hi can you U.K. people tell me what:bubble and squeek,toad in the hall,and bangers and mash and what your sausages are made of?
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what is bubble and squeek,toad in the hall,and bangers and mash
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Posted 2 years ago by elaine from portland,ore,11-24 #
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I'm hoping that someone from the UK who is FAR more knowledgeable than me will take this one up, but in the meantime, I will do the best of behalf of my fellow country(wo)men!!
Bubble & Squeak was traditionally a leftovers dish, which I think largely comprised of cabbage and potatoes.
It's actually Toad in the Hole, and is sausages served sticking up out of batter.
We have zillions of sausages!! Well, quite a few anyway. Usually sausages are made out of pork (and the cheaper the sausage, the less you want to know what bits of pig were involved!!). They come in a variety of spiciness/herbiness, and even shapes - a Lincolnshire sausage is quite herby for example, and a Cumberland sausage is shaped like a swirl. In the last 5-10 years or so, there's been an ever increasing variety of flavours, ranging from beef, to pork and apple, turkey and cranberry - you name it, you make a sausage out of it!
Spotted sugar sponge...now, that one's stumped me. Spotted dick yes, but not sure what this one is. Help fellow UK based TDKers!!
Oh, a good website which I think Susie and all the regular TDK cafe goers might enjoy - www.thefoody.com - enjoy!! :-)
Posted 2 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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Madcatwoman...Thanks for the link...I like the simplicity in the recipes since the less time spent preparing & cooking meals gives me more time to do other things.
On the spotted dick thing...my bad...I read it somewhere from one of the millions of posters here on TDK. I thought the names were quite scary sounding & not sure whether I wanted to know what they were. The sugar sponge name made me think of Angel food cake. -
Spotted Dick is yummy Susie, one of my winter favourites - a sponge pudding with (er, raisins or sultanas, not sure which), served with lashings of custard, mmmmmmmmm, making myself hungry now!!!
Still can't help with Angel Cake though - anyone?
Posted 2 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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Silly MCW, we make angel cake out of angels......or do we call it Angel Food cake because it tastes so light and heavenly. ;-)
Here is a recipe with a photo: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeid=35342
Posted 2 years ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Hee hee, considers one's knuckles lightly rapped... :-)
Posted 2 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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Yes, ma'am. :-)
Posted 2 years ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Angel cake is a sponge cake, a sort of cross between a madeira cake and a battenberg. It is coloured pink and/or pale yellow.
Posted 2 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_26/05 #
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I think the confusion about sugar and sponge arose from one of my posts when I offered steamed syrup sponge and spotted dick to anyone who felt brave enough! Spotted dick is a steamed pudding made with flour, suet and raisins or dates, steamed syrup sponge is a steamed sponge pudding, cooked in a basin, with golden syrup (a bit like treacle, but not golden, not black and without the bitter overtones). In England they are known often as nursery food because they are old-fashioned puddings of the sort prepared by "nanny" in a victorian/edwardian nursery. I posted my recipes for each a while back before KM instituted the chat rooms.
Posted 2 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_26/05 #
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There was a move a while ago in UK to change its name to spotted richard! Honestly, I kid you not. But we Brits just thought that that was too stupid to believe. It's always been spotted dick, and spotted dick it will remain.
Posted 2 years ago by Pollys_Mum_in_UK_26/05 #
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that just leaves bangers and mash to define.thanks to all who posted.
Posted 2 years ago by elaine from portland,ore,11-24 #
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Not a Brit but aren't bangers some kind of sausage served with mashed potatoes?
Posted 2 years ago by paulajeanne #
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Polly's Mum,
Your story about changing the name of "spotted dick" reminded me of an incident around the turn of the 20th century in my hometown of Athens, GA. The street that separates downtown from the University of Georgia is named Broad (as in "wide") Street. About 100 years ago, there was a movement by people with nothing better to do who decided to change the name of that road to "Lady Street" because it was felt that (and I quote) "Broad Street is too vulgar."
Or, to quote the only thing from Stephen King that I ever felt was worth my while: "The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."
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