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oldironside

(1,248 posts)
9. I think the problem with ketchup is...
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 05:10 PM
Apr 2012

... that you've already got tomatoes, plus beans in tomato sauce on the plate. Why add a third form of tomato. Not even the Italians would have three different forms of tomato in the same dish. Actually, I need to check through a couple of recipe books to confirm that statement.

Oh, of course, ketchup doesn't go well with the grease of a good fry up. It needs a bit of vinegar. Hence the HP. Perfectly complements a good banger, black pudding, the yoke of a fried egg, fried bread, the divine mix of fried bread, egg yoke and well stewed tinned tomato all on one fork...

Shit. I'm hungry too now.

Wimps intaglio Apr 2012 #1
The Grauniad's pic is a bit on the anemic side. oldironside Apr 2012 #2
Plate is too small dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #3
When I was a student... oldironside Apr 2012 #4
Breakfast today: DCKit Apr 2012 #5
Baked beans do NOT belong on a FEB, neither do "hash browns"... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #6
Ketchup on a full English breakfast!?!?! oldironside Apr 2012 #7
I have to admit that I prefer it to the HP fruity stuff... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #8
I think the problem with ketchup is... oldironside Apr 2012 #9
It is not a proper fry up unless it has been cooked fedsron2us Apr 2012 #10
Ah... black pudding! Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #11
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