We had our first
Toad in the Hole last week. Apparently, it began life as a leftovers meal. According to
Wikipedia, you would stick in chunks of leftover meat from a previous meal that was not enough on its own for a full serving into Yorkshire Pudding batter. But now the chunks of leftover meat have become sausages. A
Yorkshire Pudding, you say? I wish I knew what a Yorkshire Pudding was: I mean I can describe it. It is a piece of pastry that looks like the bottom of a pie crust but with no filling in it. It is served with roasts. Mostly, I think their purpose is to sit on the plate mocking me. Am I supposed to load it up with stuff? Do cut it and dip it? The term '
pudding' suggests maybe I save it for last? How am I supposed to eat this thing? Maybe I am not supposed to eat it at all, and it's just a game of '
one of these things is not like the other'. I just get the feeling that all the English are laughing at me inside when I eat it.
