Ulster fry
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An Ulster fry is a dish of fried food that is popular throughout the province of Ulster in Ireland. Some claim it as the national dish of Northern Ireland.
A traditional Ulster fry consists of bacon, eggs, sausages (either pork or beef), the farl form of soda bread (the farl split in half crossways to expose the inner bread and then fried with the exposed side down), potato bread and tomatoes. Other common components include mushrooms, baked beans, wheaten bread and pancakes. Black pudding and/or white pudding may be added as in a full Irish breakfast, though neither are used in a traditional Ulster fry. All this is traditionally fried up in lard. Despite, or perhaps because of, the popular comic reference to the dish as a "heart-attack on a plate"[link], many people in Ulster have taken to grilling most of the ingredients, or use healthier alternatives to lard such as sunflower or vegetable oil.
Unlike an English fry-up or the more general form of an Irish breakfast, the Ulster fry is not just a breakfast dish, although it may well be served for breakfast, and it is often served up for lunch and dinner in households and cafés around the province.
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