View Full Version : The universal law of fried breakfasts
The less you pay, the better it will be. Remember this, always.
*edit* And keep the fried egg away from the beans. Makes it taste wierd.
Hmmm. I was about to agree but then I thought of the very cheap chain "restaurants" fried breakfasts. I think this law only applies to greasy spoons ;)
It applies to posh one too, where you pay £7 for toast, beans, sausage and a bacon. Those are rubbish.
Well the toast was nice once.
I've never been to a restaurant for a fried breakfast!
Nono, I meant "restaurants", the quotation marks were meant for sarcasm as that's what they call themselves - think McDonnald's etc. Yuck.
draconacticus
04-12-09, 10:49
Also if there is no black pudding it is not a proper fried breakfast, it is merely a shamfast.
Totally with you on the beans thing. Also, toast is borderline, it should be fried bread.
Oh, yeah, I get you Ten.
D, black pudding is a must, toast, I'm pretty easy. Last time I made one, I made bruschetta and it worked well. Here's the list IMO:
Primary
Sausages
Bacons
Fried eggs
Black pudding
Tomatoes
Many, many cups of tea
Secondary
Toast/fried bread
Mushrooms
Beans
I really can't do black pudding :fear:
RagingAvatar
04-12-09, 11:08
Nono, I meant "restaurants", the quotation marks were meant for sarcasm as that's what they call themselves - think McDonnald's etc. Yuck.
:blink: What?
You must be kidding? I had McDonald's breakfast today and yesterday and the sausage, egg and cheese bagel ROCKS.
If you haven't tried it, you must.
(Note: I fear though all this McD's is starting to appear on my waistline.)
draconacticus
04-12-09, 11:10
Mmm, your rankings are fine, but i'd switch round tomatoes and mushrooms. Tomatoes have vitamins in and therefore have no business being in a fried breakfast. Also sauteed mushrooms are mana from heaven.
Ten, black pudding is the food of kings. Try it scottish style with slices of haggis and caremalised apple slices. Fried pig's blood, what's not to like? Nyom nyom.
I really can't do black pudding :fear:
LMAO, every time I went to breakfast with one of my friends, he'd call them sheep-scabs. Doesn't help much.
But when they're cooked well, they're damn good!
Tomatoes are like a drink, that's why they're there - absorb some salt!
draconacticus
04-12-09, 11:19
Most foods when you break them down into a definition sound suprisingly disgusting... From Red Dwarf, "Ah, boiled chicken ovulations! Delicious!"
Carbonox_Ratchet
04-12-09, 12:06
I had a sorry excuse for a breakfast this morning before I came home. I went in to Tesco thinking I will have a nice fry up and all they had was bacon, eggs, beans and sausages. I was seriously ready to lay in to the "chefs". How dare they insult me with such shoddy handiwork.
"Sorry but our orders haven't come through for mushrooms or hash browns"
Uh excuse me, it's called getting your sorry butt downstairs, in to the frozen aisle and picking up a box of hash browns and going to the veg area for mushrooms, then going back upstairs and chuck them in the fryer/microwave.
I never had this problem in Morrisons or Wetherspoons. Best fry ups in the world and they have anything you want.
Lazy. Absolutely lazy. I could go back right now and demand my money back. I want the full shabang, not dog food. Seriously people. C'mon.
Hey, what about steak and eggs? That's a good breakfast. A damn good breakfast.
Carbonox_Ratchet
04-12-09, 12:11
I'm a sucker for steak, but that's reserved for special nights where mental comfort and an empty stomach are required. I have to be in the right frame of mind to fully appreciate it. Then I destroy the sucker.
I miss making steak dinners for people and myself when I was working in a pub in Bradford. :[ Always used to make such fine dinners.
Ten, black pudding is the food of kings. Try it scottish style with slices of haggis and caremalised apple slices. Fried pig's blood, what's not to like? Nyom nyom.
I can't, I really can't bring myself to eat it. It's not a cultural thing either, there's a similar thing in Italy which I equally stay away from.
Haggis fine by me, I quite enjoy it. Black pudding no.
I can't, I really can't bring myself to eat it. It's not a cultural thing either, there's a similar thing in Italy which I equally stay away from.
Haggis fine by me, I quite enjoy it. Black pudding no.
Haggis contains brain heart and lung. Black pudding is just blood, like you would get in a juicy rare steak! Hmmmm...
draconacticus
04-12-09, 13:48
Haggis contains brain heart and lung. Black pudding is just blood, like you would get in a juicy rare steak! Hmmmm...
Don't forget that the haggis is served up in a sheep's stomach.
Mmmmmmm, bile, yummy.
Carbonox_Ratchet
04-12-09, 13:55
I was so optimistic that this thread will be about the wonderful world of good ol' English breakfast...then it turns to Haggis and black pudding (I don't mind eating this). You've let me down Capcom Europe. Quickly save the thread or BAIL OUT BEFORE WE ALL DIE.
And so forth, tomorrow morning I will have an English breakfast before we head to the party. I SHALL go to the ball and I SHALL have friggin' hash browns and mushrooms with my breakfast.
There is nothing that bothers me more that someone messing up my meal. If I'm expecting someting and I don't get it, boy am I mad.
One fried breakfast a week is more than enough though. Not sure what I'll have tomorrow - 3 mince pies maybe?
And I doubt I'll have the time or inclination to bake for the party now :/
Sky_Dragon
04-12-09, 16:49
The only way in my eyes to get a worthwhile cooked breakfast is to make you own. Im sorry but I do not want a single sausage and rasher of bacon. I make my own, say good bye to a packet of bacon and a pigs worth of sausage then whatever else fits on the plate!
charmed699
04-12-09, 17:14
The only food I like to eat in the morning is cereal and that is all. :p
I am not that much into meat so might just go full vegetarian sometime as I don't eat red meat. When I was younger and lived in Portugal I saw a lot of pigs get turned into all kinds of things like sausages and such. It made me sad whenever I saw them get killed and taken apart into so many parts. :(
With regards to mince pies I used to not eat them as I thought it was actual mince!
Carbonox is right Morrisons breakfasts are awesome, and brill value as well, actually the last time i had one was with him when i satayed over his. Now he's moved he knows my pain, the pain of not having a morrisons nearbye and having to settle for the orrible overpriced muck they serve you at tescos ;-(
Carbonox_Ratchet
04-12-09, 17:45
I'm actually back in Stevenage now, Jack. ;] But that's a story for tomorrow as it's quite a long one, haha.
Charmed, try taking part in going from a fully grown live pig to dinner on the plate. One of the most horrific things I've ever witnessed/took part in. A normal every day thing in many countries in Europe though. My Hungarian family owns a farm in Hungary, so killing the animals and making food out of them is a normal thing.
Really!?? you should of told me i could of come seen you! So what are you coming in on the 12:33 from peterborugh? that gets in at like 13:05??
thezombiemessia
04-12-09, 18:10
*walks into thread*
*sees the love for Haggis and Black Pudding*
*turns around and leaves*
Carbonox_Ratchet
04-12-09, 18:14
I think that would be the safest bet, Jack. Give us time to have a bite to eat before be bounce.
I just hope I have the appetite as I don't right now after last night, and If I'm out again tonight, I'll feel and look awful.
I have faith in the English breakfast. Fry up for president!
k cool, ill take the 12:15 from cambs that will get me in at 13:05 too sorted ;D
And keep the fried egg away from the beans.
Noooooo! That's what makes a real fried breakfast, along with rubbery sausages.
Black Pudding- :)
Haggis- :(
...
Mince Pies- :thumb:
Ahh the best fry up i ever had was also the cheapest! Salford university school of art caffeteria did 2 rashers of bacon, egg (fried or scrambled) beans, hash brown, mushrooms or tomarto (depending on the day), a sausage and a slice of fried bread for £2.50. bargain.
I have a couple of local pubs around by me, and they all make home-made breakfasts. All around the £3.50 price mark too.
Pity they give black-pudding...I can't stand it. It's not the idea of what it's made from, but just the taste...
Actually, cheap black pudding is crap. So it may be the only part of a fried breakfast that the rule doesn't apply to.
*walks into thread*
*sees the love for Haggis and Black Pudding*
*turns around and leaves*
*follows*
I hate food that are covered in grease and are fatty in obvious ways... I'm not one for fried food...