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French toast is apparently the dessert of 2015 (and 16 reasons I might be okay with this)

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 by Katharine Jacobs

Journalists love to make grand claims. This is partly because people love to click on stories with definitive-sounding headlines – nobody is going to read a story entitled ‘One or two people are serving French toast on their pudding menu; let’s see if we can find one more example and make it a trend’ – and partly because it makes us feel important.

But I was initially annoyed to see Felicity Specter’s article proclaiming French toast as the pudding of 2015 in the UK and the USA. Personally, I was gunning for ice cream and chocolate sauce. It seemed appropriate, given the explosion of artisan ice cream. Plus I still really like Ice Cap, and it would be great if they would start serving it in restaurants. Or even just the hot chocolate sauce. (Remember how it used to be served hot in an itty bitty silver jug?) Or a proper nineties Bar One sauce! (Surely one of the most pivotal inventions of the decade?)

But bow to the pressures of the west I must, so let us examine French toast as a possible pudding for the year in this country.

The pros:

1. French toast, like burgers and pizza, offers a blank canvas upon which to experiment with zany flavours. Like Oreo, for example.

2. Or Nutella. (And I am always in search of more reasons to eat Nutella.)

French toast for breakfast on a school day * #Nutella #frenchtoast #breakfast #yum

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3. Or strawberry s’mores.

最近想肥死自己✌*️✌*✌* #strawberry #smores #brioche #FrenchToast #LovelyBreakfast

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4. Or pecan vanilla.

5. You can cut it thick.

6. Or into little cubes.

7. Or slice it into soldiers.

8. Or roll it up like a Swiss roll.

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9. You can deep fry it.

10. Or cook it in a waffle maker.

11. Or bake it. (With chocolate chunks.)

12. You can bake it en masse, in a casserole. (Is this basically bread-and-butter pudding, or is it just me?)

13. You can experiment with the bread, too. For instance, you could use a doughnut.

Donut French Toast @ Norma’s

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14. Or a croissant.

Starting my Sunday with a decadent French-toast croissant topped with blueberry compote and honey!

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15. Or a bagel.

16. Or churros.

The cons:

1. People are prone to putting bananas with French toast. There is also a danger that people might also use banana bread to make the French toast. (Here’s some more literature on why bananas are the worst, in case this objection puzzles you.)

2. Wheat-free breads tend not to work so well in absorbing the eggy mixture. Rye is particularly horrible at this – although I have had more success with that sweet potato bread they sell at Wellness Warehouse, which behaves more like white bread.

3. I suspect the banting folk may have similar objections. Low-carb bread does not strike me as being particularly absorptive.

4. Those are all of the cons I can think of.

 

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4 Comments

  • Are
    May 13, 2015

    Cute article on the French Toast dessert topic.

    As we know, bread is the enemy! And bready puddings are complicating things even further. And here comes another winter of longs shadows and sticky toffee puddings…

    Why must everything tasty be fattening? I find this truly unfair.

    Thanks Eat Out!

    Reply
    1. Eat Out
      May 18, 2015

      Sorry we can’t magically make all the tasty things healthy… but we do wonder: would they still be as delicious? Probably not! 🙂

  • Justin
    June 3, 2015

    I tend to serve my french toast with bacon and call it breakfast!

    Reply
    1. Eat Out
      June 8, 2015

      Sounds good, Justin! We fully support your life decisions.

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