On Bread and Dripping?

Pork or beef dripping can be served cold, spread on bread and sprinkled with salt and pepper (bread and dripping). If the flavourful brown sediment and stock from the roast has settled to the bottom of the dripping and coloured it brown, then in parts of Yorkshire it is known colloquially as a "mucky fat" sandwich.

What does bread and dripping mean?

Bread and dripping is a time honored British favorite that makes the most of tasty meat drippings coupled with chunks of crusty bread. ... Generally, the drippings are the leftover animal fat from the preparation of beef or pork. It is not unusual for the dish to include some small pieces of meat as well.

Why is dripping called dripping?

Dripping is the UK term for rendered beef fat trimmings. So called because it was originally made from the fat that dripped into the pan when roasting meat.