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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.

In Scotland a pan loaf is bread baked in a tin rather than on an open shelf, giving it a softer crust all around — considered posher than a plain loaf. But the real cultural action is in its second meaning: in Scottish slang, 'pan loaf' rhyming-slang for 'talk' means speaking in an affected, posh, or overly refined accent — putting on airs. Telling someone they're 'talking pan loaf' is calling out their pretentiousness with a bread metaphor, which is deeply Scottish.

(Scotland) A loaf of bread baked in a tin or pan.

(Ireland) a toasted sandwich of sliced pan bread and a filling of ham, cheese, usually onion, and often tomato, typically served as a pub lunch.