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

WopTittyPop · 18-05-2011 01:54PM #1

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 · 18-05-2011 01:55PM

It becomes a grill.

emeraldstar · 18-05-2011 01:56PM

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

westendgirlie · 18-05-2011 01:58PM

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

thehairyelbow · 18-05-2011 01:58PM

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 · 18-05-2011 01:59PM

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 · 18-05-2011 01:59PM

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

michelledoh · 18-05-2011 01:59PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:00PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:00PM

It becomes a George Foreman.

Lone Stone · 18-05-2011 02:01PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:02PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:03PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:07PM

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.

18-05-2011 02:09PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:10PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:11PM

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

keane2097 · 18-05-2011 02:11PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:12PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:13PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:14PM

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.

18-05-2011 02:16PM

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 · 18-05-2011 02:16PM

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

ISDW · 18-05-2011 02:16PM

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.