Not just cos it looks like it..why toads?!
2006-09-12 04:45:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
i don't know
no affence but the whole thing sounds rude
2006-09-12 04:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by Chesh » 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Toad in the Hole does not, as such, contain any toads. Nor frogs. In fact, it has nothing to do with amphibians and absolutely no Bufonidae are used or hurt in its preparation. It's worse than that. It uses the Great British Sausage.
Toad in the Hole was 1st recorded in print in 1787, named after a pub game of disks being thrown into holes on a table. Started as frog but became toad.
You can verify here -----> www.tradgames.org.uk
2006-09-12 11:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by Brian S 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is called "toad in the hole" because it looks like a toad sticking its little head out of its hole...when the sausage cooks, it pokes its "head" out of the batter
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Toad in the Hole was 1st recorded in print in 1787, named after a pub game of disks being thrown into holes on a table. Started as frog but became toad.
2006-09-12 11:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by daisymay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This answer pinched from "Malcolm" from the website below.
"In times of plague & disease, people used to leave a huge boulder on the outskirts of the village. Traders would bring food and supplies and leave them for the villagers to collect, and in return villagers would leave coins in little hollows in the boulder, filled with water or vinegar to stop them carrying disease back to the traders. There are still examples of these all over the place. (If you live in York, there's one on the corner of Burton Stone Lane, in the wall outside the Burton Stone pub, and I think there's also one on Hob Moor on the path near Tadcaster Road.)
Anyway, there's a long tradition in Europe & Asia of frogs & toads being associated with wealth - you can by so-called "money toads", very ugly ornamental things that are supposed to bring good fortune to those who own them. I assume that's why people started referring to these coins, left in exchange for food, as "toads in the hole".
So, the dish is named after that, because the batter (kind of) resembles the smooth rock with things in it. And possibly, I imagine, because the sausage would have been the most luxurious part of it (=richness, wealth etc) so was associated with the other meaning of "toad"."
2006-09-12 11:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "Toad in the hole" comes from Hebrew kitchens and cook books.
2006-09-12 16:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know but a toad in the hole is worth two in your mash.
2006-09-12 15:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by strawberri_shortcake 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Beats me! It's a yorkshire pudding with a damn sausage in it! No toads in sight!
2006-09-12 11:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by Hacker 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because you make a dent in the pudding to drop the sausage into for cooking it.
2006-09-12 11:47:45 · answer #8 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos it was traditionally made with toads
2006-09-12 11:48:37 · answer #9 · answered by jo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because toads can give you warts.
2006-09-12 11:47:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a welsh dish using ptoatoes and sausages. There is probably some connection to how it is supposed to look Another example of this is spotted dick
2006-09-12 14:00:03 · answer #11 · answered by badpoogaly 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋