People who have never heard of bread sauce?

[TheBlueRobin]

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

I've heard of bread sauce but I've never tried it or seen it served at Christmas in NI where I'm from. I don't think it's really a thing here, nobody I know has ever mentioned having it anyway. I lived in England for 8 years though in my late 20s/early 30s and some friends and colleagues there talked about having it with Christmas dinner.

I had Tesco finest too and it was lovely. All these posts are inspiring me to make my own!

We're in Scotland and had it today along with skirlie, gravy, tatties and veg with our pheasant.

From N Ireland and had never heard of bread sauce until I moved to work in Birmingham.

I was served it once at a friend's house with a Sunday roast. I haven't had it since.

Love it and don't consider Christmas dinner to be complete without it!

I adore it, always had it as a child and gave it with every roast as I adore it with roast potatoes.

However, have hosted several friends for a roast who had never heard of it or tried it, but were interested to!

From Birmingham. Never had it. Never want to try it either, soggy bread sounds disgusting

Ended up here after announcing my final decision that bread sauce is the highlight of a Christmas dinner.

Having a Google to prove it is the jewel in the crown.

Oh yum!!! I may have to try this but wonder if the cheap packet stuff has a certain nostalgia for me...

I had never heard of it until I went to uni. I have since tried it. Don’t get it - why do you want a sauce that tastes sort of like bread and sort of like nothing?

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

I’ve heard of it, but couldn’t tell you what it is really. Never seen it in “real life” or known anyone who mentions eating it. Raised in the SE but lived in the NW for about 10 years.

I'd never heard of it growing up in Wales. My English DH loves it though and was traditional for him growing up. I can't stand the stuff!

Apparently it's from the middle ages, when old bread was often used to thicken soups, stews, sauces etc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_sauce

I'm Welsh and I've heard of it and I know it's popular but I've never tried it. It sounds horrible. My impression is that it's soggy onion mushy bread. Happy to be educated!

I love it! I’m Welsh. I told my grandparents when I was little that I would happily live on new potatoes with bread sauce for life.

I was born and bred in London (Irish parents) and was well into adulthood before I ever heard of it. We never had it growing up, nobody I knew ever mentioned it, was never on the menu for Christmas meals in restaurants etc. It was a mystery to me.

Cant say I feel I’ve missed out 🤢

I had never heard of bread sauce until I was an adult.

Yes, I know what it is, but I don’t think we eat it much in Ireland.

Love bread sauce always have it at Christmas have done in all my 58 yrs, I'm in Yorkshire.

I don't know what it is either. thought it was another name for bread stuffing until I saw the photo someone posted in the thread. It looks like porridge?

That's about right. Yuk.

Yanbu this is a non negotiable for me at xmas, simple to make and delicious on sprouts!

I’ve heard of it but never had it. It looks awful 🙈

I am British living in Germany. I can confirm that German people don't like it or are wary of it. I make a pan of it every year with the BBC good food recipe, not a single one of DH's family touches it. Fine, so I stick what's left into takeaway boxes and freeze them. Then I have a portion for future roast dinners.