pseudo comments on French toast and chicken nuggets

What we would recognize as French Toast predates "Pain perdu" its earliest known origins are in the 4th century Roman cookbook Apicius. It was bread soaked in milk, honey and egg, fried, and drizzled with more honey.

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[–] geekwithsoul@piefed.social 1 point 4 weeks ago

Oh yeah, and I suspect there were versions even earlier than that we just don't have records of - finding uses for stale bread would likely be as old as bread itself. I more meant the origin of what's called "French toast" is indeed the French, not that they invented the concept.

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[–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

French fries are French in origin though.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Or Belgian. There is a debate.

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[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago

Paris, Texas?

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[–] robear@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

So we have Belgium to thank.

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Well we do eat something somehow similar but it is made with stall bread. I might be wrong but I feel the tenderness of you bread through the picture. What french people called "pain perdu" is meant to save otherwised lost bread. That's the whole point and soul of the dishes. That's why fresh toast bread (that's french will treate more as a delicacy as actual bread) is antithesic to the dish.

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