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People who have never heard of bread sauce?

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TheBlueRobin · 25/12/2025 16:44

Sent a photo of my Christmas dinner to a friend. She asked what the white stuff was and whether it was horseradish.

I said 'No, bread sauce.'

She said she had never heard of it. Asked her family and they had never heard of it either.

Wonder it's a regional thing? Her family are from Somerset but also some from Lancashire. My partner is Welsh and never heard of it either. I'm from the Midlands.

I thought it was fairly universal? Dependent on preference ofc.

YABU - I've not heard of bread sauce /it's not a common thing.
YANBU - of course I've heard of it

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Rosti1981 · 26/12/2025 10:55

I love it but my family do not, I couldn't find pre made this xmas (though tbh didn't try very hard) so I was bread sauceless (I looked up a recipe to make from scratch but it looked a bit faffy for one).
Cunk on Christmas has also put me off a little bit😂!

BauhausOfEliott · 26/12/2025 10:43

Not regional. I don’t think many people bother with it these days. My grandmother used to make it apparently but my mum and dad didn’t.

CeffylCoch · 26/12/2025 10:41

I’ve heard of it but never tried it

FruitWordSalad · 26/12/2025 10:22

Love bread sauce here, it's an essential part of Christmas. The smell of the milk infusing is so Christmassy.

yeesh · 26/12/2025 10:22

I’ve heard of it but never seen it in real life and I don’t know anyone who has it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

BIossomtoes · 26/12/2025 10:19

Pollqueen · 25/12/2025 16:55

It's not either or. You have bread sauce and gravy. Food of the Gods, love bread sauce

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Same. I can eat it on its own. Gorgeous stuff.

ImTheLyricalDanceFlap · 26/12/2025 09:58

I’d never heard of bread sauce until I read How to be a Domestic Goddess. I regularly made her bread sauce potatoes but didn’t make bread sauce for Christmas Dinner until about 6 years ago, I and two of my DC do. I don’t know anyone else who eats it though.

nonevernotever · 26/12/2025 09:39

I'm in Scotland and I love it. It's non-negotiable for me for Christmas dinner, but DM and I are the only ones who like it. I do think that there's a generational element to it though.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 26/12/2025 09:36

InterestedDad37 · 25/12/2025 22:24

I come from an Irish family. We always had it, and that continues. I love it 😋

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That’s interesting, my Irish grandmother (raised in Scotland, married to a Devonian) always made bread sauce with Sunday roast chicken and Christmas Day roast turkey, as did my mother, her daughter. I didn’t inherit a recipe but have used the Delia Smith one for donkey’s years and though it doesn’t look very appetising, is really tasty and definitely makes turkey better!

itsthetea · 26/12/2025 09:10

Have heard of it - on here probably a decade ago

never has it or seen it

north east England

MasterBeth · 26/12/2025 09:07

Have heard of it. Never had it. 57 years old.

Bread sauce fits in my head in the same place as tripe, bread and dripping, faggots and tapioca pudding - archaic British pale/grey food that we collectively agreed as a nation to stop eating and never talk of again.

ViciousCurrentBun · 26/12/2025 09:06

I tried it once and hated it, never had it growing up in SE, DH Mother used to make it, also SE. She is overall an awful cook by her own admission. I do the family Christmas dinner and she was delighted to pass it over. No bread sauce here, maybe I should have a go at making it.

Maryberrysbouffant · 26/12/2025 09:05

Heard of it, friends family used to have it but I’ve never had the urge to try it (midlands)

Snackpocket · 26/12/2025 09:02

I’ve heard of it, but we’ve never had it at home and neither do my husband’s family. I have had it at work Christmas lunches and it was delicious though!

Comtesse · 26/12/2025 08:56

I’ve had it once in my life at a friend’s house. Grew up in the West Country, been in London for many years.

BlueandWhitePorcelain · 26/12/2025 08:53

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 26/12/2025 08:43

I once caught my mum drinking it from the Pyrex glass jug she’d just made it in 😂
She’s the only one in the family who likes it, but who is that desperate for a bit of bread sauce?

DD1 sees the bread sauce as the star of the show of Xmas dinner. The turkey is a mere side dish! She would drink it out of the jug, if it were the only way to get at it!

CalzoneOnLegs · 26/12/2025 08:47

People send it to friends / family overseas so it is probably just a UK tradition

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 26/12/2025 08:43

I once caught my mum drinking it from the Pyrex glass jug she’d just made it in 😂
She’s the only one in the family who likes it, but who is that desperate for a bit of bread sauce?

PlazaAthenee · 26/12/2025 08:24

I've heard of it but we never even had it while growing up, let alone now. Don't think my grandparents had it either.

Simplelobsterhat · 26/12/2025 08:16

I'm Welsh and has never had it growing up. I think I'd vaguely heard of it. But dh (southeast England) always had it and once I had it with his family I liked it, so we always do it now. We've been together over 20 years so I kind of forget not everyone does now, until a friend expresses surprise. Dh makes his own as needs lactose free milk / cream. Love it

ResusciAnnie · 26/12/2025 08:15

Itsseweasy · 26/12/2025 08:10

Southeast here and I literally look forward to Christmas roast dinner mainly for the bread sauce - I had 2/3 of a pot to myself this year 😅
It’s a longstanding joke with my husband that it’s the most important Christmas requirement but for some reason always the hardest to find. I didn’t realise it’s not as popular in every household as it is in mine!!

WAY easier to make than find!! It’s just made of stuff you already have in for the rest of the roast (plus bread obviously).

Itsseweasy · 26/12/2025 08:10

Southeast here and I literally look forward to Christmas roast dinner mainly for the bread sauce - I had 2/3 of a pot to myself this year 😅
It’s a longstanding joke with my husband that it’s the most important Christmas requirement but for some reason always the hardest to find. I didn’t realise it’s not as popular in every household as it is in mine!!

Katiesaidthat · 26/12/2025 08:10

My mum´s family are from Wiltshire-Sussex and I have never heard of it. Sorry.

EBearhug · 26/12/2025 08:06

AuntyAngela · 26/12/2025 00:31

Gasps

Nigella has it in her Christmas book!! Maybe it depends on the bread used?

Mother’s Pride – working class.
Warburtons – middle class by default.
50/50 – middle class but trying to be sensible.
Wholemeal – concerned about fibre.
Sourdough – aspiring middle class.
Artisan sourdough – upper middle in theory.
Rye – regretful.
Don't know or care - upper class.

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No, it has to be white bread, not wholemeal nor rye.

EleanorReally · 26/12/2025 08:02

also love bread sauce