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So many weird names for food in British English: - Toad in the hole - bangers and mash - bubble and squeak And that’s before we even move on to Cockney rhym
by hnlmorg 3y ago
So many weird names for food in British English:
- Toad in the hole
- bangers and mash
- bubble and squeak
And that’s before we even move on to Cockney rhyming slang nor other of the more extreme colloquials.
- KineticLensman 3y ago(Brit here) > - Toad in the hole Sausages in batter. Not sure where the sausage==toad equivalence comes from - its not used anywhere else. > - bangers and mash Sausages with mashed potato. This one has the most meaningful name, assuming you know that bangers == sausages (which is a common equivalence). > - bubble and squeak Left-over potatoes and other veg, fried up. Again, this term is only used in this context. All of these are classic Brit cuisine.
- allarm 3y ago- Is British food really that bad? - If made correctly, yes. )
- hnlmorg 3y agoThese aren’t considered delicacies. Every culture has good food and lower end “working man” type dishes.
- KineticLensman 3y agoBubble and squeak occupies a similar niche to hash browns, or at least did 30 years ago
- avgcorrection 3y agoThe thing is that no ESL looks into British cuisine.
- gjm11 3y agoYou forgot arguably the best one: "Spotted dick". (It's a sort of steamed pudding.)