French toast

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English

French toast with toppings.

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Etymology

First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs, in the current sense from 1870s. The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally “lost bread”).

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Noun

French toast (countable and uncountable, plural French toasts)

  1. (cooking) Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.
    I'd like syrup on my French toast.

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References

  1. ^ Robert May (1660) The Accomplisht Cook‎, page 176
  2. ^ Brendan Koerner (2003) “Is French Toast Really French?”, in Slate‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2016

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