[f. BUBBLE v. + SQUEAK v., referring to the sounds made in cooking this dish.] A dish of meat and cabbage fried up together, ‘cold meat fried in butter with vegetables.’
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulgar Tongue, Bubble and Squeak, beef and cabbage fried together.
1795. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Wks., 1812, I. 192. What mortals Bubble call and Squeak When midst the Frying-pan in accents savage, The Beef so surly quarrels with the Cabbage.
1824. Byron, Juan, XV. lxxi. ‘Bubble and squeak’ would spoil my liquid lay.
1855. Browning, Holy-Cr. Day. Bubble and squeak! Blessedest Thursday’s the fat of the week.
1881. Leicester. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Bubble-and-squeak, slices of underdone beef fried and seasoned, laid on cabbage, boiled, strained, chopped, and fried in dripping.
