In British and Irish cuisine, a fried slice is a thick-cut piece of white bread that's been fried in butter, lard, or bacon grease until golden and slightly crispy on the outside.
In British and Irish cuisine, a fried slice is a thick-cut piece of white bread that's been fried in butter, lard, or bacon grease until golden and slightly crispy on the outside. It's a staple of the full English breakfast and greasy-spoon cafes across the UK. No one's pretending it's health food — a fried slice is pure comfort eating, the kind of thing you order after a rough night out or on a lazy Sunday morning.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK) Bread sliced and fried in oil, part of a full English breakfast.
Irish English term for a pre-sliced white loaf of pan bread — the standard sandwich bread found in Irish households. The term is specific to Ireland; in the UK the equivalent is simply 'sliced bread' or a branded name. A deeply everyday item in Irish domestic life, and the phrase is as natural there as 'a loaf of bread' elsewhere.
(British) A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
(Ireland) a pre-sliced loaf of pan bread.
He ordered the full English with extra fried slice because he figured he'd earned it after the week he'd had.
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(UK) A slice of bread fried in oil.
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