Reply to: Toad in the Hole

[Sysman]

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.

So sick was I of turkey every Christmas in the family home, that at the first opportunity the above was what I did for my own Christmas dinner. Sprouts as well, mind. It does indeed take a lot of beating.

[Gibbon]

Rabbit and pea gnocchi washed down with vin Montepulciano Nobile.

Best plate of food I've ever had.

[Mich the Tester]

Stewed lamb shanks
Lancashire hotpot (with lamb or mutton)
Irish stew
Milanese cassoeula
Stewed beef rib
Quarter or half a roast goose with sauerkraut
Venison and hare stew with red cabbage
Shepherd's Pie, made with leftover roast lamb and some minced mutton

[DaveB]

Fat duck was ok when it first started out and more fun, since then its become more of a brand and with more staff than punters. If you're a first timer it's fun.

As for winter warmers:

boeuf bourguignon with buttery mash
lamb and chorizo stew with butterbeans
sausage and mash
pork chops with cider gravy and mash
roast chicken
slow roast pork belly

Sausage, chips, beans, onion gravy.
Slices of roast beef and gravey in a giant yorkie pud.
Steak and Kidney pudding.
Homemade vegetable soup with a big chunk of fresh bread.
Stew and dumplings.
Cassoulet

[norrahe]

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

Fat duck was ok when it first started out and more fun, since then its become more of a brand and with more staff than punters. If you're a first timer it's fun.

As for winter warmers:

boeuf bourguignon with buttery mash
lamb and chorizo stew with butterbeans
sausage and mash
pork chops with cider gravy and mash
roast chicken
slow roast pork belly

[ctdctd]

Chilli con carne wins for me

[SupremeSpod]

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

Fat and rind(skin)

[SupremeSpod]

Beef Daube

[d000hg]

Lasagne would be a good winter dinner IMO.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[d000hg]

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

[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

[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?