What is continental food?

English breakfast = contains 2 kinds of sausages; link and Lorne sausage, black pudding, bacon, fried or scrambled egg, beans, fried bread, fried tomato and mushrooms, fruit slice, fishcake or potato cake (occasionally, although mainly found in Scotland), hash browns, toast with butter/jam, tea/coffee or fruit juice.

Continental breakfast: croissant, roll and butter, toast with butter/jam/marmalade, cereal with milk, juice/tea/coffee, etc.