What is the name of the British dish of sausages and mashed potatoes?

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What is the name of the British dish of sausages and mashed potatoes? The dish is called bangers and mash.

Bangers and mash combines sausages with mashed potatoes and is commonly served with onion gravy, fried onions, or peas. It is a classic example of British pub food: inexpensive, filling, straightforward to prepare, and easy to serve in large quantities.

The nickname “bangers” is associated with sausages that could burst while cooking. Sausages made during World War I rationing were said to contain enough water to make them especially prone to popping, though the word is recorded as early as 1919. The dish’s modern popularity also reflects the working-class appeal of affordable meat and potatoes.

Bangers and mash is not toad in the hole, where sausages are baked in Yorkshire pudding batter. Shepherd’s pie and cottage pie are baked meat-and-potato dishes, but neither consists of sausages served alongside mash.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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