Have I convinced you (or were you already convinced?!)? Soft-boiling is so easy (put egg in water that almost covers it, bring to boil (no lid), turn down to a strong simmer, cook for three minutes). I’ve been promising I’d share a video showing how ‘us Brits’ get into our soft-boiled eggs, so here’s one I snapped as my morning tummy was rumbling! Then, I started talking to and realised that not everyone does (or even knows that others do) this to their eggs! I thought the joys of soft-boiled eggs were universal.

If you’ve made this Bubble and Squeak Recipe or any other recipe leave a comment below. The one I know is that it came from the sounds the ingredients make as they cook, the other (which I’m no so sure about) is the noises your stomach makes after eating it. What’s in a name? Bubble and Squeak has 2 meanings. There’s no real traditional way to serve bubble and squeak but on this particular occaision I made British bangers and gravy (picture above). If you don’t have the leftovers to make these potato patties, I have been known to make the potatoes and cabbage just so I can enjoy this dish. For the sake of presentation, I form the mix into patties and shallow fried in a pan. Now, this does not make for prettiest of dishes when made this way. How I was taught to make it by my mother is, after mixing it all gets put in a pan with melted butter and cook until the potato is browned. This bubble and squeak recipe is very similar to Irish colcannon (pic below) which is a mix of mashed potato and cabbage, bubble and squeak is cooked again after mixing, where colcannon is served more like mashed potato.Ī great use of Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving or Christmas leftovers that included mashed potato.ĭepending on what you had for your roast dinner, there’s any combination of ingredients that can be used but there must be potato as the main ingredient. It wasn’t until around 1951 that the meat was omitted and only potatoes and vegetables started to be used and that has carried on until now. It is said that this dish originates back to 1770 and originally contained meat, boiled beef actually. Leftover mashed potato is mixed with leftover cabbage and cooked in butter. Bubble and Squeak is the funny name given to a dish made of leftovers from a British roast dinner.

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