A Gastronomic query

[Pilbeam]

Recently whilst watching "The Green Man" a dish called Chopped Toad was mentioned. Does anybody here know what this is as I have never heard of it? I have tried Googling it but with no success.

[ShirlGirl]

Could be this....



Chop Toad (as opposed to "chopped" toad)



Ingredients

• 1 bag Yorkshire batter mix
  
• 2-3 tbsp. oil
  
• 4 Pork chops
  
• 1 Egg
  
• 1 cup Water
  

Method

• 1. Make the Yorkshire mix, put into the fridge to cool.
  
  
  
  2. Heat the oven to gas mark 6 or 400F. Put oven dish with the oil into the oven to get hot.
  
  
  
  3. Heat the chops under the grill for 2 to 3 minutes each side, then put them into the warmed oven dish and return it to the oven for a few minutes.
  
  
  
  4. Take the batter mix out of the fridge and add an egg cup of cold water (this helps the batter to rise) then pour the mixture over the chops and cook in the oven for 30minutes or until the batter is cooked.
  
  
  
  5. Serve with boiled potatos peas and gravy.
  

[jaycad]

it's so obvious now that you've explained!!

[Mr Sloane]

Yorkshire batter mix

[ShirlGirl]

On the other hand.....



Cane toads for dinner?

[ShirlGirl]

name='ShirlGirl']Could be this....



Chop Toad (as opposed to "chopped" toad)



Ingredients
[LIST]
[*]1 bag Yorkshire Batter mix





Yorkshire batter mix

I copied and pasted it from a web site.



(Now amended.)

[Pilbeam]

name='ShirlGirl']Could be this....



Chop Toad (as opposed to "chopped" toad)



Ingredients

• 1 bag Yorkshire batter mix
  
• 2-3 tbsp. oil
  
• 4 Pork chops
  
• 1 Egg
  
• 1 cup Water
  

Method

• 1. Make the Yorkshire mix, put into the fridge to cool.
  
  
  
  2. Heat the oven to gas mark 6 or 400F. Put oven dish with the oil into the oven to get hot.
  
  
  
  3. Heat the chops under the grill for 2 to 3 minutes each side, then put them into the warmed oven dish and return it to the oven for a few minutes.
  
  
  
  4. Take the batter mix out of the fridge and add an egg cup of cold water (this helps the batter to rise) then pour the mixture over the chops and cook in the oven for 30minutes or until the batter is cooked.
  
  
  
  5. Serve with boiled potatos peas and gravy.
  

Ah yes that's probably it. He definitely says "chopped" but It may also have been known as this in some places.

Now you've said this I remember that my Father always referred to Toad in the Hole as "Sausage Toad" (much to my Mothers annoyance) so perhaps his Mother sometimes did Chop Toad instead. Thanks a mystery solved

[Windyridge]

name='Pilbeam']Ah yes that's probably it. He definitely says "chopped" but It may also have been known as this in some places.

Now you've said this I remember that my Father always referred to Toad in the Hole as "Sausage Toad" (much to my Mothers annoyance) so perhaps his Mother sometimes did Chop Toad instead. Thanks a mystery solved

And they say English cuisine is the worst in the world. Coh.

[Steve Crook]

name='Windyridge']And they say English cuisine is the worst in the world. Coh.

Only the people who have never tasted it say that

All countries have good and bad cuisine. The skill is in selecting the correct one



Steve

[Windyridge]

name='Steve Crook'] The skill is in selecting the correct one



Steve

Absolutely. And for me that wouldn't be chop or even chopped toad.

[Pilbeam]

name='Windyridge']And they say English cuisine is the worst in the world. Coh.

It sounds ok to me. I've always liked chops & toad in the hole so combining the 2 seems fine to me.

I can't agree with people who say English cuisine is the worst in the World either, I've eaten much worse over the years!

[ShirlGirl]

name='Pilbeam']It sounds ok to me. I've always liked chops & toad in the hole so combining the 2 seems fine to me.

I can't agree with people who say English cuisine is the worst in the World either, I've eaten much worse over the years!

People who say English cuisine is the worst in the world can't ever have experienced Dutch cuisine! I think English cuisine has a poor reputation only because it's not fancy and imaginative - just roasts and stews and stodgy old stuff like steak and kidney pud. and spotted dick. What the heck, I'd much rather get stuck into a hearty home-cooked meal of something like bangers and mash or a mixed grill than any of your fancy gourmet tiny portions that've been touched all over by chef's fingers (washed, who knows?) in order to arrange it prettily in the middle of a the plate.

[jaycad]

name='ShirlGirl']People who say English cuisine is the worst in the world can't ever have experienced Dutch cuisine! I think English cuisine has a poor reputation only because it's not fancy and imaginative - just roasts and stews and stodgy old stuff like steak and kidney pud. and spotted dick. What the heck, I'd much rather get stuck into a hearty home-cooked meal of something like bangers and mash or a mixed grill than any of your fancy gourmet tiny portions that've been touched all over by chef's fingers (washed, who knows?) in order to arrange it prettily in the middle of a the plate.

i think british cuisines best recipes have been lost over time! you're right-there's nowt wrong with stodge from time to time-especially in winter!

[hhhhancock]

There a lots of fine British foods out there, from Steak and Kidney pud to all kinds of roasts and regional specialities. Don't forget we were one one the first countries to intoduce curries, from the days of the British Raj, and English mustard is amongst the best around. Much better than the anodyne stuff they serve up in the US.

Something that did amuse me though was on Rab C Nesbitt last night when he spoke about the haggis - ' In any other country they would scape it off their shoes, in Scotland we eat it.'



Mind you I'm quite partial to haggis!

[jaycad]

name='hhhhancock']There a lots of fine British foods out there, from Steak and Kidney pud to all kinds of roasts and regional specialities. Don't forget we were one one the first countries to intoduce curries, from the days of the British Raj, and English mustard is amongst the best around. Much better than the anodyne stuff they serve up in the US.

Something that did amuse me though was on Rab C Nesbitt last night when he spoke about the haggis - ' In any other country they would scape it off their shoes, in Scotland we eat it.'



Mind you I'm quite partial to haggis!

i like haggis myself!

[Steve Crook]

name='ShirlGirl']People who say English cuisine is the worst in the world can't ever have experienced Dutch cuisine! I think English cuisine has a poor reputation only because it's not fancy and imaginative - just roasts and stews and stodgy old stuff like steak and kidney pud. and spotted dick. What the heck, I'd much rather get stuck into a hearty home-cooked meal of something like bangers and mash or a mixed grill than any of your fancy gourmet tiny portions that've been touched all over by chef's fingers (washed, who knows?) in order to arrange it prettily in the middle of a the plate.

Just roasts and stews and stodgy puds? That's all winter food. We do do summer foods as well. And don't forget the seafood



Steve

[LocalHero]

I didn't realise Chop Toad was a real "thing".



My ma-in-law (born and bred in South London/North Kent) makes it, but I thought it was just one of her own eccentric inventions..



As a Scot, I like haggis, but I don't like the effect it has on my digestive system (saying no more than that) so I don't eat it these days.



Used to enjoy a battered deep-fried haggis and chips in my younger days....

[hhhhancock]

name='Steve Crook']Just roasts and stews and stodgy puds? That's all winter food. We do do summer foods as well. And don't forget the seafood



Steve

You're quite right of course but my brain is in winter mode at the moment. Don't expect me to think of 2 seasons at the same time, therein lies confusion.

[Steve Crook]

name='hhhhancock']You're quite right of course but my brain is in winter mode at the moment. Don't expect me to think of 2 seasons at the same time, therein lies confusion.

I'm not denigrating roasts, stews and stodgy puddings. In the middle winter there's nothing quite like them



BTW when the French call us Le(s) Rostbeef, apparently it wasn't meant to be denigrating. At least it wasn't when they started calling us that. It was because we were experts at roasting meat and taught them how to do it



Steve

[moonfleet]

French people are sometimes (always ?? ) called froggies because anglo-saxons found disgusting that in France you can eat frog legs and snails (like some can be horrified by eating oysters/huîtres ), but it's not a 'national speciality', the main recipes are done with garlic ( south regions origins), in itself frog legs and snails don't have any taste at all, it's only the garlic the made them tasty. Cheese eaters (hello Wallace !!) would be a better "appellation controlée" because there are huge varieties of it in all the french "départements". Here, in the "Pyrenées-Atlantiques", it's "le brebis", done with ewe milk, early or matured it's just..... delicious.







Catherine.