bubble and squeak

noun

, British.

bubble and squeak

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

First recorded in 1765–75

C18: so called from the sounds of this dish cooking

At this point, the author, for what reason I will not venture to surmise, chooses to append this gloss: "Bubble-and-Squeak!"

The remark reached Mrs. Bindle through a mouthful of haddock and bubble-and-squeak, plus a fish-bone.

Haddock, bubble-and-squeak, and his own philosophy enabled him to withstand the impact of Mrs. Bindle's most vigorous offensive.

Cold boiled pork is a better material for bubble-and-squeak than beef.

It was bubble-and-squeak, between two plates, and its fragrance filled the narrow cell.

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