On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 4:01:59 AM UTC-10, Jill McQuown wrote:
> This past weekend a couple of my PBS stations featured cooking shows
> with brunch dishes. (Fortunately I get a couple of PBS channels which
> *aren't* engaged in the endless palaver of fundraising and bad programming.)
>
> French Toast figured largely in a number of different shows. It's been
> ages since I thought about French Toast.
>
> Most recipes were on the sweet side. There is often cinnamon and some
> form of sugar added to the egg/milk/cream mixture.
>
> Decades ago I made French Toast with a bit of orange juice added to the
> egg/milk/cream. The dipped bread was also rolled in crushed cornflake
> crumbs and allowed to set before pan frying in butter. I forget where I
> got the recipe. The end result was drizzled with honey. Delicious,
> but sweet.
>
> There was a vegan show featuring vegan baked French Toast. The bread
> was, of course, vegan, whatever the heck that means. It called for tofu
> and a sliced banana whirled in a blender as an egg substitute. I guess
> I'll never understand vegans. Are they trying to put hens out of work?
>
> One recipe (Nigella Lawson's?) was more up my alley. It contained very
> finely grated Parmesan cheese. No syrup or other sweet stuff was added
> or drizzled on top. Sounded good to me!
>
> So, let's talk about French Toast.
>
> Jill

French toast around here is typically made with Portuguese sweet bread - a brioche type bread. If I have some cornflake crumbs, I will coat the bread before frying.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...b5MPzMVQdhlbEz

The kids on this rock like a Japanese style toast-dessert. Honey toast.

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Hono...r-Honey-Toast/