Breakfast roll
{{Short description|Bread roll with elements of a traditional fried breakfast}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Breakfast roll
| image = Breakfast rolls.jpg
| caption = Breakfast roll
| alternate_name = Breakfast roll
| region = Ireland{{cite news | title=Breakfast baguette rolls into Irish history | work=Belfast Telegraph | date=8 July 2008 | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/food-drink/breakfast-baguette-rolls-into-irish-history-28388479.html | access-date=16 June 2022}}
| creator =
| type = Sandwich
| main_ingredient = Bread roll; filling, such as sausages, bacon, white or black pudding, egg, hash brown, butter, mushrooms, tomatoes; tomato sauce or brown sauce
| variations = Baguettes, sliced bread
| other =
| similar_dish = Chicken fillet roll
| carbohydrate = ~87
| protein = ~20
}}
The breakfast roll ({{langx|ga|rollóg bhricfeasta}}, {{IPA|ga|ˈɾˠoːl̪ˠoːɡ ˈvʲɾʲɪcˌfʲasˠt̪ˠə||}}) is a breakfast sandwich consisting of a bread roll filled with elements of a traditional fried breakfast. It is served at a wide variety of convenience shops, newsagents, supermarkets, petrol stations, and casual eateries throughout Ireland.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POf4AwAAQBAJ&q=%22Breakfast+roll%22&pg=PT100|title=David McWilliams' Follow the Money: David McWilliams Ireland 2|first=David|last=McWilliams|date=22 October 2009|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|isbn=9780717155576|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5LghYCqDJw8C&q=%22Breakfast+roll%22&pg=PA27|title=Breakfast: A History|first=Heather Arndt|last=Anderson|date=11 July 2013|publisher=AltaMira Press|isbn=9780759121652|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML7SOzw6XNoC&q=%22Breakfast+roll%22&pg=PT155|title=The Pope's Children: The Irish Economic Triumph and the Rise of Ireland's New Elite|first=David|last=McWilliams|date=11 January 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118045374|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web |title=Centra Westland Row restaurant menu in Dublin 2 - Order from Just Eat |url=https://www.just-eat.ie/restaurants-centra-westland-row-dublin-2/menu |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Just Eat |language=en-IE}}
Contents
A breakfast roll typically consists of a bread roll or baguette containing one or more fillings such as sausages, bacon, white or black pudding, butter, mushrooms, tomatoes and tomato sauce or brown sauce.{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2018 |first=Dan |last=Bergin-Holly |title=The Irish Breakfast Roll Will Save Your Soul |url=https://www.myrecipes.com/extracrispy/the-irish-breakfast-roll-will-save-your-soul |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=MyRecipes |language=en}} In some cases a hash brown or fried egg 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, spherical dinner 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 of sliced bread may be used instead.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Popular culture
The popularity of the breakfast roll (and novelty songs) in Ireland led to the song "Jumbo Breakfast Roll" by comedian Pat Shortt, which reached number one in the Irish music charts and remained there for six weeks.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/8-songs-that-topped-the-irish-charts-that-you-may-have-forgotten-813967-Mar2013/|title=8 songs that topped the Irish charts (that you may have forgotten)|access-date=31 July 2017}} The song was number 11 on the Irish chart list of best-selling songs of the 2000s.{{cite news
| date = 10 January 2010
| author = Jan Battles
| title = Six makes hit of the decade
| url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6982421.ece| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143209/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6982421.ece| url-status = dead| archive-date = June 4, 2011
| work = The Sunday Times
| publisher = News International
| quote = 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.
| access-date = 10 January 2010
}}
It has been argued that the breakfast roll became a national dish in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger economic boom of the 1990s and 2000s,{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/top-breakfast-baguette-rolls-into-irish-history-26445568.html |title=Top breakfast baguette rolls into Irish history |last=McDonald |first=Brian |date=12 May 2008 |work=Irish Independent |access-date=3 February 2019 |language=en}} becoming synonymous with "Breakfast Roll Man", the archetypal sub-contractor who was busy with construction work and needed sustenance on the move, before the bursting of the Irish property bubble in the late 2000s.{{cite journal |last=Share |first=Perry |date=20 May 2011 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Jumbo Breakfast Roll: How a Sandwich Survived the Decline of the Irish Economy |url=http://www.socresonline.org.uk/16/2/2.html |journal=Sociological Research Online |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=143–149 |doi=10.5153/sro.2289 |s2cid=56444734 |access-date=16 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917113405/http://www.socresonline.org.uk/16/2/2.html |archive-date=17 September 2014 }}
See also
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- Breakfast burrito
- Chicken fillet roll
- Mitraillette
- List of breakfast topics
- List of Irish dishes
- List of sandwiches
- Morning roll
- Hot dog
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References
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{{Sandwiches}}
{{Irish cuisine}}
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