why is toad in the hole called toad in the hole????

Answer 1

because " c.ock sized sausage " wasn't acceptable

Answer 2

Toad In The Hole Origin

Answer 3

I read that it is because of living fossils. This is the gist as I remember:

Around the Victorian era they apparently found living toads in very old rock. I don't think that the toads lived very long after being released but they were being found alive when the rocks were first cracked open.

Then some guys started experiments to see if they could discover how the toads stayed alive in the rocks. I think that they started doing this a lot & even putting the poor little toads into plaster of paris, etc. These experiments were all reported & very fashionable. Until someone commented on its cruelty.

The book then said that children started calling sausages in yorkshire pudding batter toads in holes.

Hmm, as to whether it is true or not???

Answer 4

Back a few centuries and ovens were not as we know them know. The Hearth and fireplace that heated the house/room were also used for all cooking purposes.

A spit was often used in front of the fire to turn and cook meat.

Batter puddings were often cooked in front of the fire, and these were often laid lower down than the turning spit.

It was discovered that by positioning the batter dish UNDER the spit some of the dripping fat would add extra flavour to the pudding where it had dripped - it would also create a dent.

If the spit was not turned regularly and fat dripped constantly onto the same part of the pudding, the dent became a hole .

People used to detect that the parts of the pudding that had been dripped on tasted better than those which had not - which is why good yorkshire pudding nowadays requires good dripping.

But in those days people got a hankering for a piece of pudding with a hole.

The person supervising the roasting meat would from time to time cut off little pieces to see how well done it was. These were often deposited in the holes in the pudding beneath.

In those days people did not have cars, but went about on horses. If a small irregular shaped item was found lodged in a horses hoof - it was called a Frog.

As the small irregular shaped pieces of meat in the batter pudding were referred to as frogs - people would ask for a piece of pudding as Frog In a Hole.

Then sometime somehow it became "Toad In The Hole".

Then somehow sometime - people started making it from scratch without a roasting joint and used sausages instead.

Sorry I can't help you anymore.

Answer 5

There are three main schools of thought on this issue, but there isn't agreement about the origin of the name.

The first)
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 comunity would be given the remnants of the baked grain coating and be required to extract the "toad from the hole"

The Second)
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...

The Third)
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.

Answer 6

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Oh Fantasy that was truely an educated guess!!



fantasy_a...
because thats what it is i guess

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Thank you Ally for teaching us all what toad in the hole was. I believe you should get best answer because you took the time to actually look it up and answer it.



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There are three main schools of thought on this issue, but there isn't agreement about the origin of the name.

The first)
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 comunity would be given the remnants of the baked grain coating and be required to extract the "toad from the hole"

The Second)
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...

The Third)
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.


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I'm sure you know all about sausage sized c..ks (little cocktail weanies I mean) don't you pat. and to think you have Chef in your name. (shakes head) This one must work at McDonalds.


pat.rob00 Chef U.K.
because " c.ock sized sausage " wasn't acceptable


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Oh I feel so blessed to have read this answer. Not only did he impart on us his IQ level of 3 but also did it with such pizzaz! Does this line always work for you Laughs? HAHA

Laughs-at...
Cos that's it's name, honey!

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Another rocket scientist!


STEVIE B
It was originally refered to as turd-in-the hole. That doesn`t sound so appetising does it?


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And what if the sausage is made of beef or turkey? Hmmmssss?

Coley
lol,
should be pig in the hole surely!


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Ok let me guess your a ghost writer for The hobbit.


byderule

because it was a murky mysterious bewitching dish ,hard to tell what lay beneath the crust and dark fluids .


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Gee thanks twixy but that doesn't answer the fri..gen question now does it.

twixlicke...

We've always called it Frog in the Trench


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Look it up dum.y! or post your own darn yahoo question.

backinbow...

What IS "toad in the hole"?



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Bet you know all about pants in the face huh SexyTrojan? h

SexyTroja...

Because it's not called pants in the face.


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Thanks for that tidbit but another one that clearly answers for the heck of it without truely answering.


Cat

I dont know but its tasty


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Ok I'm done. I have responded to every idiot I wanted to respond to. and I am NOT answering the question that was done by Ally The rest of you were just a waste of scrolling time to me.

Answer 7

Mine ends up more 'frog in a bog' than toad in a hole!

Answer 8

I agree with Solow, who provided the first answer in this thread. I believe the 'living fossils' story. I heard that the story started in France, which may be why it is little known in England.

The story caused a big fuss and was much discussed, so the naming of a dish after a story was just a matter of being fasionable.

Answer 9

What IS "toad in the hole"?

Answer 10

In the event it's a fruit it includes seeds, otherwise it's a vegetable. And vegetables are usually grown in the ground while fruits are grown in trees.

Answer 11

We've always called it Frog in the Trench