Now eating/drinking - The Bear and Badger

cockbeard

The pubs I go into, gastro would relate more to what you find pooling in the urinals than anything else

poprock

I’ve never understood why English black pudding is so shit. Anytime I’m south of the border and I order breakfast, it comes with a portion of blood-pudding-based disappointment.

Paul the sparky

Ireland do a canny breakfast in the hotel I was in, black and white pudding too, no racist:

This porterhouse steak isn't too shabby either:

From a pub inevitability called the Porterhouse in Oranmore if you're wondering g.man. Their battered prawns and JD wings are tremendous too, Ireland gets a big thumbs up from me.

poprock

I didn’t know Oranmore was a place. There’s a pub called Oran Mor at the bottom of my street.

g.man

Looks like damn fine grub there Sparkles.

Dark Soldier

poprock wrote:

I’ve never understood why English black pudding is so shit. Anytime I’m south of the border and I order breakfast, it comes with a portion of blood-pudding-based disappointment.

Come to Bury, we're the home of it. Legit ting.

FranticPea

He's not wrong, pudding of kings.

I find 99% of black pudding with breakfasts is shite. Burnt to a crisp discs of horror.

Diluted Dante

In fairness, they're discs of horror any way they're cooked.

GooberTheHat

Childintime wrote:

GooberTheHat wrote:

That would easily do 4 people. Good for a morning after hangover cure.

Only 1 piece of black pudding each? Get the duck outta here.

But yeah, the quantities are way off - I'm with Jon.

Two guys, two girls. Girls don't eat black pudding and only want (get) one sausage.

C'mon mate!

davyK

Made some onion bhajis from scratch tonight. Not bad for a first attempt - just needed a bit more spice/seasoning.

Pretty easy really - egg, flour and sliced onion with a choice of spice/seasoning. Mix it all up and fry in the pan creating the shape of your choice ( I went for cumin and coriander). You need to eat them more or less straight away though.

[Deleted User]

Pop Works Sticky Toffee Pudding flavour popcorn.

Good lord, I was expecting over priced butterkist toffee. What I got wasnt sticky, it was a slightly powdery coating with a full Tyson punch of flavour.
It is toffee, smoky, salty, sweet goodness and certainly not for the faint hearted

Highly recommend for a movie night in, serve with prosecco, dry cider or bitter lemonade.

[Deleted User]

Childintime wrote:

Per person it should be: 2 slices of toast 2 hash browns Portion of beans 2 rashers of bacon 2 or 3 sausages 2 eggs 4 pieces of black pudding Cup of orange tea with oily film on top.

So close, and yet so far.

1 or 2 slices of toast (white bread)
1 or 2 hash browns (size dependent)
Portion of beans
3 or 4 rashers of bacon
2 sausages
1 egg
1 tattie scone
1 piece of black pudding
½ fried tomato, sprinkled with black pepper
Apple juice (if served before noon)
Irn-Bru (if served after 11am)
Mug of He-Man tea with two sugars
Mug of thick black coffee with two sugars
Remaining toast with raspberry jam

davyK

2 bacon - proper butcher thick sliced - none of your vacuum packed water injected nonsense.
2 sausage (ideally 1xpork + 1xbeef). Again butcher bought is best though there are decent packaged ones available.
1 or 2 butcher's vegetable roll (sausage meat in mini burger shape with onion & herbs)
1 black pudding, 1 white pudding (have seen one large slice with the black on the outer ring and white in the centre as an option)
1 egg scrambled or fried
½ soda farl fried crisp in small amount of bacon fat - cut into strips or 2 triangles.
1 potato farl fried crisp in bacon fat - cut into 2 triangles.
1 small pancake fried crisp in bacon fat (aka dropped scone) - cut in 2 semi-circles.
½ fried tomato
a small amount of button mushrooms
toast on the side with butter. Toast in triangles.
tea
soft drink/juice depending on grade of hangover.

No beans.

The skill is frying those breads such that they are not greasy on the palate. It's a skill I possess. Also the soda and potato farl if possible should be sourced in a home bakery. Packaged stuff - especially re soda farls - is sub-optimal.

Chase with a statin or your choice, 1 a day for a week.

GooberTheHat

Andy wrote:

Childintime wrote:

Per person it should be: 2 slices of toast 2 hash browns Portion of beans 2 rashers of bacon 2 or 3 sausages 2 eggs 4 pieces of black pudding Cup of orange tea with oily film on top.

So close, and yet so far.

1 or 2 slices of toast (white bread)
1 or 2 hash browns (size dependent)
Portion of beans
3 or 4 rashers of bacon
2 sausages
1 egg
1 tattie scone
1 piece of black pudding
½ fried tomato, sprinkled with black pepper
Apple juice (if served before noon)
Irn-Bru (if served after 11am)
Mug of He-Man tea with two sugars
Mug of thick black coffee with two sugars
Remaining toast with raspberry jam

So, if you eat between 11 and 12 then you have apple juice and iron bru?

Yossarian

Have I already posted this here? I’m sure I must have, but just in case I haven’t:

WorKid

Cuba?

[Deleted User]

Scotland.
The question is Irn Bru or Buckfast?

bad_hair_day

Look at their little blue faces.

[Deleted User]

GooberTheHat wrote:

So, if you eat between 11 and 12 then you have apple juice and iron bru?

If you’re feeling decadent, sure. Either is acceptable at those times, though.

Yossarian wrote:

Have I already posted this here? I’m sure I must have, but just in case I haven’t:

If you haven’t, somebody else has. (Un)fortunately, it’s not true.

regmcfly

I don't think I could do a fry up anymore. The scale and quantity of it put me off, and now I've discovered shakshuka and other delights I'd rather something else.

davyK

Irn Bru is good stuff.

I still fall back on Lucozade as a hangover drink though. Back when Lucozade Sport was sparkling it briefly usurped it.

I also found Mountain Dew to be an agreeable hangover drink when it was available.

Dark Soldier

Just had six sausages and five rashers of bacon with brown sauce. Nothing else, just my dignity on a plate.

GooberTheHat

Andy wrote:

GooberTheHat wrote:

So, if you eat between 11 and 12 then you have apple juice and iron bru?

If you’re feeling decadent, sure. Either is acceptable at those times, though.

Yossarian wrote:

Have I already posted this here? I’m sure I must have, but just in case I haven’t:

If you haven’t, somebody else has. (Un)fortunately, it’s not true.

Good to know. Nice to see you back btw.

davyK

Dark Soldier wrote:

Just had six sausages and five rashers of bacon with brown sauce. Nothing else, just my dignity on a plate.

M0stly harm13ss

The Northern Irish do the best fry. I think it's the potato and soda bread that makes it.

Diluted Dante

davyK wrote:

Irn Bru is good stuff. I still fall back on Lucozade as a hangover drink though. Back when Lucozade Sport was sparkling it briefly usurped it. I also found Mountain Dew to be an agreeable hangover drink when it was available.

I'm going to blow your mind here.

They still do sparking Lucozade Sport.

davyK

Diluted Dante wrote:

davyK wrote:

Irn Bru is good stuff. I still fall back on Lucozade as a hangover drink though. Back when Lucozade Sport was sparkling it briefly usurped it. I also found Mountain Dew to be an agreeable hangover drink when it was available.

I'm going to blow your mind here. They still do sparking Lucozade Sport.

They do? Haven't seen it in ages.....is it in a can or a bottle? If off to google it.

Diluted Dante

Cans. Do you have Home Bargains in NI?

davyK

Aye. Daughter No.2 (in upper sixth) works part time there!

Diluted Dante

Get her on it.

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