How often do you have a fry up/full Irish?

Molloy10

It's been months since I had one for breakfast sadly Absolutely love them, but their terrible for you. How often do you have them?

pwurple

Rarely. Think they are way too greasy in the mornings. Hate that puddle of grease on a plate.

Closest I usually get is a grilled black pudding and tomato with a poached egg. Nomnom.

HemlockOption

Molloy10 wrote: »

It's been months since I had one for breakfast sadly Absolutely love them, but their terrible for you. How often do you have them?

Even worse for the animals

donegal_man

Having one right now. Does it still count if the rashers, sausages & pudding are grilled?

Tom Dunne

A full fry up? Never. I'd always grill/air-fry.

As for a full breakfast, rarely. Probably once or twice a year, especially as a treat if we have friends over after a night out.

However, I would have the occasional black pudding/white pudding sandwich, or maybe a sausage in a roll about once or twice a month.

ibarelycare

Once or twice a year! Christmas morning, as it's tradition. And then maybe if I'm staying in a hotel and manage to get up for breakfast. I'm not a huge fan, but they're nice the odd time. Have scrambled eggs most weekends, sometimes I'll have a piece of bacon or turkey bacon with them.

Lovely Bloke

About once every six week, but not usually for breakfast. And I don't fry anything apart from dry-frying mushrooms.

Sausages
Pudding
Bacon
Poached Egg
Spice Burger
Tomato
Beans
Toast
Tae

The Hill Billy

HemlockOption wrote: »

Even worse for the animals

Please do not bring any anti-meat-eating agenda into this forum. This may be addressed in other, more suitable forums.

Thanks,

tHB

ireland.man

I think once a month I eat a full, greasy Irish breakfast and that's not too frequent. The best cup of tea you can drink is with that type of breakfast!

Btw, anyone know the difference between an Ulster and an Irish fry up?

pwurple

ireland.man wrote: »

Btw, anyone know the difference between an Ulster and an Irish fry up?

They have farls or boxty I think on the ulster fry?

April O Neill

Rarely a full one, but I like to have one if I'm travelling a long way that day as they keep you full until dinnertime almost.

Gran Hermano

ireland.man wrote: »

Btw, anyone know the difference between an Ulster and an Irish fry up?

Extra ORANGE juice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ulster

Mr. CooL ICE

I never have a full irish, but have a reduced fry as my breakfast every day. Basically some bacon, gluten-free sausages and scrambled eggs with black coffee.

bigneacy

An actual full irish - very very rarely. Had rindless rashers, reduced fat gluten free sausages, vegtable roll, scrambled eggs, wholemeal toast and beans just yesterday morning - all fried in fry light. Would have also had boxty but the butchers had none left.

As close as you can get to a full irish on slimming world whilst staying syn free!!

B0jangles

Not strictly on-topic, but I accidentally bought some of Clonakilty's gluten-free white pudding. I was expecting it to be awful but it was actually very very good- a bit blander than my favorite ordinary white pud (Rudds); I definitely wouldn't have guessed it was gluten-free.

MissFlitworth

Almost never, I'm a one-pork-product-and-eggs-at-a-time girl. Rashers and eggs/sausages and eggs, eggs by themselves but I don't love a full Irish at all

soundsofgeisha

I stopped having sausages because I didn't trust what was going into them! But if I'm in a restaurant for brunch and if they have nice looking big homemade sausages with loads of herbs, I'll go for that.

At home I'll have a veggie sausage from the Linda McCartney range, some scrambled eggs too. Sometimes on some rye bread.

Would have the brunch version maybe 5 - 10 times a year?

gg2

Myself and my ex used to take it in turns to make a "full Irish" each Saturday.

Mine consisted of homemade sausages (well the butcher's homemade:P), a slice of dark wholemeal toast, scrambled eggs with sun dried tomatoes or poached eggs, portobello mushrooms, ballymaloe relish and a big cup of shcauld...
His was about 8 of those little tiny sausages (4 each!!), bacon, black pudding, fried eggs, white toast, fried mushrooms n onions could never get through it..... Started to realise I never felt good on a Saturday come about 4 o'clock and stopped eating them.

Was watching Nigel Slater (I find him so annoying tbh) this evening and he made a breakfast which was basically sausages taken out of their casing fried with a pan with onions and mushrooms I think (he said to throw in whatever you fancy) and eggs added at the end...... Looked delish

Billy86

Only the odd time and I only actually dry-fry the egg (or poach) and mushrooms, but a nice addition is a tomato with the top chopped off, then each segment about half emptied and filled with cheese, grilled for as long as the rashers/sausages. Gawrjis, so it is!

EDIT: Oh, and McCabridges with a good slobbering of butter is absolutely key to any full breakfast.

Faith

We have one maybe once a month, at a maximum (usually reserved for bad hangovers). I don't actually like half the components though, so I tend to just eat sausages, fried eggs, black pudding and toast, maybe a grilled tomato.

Mellor

The "full" Irish, rarely. But I eat eggs, rashers, sausages, mushrooms in various combinations all the time.

Dizzyblonde

I'll have a full Irish only 3 or 4 times a year, when there's a crowd in the house for brunch.
I have grilled rashers and tomatoes with toast for breakfast most Saturdays.

spiderjazz

Did a big meat shop yesterday in the butchers and had some sausages, pudding roulade and rashers this morning, gorgeous!

Weathering

I'm hungover I'd murder one now. Where's me mammy

ibarelycare

spiderjazz wrote: »

Did a big meat shop yesterday in the butchers and had some sausages, pudding roulade and rashers this morning, gorgeous!

Where did you get the black and white pudding in one like that? Saw it for the first time ever in a guesthouse I was in last weekend and I loved it!

Faith

ibarelycare wrote: »

Where did you get the black and white pudding in one like that? Saw it for the first time ever in a guesthouse I was in last weekend and I loved it!

I also saw it in a guesthouse last weekend...

/Suspicious eyes

tony1980

Rarely have a full fry up but tradition to always have one on Christmas morning after the kids Santa presents are done. I do love a grilled rasher, slightly crispy with some scrambled eggs once a week though!

ibarelycare

Faith wrote: »

I also saw it in a guesthouse last weekend...

/Suspicious eyes

:eek: Were you in Achill??

Faith

ibarelycare wrote: »

:eek: Were you in Achill??

No, Kinsale. Funny coincidence though

the beer revolu

ireland.man wrote: »

Btw, anyone know the difference between an Ulster and an Irish fry up?

Or for that matter, the difference between an Irish, Ulster, Scottish, Welsh and English breakfast?

Ulster and Scottish will have "tattie scons" (potato bread).
Ulster will have soda farls (fried white soda bread, I think).
All the others are pretty much the same, depending on who you ask with variations in beans, potatoes/hash brown/chips, mushrooms etc.

I very rarely have a full fry - usually when we have visitors - but often have streaky rashers or sausages or black pudding but rarely together.

sbsquarepants

Not very often (unfortunately) maybe 1 a month or slightly less, although not actually fried - George Foreman to the rescue and poached eggs. Any time I stay in a hotel with a buffet breakfast though I eat about 6 months worth at a sitting, it's perfect after drinking food!

Toto Wolfcastle

Never really. The odd time I'll really really want bacon so I'll have a bacon sandwich (that's happened once this year) or this weekend I made bagels so I cooked some bacon to go with them but I really couldn't be bothered going to the effort of a full fry. There's too much in it for me anyway. I'm more of an eggs and toast fan.

oscarBravo

ibarelycare wrote: »

:eek: Were you in Achill??

If you got it in Achill, it was probably made by Dominic Kelly in Newport. Several of the Westport butchers stock it; I've certainly seen it in Walsh's butcher beside Tesco.

Paddy Dangerfield

I'll have the 'makings' of a fry about once a month, usually on a Saturday. Have very much moved into the quality of the ingredients over the quantity of them camp. I'd also grill many of the ingredients.

It's mainly just an excuse to eat black pudding. Many of the new artisan puddings are amazing, and if I'm using it in a salad or main dish, then I'll use the rest on the Saturday morning - buying the sausages and rashers to accompany it.

Andymiller

I am new member and first posting so go easy,,,I have beans with mine I guess that's not in the original

Gran Hermano

ibarelycare wrote: »

Where did you get the black and white pudding in one like that? Saw it for the first time ever in a guesthouse I was in last weekend and I loved it!

Rudd's seems the most common - check for pudding roulade
http://www.rudds.ie/breakfast-products-page.html

Kellys also stock their own version
http://www.kellysbutchers.com/products.html

They're the only two I've seen/tasted.

Renegade Mechanic

Once a week or more, great auld start to the day:D

Honey-ec

Never, really. Breakfast just does nothing for me. I'd rather wait a couple of hours and have lunch.

Even if I'm staying in a hotel I'll very, very rarely bother my arse going down for breakfast.

Ilik Urgee

€5 breakfast about 4 or 5 times a week, usually about 10.30 to 11.30, keeps me going til the dinner at 6.30. Bottle of water/ribena,mints to tide me over.

SHOVELLER

Once a week for lunch! BTW an ulster fry is quality. The addition of the soda bread is mouth wateringly good!

Sam Kade

Only if I were staying in a hotel which isn't very often. Last time was in the Brehon in Killarney. The breakfast was self service and you could get as many helpings as you want. There was a woman at the table next to me 4 times she went up to fill her plate with a fry and ate the lot.

awec

not very often - i actually can't eat that much in the mornings. A bowl of cereal is usually more than enough for me.

I find if I eat a fry I just feel sick after and it makes me feel really bloated for hours.

April O Neill

the beer revolu wrote: »

Or for that matter, the difference between an Irish, Ulster, Scottish, Welsh and English breakfast?

Ulster and Scottish will have "tattie scons" (potato bread).
Ulster will have soda farls (fried white soda bread, I think).
All the others are pretty much the same, depending on who you ask with variations in beans, potatoes/hash brown/chips, mushrooms etc.

The English full breakfast has a fried slice of bread, I've never seen this addition in Irish versions.

I think the Welsh one involves cockles, traditionally anyway, but it probably doesn't really happen in everyday life.

donegal_man

April O Neill wrote: »

The English full breakfast has a fried slice of bread, I've never seen this addition in Irish versions.

I think the Welsh one involves cockles, traditionally anyway, but it probably doesn't really happen in everyday life.

Without doubt the best hangover cure in England

the_syco

The morning after a game of darts, before the golf, and needed cos of the drinking whilst playing said darts. Usually once a year. Also the morning after a mates wedding.

Bertser

Once a week/whenever I can get to Matt the Rashers in Harolds Cross.

MurdyWurdy

I'd have a full Irish breakfast 2/3,times a year, when we have guests. Everything would be grilled though so don't know if that counts as a fry!

Sweet_pea

I'd probably have a full Irish maybe 5/6 times a year, with a monster one on Christmas morning. Although, I'd have smaller variations every weekend. Sausages and eggs, black pudding and eggs, etc. I get my sausages from the butchers and they are monsters, basically a meal in themselves.

Not really a full fry either, it always turns into a holistic cooker affair for the full fry. I bake the sausages, grill the rashers and tomatoes, fry the eggs and pudding, plus a pot for the baked beans, lots of cleaning anyway! Always have soda bread and lots of strong tea.

Saying all this, I'm currently six months preggers still with morning sickness so have not had a full Irish at all. I've put in a request for a monster fry for the first meal at home after the birth, which could be Christmas day anyway!

Very very rare that I would have a full fry - for a start, I don't fry any of it. I used to have one every christmas morning, steak included, but haven't in a few of years.

I would eat sausages (george foremanned) and poached eggs quite often, then depending on my humour I would have spinach/tomatoes/mushrooms too.

Three times this year I've had a "full irish". Once on a trip away with friends and I made the brekkie. Once when I stayed in a B&B (the nice lady even served warm homemade scones and bread), and most recently I did a big fcuk off mixed grill for dinner one night which was truly epic. Sausages, rashers, pudding, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, fried potatoes, and toast. EPIC.

3 times this year is a lot for me.

ibarelycare

Really need to unsubscribe from this thread. As someone who said I'm not a big fan of fry ups, it's bloody well making me crave one....

The Hill Billy

April O Neill wrote: »

The English full breakfast has a fried slice of bread, I've never seen this addition in Irish versions.

I have to disagree, we often had fried bread with a fry when I was growing up & I know it was the same for many other families back then too. I actually did some for myself a couple of weeks ago - I hadn't had it in years. It was fab.

For me - I'll have a fry (well, a grill really) maybe once a month. Usually grilled tomatoes, streaky rashers, Kearns sausages, two fried eggs (over easy) from a farmer pal down the road & a couple of slices of bread & butter (preferably white bread - but usually brown as Mrs HB does the shopping ).