

Over the years this changed and potato and other vegetables were added and the beef was removed. Back in the 18th century when the dish was first recorded, it was just beef and cabbage mixed together and fried. The unusual name, Bubble & Squeak is thought to come from the sound that is made whilst cooking. Bubble & Squeak' s first recording includes many familiar reels, jigs, and polkas.Bubble & Squeak is a British dish made with leftover mashed potatoes and vegetables. The standard Celtic instruments of fiddles, flute, tin whistles, guitar, mandolin and bodhran are augmented by hammered dulcimer, steel drum, low whistle, dumbek, string bass, and cello. The Celtic Christmas recording, featured here, combines traditional Christmas carols with traditional Celtic tunes. Since the band wanted a distinctive name and this name denotes a warm, satisfying meal served to family and friends, it seemed to fit.īubble & Squeak has two recordings. The name Bubble & Squeak derives from a dish of leftover potatoes and cabbage that is first boiled and then fried. In addition to commitments to fami lies, day jobs, and community, Bubble & Squeak plays at local fairs, parties, barn dances, and weddings, or possibly in your living room. This is a group you would enjoy listening to in your home. Since then several different people have played with them for short periods of time and the number of regular members has increased to eigh t.

Consequently they asked a guitar player(from Australia) to join them and they played their first gig on July 4th, 1993. This is not exactly the instrumen tation needed for a Celtic band. One of those members is from England and plays bodhran. In 1992 the three original members of Bubble & Squeak met in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and began to share a mutual interest in Celtic music. Medley, the track featured here includes three songs as featured on the CD: "The Frost Is All Over", "Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella", and "Apples In Winter".
