Champ (food) thick as champ", meaning to be stupid, and to be "as ignorant as champ at a wedding", meaning to be uncultured or boorish (champ being a common everyday dish, not one befitting a banquet celebration). Champ (food) Champ ("brúitín" in Irish) is an Irish dish, made by combining mashed potatoes and chopped spring onion with butter, milk, cheese and optionally, salt and pepper. As recently as the mid-20th century it was sometimes made with stinging nettle rather than spring onions but this is rarely seen now. It is simple and inexpensive to produce. In some areas the dish is also
Pâté chinois prepare it, for example, by laying the three ingredients side by side instead of layering them, or forgetting to mash the potatoes. Pâté chinois Pâté chinois () is a French Canadian dish similar to English cottage pie or shepherd's pie, or French "hachis Parmentier". The dish is made with layered ground beef (sometimes mixed with sautéed diced onions) on the bottom layer, canned corn (either whole-kernel, creamed, or a mix) for the middle layer, and mashed potatoes on top. Seasonings may be added to the top. Variations may include reversing the layering of ingredients with potatoes at the bottom, then