[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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