Are they secretly starting their day with Pop Tarts or Carnation Instant Breakfast?
A. Probably not Pop Tarts, but perhaps yogurt, fresh fruit, and a bagel. Q. Is the full Irish breakfast likely to be popular only in certain parts of Ireland—the North, for example—or is it more or less universal? A. Universal. In the north they add fadge, a fried potato bread. Q. What they call bacon seems a lot more like what we call ham. It’s really salty and delicious. In what way is it different from our bacon? Seems like it would come maybe from a different part of the pig. A. It definitely comes from the leg of the pig and is cured differently than American-style bacon. Also less fatty. Q. I “get” everything about this breakfast except for one thing–the beans. I suspect I’m not alone. At the same time, I think beans on toast is a British and Irish standby, too. Where does this idea of beans as a breakfast food come from? A. Most hotel breakfasts where tourists are likely to eat do not come with beans. I think beans are a more “home-style” part of a breakfast and come from the f
