“Bangers and mashed”‘ is a traditional English meal of sausages, mashed potatoes, gravy, and very often pork and beans.
Nothing could be more working-class or middle-class comforting than this dish.
Banger, as slang for sausage, dates from 1919 and refers to the noise made when the skin of a frying sausage explodes in the pan.
It literally “bangs.”
Sausages and mashed potatoes are known in Britain/England as ‘bangers and mash’ not ‘bangers and mashed’ – those 2 letters ‘ed’ make a big difference!