Bubble and Squeak is wonderful cheap eats. My understanding is that the dish got its name because the cabbage squeaked as it cooked.
Put some oil, lard, bacon grease, or butter in a skillet. Heat it up but not too hot. Swirl around the hot fat to cover all the bottom and sides of the skillet.
Dump in a mess of thinly sliced or grated potatoes, onions, cabbage; shredded carrots or turnips in the mix are good too. Moosh it down a bit so that the food hugs the bottom of the skillet. Put a lid on it and let it cook. Check with a peek after about 10 minutes to see if it cooking nicely. The bottom should be lightly browned and crisp and the veg fork tender. If desired, you can gently flip the ingredients to brown the second side.
Sometimes I serve B&S with grilled/broiled smoked sausages or brats. And don't forget the spicy brown mustard..... Good cheap eats.
If all I'm making for dinner is B&S for the 2 of us, I completely fill my 12" skillet, so TR can have some for lunch the next day.
Christmas was great. Hope everyone else had a wonderful time as well. The roads by us were a mess and it was snowing pretty hard the day after Christmas while we were traveling to Kirtland. However, the roads were pretty clear in Lake County.
TR and I haven't made any definite plans for New Years Eve, as he has to work this week-end. We're thinking Chinese food and some movies at home.... but like I said nothing definite. We are supposed to go to my sister L's for New Years Day, but that is up in the air with TR's work schedule as well.
TR got the part-time custodial job here at the library, and will start that in January.
We have had some hard weather lately. Ice storms, snow, and wind chills taking the temps down into the single digits.
We hit 39 today and I was happy. We are supposed to reach 45 tomorrow, but forecasters are saying temps will be back into the low to mid 20s next week. And more snow is predicted.
Have fun! Happy New Year!
