I’m answering Shona McQuillan’s question here. Regular readers will know I’m no stranger to these. I was a tad ill after my Digbeth Week of Breakfasts, done with local historian Richard Trengrouse to bring to you the world of Digbeth’s cafe’s.
Now in Belfast they have something a little different to the Full English. They have the Ulster Fry:
According to Wikipedia ‘A traditional Ulster Fry consists of bacon, eggs, sausages, soda bread and potato bread…Other common components include mushrooms or wheaten bread. All this is traditionally fried.’ Oof.
However, even that is not as likely to bring on a coronary as this gargantuan number:
Michael Grimes was served this in Birmingham’s wholesale markets after doing the 4am project outing on 4th April. What he managed to eat was a full platter of 4 fried eggs, 4 plum tomatoes, 4 sausages, 4 bacon rashers and mushrooms all floating on an unseen bed of beans. With toast and tea. I can’t imagine anywhere else on the planet that would see fit to serve that for breakfast at 5 o’clock in the morning. Birmingham wins the Stroke Inducing Breakfasts round for the most ridiculous portion size I’ve ever seen.
