Bubble and squeak is a traditional English dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner. The main ingredient is potato but cabbage, carrots, peas, Brussels sprouts, or any other leftover vegetables can be added. The chopped vegetables (and cold chopped meat if used) are fried in a pan together with mashed potatoes or crushed roast potatoes until the mixture is well-cooked and brown on the sides. The dish is so named because the cabbage makes bubbling and squeaking sounds during the cooking process.[1] It is often served with cold meat from the Sunday roast, and pickles or brown sauce, or as an accompaniment to a full English breakfast.
The meat was traditionally added to the bubble and squeak itself, although nowadays it is more commonly made without meat. The earliest-known recipe was in Mrs Rundell's A New System of Domestic Cookery in 1806.[2]
The name bubble and squeak is used primarily in England (for Scotland and Ireland[3] see 'Similar dishes'), and it may also be understood in parts of some other Commonwealth countries and the United States.[4][5]
Bubble and squeak was a popular dish during the Second World War, as it was an easy way of using leftovers during a period when most foods were subject to rationing. In more recent times, prepared frozen and tinned versions have become available.
Similar dishes
- Panackelty, from North East England
- Rumbledethumps, stovies and clapshot from Scotland
- Colcannon and champ, from Ireland
- Stoemp from Belgium
- Calentao, from Colombia
- Biksemad, from Denmark
- Stemmelkort, from Germany
- Stamppot, from the Netherlands
- Trinxat, from the La Cerdanya region of Catalonia, northeast Spain and Andorra.
- Tortilla de verduras, from Chile
- Pyttipanna, Pyttipanne & Pyttipannu (from the Swedish "pytt i panna"="small pieces in pan") from Sweden, Norway and Finland
- Hash, from the United States
- Aloo tikki, from India
References
- ^ Pickett, Joseph P.; et al. (2000), American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin
- ^ Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1808). Bubble and Squeak. In A new system of domestic cookery:Third edition. p. 42. Google Book Search. Retrieved on January 6, 2011.
- ^ In Canada where the term may have originated, it usually refers strictly to a dish of the leftovers of a cottage roll dinner. Scottish Recipes: Rumbledethumps Recipe
- ^ Hearty Luncheon and Supper Dishes Reading Eagle, Jul 17, 1913
- ^ Forbes Lifestyle, Wine and Food Forbes, Nov 17, 2004
External links
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