# Brits: What's a "fry-up"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 14, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579 "2008-02-14T10:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/41 "2008-02-15T18:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] Fried BREAD?? No toast? [/QUOTE] Fried bread AND toast my good fellow šŸ˜› Yes Sal, a rasher is a slice ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/42 "2008-02-15T18:58:10Z")
We had a few ā€œfried _bread_??ā€ comments in the other recent thread. I canā€™t believe nobody in America has ever looked at piece of bread and thought ā€œhmm, I wonder if you could fry thatā€ šŸ˜‰ Mind you, I canā€™t stand fried bread myself. All you can taste is fat. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/43 "2008-02-15T19:12:47Z")
So enlighten us on the frying of bread. Is it ā€¦ _breaded_ :eek: then deep-fried? Fried in a skillet? Like chicken? I canā€™t imagine why youā€™d eat toast AND fried bread; but then again, you lost me totally at the blood sausage. \ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/44 "2008-02-15T19:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] So enlighten us on the frying of bread. Is it ā€¦ _breaded_ :eek: then deep-fried? Fried in a skillet? Like chicken? I canā€™t imagine why youā€™d eat toast AND fried bread; but then again, you lost me totally at the blood sausage. \ [/QUOTE] Itā€™s just a plain slice of bread fried in bacon fat, usually the fat rendered into the pan right after cooking bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/45 "2008-02-15T19:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] So enlighten us on the frying of bread. Is it ā€¦ _breaded_ :eek: then deep-fried? Fried in a skillet? Like chicken? I canā€™t imagine why youā€™d eat toast AND fried bread; but then again, you lost me totally at the blood sausage. \ [/QUOTE] Fried bread is a slice of ordinary white bread shallow fired in either bacon fat or lard until itā€™s nice and crisp. And we donā€™t call it blood sausage, itā€™s **black pudding** Edit, **acsenray** beat me to it.! ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/46 "2008-02-15T19:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] edit: I wonder if a black ribboner can have black pudding? (wink wink) [/QUOTE] Well, thereā€™s this in _Feet of Clay:_ > [@](#): > > ā€œAh-ha. Vampire, yes. _Bloody_, no. Black puddings, yes. The acme of the butcherā€™s art, yes. And if all else fails there are plenty of kosher butchers down in Long Hogmeat. Ah-ha, yes. We all live in the best way we can. Ah-ha.ā€ Of course, while Dragon King of Arms may have been on the vagon, I donā€™t know if he was formally a black ribboner ā€“ perhaps they have stricter rules. Ah-ha. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/47 "2008-02-15T19:42:19Z")
This thread reminds me why I put on five pounds in a week spent in England and Wales. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/48 "2008-02-15T19:44:06Z")
[DEL]Blood sausage[/DEL] Black pudding isnā€™t bad. Itā€™s not like a bag of clotted blood or anything (please, someone, rename ā€œclotted creamā€. The stuff is fantastic, but it took longer for me to try it than blood pudding, just because of the ā€œclottedā€ part). Anyway, although I donā€™t know how they make it, it seems to be _mostly_ normal sausage stuff and tastes not at all like blood. Hot dogs gross me out more than black pudding does. Try it some time. The German version, ā€œblutwurstā€ or something, also isnā€™t bad, if you like German sausage. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/49 "2008-02-15T20:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Fried bread AND toast my good fellow šŸ˜› Yes Sal, a rasher is a slice [/QUOTE] Dear Jebus! ā€¦Iā€™d have to spend two weeks on the cross trainer after all that. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/50 "2008-02-16T00:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Churchill must be spinning in his grave, innit? [/QUOTE] Perhaps Churchill would still be alive were it not for the English breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/51 "2008-02-16T07:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Perhaps Churchill would still be alive were it not for the English breakfast. [/QUOTE] I doubt it very much, heā€™d be 134 years old ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/52 "2008-02-16T10:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] I doubt it very much, heā€™d be 134 years old [/QUOTE] WHOOSH on you! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/53 "2008-02-16T13:20:55Z")
So, why to you guys let the toast go cold? Well, I know, so the butter wonā€™t melt, but thatā€™s the whole point of toast, innit? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/54 "2008-02-16T13:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] WHOOSH on you! šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Gee, my very first whooshing šŸ˜› I feel so proud. ::Charlie:: Cold toast is really quite nice, 'specially with chunky marmalade on it ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/55 "2008-02-16T13:26:24Z")
We donā€™t? I eat warm toast with the butter melted in straight from under the grill/the toaster. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/56 "2008-02-16T13:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan] We donā€™t? I eat warm toast with the butter melted in straight from under the grill/the toaster. [/QUOTE] So do I. But I know what **Charlie Tan** is talking about - in some hotels, and at some elderly\* peopleā€™s houses, the put the toast in a toast rack, where it gets cold. I think itā€™s to stop it getting soggy, but Iā€™ve never seen the point of it myself. \*ETA: apologies to **chowder**. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/57 "2008-02-16T13:49:08Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] So do I. But I know what **Charlie Tan** is talking about - in some hotels, and at some elderly\* peopleā€™s houses, the put the toast in a toast rack, where it gets cold. I think itā€™s to stop it getting soggy, but Iā€™ve never seen the point of it myself. \*ETA: apologies to **chowder**. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] I actually prefer cold toast with marmalade. If you use hot toast it gets too soggy and a bit yucky. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/58 "2008-02-16T16:17:22Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] So do I. But I know what **Charlie Tan** is talking about - in some hotels, and at some elderly\* peopleā€™s houses, the put the toast in a toast rack, where it gets cold. I think itā€™s to stop it getting soggy, but Iā€™ve never seen the point of it myself. \*ETA: apologies to **chowder**. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] As a matter of fact you young whippersnapper thatā€™s exactly why itā€™s placed on a toast rack, to stop it getting all soggy and sticking to us old 'uns gums. Wait until youā€™re old and decrepit, in the meantime gerroff my bloody lawn fuckinā€™ kids, no respect these days ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/59 "2008-02-16T16:33:00Z")
I hadnā€™t had a proper fry-up for weeks, but I was visiting a friend last night and we went out for several pints followed by a curry in a worryingly empty Indian restaurant, so what better way to sort out the head and stomach this morning than the following: Sausage (long, cheap quality) Bacon (four thick rashers, extra salty) Egg (one, fried) Fried bread (one slice, forming a base for egg) Mushrooms (large handful, fried) Tomatoes (two, fried) Beans (baked, Heinz in tomato sauce) Tea (builderā€™s strength, in mug (white, slightly chipped) large enough to bath a baby in) Toast (two slices, white, buttered) The above was one of the smaller set breakfasts, a bargain at Ā£4.80 I think youā€™ll agree. Had I had a really hearty appetite I could have gone for the ā€œBig Breakfastā€ which from memory consisted of: 2 x sausage 2 x fried egg 1 x fried bread 4 x bacon 1 x hash brown 2 x tomatoes mushrooms beans black pudding 2 x toast tea and still only Ā£6. Guaranteed to cure any hangover. ---
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[QUOTE=Colophon] and still only Ā£6. [/QUOTE] This makes me sad. Thatā€™s like $12 in our currency ā€“ youā€™d get twice as much food at an IHOP for that. I donā€™t know if Iā€™ll ever be able to afford Britain again. ā˜¹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579.md?page=4)