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