bubble and squeak

bubble and squeak

n. Chiefly British

Cabbage and potatoes fried together.

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[Imitative of the sounds made as it cooks.]

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bubble and squeak

n

(Cookery) (in Britain and Australia) a dish of leftover boiled cabbage, potatoes, and sometimes cooked meat fried together

[so called from the sounds of this dish cooking]

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bubble and squeak - leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom