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[MakeMeTop]

Bubble and Squeak

What I do and sound like after I've eaten it!

Usual Monday dish using the Sunday Lunch leftovers.

[OldWelshGuy]

Bubble and Squeak

What I do and sound like after I've eaten it!

[Grumpus]

Oh yeah - Fish 'n Chips. I forgot about that one. I'll give ya that, too. Probably not at my wedding, but...

G.

[markymark]

Bubble and Squeak

What I do and sound like after I've eaten it!

Thank you for sharing that, Barry. Up until reading that, I'd loved bubble and squeak.

[bwelford]

I wonder when the elegant US weddings will get on to 'Toad in the Hole'?

[OldWelshGuy]

Apparently Pigs Trotters are now being served as an appetiser

Talk about the power of marketing!

[copywriter]

We picked up on the fish n chips thing years ago. Not for special occasions, but just something to eat. But the bubble n squeak thing has just come into being "fashionable" in the last year or two as far as I know. We also have Sheppard's Pie here.

Now as for toads in holes and pig trotters (assuming I understand what you're talking about), never seen those here. Pig intestines, yes... personal pig parts, no.

[OldWelshGuy]

Toad in the hole is sort of like sausages in a batter mix, pigs trotters are pigs feet, hooves and all

[copywriter]

OH! Toads in a hole must be like our pigs in a blanket. You take a hot dog (frankfurter) and wrap dough around it then bake it. It can also be done with sausage links for breakfast. I like that!

Pig trotters = pig's feet... yes, we have pig's feet here. NASTY!!

[robwatts]

I once lived in Tottenham, North London. A neighbour of mine originated from the West Indies and invited me round for lunch, whereby I was given this delicious spicy jellied pork type meal which I now know to have been called souse

When I learned what the ingredients were, I declined a second helping...

On a related note, Bubble and Squeak can also mean Greek.

As in; I went out for a Bubble last night, and smashed a few plates

[McFox]

With the possible exception of Shepherd's Pie, there isn't much British cuisine that should be considered fashionable, trendy, or otherwise.

I must disagree. You fail to include Scottish cuisine and the heavenly delights of

• haggis - goodness knows what crammed into a sheep's stomach
• and the advancing culinary delight that is deep-fried Mars bar

McF

[SmellieNellie]

Call me old fashioned, but all prawns do all day is hang around sewer outlets filtering what comes out, then we EAT THEM???  Not me.

Ewch - this is why they advise people with conditions such as eczema not to eat them or pork in fact. Cos of the crap they eat! The pigs and prawns that is!

[bwelford]

... then of course there's all those great desserts. Let's hear it for Spotted Dick.

[torka]

I was just waiting for somebody to mention Spotted Dick!!!

How about bangers and mash? Or -- my personal favorite -- mushy peas?

Oh, yeah... Anybody who's been to a southern state fair recently can tell you that fried candy bars (Mars, Snickers, Three Musketeers, you name it) have already made it to these shores. They haven't quite taken over from the elephant ears and funnel cakes, but at last year's NC State Fair there were probably a half dozen or more vendors hawking fried chocolate candy bars of one sort or another.

And we've got plenty of disgusting cuisine all on our own over here in the USA without having to import any more from overseas, thankyouverymuch. Chitlins or boiled okra, anyone?

--Torka

[bwelford]

That reminds me. I'd forgotten about Tripe.