John Kane wrote:
> On Jul 15, 8:18 pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Tue 14 Jul 2009 03:28:06p, Jean B. told us...
>>>> I am logging in some new material and had the hare-brained idea
>>>> that I would also start jotting down recipes from yearly and
>>>> monthly publications as an aid to spotting food trends etc. I am
>>>> just looking at menus and recipes from the July 1903 issue of
>>>> Modern Priscilla Magazine and thought some of you would like to
>>>> see what these breakfasts of yore looked like. I'd go for some
>>>> strawberry shortcake for breakfast. OTOH, cream toast sounds
>>>> pretty bad, although that idea persisted for quite a while--and I
>>>> think some folks still eat it!
>>> < menus snipped >
>>> I could easily handle all of that except for the cream toast. UGH!
>>> Although not a bad thing, I'm not sure I'd want chicken for breakfast.
>> Yes, that cream toast sounded bad. I just don't like that type of
>> thing, which strikes me as insipid and mushy. Today I saw a
>> recipe for cider toast, which sounded more flavorful at least.
>
> What exactly is cream toast? All I could think of was the US Army's S
> on a S. but that seemed unlikely.
>
> John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

It is just soggy toast. Related is milk toast. Ugh.

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Jean B.