Jiggs dinner is a traditional meal commonly prepared and eaten on Sundays in many regions around the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The dish is sometimes spelled Jigs dinner or Jigg's dinner.

Comic strip connection

This was the favourite meal of Jiggs, the central character in the popular, long-run comic strip, Bringing Up Father by George McManus. As "Jigg's dinner," the apostrophe is incorrectly placed in reference to the McManus strip character. Google results reveal a far wider use of "Jiggs dinner" than "Jigg's dinner".

Ingredients

The meal typically consists of a combination of pickled salt beef (or salt riblets), boiled potatoes, carrots, cabbage, turnip, turnip greens and pease pudding. Condiments sometimes include mustard pickles, pickled beets and butter.

See also

• Corned beef
• Dagwood sandwich
• Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
• New England boiled dinner

References

1. Jiggs Dinner From Newfoundland Recipe

External links

• Newfoundland Holiday Traditions