Ask Felicity Cloake: Readers Grill Our Resident Culinary Perfectionist

What is the logic behind the foods deemed suitable for the British breakfast? Traditionally, we eat bacon but not ham, kidneys but not liver, haddock but not cod, kedgeree but not curry. I know there are individual and regional variations, but taboos always seem quirky. Matthew, Aberystwyth

Ask Felicity Cloake: Readers Grill Our Resident Culinary Perfectionist

What is the logic behind the foods deemed suitable for the British breakfast? Traditionally, we eat bacon but not ham, kidneys but not liver, haddock but not cod, kedgeree but not curry. I know there are individual and regional variations, but taboos always seem quirky. Matthew, Aberystwyth

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