From: steve auvache on
In article <2010030523283529560-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom>,
doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> writes
>On 2010-03-05 23:20:50 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> said:
>
>>>>>>>> Not at all - I suppose it's a bit like American Hash browns - there is
>no
>>>>>>>> 'standard' recipe for them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What? The recipe for Hash browns is very simple: Potato, shredded and
>>>>> griddled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dunnit av Uniyins innit? I fort it did. Av Uniyins that is. I fort
>>>>>> Ash Brouns ad Uniyins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As well as taters.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not proper ones, as served in diners, caf�s and restaurants all over the
>US.
>>>>
>>>> Really just fried mash then?
>>>
>>> Yes, but no. Grated, then fried, definitely a different texture to mash.
>>
>> So nothing remotely like bubble then and everything like the rosti you
>> mentioned elsewhere.
>
>Unless it's a nasty preformed shape one from the freezer section in
>their supermarkets, yes, definitely closer to rosti than mash.
>
>But thicker than a rosti.

A pile of shallow fried french fries?


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From: zymurgy on
On 5 Mar, 16:21, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:11:29 GMT, R C Nesbit <s...(a)ukrm.net> wrote:
>
> >> >>> bubble and squeak
>
> >> >> Is what, exactly?
> >when I were a lad
> >bubble & squeak was usually dished up on Mondays and was Sunday
> >Lunch leftovers boiled up into a thick brown gloop - like
> >ultra-thick lumpy gravy.
>
> That's not bubble & squeak.
>
> >Now you can buy frozen B&S, appears on various cookery programs as
> >a dish in it's own right with fresh ingredients, and mostly appears
> >to be mashed spuds and shredded cabbage.
>
> It sort of feels wrong to me to be in a food thread

Au contraire, particularly on the subject of B&S ... ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_%28food%29

Paul.


From: Catman on
doetnietcomputeren wrote:
> On 2010-03-05 20:41:00 +0100, R C Nesbit <spam(a)ukrm.net> said:
>
>>>>> It sort of feels wrong to me to be in a food thread, but this I know
>>>>> about. I can remember both my grandmothers cooking bubble and squeak,
>>>>> and it was then, and has remained since, left over potatoes and green
>>>>> vegetables (typically cabbage) mashed up and fried. No gravy, no
>>>>> gloop.
>>>>
>>>> OK, so where does the name come from?
>>>>
>>>> The pot 'Bubbles' and often when the bubbles pop they go 'Squeak'
>>>>
>>>> How do you get popping squeaking bubbles if you fry it?
>>>
>>> You have, apparently, been out foodied by Champ:
>>
>> Not at all - I suppose it's a bit like American Hash browns - there
>> is no
>> 'standard' recipe for them.
>
> What? The recipe for Hash browns is very simple: Potato, shredded and
> griddled.
>

You forgot the onions.


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From: zymurgy on
On 5 Mar, 19:41, R C Nesbit <s...(a)ukrm.net> wrote:
> Doetnietcomputeren spoke:
>
> Backed up by a straw poll of 1 completely underlated person who also
> remembers my version.

Cracking typo.

Underlated - somewhere between underlay and underinflated ?

Paul.
From: doetnietcomputeren on
On 2010-03-05 23:51:27 +0100, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> said:

>>>>>> It sort of feels wrong to me to be in a food thread, but this I know
>>>>>> about. I can remember both my grandmothers cooking bubble and squeak,
>>>>>> and it was then, and has remained since, left over potatoes and green
>>>>>> vegetables (typically cabbage) mashed up and fried. No gravy, no
>>>>>> gloop.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, so where does the name come from?
>>>>>
>>>>> The pot 'Bubbles' and often when the bubbles pop they go 'Squeak'
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you get popping squeaking bubbles if you fry it?
>>>>
>>>> You have, apparently, been out foodied by Champ:
>>>
>>> Not at all - I suppose it's a bit like American Hash browns - there is no
>>> 'standard' recipe for them.
>>
>> What? The recipe for Hash browns is very simple: Potato, shredded and griddled.
>>
>
> You forgot the onions.

I didn't.



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