Whats a Full Irish?

bigneacy

What to you constitutes a Full Irish?

My version of a Full Irish is 2 Sausages, 2 Rashers, White & Black Pudding, Egg, Fried Mushrooms and Fried Tomato. Along with some Brown Bread.
(I don't personally like mushrooms and tomato, but when I make it for customers they go in too)

• Are beans in there?
• Hash Browns?
• Anything else?

mikemac

Yep, you need beans and hash browns also

If you get an Ulster Fry then you need soda bread

Burning Eclipse

What you said, but take out the mushrooms, and put in the beans. That is what I take to be a 'Full Irish'.

d.a.r.r.a.g.h

Take out the hash browns, add in beans and yes you do need some brown bread as well

bigneacy

Does beans not make it a full english?

Dizzyblonde

I think beans make it a full English. Potato farls make it a full Irish, though hash browns will do.

d.a.r.r.a.g.h

Never in an Irish B&B have I got hash browns, but I always got beans.

helimachoptor

Not bothered what its called but it needs 2 sausages, 2 rashers, pudding (white/black or mix) egg (fried/poached/scrambled), beans, hash browns/potato farls and a nice cup of tea!

bigneacy

Was curious to find out what people thought...

Was thinking of re-doing the menu, leaving the full irish as it is and maybe doing a Belly Buster or something... 2 rashers, 2 sausages, white & black, 2 eggs, beans, hash-browns, potato bread, mushrooms and tomato. As well as a round of toast and some brown bread and a pot of tea.

The Hill Billy

bigneacy wrote: »

...As well as a round of toast and some brown bread and a pot of tea.

And there's me just about to say "Where's the tea & toast?"

The Hill Billy

And if you were being very flash - you could throw in some some fried liver & kidneys.

coffeelover

Never have i got fried mushrooms with a full irish

r3nu4l

A full English has beans, I should know, I've been living in England for 6 years and it's on every menu over here.

Also...in an 'Irish bar' on the Algarve, you get beans in the Full Irish...but the Irish bar is owned and operated by an English couple.

Beans in an Full Irish? No way!!

bigneacy

Hill Billy wrote: »

And if you were being very flash - you could throw in some some fried liver & kidneys.

Bleugh... don't think I could stomach even cooking them!!!

coffeelover wrote: »

Never have i got fried mushrooms with a full irish

:eek: Really? Never? I've been told my fried mushrooms are they best some people have ever had!

bigneacy

r3nu4l wrote: »

A full English has beans, I should know, I've been living in England for 6 years and it's on every menu over here.

Also...in an 'Irish bar' on the Algarve, you get beans in the Full Irish...but the Irish bar is owned and operated by an English couple.

Beans in an Full Irish? No way!!

This was my thoughts on it also... I didn't want to put the beans in on principle... maybe thats my patriotism coming through

hamchops

sausages,pudding,bacon,eggs,mushrooms,beans,tomato tea and toast does it for me, pork chops? whats that all about?

bigneacy

a B&B in kilkenny... all the fries were out. everything sorted. We were munching away and then shes comes out with..... a bowl full of pork chops! not big rashers or anything... big fecking pork chops in a bowl!!

eimearcmh

A breakfast that is bad for you cholesterol, especially if its fried!:-) Saying that i love a Full Irish. I must say ive never had potato bread before so id be interested in trying it. Whats it like? You can't beat a good sausage either.

bigneacy

It's hard to describe... Its like a really rich, heavy white bread... Nice tho!

evercloserunion

I don't actually think beans are part of a full Irish, but I don't see the point of a fry without them.

rorymcgrory

Nearly got sick reading this thread. How do people eat this greasy muck?

Disgusting

Mint Sauce

Two sausage, two bacon, fried egg, fried potato, beans, toast, brown soda bread, potato farl, tea and orange juice

Damn you OP, i'm hungry now.

rorymcgrory

irish-stew wrote: »

Two sausage, two bacon, fried egg, fried potato, beans, toast, brown soda bread, potato farl, tea and orange juice

Damn you OP, i'm hungry now.

Followed by a huge fart and a heart attack.

celticbest

2 Sausages, 2 Rashers, a fried egg, black & white pudding, beans, mushrooms, Potato farl, tomato. Bread, Tea/Coffee.

eimearcmh

bigneacy wrote: »

It's hard to describe... Its like a really rich, heavy white bread... Nice tho!

Thanks, i googled it after actually:) I might check it out next time im in Tesco. It looks quiet nice.

Quiet_thought

Jaysus I'm starving now!!

CiaranC

There are no beans in a full Irish. And how could you leave out black and white pudding OP? The humanity!

eimearcmh

Quiet_thought wrote: »

Jaysus I'm starving now!!

Someones in the kitchen frying some liver and egg at the moment. I agree though this thread would definitely make you hungry:D

bigneacy

CiaranC wrote: »

There are no beans in a full Irish. And how could you leave out black and white pudding OP? The humanity!

Sorry... only just realised I did!!!

The Hill Billy

Fried bread - I forgot fried bread!!!

It's not something that you generally get served when eating out & I don't often make it at home. But that's all gonna change on Saturday. NYOM!

Sergeant

No black and white pudding. The poll is deeply flawed. And beans have no place in a fry, never have, never will.

A fry is various bits of fried pig, with a couple of eggs - and if you are feeling healthy - maybe a fried tomato.

Little Alex

To me, the "Full Irish" is sausages, rashers, black & white pudding and a fried egg. Served with toast and room temperature butter - so that the butter soaks in and doesn't "sit" on top of the toast. Nyom! And, as Hill Billy mentioned, a slice of fried bread that soaks up all that delish sausage/rasher/egg juice from the pan.

Beans are part of the English (and American?) Breakfast. Potato farls are part of the Ulster Fry. Hash browns are an American import that have become popular in the last decade, but wouldn't be traditional "Irish".

Now... as regards condiments... for me it has to be Chef, both red and brown sauce. Many prefer Heinz, but that isn't really a traditional Irish brand, is it? :pac:

Anyway, any variation of it is a smashing start to the (weekend) day!

Kandee red sauce... don't like it myself, but this is an old-timey homegrown brand from "back in the day". This would also be no doubt part of the traditional "Full" of our forefathers.

Catari Jaguar

Sausages & rashers are just too salty without beans. You need beans' sugary saucy goodness!

I go for brekkie in the Kylemore Cafe at the Spire some Sundays - toast, sausages, black pudding, beans, scrambled egg (made into a sandwich) On the side, tomato & mushroom (for damage control!) and a nice cuppa tae. I would LOVE if they served potato farls there... with tons of butter *drool*

I'm afraid I don't like rasher or white pudding enough to order it. *shields self*

Killer Wench

No, can't say that I am familiar with beans for American breakfast. My mom and dad's family are from the South and I would say that a traditional Southern breakfast (as made by madea) included biscuits, grits, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, and home fries. Sometimes there were pork chops or steak or sausage gravy, but there was always biscuits and grits.

I remember the first time that I encountered an Irish breakfast. I think I only ate the eggs and one of the sausages.

Darkginger

There has to be more than one egg Nice thick rashers with rind on (grilled is nicer than fried), 2 fried eggs, black and white pudding, (hold the sausages), 1 fried tomato for each slice of pudding, a potato farl, toast, butter and marmalade on the side, and a big strong mug of tea. Perfect.

PeteEd

FFS

potato bread; wrong.
potato cakes; wrong.
potato farls; wrong.

Its called FADGE!

Stop getting fadge wrong!

Darkginger

Do a Google image search on 'potato farl', and then do one on 'fadge' (NSFW). I rest my case

Back on topic, NO to hash browns, NO to beans (although we always served beans with the Full Irish when I worked in a café). I'm on the fence about mushrooms - we stopped offering them because people never wanted them.

bigneacy

Killer Wench wrote: »

traditional Southern breakfast (as made by madea) included biscuits, grits, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, and home fries. Sometimes there were pork chops or steak or sausage gravy, but there was always biscuits and grits.

That breakfast you described sounds... em... disgusting.

Darkginger wrote: »

Do a Google image search on 'potato farl', and then do one on 'fadge' (NSFW). I rest my case

rotten

The Hill Billy

bigneacy wrote: »

That breakfast you described sounds... em... disgusting.

Don't knock it until you've tried it. Killer Wench was only describing what a traditional Southern US breakfast is like.

Mint Sauce

irish-stew wrote: »

Two sausage, two bacon, fried egg, fried potato, beans, toast, brown soda bread, potato farl, tea and orange juice

Damn you OP, i'm hungry now.

rorymcgrory wrote: »

Followed by a huge fart and a heart attack.

I'm hoping the OJ will counteract things

cherub rock wrote: »

I go for brekkie in the Kylemore Cafe at the Spire some Sundays - toast, sausages, black pudding, beans, scrambled egg (made into a sandwich) On the side, tomato & mushroom (for damage control!) and a nice cuppa tae. I would LOVE if they served potato farls there... with tons of butter *drool*

They dont do a bad brekkie actually

<drools>

Killer Wench

bigneacy wrote: »

That breakfast you described sounds... em... disgusting.

How interesting considering that most of the foods in our breakfast seem to be found in your breakfast with the difference being how the pork is cured.

jam_mac_jam

pork chops? pork chops? You are all mad.

jam_mac_jam

Killer Wench wrote: »

How interesting considering that most of the foods in our breakfast seem to be found in your breakfast with the difference being how the pork is cured.

What are grits? I have always wondered.

Killer Wench

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

What are grits? I have always wondered.

Essentially, it is ground corn that is later rehydrated until it is almost like an oatmeal consistency.

wyndham

Pork chops or liver means you've crossed the line from Full Irish to Mixed Grill.

Can't abide hash browns myself, always just frozen muck and don't seem cooked properly half the time.

Dizzyblonde

In our house we have home made potato cakes with our Full Irish.

Catari Jaguar

Little Alex wrote: »

And, as Hill Billy mentioned, a slice of fried bread that soaks up all that delish sausage/rasher/egg juice from the pan.

Sick...

copacetic

I hate when beans are included in the meal, they get everywhere. Everything else and people will just take the full breakfast and not eat what they don't want. If they don't like beans they need to ask for them to be left out, which is often gotten wrong.

I have been in places in England where they serve the beans in seperate ramekins which isn't a bad idea.

Can't understand how beans caught on over here at all. I'd take hash browns over them in a heartbeat. My perfect brekkie is as in the OP, but with scrambled eggs, the mushrooms and fried tomato and a couple of hashbrowns, toast and tea. (don't skimp on the toast and tea for the love of god)

In general though mushrooms, hash browns and scrambled eggs are poor in cafes/hotels as they don't sit well for more than a few minutes.

Nanaki

No beans ideally, not with a fry (but I'd still eat them if served)
But it should also have potato bread or boxty

UrbanSea

For my own Full Irish,I don't care what ye think :pac: I like:
3 sausages,3 rashers,black and white pudding,hash browns,beans,fried tomato and a good bit of red sauce.