During the Second World War, it declined as a breakfast staple in Australia due to food rationing.

Additional ingredients may include capsicum, garlic, onion, butter, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and other seasonings or condiments.

[10] Steak and eggs is the traditional breakfast served to NASA astronauts before a launch.

The tradition was established after Alan Shepard had steak and eggs for breakfast the morning before his flight on May 5, 1961.

[12] The meal is also the customary pre-landing breakfast of the United States Marine Corps.