Bacon and cabbage is a dish traditionally associated with Ireland. The dish consists of boiled bacon (salted and often smoked) served with boiled cabbage and potatoes. Historically, this dish was common fare in Irish homes as the ingredients were readily available (many families grew their own vegetables and reared their own pigs), nourishing and satisfying. The dish continues to be a very common meal with many households having bacon and cabbage as often as once a week or more. There are many different variations on the theme of bacon and cabbage, but in general the dish tends to involves slicing the back bacon after it has been well boiled and serving it with whole boiled potatoes and boiled cabbage (which is often boiled with the bacon for flavour transfer).

The dish usually calls for real butter for the potatoes (which are often mashed with the cabbage). Another common accompaniment to the dish is white sauce which generally consists of flour, butter, milk and a herb of some sort (often parsley). A ready-made brown sauce is commercially available in Ireland, bought in bottles (akin to ketchup), and is often used as another accompaniment to the dish. Sometimes turnips are substituted for cabbage.

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• Corned beef and cabbage a closely related Irish-American traditional dish.

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