Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cabbage and potatoes fried together.
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- noun UK, New Zealand
Cabbage andmashed potatoes etc.fried together - noun Cockney rhyming slang a
Greek (also:bubble )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Imitative of the sounds made as it cooks.]
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misterpolly commented on the word bubble and squeak
A Monday dish when leftovers from Sunday's meal are fried up again in butter. Ah!...
January 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak rocks!
January 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bubble and squeak
But it sounds too cute to eat!
January 8, 2008
treeseed commented on the word bubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak in my auntie's kitchen in south Wales...one of my fondest and tastiest memories.
February 4, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word bubble and squeak
I love bubble and squeak!
February 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bubble and squeak
"Accomplished cooks skilfully used small quantities of cheaper cuts of meat in French-inspired stews, and the repertoire of leftover meat expanded from beef olives and hashes with a thick sauce to 'bubble and squeak', which fried chopped meat and cabbage together."
--Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007), 268
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January 18, 2017