Colcannon (Irish: cál ceannan - white head) is a food made from mashed potatoes, kale or cabbage, butter, salt, and pepper. It can contain other ingredients such as milk, cream, leeks, onions, chives, garlic, boiled ham or Irish bacon. At one time it was a cheap, year-round staple food. An old Irish Halloween tradition was to serve colcannon with prizes of small coins concealed in it, as the English do with Christmas pudding. This is still done today and small amounts of money are placed in the potato. .It is similar to the modern version of the English dish, Bubble and squeak. In Atlantic Canada (especially Nova Scotia and Newfoundland), a local version of the dish is popular among those raised in rural communities. Brought to the provinces by Irish and Scottish settlers, the recipe consists of potatoes, milk, butter, diced carrots and turnip mashed together. This gives it a distinct orange and white colour (as opposed to the green of the Irish version). Some also add onion, garlic and even chopped up bacon. It is routinely served during large holiday meals like Christmas, New Years Eve, Rabbie Burns day and Canadian Thanksgiving.The Dutch also have a dish that is similar called stamppot boerenkool, made from potatoes and kale mashed together with milk, butter, salt, and pepper, and often served or cooked with a large sausage. A condiment of pickled pearl onions is common. References^ Irwin, Florence (1986). The Cookin' Woman: Irish Country Recipes (out of print). Blackstaff. ISBN 0-85640-373-3. ^ Irish culture & customs. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.^ Bates, Johann (2000). Let's Go Dutch (out of print). Centax Distribution, pp84. ISBN 0919845541. See alsoRumbledethumpsStamppotPyttipanna