'Lettuce has no place in a jaysus fry.'
If there's one thing I can say with absolute certainty, it's that we take fry ups very seriously... and for good reason. As the most important meal of the day, starting your morning off with a proper Irish fry sets the bar for the day, so making sure it's a good 'un is crucial. Throw in some soggy toast or burnt sausages and that knocks the whole thing off balance. Add in lettuce and you've got a catastrophe on your hands.
Sharing a photo of a breakfast she was served while visiting Dublin, Twitter user Gemma Caddell has started a bit of an online debate as to what constitutes a proper fry. According to her: 'this is NOT a fry!!!!'... four exclamation points for emphasis.
Several others agreed with her, with one writing:
'There's plenty of things not great about this... but anyone that puts salad on the same plate as a fry should be imprisoned wtf psychopath behaviour.'
That to put it lightly.
https://twitter.com/liamnorris1001/status/1298231630579093505
https://twitter.com/GowanJewla/status/1298363887964884995
https://twitter.com/Shane68640640/status/1298154832428236801
https://twitter.com/garethrussell1/status/1298232918070919175
https://twitter.com/LeonaONeill1/status/1298005483698167815
Some were slightly less harsh in their judgement, admitting that though it is 'a tad pretentious' it does have all the elements of a normal fry... save for the greens maybe. Lettuce has no place in a fry.
'Sausage, bacon, beans, eggs, hash brown, bread (toasted?), and something green on the side which obviously fell off a potted plant by accident by we'll forgive it ...I mean it's been deconstructed, and it's a tad pretentious, but, it has all the stuff in a normal fry.'
https://twitter.com/thejayfaulkner/status/1298307136741572608
https://twitter.com/Declancanny96/status/1298246597705379840
Disclosing that said breakfast can be found in a place on Talbot Street, it came in at only ten quid which is far more reasonable than onlookers expected. As for why it's served on a chopping board? Dishwasher must be broken... only explanation I can come up with.
Header image via Twitter/Gemma Caddell
