bubble and squeak

Thân thiện

The family enjoys a plate of bubble and squeak for breakfast.

Definition

Noun: 1. A traditional British dish made by frying leftover cooked cabbage and potatoes together: The name refers to the sounds made during cooking. It sometimes includes leftover meat.

Usage

• As a subject: "Bubble and squeak is a classic way to use up Sunday dinner leftovers."
• As an object: "We made bubble and squeak with the extra vegetables."
• With determiners: "I'll have a portion of that bubble and squeak." / "This bubble and squeak is delicious."

Examples

• "For breakfast, he fried up some bubble and squeak and served it with a poached egg."
• "My grandmother's bubble and squeak always had a bit of chopped roast beef in it."
• "The key to good bubble and squeak is getting the potatoes nicely browned and crispy."

Advanced Usage

• The term is used as a mass noun (uncountable). You do not say "a bubble and squeak" to mean one piece, but rather "a portion of bubble and squeak" or "a cake of bubble and squeak."
• It is often associated with frugality and traditional home cooking.

Variants and Related Words

• Bubble and Squeak (proper noun): The full name of the dish is often treated as a proper compound noun.
• Hash (noun): An American dish with a similar concept of frying chopped leftover meat and potatoes.
• Colcannon (noun): An Irish dish of mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale, which is similar but not fried.

Synonyms

• Fried leftovers (specifically cabbage and potato)
• Vegetable hash

Notes

• "Bubble and squeak" is a fixed phrase. The words are not used separately to describe the dish.
• The name is onomatopoeic, imitating the bubbling and squeaking sounds the ingredients make while frying in the pan.

Học thuật

Noun

1. leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat