Ulster Fry

This is my 100th food blog, there have been quite a range since the 2012 Guardian masterclass with the excellent food writer and critic Matthew Fort and my resulting initial review which was of The Fellow located by Kings Cross Station http://annsfooddiary.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/eating-my-words.html

So I was going to make my first century (figuratively speaking) extravagant and elegant truly worthy of this milestone. Then I thought of something even better to tell you about.

On Easter Monday we had brunch and who doesn't love a fry up or in our case an Ulster Fry, a worthy candidate for today's food diary.

Not all readers may be familiar with what's different about an Ulster fry and a general "fry up" and there is in fact some controversy about what's in and what's not. No beans, maybe black pudding, chips could be "tolerated" (but not by us) and certainly no time for the addition of hash browns.

I found this great explanation for you by food writer Simon Majumdar of all things Ulster Fry http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgk7mp3#z8gj7ty and it certainly is "the glories of soda farls and potato bread" brought back from a Newry trip that are the crowning glory for us.

It has to be an occasional treat but with fresh eggs from our local Kent Perry Court farm shop http://www.perrycourtfarm.co.uk/about-the-farm and those wonderful Korker sausages which I have written about many times before http://www.korker-sausages.co.uk/

Ulster Fry was a perfect Bank Holiday brunch treat and a fitting subject for Ann's Food Diary 100th edition.