BensGrandad
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Mrs Beeton's 1861 recipe (always a good starting point for a binfest about food) says:-
A few thin slices of cold, boiled beef, boiled cabbage, a sliced onion, salt and pepper, and plenty of butter (for the frying).
Fry the beef gently. Then fry the vegetables and spread over the beef.
The obvious conflict with modern eating is the sliced boiled beef. Who boils beef and slices it these days?
That is what the chef with James Martin said and the idea is that the oil in the fried cabbage bubbles to fry and then squeaks when it is cooking, hence the name.