Random Thoughts

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

That's what it was! Black pudding, chorizo and rocket, amazing

Have since seen full Irish pizzas alright, though personally I was always put off by the egg on it. I'm not so fussy about it now, but I used to be one of those visceral disgust at even a drop of tomato sauce getting on the fried egg people, sausage and bacon barricade to keep egg and baked beans as separate as possible 

[Eoin McLove]

Madness. You have to split the yoke and mix it into the beans. Jets of ketchup firing in from all angles, naturally.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Guess I'm not fully over it... I feel ill picturing that 

[Carnage]

Beans have no place on a breakfast plate. I will die on this hill.

[ochoill]

I'll have to grab a shtick of the black stuff this weekend after reading all this. I wonder would it work on the bbq 

Can you get decent pudding in Aus?  When I lived in Canada it was rare enough I'd come across it and when I did it was locally made stuff.  It was grand but pricey and about as good as the Denny's €1 block here lol.  But I imagine if it was cut lengthways and thin it would bbq up nicely.

Guess I'm not fully over it... I feel ill picturing that 

This reminded me of a time, decades ago now (Jesus) when Astfgyl, as viciously against the ketchup as you were there, decided on a session to have a taste of the Chef ketchup out of the glass bottle while we were poisoned.  He tried to shake a little bit out of the bottle into his mouth, with his head back, but sure of course that wasn't working fast enough, so I hit the bottle a good clatter with the palm of my hand to help him out.  Half the bottle came out, filled the entire void of his mouth I've never seen such terror on a lad's face.  Think it ruined him for the stuff for life.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I love ketchup, just not with egg. And I love a mouthful of baked beans and sausage (oo-er!), but the tomato sauce from the beans, if a drop got on the fried egg I would literally wipe it off before eating it haha

[The Butcher]

I love ketchup, just not with egg.

A friend for a cheap n quick munch would break an egg into a cup, whisk it about with a fork, into the microwave for 35-45 seconds, squirts the aul ketchup in and mixed it about again with a fork and would eat it with a spoon. It sounded like the most disgusting thing until I tried it one night post drink and needed a quick fix - and wasn't too bad 

[Giggles]

This reminded me of a time, decades ago now (Jesus) when Astfgyl, as viciously against the ketchup as you were there, decided on a session to have a taste of the Chef ketchup out of the glass bottle while we were poisoned.  He tried to shake a little bit out of the bottle into his mouth, with his head back, but sure of course that wasn't working fast enough, so I hit the bottle a good clatter with the palm of my hand to help him out.  Half the bottle came out, filled the entire void of his mouth I've never seen such terror on a lad's face.  Think it ruined him for the stuff for life.

Some of the Astfgyl tales you tell on here genuinely make me laugh out loud   

[Mooncat]

I like the ol' egg over-hard, so bring on the beans! Am in total agreement though that a soft yolk mixing with the beans is akin to a turd falling into my drink.

Beans have no place on a breakfast plate. I will die on this hill.

They're the most important part! Ties it all together. I don't think beans are an official ingredient of an Ulster fry though...

[Carnage]

Or a full Irish. In my day the closest you'd get to veg was a bit of fried tomato, which I'm also not a fan of TBH.

[Eoin McLove]

Fried tomato is a waste of space on the plate when you could stack your hash browns in that corner. A moat of beans, ketchup and gooey egg holding the bacon at bay.

[Carnage]

Hash browns are manky, fried spuds is what should be there.

Rashers, sausages, black & white pudding, fried egg, mushrooms, fried spuds, toast & tea. Bit of brown sauce on the side and you're sorted.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Do people have chip pans still? Chips 10 times better than the ones cooked in the oven but don't seem to see them in people's houses anymore.

[The Heretic]

Do people have chip pans still? Chips 10 times better than the ones cooked in the oven but don't seem to see them in people's houses anymore.

The price of cooking oil and getting rid of the used oil makes them rarely used anymore, plus you can use them to burn the house down...

[Kunt 4 Life]

True they were an absolute death trap but you cant deny they made some tasty chips