to have served somebody posh (i.e they own a lovely home in Belgravia) toad in the hole for tea?

[SemperEadem]

My DH (forces) invited his superior over for dinner and I didn't have a clue what to cook so plumped for my speciality - toad in the hole.

Am now worried that he thinks we are plebs

I have a good repertoire of meals that I can turn out easily and thought about going for more 'posh' meals but you know what I thought stuff it. He seemed to enjoy it & in fact wanted to stay here instead of going out on the preplanned night out.

A lighthearted AIBU. But I was so worried.... why

nursery ood hardly plebby

ta Ivy - was mortified that I had smashed the gravy boat last week whilst washing up and had to pour gravy over his dinner in the kitchen so he couldn't see I was pouring it out of a mug!

He would have loved it. If you followed it with roly-poly pudding with custard he would have been your slave for ever

ha ha - I followed it with copious amounts of Sauvignon Blanc & Bulmers Cider instead - he's happy

Semper - you don't need to worry about this stuff, honestly. He is not better than you because he owns a home in Belgravia. You don't need to be mortified that you don't have a gravy boat atm. Stop fretting over it.

cor I love toad in the hole

it's the one dish I CANNOT get right and I like cooking so if you wish to share your secret, I'm all ears

I bet he LOVED it and thought "what a woman, what a cook, what a lucky man her husband is, I really must ask to knock up a bit of Toad in the 'ole for dinner next week".

I don't think anyone would turn their nose up at a nice home cooked meal.

I bet he thought "thank god for that!"

I know you are right Mintyy, but I am from a typical working class family & sometimes when faced with people like this I worry (don't know why, my family is the best, fullstop).

But the army is a funny machine, I am confident in my own status to not feel like I have to impress but the gravy boat thing made me laugh - as did the salt grinder thing (it had bust 2 weeks before & I kept forgetting to replace it so he had to pour it direct from the big bottle (Asda smart price type stuff too).

I just thought uh oh!

Oh and please illuminate me on what a toad in the hole is pleeeeaaaase [not british emoticon]

toad int he hole is a big Yorkshire pudding with sausages baked within it.

It is something only real mums can cook

UHHHHHHH yorkshire pudding is my favourite thing ever, and with sausage and gravy sounds really deeeelish. I bet he'll insist on coming again! Thanks Hula.

fox in socks - add a smidgen of boiling water to the batter mixture (makes it rise a treat) - my mil is from Yorkshire and tis a secret I was passed down in top secret stylee - oh sh*t I even have to cut the puddings away from the top of the oven!

That and above 80% pork sausages & at least 4 eggs (shut up semper - you are giving the family secrets away )

shhhhh I will not tell a SOUL I promise

excellent tips, thanks very much for those. I shall try again and hopefully have the perfect hole for those toads!

semper could I come too. not posh but promise to eat it all.

They all sit on the loo with their trousers round their ankles whatever rank they are; I wouldn't worry about it.

Now, if you'd made him a Baby's Head he's have taken you home with him!

MY DH makes me Toad in the hole (I can't do it , though now I know your secrets I may be able to) and it is scrumptious.

Bet he loved it.

You are all more than welcome. Am annoyed at myself for getting all worried now

Que? Babys head? Enlighten me scary teacher!!

Navy speak for steak and kidney pudding, much beloved of the submarine fraternity. Shit on a raft is kidneys on toast; sausages are snorkers.

ah i get it!

So if I served it with twinkly fairy lights in the background, me in a low cut wrap dress & sucking suggestively on me fingers would that count as Nigella stylee

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It's faux-naive retro nostalgia comfort cuisine, Dahling.