Talk:French toast

So the first word that comes to an American mind to replace the word "French" is the word "Freedom". How flattering! I thought that most americans did not even know the Statue of Liberty was French too. Well the word "French" comes from "Franc" or "Frank" which meant "Free" in old German language (While "Allemand" would mean "all the men" ?) . It was the name of a federation of tribes in the Rhine valley. So we are back to our roots. France, the land of the free, and that comes from an American's mouth, a Republican I believe. what a fantastic compliment !

"French toast" used to be called "Pain perdu" ,as mothers made it with stale bread which otherwise would be lost. Never had it for 60 years now. I said "pain perdu" (wasted bread) not "Peine perdue"(wasted effort). Now French dressing is the most horrible thing I ever had with a salad. I stick to home made vinaigrette. And French mustard should be eliminated too, not just renamed. Anything else "French" , oh, well those things, but you already call them Condoms, after the name of a little French town (please stop stealing their road signs, by the way) Now I have doubts about "French windows" (we do not call them that, of course, just "portes-fenêtres"). If they take them out of the White House, does it mean that Presidents will have in the future to go (and jump) through American windows ? And as for taking a french leave, that is, of course, "filer à l'Anglaise" Which I do now. J P Corbasson, Caen, Normandie

We're six months on from this stupid little dispute about the name of breakfast foods. Does any of it belong in an encyclopedia? David Clayworth.

jam sandwich

should that be made from a jam sandwich, or made into a jam sandwich?

P.S. people who confuse etymology with meaning (french and free) remind me of many hours I used to spend arguing with idiot fundamentalists

Which entree?

"popular as a breakfast entree": Is french toast popular as a breakfast starter dish or as a breakfast main course in the US? Entree means starter in English English and main course in US English, so the wording is ambiguous. Main course matches my experience so I've replaced entree with that. Jamesday 13:21, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I'm not even sure if "breakfast starter dish" exists in US cuisine. I'm under the impression people generally just have a single dish or bowl of stuff for breakfast, plus beverage. The idea of "courses" doesn't really apply to breakfasts here.

Eaten with ketchup/catsup?

Anyone eat french toast with ketchup/catsup? Anyone ever even heard of anyone eating french toast with it? (Maybe this is just one of those weird things grandma used to do.) –radiojon 02:33, 2004 Oct 3 (UTC)

I have never seen anyone eat with ketchup. But now that I think about it, there is no reason french toast can't be eaten with it. People eat bread or egg with ketchup and it's odd to think one cannot eat a mix with ketchup. The recipe of French toast I'm familiar with, added sugar and cinammon to the eggs and milk mix and cinammon doesn't go really well with ketchup. Revth 16:32, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

My husband does it. He's from Scotland, and he thinks it's bizarre that I put sugar and syrup on mine.

I've never seen or heard about ketchup on French toast. This is the first I've read about it. Seems like an unlikely combination to me. H Padleckas 06:01, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I only ever eat 'french toast' (or 'eggy bread' as we've called in my family for, oh, 25+ years) *with* ketchup. Until I looked at this article I never even knew that people ate it with syrups and stuff. Of course, my recipe is just to beat two eggs with a splash of milk, dip the bread in and fry it. Have never used sugar or cinnamon to make it. I'm British (English) by the way, perhaps that has something to do with it? Demos99 16:00, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably - Scottish here, and the recipe cooked by my family (it's my dad's signature - and only - dish) is the savoury version. However, since I have a sweet tooth, I tend to use eggs and milk, then season half the slices with salt/pepper/ketchup and the other half with sugar. Entree and dessert on one plate! However, the mention of orange juice being used instead of milk sound truly bizarre - I'll have to try it some time. Cammy 19:42, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think in most of Britain, it's generally eaten with ketchup, or something similar. Personally, I don't know anyone here who eats it with syrup/sugar or anything like that. SRHCFC 23:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

stuffed

what about stuffed french toast? yum! i think it has cream cheese and fruit in it, but i could be wrong. only had it once. — Omegatron 02:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian French Toast

At a popular cafe here in Western Australia, a dish called Canadian French Toast is served. This appears to be French toast with maple syrup, served with bacon on the side. It's delicious! But does it actually come from Canada; any information on this would be helpful.

Well... Maple syrup is fairly Canadian. And in Canada, if you get French Toast (or pancakes, or any of a number of other semi-sweet cooked breakfast foods) you will usually be given a container of Maple Syrup (or some poor synthetic substitute) as an optional condiment. But if you wanted to eat it au naturel, or perhaps just with icing sugar (often sprinkled on as part of preparation actually) you could. So, IMHO, it's analogous perhaps to billing french fries soaked in malt vinegar as "British French Fries" or "British Chips". And similarly, bacon on the side would likely be an "option" in a Canadian restaurant--likely replaceable with link sausages, peameal bacon, or possibly country or Polish sausage.--SportWagon 19:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong style french toast.

About Hong Kong style french toast: The jam used is coconut jam called Kaya. And I don't think anyone uses honey. It's a dark colored syrup, most likely low grade maple syrup. Honey costs a lot. Would you let customers pour gobs and gobs of honey only to waste it? Most likely we pour more than we need. SO not honey.

Eggy Bread?

I've called it Eggy Bread my entire life, and so do most of my friends (England), is this just a local thing and we're all very childish or is it purely an English name? - Ferret 20:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is known as Eggy bread to me too (first time i ever saw the receipe to include milk as optional!) but when I went abroad they were calling it Fried Bread, even though it is cooked in a pan.

I'm in america, and i've never heard it called Eggy bread. dposse 16:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I think that anyone who calls it "Eggy Bread" was dropped on their head as a baby. I live in well that doesnt matter, and we call it french toast.and thats my word. P.S. i rule. Safer Sephiroth s 22:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in the UK and have always known this food as Eggy Bread,Gypsy toast or French FRIED bread. French toast is an entirely different thing !!! French toast is a slowly baked slice of bread that has a very crisp texture.It's delicious with butter and marmalade on it according to my mate Mc-fly. I have a box or 2 of French Toast in my kitchen that I bought from Asda...And it's clearly a different type of food.Here is a picture :- http://www.uupload.net/files/250906-biscotte.jpg Shirley Crabtree 25th September 2006

Another picture of French toast in a box :- http://www.bakers-delight.co.uk/trimlyne/frenchtoast.html Shirley Crabtree 25th September 2006

I live in Western Australia and my mother, who was born here in 1946, calls it "eggy bread" too. She has a fairly strong English/Scottish heritage so I think it is indeed likely that calling french toast eggy bread is a UK thing.

Well I'm British, and I have always called it french toast, so its not all of the UK who call it eggy bread.

stuffed french toast.

I put some infomation on it, but it needs to be expanded. Please add any infomation to help it out. dposse 04:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

The last 2 paragraphs need some citations to back them up. Qermaq 20:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regional names

The article mentions that 'fairy bread' is a name used in Australia. This is not the case in Melbourne at least, where fairy bread is the name given to buttered bread with 'hundreds and thousands' (a form of confection often used in decorating cakes) stuck to the butter. It is most commonly served at young children's parties. Can any other Australians help identify the regionality of this name? In fact, there's already an article for the definition I'm familiar with Fairy bread --Drewnoakes 11:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm that fairy bread in Perth refers to a snack for children that is constituted by hundreds and thousands sprinkled on buttered bread, and that french toast, when used here, refers to bread dipped into an egg mixture and fried.

Agreed, I've lived all over the country, fairy bread is fairy bread. And it ain't french toast. As a new Queenslander none of my Cane Toad born-and-bred mates would whip up some french toast if you asked for fairy bread either. Baleeted. --Sophistifunk 22:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Australian sweet/savoury

Could any other Australians confirm or deny the statement that we apparently consider French Toast a primarily savoury dish? Although I don't often see it on menus here in Melbourne, whenever I have seen it, it's always been as a sweet dish with some combination of jam, honey, maple syrup, golden syrup, and ice cream as a topping. I was brought up with it at home by my father, who grew up in the US, so it's always been a sweet dish to me, and I've never seen or heard anything to contradict that aside from this page. -- Nezuji 09:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After a week, I decided to trace back through the page history, and I found that the line in question was added by an anonymous user and never subsequently altered, so I've 86ed it until someone else wants to confirm it. -- Nezuji 05:00, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from Western Australia (Perth and rural parts), and I've only ever had it with tomato sauce - same for most people I've known. However, I used to live with a guy from Darwin whose eyes bugged out of my head when he saw me eat it like that... he always used honey. I tried it like that once, but didn't really like it... it's always been a savoury dish for me. So maybe it's a regional thing, or personal taste?

By the way, Chinese leftovers taste surprisingly good on French toast... I tried this the other night when I has nothing in the house but stale bread, eggs, a bit of milk and half a container of stir fried Chinese green vegies. Savoury, and delicious. :P

Bird of paradox 09:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Apparently someone vandalized this line:

Netherlands: wentelteefjes (etymology unclear, wentelen = "to turn over", teefje = "bitch")

You can see what was vandalized, but I can't figure out what the original was and can't find a real translation.

If anyone knows what the word "teefje" actually translates to from Dutch (I think it's Dutch) then go ahead and fix it. For the mean time I'm replacing "bitch" with "?".

Ryan858 23:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, that may not be vandalism. From this diff, it appears that the original translation defined "teefje" as "bitch". Strange, yes, but I don't know how else that could come about, since the edit looks good faith. You may try contacting User:Mahrot, but as he/she hasn't been active since July it's unlikely that you will get a response. A second opinion on the translation would be good, but there you have it. XD —Keakealani 23:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]