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Sunday's left overs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You must be joking............. Surely that could never compete with the very best, and most nutricious, that MacDonalds and Burger King can serve us up at any time of night or day ???

All welcome for dinner if you bring a bottle lol, portions will have to be smaller though of course!!!!!

'Stovies' Stovies is traditionally a left over dish from the Sunday Roast, using the tatties, meat and dripping leftovers all thrown into one pot. The origins of stovies are said to come from a time when masters would give their servants the left over food from Sunday lunch. They would take this home or to their quarters and make a dish that could last them all week and was easy to cook. Stovies can be cooked on the hob or in the oven (gives a nice browned crispy coating). There are various recipes depending on taste. The amount of stock used varies from recipe to recipe and really depends on how moist you prefer the dish. Meat used varies from chicken, beef and lamb. Some people use tinned corned beef

PHEW !!! Thank you Dawn All Yours Joan !!!!! .................. LOL

Keith I have never heard of Stovies

Mayhap 'tis true, Sir Keith, mayhap I do.

I fear that my good friend Bryan is playing safe tonight ........ but maybe I am in a more adventurous mood. My good Lady Fitzwalter offers far more than a simple man like me could ever comprehend. Maybe I could ask my good friend Dawn to give a more detailed account of her offerings this evening ?

'STOVIES' .................. what the hell are Stovies ( have I stumbled upon something here ... could I just have a few mins to call my publicist ? )

hot cross Buns for pudding

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

your welcome to it Bryan if you cook it lol xxLynnxx

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

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

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

yuck yuck yuck sorry but not for me xxLynnxx

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.

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

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

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

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