Is a Fry still a Fry If It's Ingredients Aren't Fried?

WopTittyPop

A friend and I had a drunken argument about this a few days ago, and it was never really resolved.

I had just made, and was about to indulge myself in eating, what I consider, a fry. Because I had cooked everything, minus the eggs, on the grill my friend argued that what I was eating was not a fry.

My argument is that, although the ingredients to my meal were not cooked on a frying pan, the meal as a whole (rashers, sausages, eggs, pudding, toast etc.) is generally called a "fry".

What say ye?

AlkalineAcid

It becomes a grill.

emeraldstar

I don't think it 'becomes' one, as it never was anything but a grill...

westendgirlie

A mixed up fry......aka...... A Mixed Grill!

thehairyelbow

Ah no. Has to be done in the pan, no, no, no.... the grill is only for warming your jocks on a cold morning

poppylady

I agree its a grill could even be classed as a mixed grill but most importantly its doesn't taste as nice as the real thing i.e. a fry

Raze_them_all

Not a fry. From now on listen to your friend. He is clearly smarter than you.

michelledoh

Isn my opinion Fry is more the name of the "dish" (for lack of a better word) than the adjective describing the action. I always cook my fry up under the grill!

If you can't resolve the arguement, go posh and call it an "Irish Breakfast"

Dexterm99

WopTittyPop wrote: »

My argument is that, although the ingredients to my meal were not cooked on a frying pan, the meal as a whole (rashers, sausages, eggs, pudding, toast etc.) is generally called a "fry".

What say ye?

'fry' could be short for 'fry-up' which you didnt have'.

chin_grin

It becomes a George Foreman.

Lone Stone

Hmm i dont think it counts, like my mother likes to cook a fry in the oven, but im like thats not a fry because your not frying anything !! also it doesnt taste as good :mad:

westendgirlie

chin_grin wrote: »

It becomes a George Foreman.

George Foremans are a Fry's enemy and should be avoided at all costs!!!

Dried out sausages, Tsk!

westendgirlie

Lone Stone wrote: »

Hmm i dont think it counts, like my mother likes to cook a fry in the oven, but im like thats not a fry because your not frying anything !! also it doesnt taste as good :mad:

Roast sausages????

stimpson

Lone Stone wrote: »

Hmm i dont think it counts, like my mother likes to cook a fry in the oven, but im like thats not a fry because your not frying anything !! also it doesnt taste as good :mad:

That's a bake.

To me a "fry" refers breakfast of sausages, rasher etc regardless of being done in the grill or the pan. I find it much easier to use the grill than the pan and its probably nicer due to being less greasy.

stimpson

Dominik Small Checkers wrote: »

To me a "fry" refers breakfast of sausages, rasher etc regardless of being done in the grill or the pan. I find it much easier to use the grill than the pan and its probably nicer due to being less greasy.

How the fup do you grill an egg?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

if I walk to the shops, can I be considered a motorist?

keane2097

It's still a fry.

The ingredients are obv the important element, not the cooking method.

If I throw a load of broccoli, bananas, a turnip and a packet of ham onto a frying pan is that a fry?

No.

Sausages, rashers, pudding etc = fry, regardless of cooking method.

stimpson

keane2097 wrote: »

It's still a fry.

The ingredients are obv the important element, not the cooking method.

If I throw a load of broccoli, bananas, a turnip and a packet of ham onto a frying pan is that a fry?

No.

Sausages, rashers, pudding etc = fry, regardless of cooking method.

So do you have that with steamed toast?

If it's not made in a pan it's not fried. It's a mixed grill ffs.

jester77

That would be a grill... the health conscious mans fry up, in other words a poor substitute. It's the equivalent of putting Dairygold on your toast instead of Kerrygold.

keane2097

stimpson wrote: »

So do you have that with steamed toast?

If it's not made in a pan it's not fried. It's a mixed grill ffs.

No a mixed grill is a similar dish but it includes stuff like lamb chops (or a steak if you're feeling risky), tomatoes, mushrooms, chips etc.

stimpson

stimpson wrote: »

How the fup do you grill an egg?

Eggs would obviously be still fried.

As an aside Steak is the most thing that benefits from being fired imo, its way ahead of grilled steak.

thehairyelbow

I'd murder one now, fried or grilled...

ISDW

keane2097 wrote: »

No a mixed grill is a similar dish but it includes stuff like lamb chops (or a steak if you're feeling risky), tomatoes, mushrooms, chips etc.

But I have mushrooms and tomatoes in a fry up.

Sorry op, not a fry, its definitely a grill, healthier, yes, tastier, no.

ArtyM

Breakfast

Bazzy

No

dave1982

Is a post op transsexual a woman?:rolleyes:

RichieC

Grilling fry material is six years mandatory in richieville.

Insect Overlord

Sausages in the deep fat fryer, rashers on a tray in the microwave, pudding in the George Forman grill. Now that's how you do a fry!

Skerries

done on pan = fry

done on grill = grill

/thread

OutlawPete

No, of course not, what you have done is just boiled everything without using water.

stimpson

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Sausages in the deep fat fryer, rashers on a tray in the microwave, pudding in the George Forman grill. Now that's how you do a fry!

Kill the blasphemer!

WopTittyPop

keane2097 wrote: »

It's still a fry.

The ingredients are obv the important element, not the cooking method.

If I throw a load of broccoli, bananas, a turnip and a packet of ham onto a frying pan is that a fry?

No.

Sausages, rashers, pudding etc = fry, regardless of cooking method.

I made almost the exact same point in the argument.

Another point he had was that all food in a "fry" has to be cooked on a frying pan. From what I know, the majority like a good oul' slice or two of toast with their fry. Does having toast make the fry no longer a fry?

Insect Overlord

stimpson wrote: »

Kill the blasphemer!

:pac:

The sausages actually work great that way. But yes, a proper fry is a frying-pan affair.

lilblackdress

Dominik Small Checkers wrote: »

To me a "fry" refers breakfast of sausages, rasher etc regardless of being done in the grill or the pan. I find it much easier to use the grill than the pan and its probably nicer due to being less greasy.

Is it bad that i think a greasy fry is yummy...... much more yum than grilled sausages and rashers!!

ScumLord

It's not called a fry in the first place, if you go out foreign it's called an Irish breakfast so here it's just known as breakfast.

Calling something a fry means it was fried. You can't have a fry if you grill something just like you can't call roasted vegetables roasted vegetables if you boil them and you don't get a stir fry from out of the grill.

The clue is name damnit people.

ISDW

WopTittyPop wrote: »

I made almost the exact same point in the argument.

Another point he had was that all food in a "fry" has to be cooked on a frying pan. From what I know, the majority like a good oul' slice or two of toast with their fry. Does having toast make the fry no longer a fry?

I prefer fried bread with a fry up:) If I have toast, then its an added extra, not part of the fry.

KungPao

I shallow/deep fry practically nothing at home. I grill my sausages and rashers but do fry my egg in a drizzle of oil.

Then I put it all on the plate atop a sheet of kitchen paper to absorb as much grease as possible.

No where near as tasty as the real thing, but better for the ticker.

But if you don't fry all the core ingredients, you can't call it "a fry".

Cupcake_Crisis

My mam cooks it in the oven....what does that make it?

Raze_them_all

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

My mam cooks it in the oven....what does that make it?

Wrong.

Chris P. Bacon

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Sausages in the deep fat fryer, rashers on a tray in the microwave, pudding in the George Forman grill. Now that's how you do a fry!

Microwave rashers!!..well i never :eek:

thehairyelbow

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Microwave rashers!!..well i never :eek:

You'd prefer them well done I reckon

KungPao

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Microwave rashers!!..well i never :eek:

A microwave would surely make soggy rashers and not crispy bacon?

Chris P. Bacon

KungPao wrote: »

A microwave would surely make soggy rashers and not crispy bacon?

Exactly what i was thinking

I wouldn't say it's not a fry to grill some of it... But it's not as good. The most important things to fry are the rashers, mushrooms, onions and pudding. Logistical reasons mean that the sausages often got done on the grill but they're not as important imo.

TheBunk1

Its a not a bloody fry if its grilled!

And toast is merely an accompaniment to the fry, not an integral part of the main dish.

Well since I was a child we have had a "fry" every Saturday and Sunday morning and everything bar the eggs are grilled.

I dont think dripping in oil adds anything to the flavour tbh, for sausages and rashers the grill is better imo.

The real blasphemy is people using ketchup on their breakfast.

FinnLizzy

Irish people have this problem of naming things:
Tayto = Crisps, regardless of whether the brand is Tayto or not
Quinnsworth = What old people call Tesco
Fry = even if its a dried out ****ty excuse of a grilled breakfast

If you want to be healthy, do it on your own time, and give me real food, shplattergunned with grease!!!

westendgirlie

1) Turn the cooker and grill (warming) on
2) Add oil to FRYING pan
3) Cook sausages, pudding and tomatoes (optional) until a lovely brown
4) Once cooked put under a low setting grill to keep warm
5) Cook bacon to crispiness level of choice. Keep warm in grill.
6) Cook mushrooms (optional) and stick kettle on.
7) Warm teapot. Stick kettle on again. Add 3 teabags, boiled water.
8) Get fresh pan and add oil. Once hot add eggs. Put toast on
9) Dish out fry.

ENJOY

ScumLord

Deleted User wrote: »

6) Cook mushrooms (optional) and stick kettle on.
7) Warm teapot. Stick kettle on again. Add 3 teabags, boiled water.

Boiling the kettle twice? Not only is your energy consumption a kick in the face to poor old mother nature and you electricity bill boiling water twice ruins the water for tea making.

The King of Moo

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