Marmalade was originally made by the Romans from quinces.

The ‘full Monty’ as referred to as a grand breakfast, comes from Field Marshall Montgomery, who insisted on having the full Monty for breakfast before going into battle.

Monkey Tea is the rarest available. According to legend monkeys were once trained to harvest tea from otherwise inaccessible plants but today the term Monkey Picked refers to the tea’s rarity and hard work put into it’s production.

“And now let us think about breakfast” said the greedy Queen 9 O’CLOCK CAME AND THEY WERE ALL IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM. “NO BUSINESS BEFORE BREAKFAST” SAYS THE KING. “BREAKFAST FIRST, BUSINESS NEXT.”

The German made Liebig meat extract was re-named Oxo in 1899 after a London docker chalked “oxo” on the side of a crate to distinguish it from other cargo. Last year 600 million cubes were sold.

Peel and freeze your bananas for a more sumptuous smoothie

If laid end to end, the packs of Kellogg’s cereal eaten since 1906 would stretch to the moon and back 160 times

According to a survey those living in London and the West Midlands are most likely to be treated to breakfast in bed

The name grapefruit derives from the fact that they grow in big clusters and look like huge bunches of grapes.

Beaujolais Nouveau breakfast is served early in the morning on the third Thursday in November when the new wine arrives in the UK.

Ketchup comes from the Chinese word “ketsiap”. The word was brought back to England by the Dutch traders

French toast is a great way to use up stale bread - dipped in egg and fried it absorbs very little cooking fat

Eating a bag of watercress is said to be a good cure for a hangover.

Worcestershire sauce was created by Worcester pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins.

Parma ham is dry cured ham from northern Italy matured for at least 12 months.

Mycologists make a living out of studying mushrooms and there are over 1200 kinds of edible mushrooms

Churchill claimed that Reid’s hotel on Madeira served the best breakfast in the world.

Over 9 billion breakfasts are consumed in the UK every year.

Blinis are Russian pancakes made with yeast traditionally eaten in the week before Lent.

Buttermilk makes an ideal substitute for yogurt in smoothies

Breakfast is unique – at what other meal could you blatantly ignore everyone else while poring over the papers

Desayuno is Spanish for breakfast - just drop that into this morning's conversation.

Butter is a pure substance - simply cream and perhaps salt. No additives, colouring, preserves or emulsifiers.

The first English coffee house was opened by a Turkish jew in Oxford

The English claimed that the Scots morning bowl of porridge helped them win the battle of Bannockburn.

“Anyone who came to this country and wanted to eat well should order three meals a day – breakfast, breakfast and breakfast” Somerset Maugham

On cold mornings in New Orleans women in the French quarter used to sell creole fried rice cakes for breakfast.

Breakfast was first mentioned in literature in 1542 by Andrew Boirde in 'A Compendyous Regyment of a Dyetary of Health'.

Mustard is believed to have been created by the Romans

Prunes are high in fibre and provide a good source of iron. They are also great for maintaining a healthy digestive system.