I really should have used a good, dark English ale or porter, but those are quite hoppy and bitter–not my first choice in the morning. Also, I substituted 1/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of beer instead beer battered is always better. The trout breaded and fried up nicely, likewise in bacon drippings. Personally I’d have particularly enjoyed mackerel, but fresh mackerel is hard to find in inland areas where I live the best you can hope for is canned in tomato sauce. A white fish like cod doesn’t seem right. “Two of those little fish” probably did refer to something small like sardines or herring, but I opted for a small trout fillet. The breakfast is quite hearty, so one slice of the bread, fried in bacon drippings, was sufficient. I made my own breadcrumbs the day before out of the pumpernickel as well. My thoughts– a dark bread like pumpernickel is indeed the way to go. Thick slices, each a meal itself to less weathy man, fried in lard in an iron skillet. This was known as small beer.)īacon – The side of pig will have been saltwater cured and oak smoked. (Traditionally a weaker beer was served at breakfast, a second fermentation from the beer mash. Good dark beer – a porter beer, chocolate malts and deep rich overtones of caramel, the heady topnotes of hops caressing the palate. The butter poured over the kippers when they are on the platter. Fried in butter to crisp them up and make them piping hot. Soaked in white wine until they become soft as lambswool. Little Fish – Kippers, oak smoked and dried ’til you could shod a servant in them. Burn it until it turns black.” ” (GoT)īread – good old fashioned farmhouse crusty bread, of course with it being an upper class household it would be made with fine milled flour and not the coarse wholewheat rubbish the lower classes eat. “Bread,” Tyrion told him, “and two of those little fish, and a mug of that good dark beer to wash them down. 4 6-ounce cod or other white-fleshed fish fillets.The beer goes with the medieval setting, while the slight coffee taste appeals to one’s morning psychology. Perhaps even a dried and salted fish? Next time, we might try pairing it with our Traditional Fingerfish…įor a really decadent and true-to-the-books experience, try pairing the breakfast with a dark coffee porter or stout. We would rather a darker, smokier fish that would suit the bacon, rather than such a light, flaky cod. The fish didn’t quite hit the mark, though. Bacon is always a sound choice, and the bread is yum, especially combined with butter and honey. However, call me traditional, but I really missed the presence of eggs in this breakfast. This is the favorite breakfast of our sous chef, taster cat. Tyrion’s Breakfast at Winterfell Our thoughts: Burn it until it turns black.” ” (Game of Thrones)

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