[Ansteorra] Bubble and Squeak

Chris Zakes dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Oct 3 04:27:09 PDT 2006


At 10:07 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote:
>Does anyone have a good recipe for Bubble and Squeak?  Right, now 
>that you have finished laughing, this is an English dish made from 
>potatoes, cabbage and sometimes sausage or leftover meat.  I have 
>seen several recipes, but never having tried this, am not sure which 
>ones are better than others.
>
>   And does someone know if this is a Period Dish?  Thanks for your help.
>
>   Wolfgang


If it's period, it would have to be pretty late period, since it 
involves potatoes, and potatos are a New World (i.e. post-1492) food. 
Doing a Google search for "'bubble and squeak' history" I found 
listings saying it's "traditional" and "old" but the earliest hard 
date was in the 1890s.

         -Tivar Moondragon




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