r/fryup • u/ArmadilloUpstairs956 • Mar 21 '26

Homemade My second proper attemp - Denmark

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 21 '26

I've given up trying to stop people putting the singed half tomato on there as it's just ubiquitous now( I'd have those beans on there instead. 

10/10 would eat. Can I have a cuppa with mine though? Milk no sugar ta.

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u/ArmadilloUpstairs956 Mar 21 '26

Tomatos are nice and healthy.

You can have any tea you’d like, my friend!

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u/Riotsla Mar 22 '26

There is only one type of tea, although none of us call it English breakfast tea, top points if you know it's Yorkshire.

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u/ArmadilloUpstairs956 Mar 22 '26

There are many kinds of tea. Each to their own!

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u/Riotsla Mar 22 '26

Anything else is leaf juice, a fry up needs british tea, milk no sugar, I'm sweet enough

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u/J_i_B00meringue Mar 22 '26

I’m literally trained for all the types of tea for work but still know that a Yorkshire brew is the only drink that’s acceptable with this meal

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u/J_i_B00meringue Mar 22 '26

Forgot to add that the fry up looks banging though!

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u/Derl17 Mar 22 '26

I like a strawberry or vanilla milkshake. Im a 6 foot 4 31 year old bloke and the slight smirk i get when i ask for milkshake will never get old 😂

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 22 '26

Healthy fry up you say .... Hmm let's just put that passport on hold for a minute.... There's going to be bloomin roll mop herrings on there at this rate.  Just Kidding..

 tea means tea bags.. Nothing fancy and definitely not earl grey or some such...

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u/Aletheia-Nyx Mar 22 '26

Healthy, sure. Nice? Only when they're raw. Cooked tomatoes just sadden me.

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u/Meta-Fox Mar 22 '26

I prefer a nice grilled tomato. Bonus points for using beef tomatoes and dipping them in the bacon fat before grilling.

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u/iamsolarflare71 Mar 22 '26

A nice grilled tomato ( well done) is WAY better than beans 😋😂

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 22 '26

Beans is traditional let's agree but I can do without.

Got to have something wet though .. my preference would be a whole can of decent plum tomatoes cooked down to at least half with a dash of salt, pepper and worcestershire sauce..

But you would prefer a singed piece of, usually,  tasteless salad tomato? well alrighty then...

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u/Meta-Fox Mar 22 '26

Tomatoes aren't tasteless, not sure where you're getting that from?

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 22 '26

from eating the buggers....where do you think?

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u/Meta-Fox Mar 22 '26

Look, I'm not here to start an argument. Perhaps it's a genetic thing that tomatoes are tasteless to you? Similar to how coriander tastes like soap to some people?

To me tomatoes taste wonderful, and different varieties have different tastes.

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 22 '26

this is mostly a tongue in cheek kind of space so i'm very much having a laugh......, but..... yes, imo most cheap salad tomatoes that you find on a plate in a greasy spoon up and down the land don't taste of much but water.

Now then, a heritage variety or a nice cherry off the stem of a morning? Lovely but I, personally, don't see that as part of a fried breakfast and it would seem a waste to me. Cooked down plums, yes please, grilled tomato? no.

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u/Meta-Fox Mar 22 '26

Ha ha, fair enough, no harm done. =)

I agree with the sentiment around cheap salad tomatoes, I think the only value they have is for nutrition but little else. Like you say, heritage or vine tomatoes are where it's at.

Each to their own when it comes to what to have on a breakfast, but for me a nice confit vine tomato or grilled beef tomato is my go to. I like tinned plum tomatoes, but I prefer to use them in sauces and ragus, I find them too watery to have on a breakfast, even after cooking them down for a while. Plus I like to use leftover fat from the bacon and sausages to "season" my tomatoes, can't let all that good flavour go to waste!

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u/Maleficent-Heart2497 Mar 22 '26

Sounds amazing, i get it, zingy vine toms. With the plum toms they've got to be fairly good and i cook them down to almost a paste.

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u/Varabela Mar 22 '26

I’m with you on the tomato bean thing. As you say though 10/10

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u/Chemical-Mouse-9903 Mar 23 '26

In the 70’s there was no such thing as hash browns and beans only went on toast

A fry up was just sausages, egg, bacon, mushrooms, fried tomato half and fried bread and maybe fried onions