bubble and squeak cooked potatoes and cabbage fried together, was originally slices of meat (generally beef) and cabbage. The name, known by the late 18th century, may refer to the noise made during frying. William Kitchiner (1818) quoted lines from Peter Pindar: ‘When midst the frying Pan, in accents savage, The Beef, so surly, quarrels with the Cabbage’ and a little tune. Kitchiner’s ‘Bubble and Squeak, or fried Beef or Mutton and Cabbage’ used sliced underdone meat lightly browned in butter, served around chopped, fried boiled cabbage, served with a vinegar, mustard, and pickle concoction he called Wow Wow sauce.
