photo from Windy's Cafe Facebook

We haven’t been out for breakfast on a Saturday for ages now, simply because getting out of bed on Saturday is a bit of a challenge. Small cafes closing just after lunchtime during the week is fair enough, as they open at around five or six in the morning and cater mainly for workers having breakfast and lunch. However, on a Saturday there is no need to close at two o’clock, and it is called the ALL DAY breakfast so why can’t we eat it all day? Who manages to get up and out by two o’clock on a Saturday anyway? Besides, Saturday is now my whole weekend as I work on Sunday, (don’t feel sorry for me, I do it out of love).

I should get back into the swing of having a Saturday fry-up though, as I recently came across a café in Skegness doing a challenge of a breakfast; 12 bacon, 12 sausages, 6 eggs, 5 black pudding, 4 hash browns, a four egg and cheese omelette, sauté potatoes, mushrooms, tomatos and baked beans. The downside is that it also comes with four slices each of bread and butter, fried bread, and toast, and that is a lot of bread. In stages, it looks fairly easy. Twelve slices of bread isn’t a lot to eat on its own, neither is 12 rashers of bacon, but put the whole thing together and suddenly you have a task ahead of you. The omelette and potatoes will also make you fill up quickly.

After a bit of research (Googled it) I found that the café in question is near my old house, and now I know its location I can remember it being a rather nice place with good food. That said, I haven’t lived in Skegness since 1993 so maybe there are new owners. I am definatley up for taking this challenge, and will be planning a trip to the seaside in the summer. I’m wondering about making a little video diary of the occasion and including a wander around the Skegness of my childhood (not a particularly happy period but for some reason there are a lot of good memories in there too); school, my old family home, places where I used to go with my friends such as the arcades, beach, pier, TC’s nightclub (a bit later in my life) and trying to find out if the band Charlie Don’t Surf are still together.

I’ve even worked out a tactical way around the plate so that you can easily win the challenge. The heavy bread element will have to wait until the end of the meal, as it will fill you up straight away. When you break it down, there are ten ‘groups’ and with 45 minutes to clear your plate you have four and a half minutes on each item. You spend four minutes eating one particular item, and regardless of whether you have finished or not, you move on to the next item and spent four minutes on that. By the time you have worked your way through every item, you will have five minutes left to clear up. Actually, the beans and tomatoes are in separate bowls, so you could save them until the end and then drink them down.

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