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A fry-up in the morning. Is it unhealthy?

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    #242
    Feisar
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    salmocab wrote: »
    How do people feel about a few chips? I would never think about it when doing one for myself but if they come out in a cafe I’m beyond delighted, especially if they are not the frozen ones.

    Same, love a few chips.

    If I'm doing proper hash browns though I wouldn't bother

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #243
    Muahahaha
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    Bit cynical wrote: »
    Air "fryers" are really just small fan ovens. They don't do as good a job as actual fan ovens because there is not enough room for the air to circulate.

    Id say a lot of people with airfryers would disagree with that, Ive never found any discernable difference in the flavour of food that is cooked in the main oven over the airfryer. Airfryers are typically 3-5 litres in size whereas ovens are 45-60 litres which means warm up times and cooking times are reduced dramatically in an airfryer. The basket in an airfryer means the air circulates everywhere around the food and it does so in a vortex such is the power of the fan in a small space.


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    #244
    the beer revolu
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    If I was served the OP's "Fry", 2 things would come into my head:

    1. Did I order the veggie fry?
    2. Why the fcuk is there a rasher in the veggie fry?


    Oh, and "fcuk off baked beans"


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    #245
    Feisar
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Id say a lot of people with airfryers would disagree with that, Ive never found any discernable difference in the flavour of food that is cooked in the main oven over the airfryer. Airfryers are typically 3-5 litres in size whereas ovens are 45-60 litres which means warm up times and cooking times are reduced dramatically in an airfryer. The basket in an airfryer means the air circulates everywhere around the food and it does so in a vortex such is the power of the fan in a small space.

    Air fryers do some job on sausages.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #246
    the purple tin
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    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I enjoy an occasional fry when I'm back in Ireland, and even bring some vacuum packed artisan pudding and sausages back to Germany with me for a brunch treat. That is the source of some mirth for my German friends. 'But Aongus, this is already the country of 500 types of sausages; why do you need to bring your own?'

    What I do notice about Ireland is that many people are obsessed with the idea of quantity when it comes to a fry. They'd rather a large plate of barely human-grade mushed pig meat, than a smaller fry made up of quality ingredients. Red-faced men queuing up with a tray for an 11-item breakfast which has been sitting under lights since the food was reheated in trays earlier that morning. Fried eggs sitting in grease, congealed baked beans, rubbery rashers with a thin skin of salty foam forming on them.


    Never change, Mr Von B :D


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    #247
    Pawwed Rig
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    Feisar wrote: »
    Air fryers do some job on sausages.


    If by 'some job' you mean a bad job I agree completely


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    #248
    Adyx
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    There's absolutely nothing wrong with brown sauce mixed in with the beans.


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    #249
    Corona20
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    Adyx wrote: »
    There's absolutely nothing wrong with brown sauce mixed in with the beans.

    Brown sauce makes a fry.
    I would settle for sausages pudding and brown sauce on toast. Eggs rashers tomato and beans on the side.
    And a supersize tea.
    To go.


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    #250
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Not frying them in olive oil either. Use a proper oil that gives some taste.

    Olive oil is probably one of the most flavoured oils there is. It’s not right for a fry up but lack of flavour isn’t the issue.


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    #251
    Bit cynical
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    No need to buy fancy "lard". Just save beef tallow and other fats from cooking. Bacon grease from previous fry-ups can be mixed in too. No harm in various meat flavourings in the cooking fat and in fact improves the flavour of things like fried eggs which don't have much of their own.


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    #252
    Pintman Paddy Losty
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    Bit cynical wrote: »
    No need to buy fancy "lard". Just save beef tallow and other fats from cooking. Bacon grease from previous fry-ups can be mixed in too. No harm in various meat flavourings in the cooking fat and in fact improves the flavour of things like fried eggs which don't have much of their own.

    That sounds absolutely vile.


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    #253
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    That sounds absolutely vile.

    Ipso fatso.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #254
    cj maxx
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Id say a lot of people with airfryers would disagree with that, Ive never found any discernable difference in the flavour of food that is cooked in the main oven over the airfryer. Airfryers are typically 3-5 litres in size whereas ovens are 45-60 litres which means warm up times and cooking times are reduced dramatically in an airfryer. The basket in an airfryer means the air circulates everywhere around the food and it does so in a vortex such is the power of the fan in a small space.

    Air fryers are brilliant.
    Like an oven ,yes but half the time and so much easier.
    Only thing is to clean them as soon as they get dirty with oil etc.


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    #255
    Ush1
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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    I once asked if there was an brown sauce in a school friend’s house. His mother replied “No” before adding “we’re not common”.

    I would have assumed sauce transcended the “class barrier” but apparently not.

    Personally, I always work under the “rule” of ketchup with chips, sausages and burgers and then brown with rashers, pork chops and ham sandwiches.

    Sauces like soft drinks are for children and the working class.


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    #256
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    If by 'some job' you mean a bad job I agree completely

    As I said I’m really surprised to hear someone say that. I personally think airfryer Is the best way to cook sausages I don’t think any other method cooks them as well. Makes the skin perfect and still lovely and moist not not dripping in oil and grease like form a pan, next best is grill then oven with my least favourite being fried.

    Anyone who has had food cooked by me in the airfryer has either bought one or is on the look out for one, you are one of the only people I’ve ever heard not to like them.


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    #257
    Cienciano
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    Corona20 wrote: »
    Brown sauce makes a fry.
    I would settle for sausages pudding and brown sauce on toast. Eggs rashers tomato and beans on the side.
    And a supersize tea.
    To go.
    Adyx wrote: »
    There's absolutely nothing wrong with brown sauce mixed in with the beans.
    A question for brown sauce experts. Is there a difference between YR sauce, HP sauce and Chef brown sauce?


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    #258
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Cienciano wrote: »
    A question for brown sauce experts. Is there a difference between YR sauce, HP sauce and Chef brown sauce?

    Yes, YR is the best one. It’s the most “vinegary”.

    The other two are fine but they are both too sweet.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #259
    Bit cynical
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    Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »
    That sounds absolutely vile.
    It does but it works. McDonalds chips used to be fried in beef tallow.


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    #260
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Id say a lot of people with airfryers would disagree with that, Ive never found any discernable difference in the flavour of food that is cooked in the main oven over the airfryer. Airfryers are typically 3-5 litres in size whereas ovens are 45-60 litres which means warm up times and cooking times are reduced dramatically in an airfryer. The basket in an airfryer means the air circulates everywhere around the food and it does so in a vortex such is the power of the fan in a small space.

    But the baskets are quite small even in the larger airfryers so you have to do things in batches if cooking for more than one or two people (or want to cook a few day’s worth), negating the shorter cooking time for each individual batch. Oven-cooking can be quicker sometimes due to the same issue. Personally, I’d rather be able to put everything in in one go. After that, the cooking time doesn’t really matter.


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    #261
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    salmocab wrote: »
    How do people feel about a few chips? I would never think about it when doing one for myself but if they come out in a cafe I’m beyond delighted, especially if they are not the frozen ones.
    If they don't have hash browns in the canteen in work, they have fried potato slices (or maybe oven cooked). That's always a lovely surprise, probably because it's so rare...:)


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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    But the baskets are quite small even in the larger airfryers so you have to do things in batches if cooking for more than one or two people (or want to cook a few day’s worth), negating the shorter cooking time for each individual batch. Oven-cooking can be quicker sometimes due to the same issue. Personally, I’d rather be able to put everything in in one go. After that, the cooking time doesn’t really matter.

    Batch cooking wouldn’t be something we would do much if but even so I don’t think the type of food we would be cooking normally in the airfryer would be the type of food you would be batch cooking: cooked breakfasts (as being discussed here), chips, steaks, burgers, roasted veg/potatoes, chicken wings/drumsticks, gougons etc. Nothing you would batch cook really. Currys, pies, stews etc are always going to be oven dishes and the type of thing you would do in bulk (if you do bulk cooking).

    That being said I would love one far bigger than the one we have, we have the smallest one and with the addition of the rack inside to give you two layers I can cook most things for two people like all the ingredients of a breakfast or if it’s chips you can do enough for 3 or 4 people. Definitely going to pick up the biggest one possible when I am in the market for one again though.

    The thing is though it cooks many things much better than an oven too so that’s the attraction also. Like the difference between oven chips in an airfryer and in an oven is massive.


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    #263
    Babooshka
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    Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »
    re fish sauce - I'm guessing it wouldn't be too far off throwing a sprinkling of Worcestershire sauce into the frying pan. And if you haven't done that, then try it

    Do not put fish and worceseseseter in the same sentence you heathen. Fish sauce smells like piss.


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    #264
    Babooshka
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    If I was served the OP's "Fry", 2 things would come into my head:

    1. Did I order the veggie fry?
    2. Why the fcuk is there a rasher in the veggie fry?


    Oh, and "fcuk off baked beans"

    Oh and why does my breakfast smell like piss, that'll be the fish sauce son.


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    #265
    wakka12
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    You have made a healthy fry so yes it is healthy


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    #266
    Corben Dallas
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    A question for brown sauce experts. Is there a difference between YR sauce, HP sauce and Chef brown sauce?

    HP. The one and only. Chefs Brown Sauce is a poor relation.

    Chefs Tomato Sauce is solid though.

    Plus anyone who serves up Beans as part of a fry-up, ...needs a serious talking to.


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    #267
    JohnnyFlash
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    Corben Dallas wrote: »
    A question for brown sauce experts. Is there a difference between YR sauce, HP sauce and Chef brown sauce?

    HP. The one and only. Chefs Brown Sauce is a poor relation.

    Chefs Tomato Sauce is solid though.

    Plus anyone who serves up Beans as part of a fry-up, ...needs a serious talking to.


    This dude gets it.


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    #268
    El_Duderino 09
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    Babooshka wrote: »
    Do not put fish and worceseseseter in the same sentence you heathen. Fish sauce smells like piss.

    Worcestershire sauce has fermented anchovies in it. Not a million miles away from fish sauce in terms of the umami flavour they both bring.

    Im a big fan of fish sauce but haven't tried it on a breakfast. I can't really see where it fits in.

    Worcestershire sauce can just fcuk off though.


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    #269
    salmocab
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    If they don't have hash browns in the canteen in work, they have fried potato slices (or maybe oven cooked). That's always a lovely surprise, probably because it's so rare...:)

    Yeah it’s probably the treat part of it alright, a cafe in the park near me does really nice fried cubes with the fry, unfortunately it’s recently been closed and taken over by a chain that is less than decent in its food and service. It was getting refurbished so presumably after places open my fried potatoes are a thing of the past.


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    El_Duderino 09
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    Corben Dallas wrote: »
    ...

    Plus anyone who serves up Beans as part of a fry-up, ...needs a serious talking to.

    Anyone who dumps beans on top of the breakfast, in a civilised society, needs a talking to and they need a word with themselves.

    But I've made peace with having beans on the side in a bowl or a ramekin if you're feeling middle class. But beans shouldn't touch anything else on the breakfast plate unless you want it to.


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    #271
    CrankyHaus
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    salmocab wrote: »
    Yeah it’s probably the treat part of it alright, a cafe in the park near me does really nice fried cubes with the fry, unfortunately it’s recently been closed and taken over by a chain that is less than decent in its food and service. It was getting refurbished so presumably after places open my fried potatoes are a thing of the past.

    They serve those as home fries in the States, lovely yokes and I wish they were more common here. Though obviously the bacon over there is not generally as good as what you get here.


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