# Brits: What's a "fry-up"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579>\
**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")\
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**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/61 "2008-02-16T16:57:57Z")

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[QUOTE=pulykamell]  
This makes me sad. That’s like $12 in our currency – you’d get twice as much food at an IHOP for that. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to afford Britain again. ☹  
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Yes, but we don’t have to pay a tip of up to 20% because of the slave wages of US catering staff !

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-whats-a-fry-up/437579/62 "2008-02-16T18:52:03Z")

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Mum liked her toast cold, but I’ve not seen the toast rack in use for some time now, almost as long as I’ve not seen the tea strainer being used.

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