Odd food.
(this came up on my social media)
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(this came up on my social media)
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It tends to be found only in that part of the UK which is to the left of the Irish Sea - It's a delicacy unique to Northern Ireland - The word "vegetable" is to be thought of as more "ironic" than "literal" - In theory, it's supposed to be cuts of lean beef with fresh herbs, onions, and leeks ground up, formed into a roll, and then cut into thick slices which are then fried (or grilled) up. The reality is that "cuts of lean beef" is more figurative than literal as a veg role can consist of anything that can be found from the nose to the tail - "mystery meat" - which is then mixed with dried herbs, red onions, white onions, yellow onions, scallions, and leeks (these last five items comprise the "vegetable" part of a veg role.
There is a caveat to the above - a first class butcher will provide a prime quality roll (at a premium price) - The above references are directed more towards what you might find "on sale" in a supermarket.
They're cut into think slices, fried up in a pan, and usually served with champ (mashed potatoes, green onions, milk) or as part of a traditional "Ulster Fry" - Norn Iron's "national dish" - back bacon, black pudding, sausages, tomatoes, fried soda bread and potato farls along with fried eggs (farls are just quartered pieces of the flat bread).
"Veg role is also known colloquially as "heartburn role".
"Traditional" Ulster Fry -
![Homemade] The Ulster Fry with farls and soda bread : r/food](https://i.redd.it/bi42fuu0d6t91.jpg)
Those are potato farls - They're mashed potatoes and flour that are mixed into a dough that is then rolled out into a circle a little less than an inch - like a flat bread - which is then cut into either 4 quarters (NI) or 6 triangles (Ireland) - The farls are then placed into a frying pan with butter and turned on both sides until they're golden brown. Soda farls are much lighter in colour.
A traditional "Ulster Fry" should have soda farls and potato bread - The photo that I used is probably closer to an Irish full breakfast with potato farls (fadge) in place of brown soda bread - but I have yet to find a photo which isn't a hybrid of both and virtually no one on either side of the border or even two sides of a county can really agree on what is or isn't either "authentic" or "traditional" - Just another excuse for us to argue about something -
That looks great, but the black pudding would have to go. That's in my 'anti-food' list along with tinned macaroni cheese, Marmite, peanut butter, tripe, chicken korma and anything to do with fish eggs.It tends to be found only in that part of the UK which is to the left of the Irish Sea - It's a "delicacy" unique to Northern Ireland - The word "vegetable" is to be thought of as more "ironic" than "literal" - In theory, it's supposed to be cuts of lean beef with fresh herbs, onions, and leeks ground up, formed into a roll, and then cut into thick slices which are then fried (or grilled) up. The reality is that "cuts of lean beef" is more figurative than literal as a veg role can consist of anything that can be found from the nose to the tail - Think more in terms of "mystery meat" which is then mixed with dried herbs, red onions, white onions, yellow onions, scallions, and leeks (these last five items comprise the "vegetable" part of a veg role.
There is a caveat to the above - a first class butcher will provide a prime quality roll (at a premium price) - The above references are directed more towards what you might find "on sale" in a supermarket.
They're cut into think slices, fried up in a pan, and usually served with champ (mashed potatoes, green onions, milk) or as part of a traditional "Ulster Fry" - Norn Iron's "national dish" - back bacon, black pudding, sausages, tomatoes, fried soda bread and potato farls along with fried eggs (farls are just quartered pieces of the flat bread).
"Veg role is also known colloquially as "heartburn role".
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"Traditional" Ulster Fry -
![Homemade] The Ulster Fry with farls and soda bread : r/food]()
I agree. I recently took a personality test. The primary type was 'reserved'. One of the general characteristics was: 'tattoo averse'.
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