I made good old British Toad In The Hole for dinner tonight with roast potatoes and veg, what are you having?
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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
Primnproper · 56-60, F
@JoyfulSilence: [image deleted]It's sausages baked in a batter, I add chopped bacon and herbs in the batter..
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
Primnproper · 56-60, F
@JoyfulSilence: yes normally served with a caramelized onion gravy here..
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
I saw a real toad in a hole yesterday evening! I had just gotten off my commuter train from work, and was in a pedestrian tunnel under the tracks. I saw a large lump of something, and when I got close I realized it was a toad! So I decided to move it out of the tunnel so it would not get stepped on. I had done this sort of thing before.
I stooped and reached but it hopped. I tried a few more times and managed to corral it in my palm, caging it with my fingers of my other hand. I walked out of the tunnel and up a ramp. It remained calm in my hand for most of the trip.
Then, it suddenly got irritable and saw a gap in my fingers and thrusted its head in the gap and pushed hard with its limbs. Gosh those little guys are strong! I held on with two hands but it was squirming out of my grasp.
Then it suddenly peed all over my hands! I was startled so I loosened my hold and it was getting out. I walked to a ledge on the side of the ramp and let it jump to it. My hands were soaked with toad piss. Ugh! It stung just a tiny bit.
Then the toad leapt off the ledge heading away from me. I gasped since it was about a 6 foot drop on that side onto pavement (a parking lot)! I rushed up the ramp and around to see it it was OK. Also, to move it out of the parking lot so it would not get squashed.
When I got there I did not see it. It was dark. Then I saw a strange shape. I approached and to my horror it was the poor toad, on its back, motionless. Fearing the worst, I gently righted it. It immediately hopped away. Whew, it was still alive. But was it in pain? Poor guy. I felt so guilty.
I did not try to pick it up again, but rather corralled it over to some nearby grass. I would stoop as if to grab it and it would hop. Slowly but surely I got it to the grass, then let it be.
I hope it survives and thrives and makes lots of tadpoles!
I walked away, hands full of evaporating toad piss. I had no access at that time to water, so I had to disinfect my hands with window cleaner that I had in my car. Then I spit on my hands a few times and wiped then off with a paper towel. No more toad-pee-hands! LOL!
I stooped and reached but it hopped. I tried a few more times and managed to corral it in my palm, caging it with my fingers of my other hand. I walked out of the tunnel and up a ramp. It remained calm in my hand for most of the trip.
Then, it suddenly got irritable and saw a gap in my fingers and thrusted its head in the gap and pushed hard with its limbs. Gosh those little guys are strong! I held on with two hands but it was squirming out of my grasp.
Then it suddenly peed all over my hands! I was startled so I loosened my hold and it was getting out. I walked to a ledge on the side of the ramp and let it jump to it. My hands were soaked with toad piss. Ugh! It stung just a tiny bit.
Then the toad leapt off the ledge heading away from me. I gasped since it was about a 6 foot drop on that side onto pavement (a parking lot)! I rushed up the ramp and around to see it it was OK. Also, to move it out of the parking lot so it would not get squashed.
When I got there I did not see it. It was dark. Then I saw a strange shape. I approached and to my horror it was the poor toad, on its back, motionless. Fearing the worst, I gently righted it. It immediately hopped away. Whew, it was still alive. But was it in pain? Poor guy. I felt so guilty.
I did not try to pick it up again, but rather corralled it over to some nearby grass. I would stoop as if to grab it and it would hop. Slowly but surely I got it to the grass, then let it be.
I hope it survives and thrives and makes lots of tadpoles!
I walked away, hands full of evaporating toad piss. I had no access at that time to water, so I had to disinfect my hands with window cleaner that I had in my car. Then I spit on my hands a few times and wiped then off with a paper towel. No more toad-pee-hands! LOL!
Primnproper · 56-60, F