Talk:Toad in the hole

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In medæval times meat was in short supply. Residents in some impoverished villages, particularly those in areas such as the Carrs regions around Selby, took to eating frogs and toads. They would often supplement the protein with a baked mixture of powdered grains to protect the delicate meat from the heat of the fire. Children and the poorer members of the community would be given the remnants of the baked grain coating and be required to extract the "toad from the hole"

In the many years that I have been researching medieval cooking, I have never come across anything that would remotely support this assertion. It reads like the worst kind of backderived urban myth - which is exactly what I believe it to be.

I'll try to track down the origin of this dish. As a guess I would place it in the 18th century, and it certainly doesn't have anything to do with cooking frogs.

--Doc halidai 00:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

It was usually referred to as “Frog In The Bog” at my skool in the 1970s. This had little to do with the ingredients either. Mr Larrington (talk) 21:03, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

I removed following section from the article, as this is just a long list of alternative names for a dish "eggy in the basket", and "toad in the hole" is just one name among many others. A reference to the main article "eggy in the basket" should be enough. -- 84.190.188.93 14:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

[1][2] This dish (egg on bread) is also called by quite a few other names: frog in the pond, bird's nest, birdie in a basket, eggs in a basket, eggs in frames, peek-a-boo eggs, holey toast, egg in a hole, bullseye toast, one-eyed jack, egg in a window, egg on a raft, man on a raft, paddy egg, castle'd egg, special egg, knothole egg, Popeye egg, Egyptian eyes, one eyed egyptian sandwich, goatse bread, gibbly's willies, eggy bread, hole-in-one, scout eggs (US Boy Scouts), "eggs with hats on top" recipe book and "eggy in the basket"; this last variation featured in V for Vendetta. It is recommended, when making the egg-and-bread variety of the Toad in the Hole, to use plenty of real, salted butter as Margarine will burn and can have an unpleasant smell.

Oh I dunno, Pam worked nicely for me.

This sounds delicious. I demand some this instant. Why don't we have it in the States? Do import some. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

You have got to try some! :D Chevymontecarlo. 19:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

I grew up in regional Australia and we always referred to the egg in toast dish as 'toad in the hole', so it has been used in Australia for at least 30 years. My family has no U.S. connection. Steve (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

That is what is commonly how it is made in the US Ladyfireeyes (talk) 14:16, 12 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

As a kid long ago in the U.S. South, toad in a hole was very comparable to a pig in a blanket, but instead of a link breakfast sausage, it used a patty (think Jimmy Dean). No egg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:5513:85FA:BBC4:BB2E (talk) 22:00, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

My understanding was that the name comes from the discovery of flints with toads in them.

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/477/toad_in_the_hole.html

87.112.3.251 (talk) 01:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

The recipe itself is rather simple but requires some skill to cook perfectly. A pan is placed in the oven and heated for about 15 minutes while the batter is prepared. The sausages and batter are added and cooked for half an hour. With frozen sausages, the meat is placed in the dish while heated. It is normally accompanied by gravy (often onion gravy), vegetables and potatoes, often mashed.

I can see no citations for this paragraph. Whilst I agree with it's sentiments its a bit of a POV, wiki is NOT a cookbook yet!( wikicook anyone) Mine is normally accompanied by what I fancy or what I find lurking in the darker recesses of my refrigerator!

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me as german was wondering about the name , and i discovered that "toad" and german "Tod" (the death) or "tot" (being dead) sound very similar , and it makes a visual sense to me , death in a bomb crater , it is what it may look like , and then the reception of humans as poor sausages ( german : armes Würstchen) . sry for 2 wars . --Konfressor (talk) 21:30, 4 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Does anybody else think the picture is misleading and looks nothing like the toad in the hole we got in school? As far as I can remember the sausage meat was always covered with batter and rather sparse. The picture shows luxury toad in the hole perhaps served in a gastro-pub but hardly ever to ordinary mortals. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 22:24, 28 October 2020 (UTC)Reply