The Irish Fry, what's a no-no?

chite · 08-09-2018 10:21pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Chocolate.

Chocolate is the one item that should NEVER be included in a fry.

Because it ruins the perfectly good chocolate.

Apparently there's rumours of a sighting of the once discontinued Fry's chocolate orange bar in a pound shop in Wolverhampton (the Poundland shop). Dealz is also Poundland afaik. So if they're nationwide....well let's just say that there'll be a Fry chocolate orgy, my last one circa 2013 at a newsagents in Carlisle.

igCorcaigh · 08-09-2018 10:23pm

limnam wrote: »

You don't seem to even know what black pudding is.

As I said. Can't be trusted..

Crucial issue that could do with a thread of its own. I'm very pro BP and prefer it over the Spanish version.

Could be eaten by vegetarians too if the blood is ethically sourced? Might need fat though.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-09-2018 10:23pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Lard was only mentioned once in the thread which is a shame. It is an integral part of the meal. Proper fried bread is buttered bread fried in lard, and then buttered again. Lots of butter.

I took it as read that any reference to fried breads of any variety were rendered to such a state by the use of lard. Only a moron or foreigner would suggest frying bread in anything else.

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-09-2018 10:24pm

Addison Helpless Ump wrote: »

I took it as read that any reference to fried breads of any variety were rendered to such a state by the use of lard. Only a moron or foreigner would suggest frying bread in anything else.

Dripping. That's lard is it?

igCorcaigh · 08-09-2018 10:25pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Dripping. That's lard is it?

I think dripping is beef fat, lard is pig's. Could be wrong...

igCorcaigh · 08-09-2018 10:27pm

This came up on another thread

http://www.jameswhelanbutchers.com/proddetail.php?prod=6169

I'm wary of cheaper lads and stuff, they unhealthy stuff to them. Want to the natural types.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-09-2018 10:28pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Dripping. That's lard is it?

Yes and No. Lard is Pig fat and Dripping is Beef fat. Make your own by melting down suet from the butchers and skimming off the lard/dripping.

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-09-2018 10:32pm

Addison Helpless Ump wrote: »

Yes and No. Lard is Pig fat and Dripping is Beef fat. Make your own by melting down suet from the butchers and skimming off the lard/dripping.

Yeah I like dripping for most stuff.

Try_harder · 08-09-2018 10:33pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Chocolate.

Chocolate is the one item that should NEVER be included in a fry.

Because it ruins the perfectly good chocolate.

Frys Chocolate is nice

Jimmy. · 08-09-2018 11:56pm

Any gluten free nonsense. Yes it was cool one time to be gluten intolerant and post about it in farsebook but not any more.

09-09-2018 12:02am

I now avoid a full irish when out because the last few times I got one the black and white pudding tasted of mould. All different venues in dublin. Do they pre slice pudding days and weeks in advance? I've had Clonakilty Black pudding in my fridge for weeks and aside from being dry at the end it was fine. The last 4 or 5 times I had a full Irish in a cafe or restaurant, I got that same mouldy taste.

No mushrooms for me. No tomato for me. No beans for me. A full Irish for me is sausages, bacon, fried egg, black and white pudding and tea. Toast optional.

Malayalam · 09-09-2018 6:06am

froog wrote: »

black pudding isn't meat.

Sorry about that, I though the blood part, being related to flesh, would put it in the same ball park. Anyways I thought it was delicious at the time. Couldn't get enough of it.

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Crucial issue that could do with a thread of its own. I'm very pro BP and prefer it over the Spanish version.

Could be eaten by vegetarians too if the blood is ethically sourced? Might need fat though.

Ethically sourced? I'm fascinated as to how that might happen. Like volunteered? A quick daily draining? Sourced from animals that have offered up their bodies to science? Gathered from vets after non-fatal operations on animals?(* ugh gotta stop thinking about this- feeling a bit queasy now)

Melisandre121 · 09-09-2018 8:42am

White pudding > black pudding

Annasopra · 09-09-2018 9:28am

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

For those saying no to tomatoes in a fry, you don't have to cook them. Cut them up into fine slices, then salt and pepper them, drizzle with a little olive oil and then garniai with basil and voila.

I think you missed the salad thread

barney shamrock · 09-09-2018 9:39am

Raw black pud is delish.

OldMrBrennan83 · 09-09-2018 9:55am

barney shamrock wrote: »

Raw black pud is delish.

Cold, not raw. It comes out cooked.

Unless you mean it in its liquid form.

Marcusm · 09-09-2018 9:56am

barney shamrock wrote: »

Raw black pud is delish.

It’s still not raw, it’s always pre-cooked unless you assemble it from the basic ingredients.

barney shamrock · 09-09-2018 9:58am

Ah ok, cold black pud is tasty then.

limnam · 09-09-2018 10:26am

mikemac2 wrote: »

Must have Coleman’s mustard available

Put hairs on your chest!

None of this pansy weak American mustard

English mustard for an Irish breakfast....ok...

mikemac2 · 09-09-2018 10:28am

I’ve messed up

. Post deleted

WoollyRedHat · 09-09-2018 4:06pm

Autochange wrote: »

You left a sentence out.

" Then at this point you are ready to open the lid of the bin and discard the disgusting mess"

Even with the rest of the delicious fry contents? Don knock till you try it.

dxhound2005 · 09-09-2018 4:08pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Even with the rest of the delicious fry contents? Don knock till you try it.

Don't knock it till you fry it.

Brian? · 09-09-2018 4:27pm

limnam wrote: »

English mustard for an Irish breakfast....ok...

Say what you like about English mustard, but the Tan bastards know how to make a mustard.

WoollyRedHat · 09-09-2018 4:29pm

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

I think you missed the salad thread

I should of probably mentionined in addition to fried eggs, rashers and sausages. Better than frying imo!

AudreyHepburn · 09-09-2018 4:29pm

Tomatoes - if they were the last food left on earth I wouldn’t touch them!

Also lard. It’s disgusting. Oil or nothing for me.

ArnoldJRimmer · 09-09-2018 5:51pm

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Beans are the cornerstone of good fry up.

Mushrooms and tomatoes can f*ck off. Beans are savage though

Beans don't belong in an Irish fry, and are also the only thing that can ruin the whole breakfast. Anything else you don't like can be pushed to the side, but bean juice permeates everything.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 13-09-2018 2:36am

Addison Helpless Ump wrote: »

If you buy a decent one it's delicious. There are no breadcrumbs in them and certainly no meat. Pork blood, pork fat, or sometimes beef suet, and a cereal, preferably oatmeal, and some oat groats plus seasoning is all that's in it.

My grandmother used to make her own whenever the family slaughtered a pig.

I’ve had a range of different kinds. Seriously, from supermarket pudding to dishes containing it in fancy restaurants. Whatever the ingredients, not one have I liked. I simply don’t like black pudding. And oats are another foodstuff are generally not for me. So mentioning that it contains oats only underlines my dislike really. Some people (in real life) have almost got offended when I say I don’t like pudding. I don’t know why. Am I supposed to like the stuff because it’s traditionally Irish?

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-09-2018 4:04am

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’ve had a range of different kinds. Seriously, from supermarket pudding to dishes containing it in fancy restaurants. Whatever the ingredients, not one have I liked. I simply don’t like black pudding. And oats are another foodstuff are generally not for me. So mentioning that it contains oats only underlines my dislike really. Some people (in real life) have almost got offended when I say I don’t like pudding. I don’t know why. Am I supposed to like the stuff because it’s traditionally Irish?

So you won't be having a healthy bowl of porridge instead of a fry, I take it? :pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-09-2018 9:39am

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’ve had a range of different kinds. Seriously, from supermarket pudding to dishes containing it in fancy restaurants. Whatever the ingredients, not one have I liked. I simply don’t like black pudding. And oats are another foodstuff are generally not for me. So mentioning that it contains oats only underlines my dislike really. Some people (in real life) have almost got offended when I say I don’t like pudding. I don’t know why. Am I supposed to like the stuff because it’s traditionally Irish?[

You're not supposed to like anything. It's personal choice or taste. I don't think anybody said if was obligatory for citizenship.

limnam · 14-09-2018 1:56pm

Addison Helpless Ump wrote: »

I don't think anybody said if was obligatory for citizenship.

When it comes to black pudding, it bloody well should be.

There'd be a lot less untrustworthy people around.

Feisar · 14-09-2018 2:10pm

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

And me. Tasteless, hard and watery.

Get cherry tomatoes on the vine and roast them. I know I know, not traditional.

Feisar · 14-09-2018 2:12pm

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Beans don't belong in an Irish fry, and are also the only thing that can ruin the whole breakfast. Anything else you don't like can be pushed to the side, but bean juice permeates everything.

Should always be served in a ramekin.

TerrorFirmer · 14-09-2018 2:17pm

For me the big no-no's would be tomato, mushroom and beans.....beans are the worst, the sauce gets into everything.

The other big no-no is when it doesn't come with bread or toast.

jimgoose · 14-09-2018 2:24pm

No beans in my fry, thank you. This is not negotiable. Baked beans are pleasant enough on toast or, occasionally, with sausage-chip-'n'-puddin' or similar, but not in a breakfast fry. I'm not too gone one tomatoes at breakfast either, but Woman likes them and I am prepared to give her that one.

jimgoose · 14-09-2018 2:31pm

Addison Helpless Ump wrote: »

You're not supposed to like anything. It's personal choice or taste. I don't think anybody said if was obligatory for citizenship.

Clonakilty have upped their black pudding game significantly in recent years after some time in the doldrums, fair play. This weather Oi arr mostly liking Shaw's and Rudd's - the latter has an unusually smooth, almost runny, sort of texture as black puddings go. Denny and Galtee "pudding" are for scutterin' gobsheens and Americans who are so out of it they think cheese-like-substance from a toothpaste tube is a good idea. Fuck 'em. :cool:

Deebles McBeebles · 14-09-2018 2:31pm

None o' them foreign sausages.

OldMrBrennan83 · 14-09-2018 5:10pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Clonakilty have upped their black pudding game significantly in recent years after some time in the doldrums, fair play. This weather Oi arr mostly liking Shaw's and Rudd's - the latter has an unusually smooth, almost runny, sort of texture as black puddings go. Denny and Galtee "pudding" are for scutterin' gobsheens and Americans who are so out of it they think cheese-like-substance from a toothpaste tube is a good idea. Fuck 'em. :cool:

I love Rudds.

jimgoose · 14-09-2018 5:26pm

Patww79 wrote: »

I love Rudds.

I like it too - unusual, but very tasty.

OldMrBrennan83 · 14-09-2018 5:37pm

jimgoose wrote: »

I like it too - unusual, but very tasty.

Can spread it on toast like a wonderful pudding pate.

jimgoose · 14-09-2018 5:43pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Can spread it on toast like a wonderful pudding pate.

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The Irish Fry, what's a no-no?

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