Hey Kerrin!

Mikey · 23 May, 2011, 11:16:49 AM

Ah, it does my heart proud to see the esteem held for that brekkie. A point to note however, is that there was no potato cake upon me plate - there was tattie bread. So to further elighten, I present an annotated pic.

"I can see you've used a frying pan before. You're eggs could be warmer. [/Monica]"

"The dish - looks pretty as a picture. I like how the sausages are immersed in the beans, just waiting to assault the diner with their big, meaty flavour. The vegetable roll - perfectly seasoned. And the soda...light and fluffy in the middle, with a delicious crunch on the outside. The tattie farl was a little overdone for my taste, but I just prefer mine slightly underdone, it's not a criticism. The addition of the chesnut mushrooms was a nice touch of flair. Overall a very good effort, I'd happily serve that in my restaurant. Well done [/Roux Jnr]"

"Mmmfph! 'at is YAMMY![/Wallace]"

M.

TordelBack · 23 May, 2011, 11:20:09 AM

"You've had problems with presentation in the earlier rounds, but the addition of the Prog as a sidedish - well, that is bordering on genius, my friend. Jast lahvley." [/Wallace]

James Stacey · 23 May, 2011, 01:14:07 PM

Mikey = Winner !

Mikey · 23 May, 2011, 01:30:59 PM

Peter Wolf · 23 May, 2011, 03:58:07 PM

Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 May, 2011, 07:41:48 PM
Fucking hell you lot, every one of those eggs looks absolute wank!

Thats because they do not have superior quality eggs for free every day from backyard chickens.

I dont mind fried breakfasts as long as it doesnt include baked beans,bacon,fried egg,black pudding or fried tomatoes.Fried mashed potato is good as it forms a thick crust in the pan if its fried in butter.Mushrooms have to be fried in butter as well to get the right taste and texture plus sausages have to be fried in a small amount of butter.

No mention of hash browns so far.

Jim_Campbell · 23 May, 2011, 04:21:25 PM

Quote from: Peter Wolf on 23 May, 2011, 03:58:07 PM
I dont mind fried breakfasts as long as it doesnt include baked beans,bacon,fried egg,black pudding or fried tomatoes.

I don't mind a nice roast beef dinner as long as it doesn't have any roast beef, gravy, yorkshire puddings or roast potatoes...

Cheers

Jim

Mardroid · 23 May, 2011, 04:36:55 PM

I like a cooked breakfast, but I'm not all that keen on it all being fried. (Eggs and bread aside. I don't have fried bread that often, but it's cracking!)

Bacon tastes better grilled. I know most would likely disagree, but I find the oil dilutes the flavour. (Of course you can do it in it's own fat but you might as well just grill it then.) The searing of the grill seems to keep the flavour in, for me.

Just had a double bacon,egg and tomato sandwich with mustard. Not bad a tall. Bacon was smoked (my favourite kind), but I could have done with more mustard. I don't know if it's my imagination but English mustard doesn't seem to have the heat that it used to. Or maybe it's just the kind we use; the supermarket's own. Maybe I should go for Coleman's.

Mikey · 23 May, 2011, 04:39:42 PM

All my breakfast meat is grilled. I am watching my figure you know!

M.

P.S. I don't eat a big grill up like that very often - I could hardly fuckin walk after it!

Peter Wolf · 23 May, 2011, 04:45:56 PM

Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 23 May, 2011, 04:21:25 PM
Quote from: Peter Wolf on 23 May, 2011, 03:58:07 PM
I dont mind fried breakfasts as long as it doesnt include baked beans,bacon,fried egg,black pudding or fried tomatoes.

I don't mind a nice roast beef dinner as long as it doesn't have any roast beef, gravy, yorkshire puddings or roast potatoes...

Cheers

Jim

It still leaves sausages and mushrooms and potatoes so all is not lost.Grilled tomatoes are alright though.

Mardroid · 23 May, 2011, 04:51:40 PM

Quote from: Mikey on 23 May, 2011, 04:39:42 PM
All my breakfast meat is grilled. I am watching my figure you know!

I left them out in my above post, but I grill the sausages too. (I've tried frying them, but I think the grilled taste better. Oh and you don't have to prick em.) I'd probably do the same with the black pudding, if I had it, although I might try it both ways. I've never cooked black pudding before. We don't buy it (although I might change that, I'm not the main grocery shopper although I provide money towards it) but I liked it when I tasted it. (Guest houses on holiday mainly!) Oh and I had white pudding in Dublin, which was very nice.

I've never had haggis. Which has nothing to do with breakfast food, but it's something I'm curious about trying.

Dandontdare · 23 May, 2011, 05:16:25 PM

Agreed, the sausage, bacon and black pud should all be grilled, the eggs and mushrooms fried. I do my frying in 2 stages cos I love mushrooms - I fry a up as many as I can fit in my pan, then transfer them to a metal dish on top of the grill to keep warm while I fry my eggs (with a pan lid over them to cook the tops without flipping). I've got the timing (including tea and toast) down to a fine art, and usually do the whole lot start to finish in the time it takes to listen to last night's Now Show or News Quiz on the R4 podcast.

As for haggis, good haggis is lovely, but bad haggis is absolutely vile. Never EVER be tempted by chip-shop haggis.

Emperor · 23 May, 2011, 05:45:08 PM

One thing people seem to be overlooking:

Weapons on the table too:

http://ablogaboutmen.tumblr.com/post/5725233318/holy-fucking-shit-balls-look-how-manly-this

And yes, the blog does seem scarily like it has been written by Roger.

Mardroid · 23 May, 2011, 05:51:21 PM

Quote from: Dandontdare on 23 May, 2011, 05:16:25 PM
Agreed, the sausage, bacon and black pud should all be grilled, the eggs and mushrooms fried. I do my frying in 2 stages cos I love mushrooms - I fry a up as many as I can fit in my pan, then transfer them to a metal dish on top of the grill to keep warm while I fry my eggs (with a pan lid over them to cook the tops without flipping).

I like to fry my mushrooms first then the egg too. Provides a nice extra flavour for the egg. As for covering the pan, I've never though to try that. I like my eggs flipped but only just flipped, i.e. so the yolks are still quite gooey but there's a film covering*. Starting to harden but still pretty soft, if that makes sense. I usually do that by taking the pan off the hob and flipping it in the hot oil for a short while.

*Reading that back, that looks disgusting. Tastes nice though. With a bit of salt and pepper of course. And brown sauce for the whites.

CrazyFoxMachine · 23 May, 2011, 06:36:30 PM

I THINK YOU'LL FIND SIR THAT POTATO CAKE AND TATTIE BREAD ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

I'll hear no more of it, you've got my dander up!

Dandontdare · 23 May, 2011, 06:45:04 PM

Quote from: Mardroid on 23 May, 2011, 05:51:21 PM
As for covering the pan, I've never though to try that. I like my eggs flipped but only just flipped, i.e. so the yolks are still quite gooey but there's a film covering*. Starting to harden but still pretty soft, if that makes sense.

yup, a saucapan lid reflects the heat back down on the egg taking care of any uncooked white but leaving the yolk runny, and avoiding that oh-so-diasppointing broken yolk when flipping.

It's like a Full English* Masterclass round here.

(*My Dundonian pal used to tell me that a "full Scottish" breakfast was 20 Benson & Hedges, a can of Irn Bru and the Daily Record)