3rd February 2021

Every now and again it is nice to have just good old English stodge.  Today we had toad in the hole with mash and onion gravy. It was really delicious, I do really love mash potatoes and onion gravy.  Oh wait, and sausages! And yorkies… not things I have every week or month but when I do I feel like I am being hugged.

The origins of toad in the hole started as a way for poorer households to stretch meat.  The original dish would have been leftover meat cooked in batter.  The use of the pudding would have made a relatively small amount of meat much more filling.  Sausages were not used until much more recently.

However it started, I am so glad it did.