Ee by gum! It’s Our Gracie’s turn to host the recipe of the month cookalong. I made her Toad in the Hole when I lived on the houseboat and remember it being rather tasty. I’ll have another go at it this week I think. It’s that sausagey kind of time of the year…
Budapest was just fantastic. Rosalind and I spent almost 4 whole days wallowing in thermal pools in the nuddy, gossiping away and generally putting the world to rights. Many resolutions were made regarding embarking upon health regimes, calling in bad debts and trying to get some romance into my life.
As if by magic we met two lovely Italian men firstly in the hotel lift in their towelling dressing gowns, then later in their skimpy trunks in the Men’s Pool (mixed bathing on Sundays). It’s the first time I’ve been chatted up for AGES so that was a treat. I also got to do the classic joke next day when we saw them going down to breakfast, “OOH, I didn’t regognise you with your clothes on!” Ha ha. Intriguingly I fancied BOTH of them. Perhaps I am getting my mojo back?
I will be making Gracie’s Toad tomorrow when I get back from the pub (bad idea maybe but they’re the only kind I know) but you must tell me, is the tip in the recipe about putting the dish on a baking tray to crisp up the bottom a goer?
I often make my own Toad, and while she never complains, I know the good lady worries a great deal about my soggy bottom.
By the way good work on the old “didn’t recognise you with your clothes on” gag, I used to consort with barmaids in my younger days and once said to one I met away from the bar “I didn’t realise you had legs” She was most confused and never looked at me the same again.
Ha ha – just found this comment again and it did make me laugh. Where is C. Aubrey these days? He used to drop by these parts quite often…