Toad in the Hole

[Wodewick]

Is there a better food for a cold November night?

Not dined in the likes of the Fat Duck though, I wonder how good it really is?

Possibly a different thread - posh restaurant food isn't comfort/warming happy food

[PRC1964]

Toad in the hole can be great. It needs good sausages, great batter and really good gravy though. Nigel Slater has a good recipe in one of his books.

For me, a roast pork with crackling, roast spuds and parsnips and a really good cider takes some beating for a Sunday lunch. Ideal for coming home to after some sport in the wind and rain.

[Cliphead]

Toad in the hole can be great. It needs good sausages, great batter and really good gravy though. Nigel Slater has a good recipe in one of his books.

For me, a roast pork with crackling, roast spuds and parsnips and a really good cider takes some beating for a Sunday lunch. Ideal for coming home to after some sport in the wind and rain.

Just wondering, crackling is the fat right? Do you eat it?

[Wodewick]

Just wondering, crackling is the fat right?

Well - the Crackling is the skin but it does have a layer of fat.

Do you eat it?

Mmmmmm nom nom nom

[d000hg]

Toad is actually quite good with baked beans (hold the gravy), if you have left-overs the next day.

[PRC1964]

Just wondering, crackling is the fat right? Do you eat it?

Oh yes. Imagine well done bacon rind only bigger and better.



If you've never tried it, you really should.

[Aman]

Is there a better food for a cold November night?

Yes, something not so salty and fatty.

Fruit and veg, salad, walnuts, oily fish, blueberries, oranges, nuts, pomegranate ....
I don't like curry but some of the spices used in that kind of food are excellent winter nutrition and good for the circulation; ginger, turmeric, black pepper, cinammon...

And for drinks:
Pure cocao and water off the boil.
Ginger tea.

[RichardCranium]

Fruit and veg, salad, walnuts, oily fish, blueberries, oranges, nuts, pomegranate ...

WTF

Is there a better food for a cold November night in a wet, cold, Northern European country where the clocks have just changed and it has been grey and pissing down consistently for days?

FTFY

Anyway:
- Coq-au-vin.
- Slow-cooked steak casserole with slabs of bread.
- Bangers & mash in a giant Yorkshire pud with onion gravy and ketchup.
- Meat & potato pie.
- Pasties, eaten out of a paper bag at a bus stop.
- Chunky corned beef hash with dumplings.

[d000hg]

Lasagne would be a good winter dinner IMO.

[SupremeSpod]

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