Wednesday 28th November is National French Toast day in the USA. Apparently, the earliest reference to French toast dates back to 4th century Rome.The name for French toast in France is “pain perdu”, which means “lost bread.” In the UK it is sometimes called 'eggy bread' or 'gypsy bread' and is also known as
"Poor Knights of Windsor". It may be served with sweet or savoury accompaniments or simply on its own.
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How to make perfect french toast (The Guardian):
Do you make French toast? What type of bread do you use? What do you serve it with?
"Poor Knights of Windsor". It may be served with sweet or savoury accompaniments or simply on its own.
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How to make perfect french toast (The Guardian):
Of paramount importance. From Apicius onwards, french toast recipes have made clear that the bread should be fine (ie soft) and white; medieval recipes tend to call for manchet – the paler, lighter loaf that was a great status symbol at a time when the common herd subsisted on bread coarse enough to break a tooth on.
As a substitute when trying Gervase Markham's recipe from his 1615 book, The English Hus-Wife, I use a good-quality, yeast-raised white loaf. Ambrose Heath calls for a sliced French roll in his 1937 book Good Sweets, Martha Stewart suggests brioche, and my trusty Cook's Illustrated New Best Recipe book, which has tested the matter with characteristic thoroughness, strongly recommends using challah (a braided Jewish bread made with eggs) for "flavour and richness", as well as the fact it stays "generally crisp outside and somewhat moist inside".
Do you make French toast? What type of bread do you use? What do you serve it with?