Wednesday, March 23, 2011

#Hashtag

Finally got around to the corned beef hash.
And a blog pal in Australia told me I was cooking up Bubble and Squeak!
This made me happy. I just like the name of that dish, but never really knew what it was. (I told Morgan I was still stuck at Spotted Dick.) It's leftovers, blended and fried up together. Meat, vegetables, potatoes, oniony things.
I was so there. My mashed potatoes were riddled with oniony things. All we needed was a handful of chopped meat, a splat of oil, and Bob's your uncle!
Two ideas I've lately learned worked well: use oil, not butter, and it's great if the potatoes are mashed instead of cubed.
It came out lovely and browned, flavored just right with no added flavorings.
(We have enough leftovers for one more Bubble and one more Squeak. Eek! Happy.)

11 comments:

cookiecrumb said...

I USED TO WEAR A LIZ BLOUSE. THERE REALLY WAS SUCH A THING.

(I thought I'd start saving these subheads. Otherwise, they simply vanish.)

Ms Brown Mouse said...

My mum, who is lovely, used to deliberately make too much smash & veg so we could have crispy brown bubble & squeak the next night!
I must remember to do that myself.
#hashtag *giggles*

cookiecrumb said...

Mouse: Zoomie's mom called that "planned-overs." Something like that.
It's the crispy brown I like the best! I will do this #again.

Heather said...

Again, we are blogging in tandem. Corned beef, almost a week after St. Patrick's Day! More like simpatico day.

cookiecrumb said...

Heather: I know. And leftovers at that! (Hot dog. Har.) That stuff is so cured, it probably can't rot after a week.
As usual -- people, go see Heather.

Zoomie said...

Got my corned beef bubbling away on the stove - I am so ready for that hash!

cookiecrumb said...

Zoom: You got a corned beef!!! Yay.

Ms Brown Mouse said...

"Planned overs" Gold!

Zoomie said...

Yes, turns out they are on sale right after the holiday - like Christmas wrap the day after!

Greg said...

Beautiful!You worked that corned beef. And oh "Fanny's your Aunt".

cookiecrumb said...

Greg: Actually, Hazel's my aunt. And Josephine and Gloria and Lois. Guess what generation they're from!