A Seattle restaurant adds breakfast cereal to its French Toast recipe — which also includes milk, eggs, cinnamon, salt, butter, thick bread and whipped cream. (They use both Fruity Pebbles and Frosted Flakes.)
The "Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink" first includes the phrase "French toast."
Various recipes for what we call French toast spread the world over.
An early collection of recipes, the "Apicius," describes a sweet treat known then as "aliter dulcia," or "another sweet dish."
Even better — check out National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Which we love but are sure 4 out of 5 doctors would not approve of (at least everyday).
French toast, at a minimum, consists of bread (preferably thick) dipped in egg batter and fried. But that’s just the beginning.
French toast is also known as eggy bread, German toast, poor knights, and torrija.
In France, it's called "pain perdu," which means "lost bread."
The recipe is first found in Roman documents from the fourth or fifth century BC.
In Hong Kong teahouses, "Western toast" is often filled with peanut butter or jam.
Americans like it for breakfast, but other countries and cultures eat it at other times of the day.
The best way to appreciate National French Toast Day is to make some for yourself. Gather the family in the kitchen and create your favorite recipes together!
Culinary history is filled with fascinating tales of trial and error. Since French toast has such a long, illustrious history, you're bound to stumble upon some interesting stories.
It's sometimes easy to forget those less fortunate than us. On a day like National French Toast Day, which is a celebration of food, take some time to volunteer at a food drive or a homeless shelter.
Check out Steven Wright’s classic joke about how he went to a restaurant that served "breakfast at any time," so he ordered French toast during the Renaissance.
While certainly not a health food, French toast can be a part of a healthy and moderated diet. For example, it contains decent amounts of essential nutrients, such as riboflavin, vitamins B6 and B12, thiamine, niacin, and folate.
Many of us like to load up for breakfast. Although opinions vary as to whether or not breakfast really is "the most important meal of the day," there's no doubt that there are worse ways to start the day than with something sweet.