What are "bangers and mash?"

[Archae]

I'm playing a video game, and a character just said an egg would go great with them.

What are they?

[MADem]

1. sausage and mashed potato!

What game??? (on edit)

[Archae]

3. Thanks.

I can guess "mash" for mashed potatoes, but how'd sausages get called "bangers?"

[ContraBass Black]

4. Think phallicy.

At least, that's my first guess.

[punpirate]

7. "Bangers" is a British term...

... for sausages, but I'm unclear on the origin. I suspect it has to do with a combination of two things--if one doesn't pierce the skin before tossing them in the pan, they can explode with a bang. And, in England, there's a party favor about the size of a sausage, wrapped in colorful crepe paper called a banger which one offers to another. Each person holds onto an end and pulls, and the thing makes a sudden popping sound when it comes apart. Probably a case of one being associated with another.

Cheers.

[MADem]

10. No, those are CRACKERS

Lived in the UK for years, know the lingo!!!

[punpirate]

14. I lived in England for years, too...

... but it was a long time ago. You're right--I'd forgotten the name completely.

Cheers.

[MADem]

16. Some are better than others

The Christmas Crackers, I mean...the cheesy ones are done up in cheap tissue paper, with crappy prizes already inside, the fancy ones can have a nice personally chosen gift inside...you can buy them in the shops, and stuff them yourself, if you choose.

In Italy, they do a similar thing at Easter with chocolate eggs, and you can have a fancy gift inserted inside the egg--engagement rings are popular choices!

[punpirate]

17. Fifty or so years ago...

... about all that one saw around were the cheesy ones... at least in the circles I ran in. :)

Cheers.

[Archae]

5. Spyro: A Hero's Tail

n/t

[MADem]

12. What sort of game? Any good? Age range?

I've a youngster or five that are mad for them--too mature for 12? Not enough ooomph for 17? Price?

Sorry ya asked about the bangers and mashed? I'm hitting you with questions galore!

[Archae]

13. Go here:

www.spyrothedragon.com

[MADem]

15. E for everyone, good graphics, thanks!!! n/t

[DaMan]

19. 12 y/o's too mature for game.

[orleans]

2. wow--is that cosmic or what?

my car and house just got egged!

[lady lib]

6. and the answer is...

bangers n. 1. Sausages. A very common meal is bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes). The sausages are called bangers because they will burst if you do not pierce them while they are cooking.

http://gost.isi.edu/brian/liter/dictukus.html

[FunkyLeprechaun]

8. Yum

I can't wait to go to England next week now. Bangers and Mash is one of my fave meals to have.

[Archae]

9. Sounds actually edible.

Unlike most British food...:evilgrin:

[MADem]

11. Actually, I hate to disabuse you

...but the sausages used in the dish are not as good as say, the good Italian ones. They are rather plain to my mind. A bit greasy as well. But they do fill one up.

I used to make bangers and mash with Italian sausage and it got raves in the UK...of course, nowadays, the food is much better over there than it used to be.

[Historic NY]

18. Bangers a fairly plain like our rice sausages.