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yummy with loads of brown sauce

What's 'Bubble and Squeak' ?

and we throw whatever cooked veg is around in with the mash and then fry it.

Are you kidding ??? I usually put that sort of stuff in the recycle bin and put it out for the refuge collectors every other week !

Bubble and Squeek yum yum. Tonight have guests coming, prawn cocktail, roast port with roast pots, roast parsnips, cabbage, gravy etc, for dessert chocolate bombs, lovely.All cooked by the fair hands of my darling wife.

'Younger generation' !!!!! Linda you are already my most favourite fellow member of this site. LOL My first post was very much tongue in cheek ( could someone tell me what the symbol for that is please ). I have come across a number of interpretations for Bubble and Squeak. And I was rather hoping to get the full SP ???

Yum bubble an squeak I haven't had that in ages, guess what we are having for tea tomorrow lol Jackiex

Methinks that I am a total misfit .................. What is cornbeef hash ?

Buggs even better yum, cheers you lot im meant to be on a diet lol Jackiexx

Buggs .............please bear with me. Is the cornedbeef heated up first ?

Buggs I have never had cornbeef hash but did buy a tin a while back with the intention of making ot and never got round to it. Keith In my Bubble and Squeak that my lovely hubby is making is onions, cabbage (from the allotment), bacon, mushrooms and of course potatoes. I am so lucky as hubby is ex chef and will look in fridge get out what I think is rubbish and make a really tasty edible dish and believe me I am hard to please as I am a fussy easter lol

Keith you mash the corned beef and potato together then fry it. You can also bake it in the oven. My mum always added tomato sauce as she mashed it. Jackiex

http://www.anenglishmaninamerica(.)co.uk/british-bubble-and-squeak-recipe.php Bubble and Squeak is a traditional British Food which consists of potatoes and some type of green vegetable, usually cabbage but sometimes brussel sprouts and if you’re feeling adventurous, any other kind of vegetable can be substituted or mixed in combination. Bubble and Squeak Recipe & Cooking Instructions Cooking this dish is easy, you’ll need the following ingredients: - Approx 1lb of left over boiled, mashed or roasted potatoes - Approx 1/2lb - 1lb of left over cabbage or brussel sprouts - A little butter or oil - salt and black pepper if desired. (you can adjust the quantities in your recipe for bubble and squeak to suit your personal taste as desired, some people like half as much cabbage as potatoes, some like half and half.) Now, either mash, or rough chop the potatoes…personally I use left over roast potatoes and rough cut them into bitesize chunks but traditionally you mash the potatoes. Chop or break up the cabbage into bitesize pieces too and mix both these together, adding a little salt or pepper to the mixture if desired. Then, add a little oil or butter to a frying pan or skillet and heat on a medium heat. When the oil/butter is heated, add the cabbage and potatoes and form into a patty and let cook. You might hear the distinctive squeak which gives bubble and squeak half of its name around this point. The ‘bubble’ part probably comes from the first stage of cooking the potatoes and cabbage which are typically boiled. When the bottom of the patty turns a golden brown colour you’ll need to flip it over to cook on the other side…and then, you’re done. Bubble and Squeak is typically served with cold meats (more leftovers from Sunday Lunch) and pickles as an evening meal but is also often served with breakfast with eggs, baked beans, fried tomatoes, sausages, bacon, and perhaps black pudding…a typical fry-up with the bubble and squeak replacing the potatoes or hash browns. Alternative Bubble and Squeak Recipes There are lots of alternative ways to cook this very versatile dish. Traditionally, although this has been phased out, the left over cooked beef used to be minced up and added to the Bubble and Squeak and this is still an option you can try. You can also add corned beef or bacon bits for a little extra flavour. Although cabbage is the traditional vegetable used to partner the potatoes in bubble and squeak, you can also use brussel sprouts, or a combination of other vegetables. Throwing a finely chopped onion into the mix adds a little extra flavour too as will throwing in a few of your favourite herbs and spices. Experiment, it’s fun…and of course, you do not need left overs to make this dish either, just boil the cabbage and cut into pieces and boil and mash the potatoes and away you go. It’s just more traditional with leftovers. Some Bubble and Squeak Trivia ‘Bubble and Squeak’ is also used in cockney rhyming slang to describe a Greek person (geddit? Bubble and Squeak -> Greek) and is often shortened to just ‘Bubble’ as in ‘Nick the Bubble’ meaning ‘Nick the Greek’. Anyone who saw the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (and if you haven’t, then do so) might remember Nick the Bubble as a dodgy Greek geezer…now you know what the ‘Bubble’ bit means. The history and origins of bubble and squeak are not too clear but it seems the original recipes consisted of beef and cabbage mixed and fried, which later became beef, potatoes and cabbage or just potatoes and cabbage as it is vastly more often found today.

yuck yuck yuck sorry but not for me xxLynnxx

Methinks I should like to visit the abode of Keith F.

yuck yuck yuck sorry but not for me xxLynnxx....... more for me then, luvly jubbly. bryan.

Linda - I'll meet you there ... :-) Sorry about Swans today, Bryan.

your welcome to it Bryan if you cook it lol xxLynnxx

going through a bad patch joy, well done palace though. cook it lynn? you bung it all in a frying pan, easy peasy. bryan.

hot cross Buns for pudding