The full Irish - should beans be included?

RichardCeann

I am feeling somewhat delicate after yesterday and need to be on the ball this week. Popped down to the nearest cafe that opened up at 7am for the fry.

Pot of tea, juice and the full Irish please. Any morning papers?

'Take a seat'.

Two fried, bacon, sausages, fried spud, mushrooms.....

But covered in beans.

I ate around the red devils and paid up.

Beans should be nowhere near a fry.

amber69

RichardCeann wrote: »

I am feeling somewhat delicate after yesterday and need to be on the ball this week. Popped down to the nearest cafe that opened up at 7am for the fry.

Pot of tea, juice and the full Irish please. Any morning papers?

'Take a seat'.

Two fried, bacon, sausages, fried spud, mushrooms.....

But covered in beans.

I ate around the red devils and paid up.

Beans should be nowhere near a fry.

Don't know about the beans like them myself. Nice user name..

Blingy

Oh I disagree but only a small few and they should be piping hot.

HalloweenJack

Are you mad? They're an essential part.

Yeah they're pretty much what brings it all together for me. But the other food shouldn't be covered in them.

Menas

'Some' beans are nice with a fry, but not a sea of beans.

RichardCeann

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah they're pretty much what brings it all together for me. But the other food shouldn't be covered in them.

If they have to be included, then they should be lobbed into a ramekin.

RichardCeann

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Are you mad? They're an essential part.

Do you think so? Fair enough, I guess.

One eyed Jack

The rest of the food shouldn't be covered in them, but it sounds like a crap full Irish breakfast anyway - no tomato, no pudding, no toast or offer of brown bread?

wally1990

A few beans is nice like 1/4 a can full but not a load of them but yes it is a must or else I feel like I'm missing something :P

Menas

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The rest of the food shouldn't be covered in them, but it sounds like a crap full Irish breakfast anyway - no tomato, no pudding, no toast or offer of brown bread?

Black and white pudding are definitely my favorite part of a big breakfast.
Getting one without would be like been served Guinness with no head.

RichardCeann

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The rest of the food shouldn't be covered in them, but it sounds like a crap full Irish breakfast anyway - no tomato, no pudding, no toast or offer of brown bread?

Black and white, tomatoes, soda breads etc are optional. Boss Hoggs. The white pudding can be spread like butter. Exceptional.

kylith

Fupping love beans, I do. Maybe they should serve the beans in a little bowl so that the weirdos who don't like them can give them to me more easily.

efb

Beans is in an English Fry, not an Irish one.

Scummy yolks

Oafley Jones

RichardCeann wrote: »

Black and white, tomatoes, soda breads etc are optional. Boss Hoggs. The white pudding can be spread like butter. Exceptional.

The pudding in particularly White is what defines a Full Irish. Otherwise it's the same as a full English.

wilhelm roentgen

Wise words from Alan Partridge....


'Actually I've made some notes. Bacon, 10 on 10. Black pudding, fantastic. One minor criticism, more distance between the location of the eggs and beans on the plate, maybe use a sausage as a breakwater. I may want to mix them, but I want that to be my choice'

RichardCeann

I was/am surpised beans are so popular. A good breakfast stands on its own.

osarusan

I like them, but if we are strictly talking about an Irish fry, they shouldn't be there.

theteal

I think officially they're not supposed to be in an Irish fry but I love the little feckers so I'll give them a pass!

Sheep Lover

Menas wrote: »

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Getting one without would be like been served Guinness with no head.

Wow, could I get head with just a lager or cider though?

RichardCeann

If people enjoy them, I guess. For me, a full Irish is bacon, sausage, mushroom, tomato, puddings, choice of egg and bread. With oceans of tea and juice.

Do you lads also have chips with your beans?

efb

Christ! Chips on a fry! Begone!

efb

I do like the Ulster fry with the potato farls... Yummy

HalloweenJack

theteal wrote: »

I think officially they're not supposed to be in an Irish fry but I love the little feckers so I'll give them a pass!

And who gets to decide that? Denny's???

The bastards don't even make beans, of course they wouldn't have beans as part of an "official" Irish fry.

efb

HalloweenJack wrote: »

And who gets to decide that? Denny's???

The bastards don't even make beans, of course they wouldn't have beans as part of an "official" Irish fry.

Beans??? Why not peas? Urgh no

kfallon

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

Wise words from Alan Partridge....


'Actually I've made some notes. Bacon, 10 on 10. Black pudding, fantastic. One minor criticism, more distance between the location of the eggs and beans on the plate, maybe use a sausage as a breakwater. I may want to mix them, but I want that to be my choice'

That episode was on UK Gold last night!

MilesMorales1

Not on a fry no, although I do like beans with other stuff.

Polo_Mint

2x Sausages
2x rashers
1x Egg ( Sunny side up )
2x black pudding
2x white pudding
2x Hashbrowns
1 scoop of beans
1 scoop of fried mushrooms

4x Triangle toast

RichardCeann

HalloweenJack wrote: »

And who gets to decide that? Denny's???

The bastards don't even make beans, of course they wouldn't have beans as part of an "official" Irish fry.

You live in CZ? My missus is from Karlovy Vary. Our breakfasts are one of the things that we excel at.

Let us not ruin it with beans

gandalf

Yep as said earlier if beans are present on the plate you're being served an English Fry and not an Irish Breakfast and you are obviously a west brit if you consume it!!!

kylith

gandalf wrote: »

Yep as said earlier if beans are present on the plate you're being served an English Fry and not an Irish Breakfast and you are obviously a west brit if you consume it!!!

You can take our lives, but you'll never take our freedom!

Menas

I am sooo impressionable. This thread has made me hungry and at this stage the only question is which local eatery will be serving me breakfast!

Giblet

RichardCeann wrote: »

If people enjoy them, I guess. For me, a full Irish is bacon, sausage, mushroom, tomato, puddings, choice of egg and bread. With oceans of tea and juice.

Do you lads also have chips with your beans?

Juice? Can't handle a bit of salt wha? The scald burns out the grease, grand, but far from juice we were raised.

somesoldiers

I don't mind beans on a fry myself. Myself and the mrs watch Four in a Bed a lot, the B&B contest. The worst thing I have ever seen on a breakfast plate is tinned tomatoes, have seen it a few times on the show....vom

kylith

Giblet wrote: »

Juice? Can't handle a bit of salt wha? The scald burns out the grease, grand, but far from juice we were raised.

Tea is the only acceptable drink with a fry. Strong enough to stand a spoon up in.

gandalf

kylith wrote: »

Tea is the only acceptable drink with a fry. Strong enough to stand a spoon up in.

Coffee is ok too but none of this poncy latte or cappuccino ****e it has to be boiled for at least 24 hours and give you heartburn for 48 hours after drinking it!

Ruu

Love beans, mop the sauce up with toast,

Annasopra

Eugh no Beans are gross. If you want a moist fry then the egg should be runny and the sausage and bacon shouldn't be overcooked.

Giblet

Ruu wrote: »

Love beans, mop the sauce up with toast,

I'm sorry, but what toast does be left after stacking the bacon, egg and toast and cutting all three together into a square, and using the bottom toast layer to mop up the runny egg. Beans? Beans can go f**k themselves.

biko

Beans are yum.

kfallon

I'll have a few beans if they are on the go!

BabysCoffee

Beans all the way

kylith

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Eugh no Beans are gross. If you want a moist fry then the egg should be runny and the sausage and bacon shouldn't be overcooked.

No, no, no. The yolk of the egg is not to be touched, and is to be left till last and consumed whole.

Penn

The "Full" Irish has to include everything which would be considered standard, and as much as I hate them, that includes beans.

That being said, I ask for mine without beans, and use the egg yolks as my dippage/moppage.

Greenmachine

Spud??

kfallon

Greenmachine wrote: »

Spud??

Stayed in a hotel once that had potato cubes on the plate too! I was hungover so anything that was seen as not good for me was a welcome addition!

RichardCeann

kfallon wrote: »

Stayed in a hotel once that had potato cubes on the plate too! I was hungover so anything that was seen as not good for me was a welcome addition!

A very welcome addition! Lob on a bitta salt.

fryup

beans and hash browns have no place in an irish breakfast they are foreign invaders that must be eradicated

kfallon

fryup wrote: »

beans and hash browns have no place in an irish breakfast they are foreign invaders that must be eradicated

Throw them all on the plate, just don't darken my door with tomatoes, no place for them at all! Mushrooms don't add a lot either but I'll let them stay on the plate cos I'm sound :P

kylith

Potato products are fine, except chips. Fried slices of spud are definitely welcome, as are hash browns. Love mushrooms myself so you can lash those on, as long as they're kept away from the beans.

Grilled tomatoes are an abomination.

If you put chips on a fry, it's not breakfast, but can be had for tea on a Saturday.

I do think that if in a cafe, beans should be served in a little bowl on the side of your plate. Otherwise there could be a tsunami of beans ruining everything in its path.