Ahhhhh....Corned Beef

[JerseyLawyer]

I must admit to never having tasted "real" corned beef",...as i have only ever had tinned corned beef,..and as JerseyLawyer said,...with Colemans "blow the cap off yer head" mustard.
But i am curious to know, just how many members had an Ulster fry for St Patrick's day breakfast?
Soda farl,
Wheaten farl.
Potato bread,
sausages,
Bacon,
and two runny eggs.
(Black or white pudding optional.)
With a large splat of HP sauce on the side.
Ahhhhhhhhhh,...nothing quite like it,...in fact, i had just such a breakfast this very morning.
Neil.

I assume you mean Irish/back bacon, rather than American/rasher bacon? I don't really know what farl is, so I'm afraid I can't comment on those, but eggs, black pudding, Irish/Scottish bacon, and scones are a customary holiday breakfast around my house.

Not a fan of the white pudding, sorry. :P

[The Ulsterman]

Yes indeed JL, Irish back,...or indeed streaky bacon.
HERE is the soda farl.
It has a distinctive shape, because it is (or should be) baked on a griddle, a round flat cast iron pan.
It is then cut into quarters, hence the rounded outer edge.
I doubt very much though, if many soda breads are baked on griddles now a days.
Neil.

[JerseyLawyer]

Doesn't seem to be too different from a potato scone? Though I'm sure the taste is different.

I prefer raisin scones anyway. :P

[Pleater]

I have a griddle for making oat cakes - my poor dear mother would be most distressed to think that I was cooking Irish food - she was of Irish extraction - the extraction being the operative word there, as she was not proud of her Irish roots.

She knew very well how to make soda bread and the like, for she did make it once when the bread makers were on strike, but nothing would have induced her to cook Irish dishes on a regular basis.

She called soda bread 'bread cake', presumably as it is made from normal flour like a cake rather than hard flour as used for yeasted bread.