Snooty New York Times gets blasted for claiming toad-in-the-hole is scrambled eggs on toast

The New York Times has been criticized by Brits for claiming that toad-in-the-hole is eggs on toast.

Their bizarre recipe – based on a recipe by American top chef Kyle Connaughton – is said to be a ‘tribute’ to London TV chef Heston Blumenthal.

The toast has a hole in the middle – seemingly in an attempt to justify the use of the name.

True recipes for the traditional British dish include sausages cooked in batter – not scrambled eggs or toast.

The confusion appears to have arisen after the Times’ so-called cooking expert adapted a “The Mad Hatter’s Toad In The Hole” breakfast recipe from Connaughton’s California restaurant.

The dish itself was egg on toast, and the name is a joke, neither of which seems to have registered, which led to the publication of the bizarre toad-in-the-hole recipe and led to a minor diplomatic incident.

One commentator named Will ranted, “I don’t think the New York Times has ever done anything worse to our country.”

Another joked, “America and the New York Times are starting hostilities against us with this recipe for how they think we eat.

‘Toad in the hole… no real frogs.

“Hint: it’s egg and cheese on toast.”

The chic eggs call for a sous-vide technique – where you vacuum them, process them in a water bath and use a siphon canister.

But the major US newspaper says that if you don’t have these in your kitchen, you can just scramble or poach them.

Food critic Florence Fabricant wrote, “One of the breakfast options at SingleThread is an English menu, with toad-in-the-hole at its centre.

‘Mr. Connaughton calls it a tribute to Heston Blumenthal – the innovative English chef and owner of The Fat Duck – for whom he worked for a number of years.’

Rachel Love-Howseman said: “This is now a diplomatic incident and I hope our government takes it seriously,” while a second commenter posted a photo of British redcoats going into battle.

Chef Connaughton – of the SingleThread Farm, Restaurant, Inn in Healdsburg, California – previously worked with Blumenthal at The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire.

While at the experimental restaurant, he was head of research and development.

Reservations at his luxury diner cost a whopping $475 (£378) per person.

The American newspaper also got into the thick of things with Brits this week after claiming they had discovered the crispy butty.

In December, they praised strike-joy union leader Mick Lynch as ‘an unlikely national hero’ who ‘struck a chord’ with the UK.

And in September, the New York Times was forced to issue an embarrassing apology for attacking the royal family after publishing incorrect inflation data in an article about the Queen’s funeral.

They published a story that, in apparent surprise, it would be up to British taxpayers to foot the bill – describing the ceremony as a “heavy price tag” for taxpayers amid rampant inflation and a cost-of-living crisis in the UK.

At the time, the 1970s-style firebrand had spent months trying to bring the country to a halt — and sparked Christmas holiday fears after new strikes.

Startled, Sarah Ditum said, “I’m having a stroke, what the hell is going on here.”

Another Brit furious: ‘This should be ‘Toad in the Hole’ according to the New York Times.

“Uh no, no it isn’t.”

Journalist Leah Hardy ranted, “Time to recall the ambassador.”

And BBC World Service longtime Jackie Leonard sighed: ‘”Special Relationship” indeed.’

Another distraught reader posted, “I keep thinking it must just be the wrong photo.”

And Matt Hatch simply wrote, “They must be stopped.”