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

Definitely not.

Presumably it goes back to an age when you made a meal stretch if you couldn’t afford much meat. Stew and dumplings, chicken and bread sauce, beef and Yorkshire pudding. Same concept!

Fife 😄

I’ve heard of it.

Still think it looks and tastes like puke.

I couldn’t eat roast Turkey or chicken without bread sauce 😮😮

Homemade or packet?

Northerner here. Mum made it every Xmas. I never liked it.

Ooo I love bread sauce and we always had it!
I grew up in the South east and now live in the south west.

I hate it. I’ve never made it so my (adult) kids have never had it and they probably haven’t heard about it either. They certainly don’t ever ask if we’re having it.

I love bread sauce. Did it from a packet this year as I ran out of time to make it, but I usually use the Delia recipe, as that was the one my Mum used and I remember her teaching me when I was little.

Like vomit tbh. Sauces should be smooth not lumpy/grainy.

We love bread sauce! Welsh / midlands border. DMum makes it for us every Christmas.

Same as us!

Parents from southern England, and cant imagine turkey (or chicken) without bread sauce. It was the one dish guaranteed to be empty first growing u (dad would eat the onion so only the cloves left).

DH now isnt fussed but makes it for me, and adult DS has a liking for it too. Tried the packet stuff and found it wasnt anywhere near as nice.

Bread sauce is my favourite part of Christmas dinner.

Welsh. We had it every Christmas. I've never tried it and never will.

I’m in Scotland and I’ve heard of it but never encountered it.

Love it. We’ve had it every Xmas (and sometimes with pheasant or roast chicken) since forever in our family. Bread, onions, cloves, cream and butter made into a smooth savoury sauce. Both kids were scraping the bowl today so it’s definitely passed to the next generation, delicious!

Heard of it, and tried it, but why spoil a meal by smothering it in warm milky bread?

I never eat packet puke.

Who would have thought bread, onion, milk and butter could be so offensive to some people 😂

I’ve heard of it but was never something we had. From north east, live in london. Was never something I heard anyone having. Only seen on cooking shows etc

My family never had it (South East) but my DH loves it and his family always had it (Midlands).

This! Somerset here, my youngest would leave home if we didn’t have bread sauce. Now mine comes out of a packet, I’m definitely no Nigella, but he would quite happily eat eat two packets to himself. Christmas is pretty much the only time we have it though.

Always have it on Christmas Day. Never any other time of year. Somerset. I love the stuff! I’ve also had it served at a Thanksgiving dinner cooked by an American friend, so I guess at least some areas of the USA eat it too.