Toad in the hole
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- Toad in the hole is also the name of a pub game. See Entombed animal for the paranormal phenomenon.
Toad in the hole is a traditional English dish comprising sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with vegetables and gravy.
The origin of the name 'Toad-in-the-Hole' is vague. Most suggestions are that the dish's resemblance to a toad sticking its little head out of a hole provide the dish with its somewhat unusual name. [1] An 1861 recipe by Charles Elme Francatelli does not mention sausages, instead including as an ingredient "6d. or 1s. worth of bits and pieces of any kind of meat, which are to be had cheapest at night when the day's sale is over." [1]
Toad in the hole also happens to be what many on the West Coast of the United States name the dish of a fried egg in a hole carved into a slice of bread, which originated in England, most commonly referred to there as Eggy in the basket, though there are many name variations in both countries and possibly elsewhere.
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- ^ A Plain cookery book for the working classes, Charles Elme Francatelli
[edit] External links
- A recipe for toad in the hole
- A Traditional Toad In The Hole Recipe from 1936
- Toad In The Hole Recipe
- How to Make Toad in the Hole on VideoJug
- Toad in the hole recipe, photos, origins and trivia from uttertrivia.com
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