Full Irish breakfast and... Happy St.Patrick's Day!

"In Ireland, as elsewhere, the exact constituents of a full breakfast vary, depending on geographical area, personal taste and cultural affiliation. Traditionally, the most common ingredients are bacon rashers, sausages, fried eggs, white pudding, black pudding, toast, sliced tomato, and fried potato. Sauteed mushrooms are also sometimes included, as well as liver (although popularity has declined in recent years), and brown soda bread.[citation needed] A full Irish breakfast may be accompanied with a strong Irish Breakfast tea such as Barry's Tea, Lyons Tea, or Bewley's breakfast blend served with milk. Fried potato bread, farl, potato farl or toast is often served as an alternative to brown soda bread." - by Wikipedia.org


Full Irish breakfast isn't something we will have regularly. It's a treat and there are few reasons to it: first it's time consuming and secondly it isn't the healthiest of the options. I have a sentiment to this so popular (not only with the tourists) dish. It was the very first(!) meal/ breakfast we had when we've emigrated to Ireland... It was almost 5 years ago...

The traditional full Irish was described above - but you rarely get that anymore. I opted for the 'musts':
- black pudding
- white pudding
- sausages
- tomatoes
- baked beans
- egg
- bacon
- brown soda bread for me and toasts for my Hubby
Two slices/pieces of each will be well than enough per person. Basically you put everything on the hot pan and wait. First you fry bacon (or you do it under the grill) so it has time to brown/crisp properly, then you follow with the sausages and puddings. At the end you add tomatoes and on a separate pan (or if you have a big one) you fry the eggs (the way you most like it, doesn't have to be sunny side up!). I reheated my baked beans in the microwave.
After such a nice (and filling!) breakfast we had nice strong cup of coffee with whipped cream and a dollop of Baileys :)



So the only thing left ->

"Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!"

HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY!!!