Saturday, 9 January 2010

Toad in the coal

Just got back to Bristol to hear a very amusing telly-related tale from the rest of the Dunlop clan. As a family, we are big fans of the classic British dish, toad in the hole. So when BBC1's programme 'Rachel Allen: Home Cooking' had a segment dedicated to cooking this dish this very morning, my mum and brother watched with interest to get some tips.

Chef Galton Blackiston was the chap leading the proceedings: "The tip is to leave it in a hot oven for 20 minutes and not look at it once." Fair enough, they thought. However,when they saw the result, they understandably doubted the chef's 'wisdom':



This is definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, burnt, right??!! But Galton didn't reference its charcoal-like state, and neither did the people who had to eat it!

You watch the sillyness for yourself here in the latter half of the show.

3 comments:

hayjane said...

Just came up with an alternative title for this post:

GALTON BLACKEST-TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE-TON

Holzhar *middle name crispy( said...

Looks perfectly done to me. CRISPY.

Jackie (Farm Lane Books) said...

LOL! Looks burnt to me!