What is the best bacon buttie in the morning.....?

With Rowley here. Nice white bread, proper butter (lots of it, it should drip when you eat it), and just crispy but not burnt. I've not added mustard before, as if the bacon's good enough it shouldn't need anything at all. Brown sauce is great with a cheap sausage or flavourless bacon, but let's be honest here; if it needs a vinegary brown sauce (or a sugary tomato ketchup) to "imporove" the flavour, then the poor pig wasn't giving his best. What mustard is best? I love a Moutarde de Maille with a frankfurter.....

I have to say I've never found decent bacon at any caff or van, so I'd rather have a lie-in, cook it myself with decent ingredients, and eat it as I drive.

That, of course, begs another thread; do you buy expensive, poor-quality coffee from a petrol station "Costa" machine, or make a decent Nespresso version for a fraction of the price at home, and take it in a flask? :-)

Off to make dinner. Tonight it's freebie scallops from my stepdaughter's work, with crispy black pudding and potatoes, on a bed of sauted cabbage, with a white wine and cream sauce. Yum!

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andrew magill October 25, 2012 at 6:02pm

hi as a ulsterman we prefer a dipped soda farl ith bacon and cheese
andy @Doughty Garden Maintenance October 25, 2012 at 6:02pm

Normal white bread buttered , thick bacon only just cooked and HP brown sauce. Perfect!
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Gary RK October 25, 2012 at 6:06pm

What is a "dipped soda firl"...? are we missing something vitally important down here in the Sarf ?

I mean, we could get quite cultural with this discussion :D

andrew magill said:

hi as a ulsterman we prefer a dipped soda farl ith bacon and cheese
andrew magill October 25, 2012 at 6:18pm

believe you can now purchase a soda farl in all branches of marks an sparks on the mainland
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Brian www.mibservices.co.uk October 25, 2012 at 7:27pm

Plain bread, toasted and lurpak butter, braw
Simon Smith October 25, 2012 at 7:36pm

Soda's are glorious. by far my favourite part of an ulster fry. Pretty heavy going in a buttie format and logistically hard to eat as its fried and hot.
Paul McNulty October 25, 2012 at 8:38pm

With Rowley here. Nice white bread, proper butter (lots of it, it should drip when you eat it), and just crispy but not burnt. I've not added mustard before, as if the bacon's good enough it shouldn't need anything at all. Brown sauce is great with a cheap sausage or flavourless bacon, but let's be honest here; if it needs a vinegary brown sauce (or a sugary tomato ketchup) to "imporove" the flavour, then the poor pig wasn't giving his best. What mustard is best? I love a Moutarde de Maille with a frankfurter.....

I have to say I've never found decent bacon at any caff or van, so I'd rather have a lie-in, cook it myself with decent ingredients, and eat it as I drive.

That, of course, begs another thread; do you buy expensive, poor-quality coffee from a petrol station "Costa" machine, or make a decent Nespresso version for a fraction of the price at home, and take it in a flask? :-)

Off to make dinner. Tonight it's freebie scallops from my stepdaughter's work, with crispy black pudding and potatoes, on a bed of sauted cabbage, with a white wine and cream sauce. Yum!
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Gary RK October 25, 2012 at 8:55pm

Now I'm wondering if we need a new LJN Group:

"Foodie Landscapers" ;-)

I never knew there was so much "in" a bacon buttie decision until this morning
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Ayegardening Ltd October 25, 2012 at 9:43pm

Now you are making me hungry... ;)
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Ayegardening Ltd October 25, 2012 at 9:46pm

Susan - thick white bread, buttered and crispy bacon and brown sauce :)

Aye - thick white bread, loads of butter, crispy bacon and tomato ketchup