Butter both sides of a slice of bread and cut a whole in it using a cookie cutter or small glass. Stick it on a skillet set to medium-low heat and crack an egg into the middle. Turn the bread/egg over after a couple minutes and cook until egg is to your liking. Oh yeah, and cook the little circle you cut out earlier – it goes on top when you’re done. Voila! Toads on a log  - Delicious!!

Sorry I don’t have a picture… I ate it before thinking I should’ve taken one. But if I did you’d see why it’s called toads on a log. Actually, now that I think about it, it looks nothing like toads on a log. Where the heck did that name come from?

If you’re cooking hamburgers, hot dogs, brauts, steaks, etc… you are A) Grilling or B) having a Cook-out. If you are cooking barbecue chicken, barbecue brisket, barbecue pork (starting to see a pattern?), ribs, etc… you are having a BBQ.

So what’s the difference?
Believe it or not, there’s a pretty big difference. Grilling is generally done directly over the flame (direct heat) whether it be a gas grill or charcoals. It is called “cooking out” because it is done outside and requires constant supervision, just like cooking something inside. BBQ on the other hand, is slow cooking over indirect heat - that means the heat source/flames are off to one side, not directly touching the food. BBQ also implies their is sauce or rub applied.

If you are cooking some hamburgers and grilling brautwurst you are not having a BBQ, you’re having a cook-out.