 Breakfast roll | |||||||
| Alternative names | Breakfast roll | ||||||
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| Type | Sandwich | ||||||
| Course | Breakfast orsnack | ||||||
| Region or state | Ireland[1] | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Bread roll; filling, such assausages,bacon,white orblack pudding,egg,hash brown,butter,mushrooms,tomatoes;tomato sauce orbrown sauce | ||||||
| Variations | Baguettes,sliced bread | ||||||
| ~1,200[2] | |||||||
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| Similar dishes | Chicken fillet roll | ||||||
Thebreakfast roll (Irish:rollóg bhricfeasta,[ˈɾˠoːl̪ˠoːɡˈvʲɾʲɪcˌfʲasˠt̪ˠə]) is abreakfast sandwich consisting of abread roll filled with elements of atraditional fried breakfast. It is served at a wide variety of convenience shops, newsagents, supermarkets, petrol stations, and casual eateries throughout Ireland.[3][4][5][6]
A breakfast roll typically consists of a bread roll orbaguette containing fillings such assausages,bacon,white andblack pudding,fried egg, butter, andtomato sauce orbrown sauce.[7] In some cases ahash brown,mushrooms, ortomatoes may be added; these fillings vary between cooks and restaurants. The roll itself is usually one of three varieties: a soft"submarine"-type roll, a chunky, sphericaldinner roll or a demi-baguette. The demi-baguettes are distributed to shops partially baked and frozen, allowing stores to quickly bake the bread for a "freshly baked" roll. An "all-day breakfast" sandwich featuring some or all of the above ingredients in a traditional sandwich ofsliced bread may be used instead.[citation needed]
The popularity of the breakfast roll (and novelty songs) in Ireland led to the song "Jumbo Breakfast Roll" by comedianPat Shortt, which reached number one in the Irish music charts and remained there for six weeks.[8] The song was number 11 on the Irish chart list of best-selling songs of the 2000s.[9]
It has been argued that the breakfast roll became anational dish in Ireland during theCeltic Tiger economic boom of the 1990s and 2000s,[10] becoming synonymous with "Breakfast Roll Man", the archetypalsub-contractor who was busy with construction work and needed sustenance on the move, before the bursting of theIrish property bubble in the late 2000s.[11]
It also shows the popularity of novelty comedy songs, which the Irish public always appear to have a bit of a thing for, such as Jumbo Breakfast Roll by Pat Shortt at number 11.
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