in the morning...yech!

American breakfasts rule! Especially waffles. As a Brit living over here I find there are five food staples where Americans seriously fall short though, they are: bread, cheese, beer, chocolate and apples. In America these are almost universally foul!

You can keep your “clotted cream” – we’re dining on roast PORK - breakfast, lunch and supper til 2008. Bush will need to eat plenty of Wheaties to outrun all the subpoenas. Instead of gridlock it should be lockups. Serving up justice until 2008 and then some.

Wow if this isn't the pot calling the kettle black!

I guess two fried eggs, bacon, sausage (or "bangers" if you wish) a stewed tomato, fried mushrooms and baked beans is a healthier alternative. My British friends treated me to this lovely breakfast one time in Brighton, which they affectionately called the "Fry Up".

Judging from you reaction to eggs benedict with hash browns and bacon I’m assuming you don’t have a “Fry Up” to get you started every morning. Therefore, you could probably assume that all Americans don't eat eggs benedict every morning either!

American bacon is truly some of the best in the world, and it certainly beats that floppy slice of ham that masquerades as bacon in the UK. Its strong flavor and crispy texture make it a perfect addition to other foods. I've noticed in the UK that American bacon is even preferred as an ingredient in foods such as salads and sadwiches for its superior qualities. Sadly, tradition dictates that English breakfasts are still served with that glorified slab of limp ham, but maybe taste will win out some day.

On the issue of Hillary's expected presidential bid, she might experience difficulty in the primaries. Last year, democrats chose ideals over electability and chose Kerry as their candidate. The results from yesterday's election reveal that Democrats are willing to chose more moderate candidates and sacrifice on their ideals in order to win. Democrats might chose a candidate with more universal appeal in the primaries if this trend continues.

After watching the entire Media Conference Thursday at 1800 GMT (1 PM EDT), I'm shocked no reporter asked Bush if Dick Cheney managed to shoot anyone or anything on Tuesday, while he was hunting. My wife, she kept laughing, while watching the media event. Saturday Night Live gets so many things Politically Correct.

I have to agree with the pot calling the kettle black, since we learned to cook from the British. Anyway, we'll see if the bipartisanship lasts longer than five minutes. In this climate I'm betting two or three.

Yes, American bacon is rather nasty, compared to that served in the UK. However, we have never been guilty--ahah!--of fried bread. Or spaghettios on toast (deny it if you dare).

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It seems like the US mid-terms have been overshadowed by this gastronomical debate over the American and British breakfast! This is very funny; I am truly enjoying this debate! I am a Malaysian who had been a student both in the States and UK, and I can reassure you, my dear friends, that Malaysian breakfast is still the best!

Cheese Grits are the best. And as one who doesn't eat red meat--I suggest you try veggie bacon.

Veggie Bacon--it's sort of like the Republican party. It's good, as long as you don't think about what went into making it.

I couldn't agree more, the Democrats will talk, talk, talk.... I wish there was a true alternative to the established political parties. As a blue collar worker I have seen little from either party. Clinton gave us NAFTA, his boy Rubinsteirn gave us a Democratic party closely linked to Wall Street and globalization. What have the Democrats actually done to stop the lost of industrial America? Is it only the Republician and the National Manufacturers Assoc. who are responsible for the decline in the American middle class? Did the increasing income gap just occur yesterday?

America needs a third party which truly represents the needs of the average citizen.

British/Irish/Danish smoked bacon is far better if you're eating it on it's own. On a sandwich or burger, streaky/American bacon wins hands down.

Cheese grits are nasty unless there is more cheese than grits.

Stewed tomatoes are revolting.

I deperately miss quality sausage. Italian spicy sausage is good but not breakfast fare. Occasionally expats can group together and get some decent British sausage imported though.

>>Actually, the Democrats DO have a "magicman" candidate for 2008, Senator Barack Obama. He's the one to watch. Even my cranky 60+ year old life long Republican relatives swear they'll vote for him if he runs....and I will too!

I'm neither cranky nor 60+ but I'm with this guy.

What a brilliant topic! And so timely: folks in Republican diners, are eating lots of crow, and Democrats are serving them plenty of humble pie for dessert.

The malaysian guy is right. I consider myself something of an expert on this topic, since I'm a 450-lb american whose favorite meal is breakfast. Europeans love me because I reinforce all their stereotypes (I'm also boorish, jingoistic, and not very clever). Anyway, I've had unhealthy delicious breakfasts all over the world, and much to my surprise the best one was in Penang. Great British breakfasts rank just above those available in Cambodia, only because they are slightly less likely to include dog.

Mr. Esler's opinions on american bacon are deeply troubling and, if expressed by a government official, would be very nearly classifiable as a casus belli.

As an ex-pat in Germany, I can assure you that American bacon is far better than most breakfast speck (bacon) I've found in Europe.

As for eggs....yuck in any form!

Eggs benedict with all the trimmings is by far and away my favourite US breakfast. I have one every week. A UK fry-up just doesn't compare.

Grits is nothing like as good as proper, oatmeal (not oatflakes) porridge though.

Try looking at Marks an Sparks for the instant version of grits made by Quaker. An American friend saw them there this past summer.Grits can also work as a side dish replacing potatoes if you cook them with a tomato sauce. Havent tried it with the instant variety just the longer cooking types.Agree Grits arent as good as porrige but they beat the american version of oatmeal 9 times out of 10.

Psh.

You can get bacon in the states, and you can get bacon in the UK. Are they the same? Not in the least.

The same is true of sausages, and don't even get me started on mustard.

I'm a dual national, both breakfasts are great, but I really missed UK bacon and sausage when I was in the US. They are totally different. Not really comparable at all.

Ah, this must be an East Coast discussion of what's for breakfast. Having lived both in New Mexico and Hawaii for lengthy periods of time, let me suggest some delectable morning meal alternatives.

Breakfast burrito - Made with homemade flour tortilla, chile verde, scrambled eggs, cheese.

Spam musubi - Slice of fried Spam, sticky rice, seasoned with soy sauce, wrapped in Nori(seaweed)

Seek variety you breakfast eaters!

As a Brit living here in San Francisco, I love the US breakfast, but only when it's made with the quality ingredients it deserves. And herein lies the problem... The basic standards for food here are dismally low and the average American breakfast has suffered as its now made with woefully poor ingredients.

And why are standards low? Well because low standards are good for business, or should I say Big Business. What passes for regulation is controlled through lobbying, special interests and political practices that as a passive observer I'd call plain corrupt. What results is food that is pumped full of hormones, antibiotics, genetically modified, flavour enhanced muck, that frankly no one should be eating.

So this comes back to the election... food is an analogue to most issues here, Big Business comes before the man in the street because they've bought out politicians. But maybe just maybe people are realising these things are linked and that it's time for a change, that you can't have your $0.99 burger without having factory farming and an obese nation and you can't drive your SUV (with cheap gas) without having to maintain your oil supply using dubious means.

Lets hope that this is a reaction to Big Business setting the political agenda and distorting the many truly good and wholesome things in America, and that includes it's breakfasts.

Actually, Bill Clinton did NOT 'give us NAFTA', as someone above asserts - as canadians, we were having NAFTA rammed down our throats by american politicians as far back as the early 80's - long before Clinton. Back in the bad 'ol R.Reagan days if I recall...

Dear Esler

Now that you mention about Hillary Clinton postioning herself for the the 2008 presidential race, one is reminded of Royal's prospects in the French presidential elections next year.

Indeed,these are exciting times for women in politics, particularly in the developed world. If both of their legit ambitions materialise will we get to see a new future chartered in the trans- Atlatntic relationship? ( in the context of both France & Europe sheding their outdated past of 'only male' presidencies)and therby impacting the larger gendered world of politics?

>>but I really missed UK bacon

I never have any trouble finding Irish and Danish bacon in the New York area

Sausage is a legitimate problem though