Irish Breakfast
Apr 4th, 2006, 11:56 AM
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From Fodors Ireland 2006: A typical Irish breakfast includes fried eggs, rashers (bacon), black and white puddings (black pudding is made with pork, porkblood, cereals and seasoning; white pudding is similar but without the blood), sausage, tomatoes, beans, soda bread and a pot of tea. The B&B's usually include them with the cost of the room.
Apr 4th, 2006, 12:08 PM
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Aaaaah the Irish brekkie!!! Sets u up for the day - you wont be hungry for hours after! You either love it or hate it I suppose but either way, its very yummy and highly fatty! Rashers, sausages, black and white pudding, fried eggs, fried bread, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes.... endless list of gorgeous fatty food to try to digest!! We love all day too! But don't worry - you can usually have bread, coffeee, etc. if you prefer but do try the brekkie!! Kingfisher Parnell Street is supposed to be King of Brekkies!
Apr 4th, 2006, 02:57 PM
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I like the Irish Brown Bread many places serve with their full Irish Breakfast or, you can have toast. One egg (to order), Irish bacon, Sausage, Black & white pudding (black pudding AKA Blood pudding; white puddine = suet), fried tomato (slices), maybe some mushrooms, tea or coffee and usually some fruit juices. It doesn't include hash browns or home fries.
Most places will also have cereals but you won't find many pastries. As for the best Irish Breakfast, your hotel or B&B should provide an adequate Irish breakfast: It don't take much to prepare what they call a 'fry breakfast.'
I usually have the Irish breakfast at around 08:00 and then a Carvery lunch around 3:00 PM - maybe some 'pub grub' in the evening. When in Rome, be a Roman!
Most places will also have cereals but you won't find many pastries. As for the best Irish Breakfast, your hotel or B&B should provide an adequate Irish breakfast: It don't take much to prepare what they call a 'fry breakfast.'
I usually have the Irish breakfast at around 08:00 and then a Carvery lunch around 3:00 PM - maybe some 'pub grub' in the evening. When in Rome, be a Roman!
Apr 4th, 2006, 03:05 PM
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rogfam, I found this site on another message board and bookmarked it. Take a look cause is is kind of fun: http://www.irishbreakfast.0catch.com/
You can do a Google search and click on images for photos of Irish breakfasts. Yum!
You can do a Google search and click on images for photos of Irish breakfasts. Yum!
Apr 4th, 2006, 03:15 PM
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We are going to Dublin in April for five days. I plan to have porridge and Irish soda bread every morning for breakfast. Rashers and blood pudding would make MY system shut down. Oh yea, and strong Irish tea...Maybe some shortbread cookies. That's about it.
Apr 4th, 2006, 03:21 PM
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I don't care for rashers or blood pudding myself. My favorite B & B's are the ones that offer scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, and brown soda bread with wonderful Irish butter. And good strong tea, of course.
Apr 5th, 2006, 01:28 AM
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I don't eat meat and get bread, muffins, fruit etc. Some more upmarket places have a larger choice. Try it once and see if you like it.
Or go to a shop and get a breakfast roll (Yuck!) its a hogie roll, bacon, sausage and brown sauce or ketchup. I am sure most of the Irish crowd here has heard the Jumbo Breakfast roll song by Pat Kenny...too funny!
Or go to a shop and get a breakfast roll (Yuck!) its a hogie roll, bacon, sausage and brown sauce or ketchup. I am sure most of the Irish crowd here has heard the Jumbo Breakfast roll song by Pat Kenny...too funny!
Apr 5th, 2006, 02:42 AM
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It's Pat Shortt - can't imagine Pat Kenny singing it - now that WOULD be funny!
To be honest, the Irish breakfast would be a rare treat. Some places do a nice take on it - not as stodgy and greasy. But it can tend to sit in your stomach all day. Bewleys on Grafton Street does some lovely breakfasts - nice granola, porridge, bagels, etc.
To be honest, the Irish breakfast would be a rare treat. Some places do a nice take on it - not as stodgy and greasy. But it can tend to sit in your stomach all day. Bewleys on Grafton Street does some lovely breakfasts - nice granola, porridge, bagels, etc.
Apr 5th, 2006, 03:13 AM
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Don't worry - your body will be in eternal gratitude to you for filling it with the Irish Brekkie! I love it though have to keep it to special occasions or else.... The pudding, once not dwelt upon too much, is delicious. Have seen many tourists enjoy the pudding hugely - until someone gives them the details of its ingredients!! But really unless you are a veggie its all in the mind. But the smell of the food, the sheer extravagance of consuming such a big feed early in the morning, its a real Irish feast! Don't miss trying it at least once. Sure its part of our culture - any excuse eh?
Apr 5th, 2006, 03:43 AM
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The best Irish breakfasts are all in the North - or at any rate in Ulster.
I've never found soda or potato farls (almost universal in the North) outside Ulster. And they set off the beans and tomatoes far better than the loaves more common in the other three provinces.
Almost as good as fried Staffordshire oatcakes.
I've never found soda or potato farls (almost universal in the North) outside Ulster. And they set off the beans and tomatoes far better than the loaves more common in the other three provinces.
Almost as good as fried Staffordshire oatcakes.
Apr 5th, 2006, 04:32 AM
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The Full Irish breakfast is usually Rashers, Sausages, Fried Eggs, Black/white pudding ( disgusting), Fresh tomato. The addition of beans and mushrooms is not really traditional Irish Breakfast these things have just been added over the years, by roadside cafe's. The older generation would have eaten most of the above but now these days most Irish people wouldnt eat that kind of breakfast on a regular basis, only maybe when away for a weekend in a hotel. Most Irish hotels serve a buffet style breakfast including, fruit cereals, yoghurt,breads cold meats, and so on.
Apr 5th, 2006, 04:37 AM
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Rogfam, to me, the white pudding tastes like the swedish meatballs my mother used to make. Kind of bland but with a distinct taste of their own. The black pudding tastes like a milder sausage but not as spicy as what you might find here, just a grainier texture. I really like both and everyone I've taken with me to Ireland has tried it and liked it, so don't be put off by other's comments based on what it's made of. If you eat sausage at home, it's nothing you're not already used to.
Apr 5th, 2006, 04:42 AM
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Black pudding is delicious.
With all the full breakfasts, English/Scottish/Irish, there's no law to say that you have to have the full monty.
Quite often there'll be a menu and you can just opt for one or two items.
Definitely have the bacon. American bacon is a very inferior product IMHO.
With all the full breakfasts, English/Scottish/Irish, there's no law to say that you have to have the full monty.
Quite often there'll be a menu and you can just opt for one or two items.
Definitely have the bacon. American bacon is a very inferior product IMHO.
Apr 5th, 2006, 01:30 PM
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Thanks everyone for all the comments. Blood pudding still doesn't do it for me...sounds like something out of medievel Europe.
Outside of eating in a hotel, what should I expect to pay?
Outside of eating in a hotel, what should I expect to pay?
Apr 6th, 2006, 01:09 AM
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Blood pudding is also commonplace in Spain & Portugal (Morcilla). I think it may be a cultural link: some Celts who came to Ireland from Iberia around the third Century B.C. brought it with them along with the Gaita (Bagpipe) Gallega.
