National French Toast Day 2023: Date, History, and 5 interesting Facts

National French Toast Day: On November 28, it’s National French Toast Day, so you don’t have to think about what to make for breakfast. That thick, sweet, and salty dish that most Americans eat for breakfast every day. It makes us want to go out for a late breakfast just writing about this subject. That’s why National French Toast Day makes us so happy.

National French Toast Day: History

First, you need to know this: This is not what the French call French toast. It’s called “pain perdu,” which means “lost bread,” because it’s made with old bread. That might be offensive to most Americans, though.

Frenchly says that people make French breakfast because they don’t want to waste food. Also, please keep in mind that throwing bread away is a big no-no. (Bread is important in religion.) A lot of experts think that French toast comes from Rome in the past. A recipe like this can be found in the book of Apicius, which was written in the 5th century BC. When the Romans fried bread slices, they dipped them in milk (and sometimes eggs) and called it “Pan Dulcis.”

If you go back to the 1400s, you can find a similar recipe at the court of Henri V. The “lost bread” was very popular there. Still, the phrase “French Toast” didn’t show up in England until the middle of the 17th century. People who study food history think that “French” doesn’t even mean France. They think it refers to the Old Irish word “to French,” which means “to slice.”

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That means “French toast” is really “sliced toast.”

The phrase may have come from Irish people who came to the United States and Canada. The word “French toast” was first used in 1871 in The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink. But recipes that were very much the same were called “German toast,” “Spanish toast,” and “Egg toast.”

Here’s a different, and cooler idea. It’s possible that cooks called French toast “French” because it let them charge more for it. “In the United States, we’ve always admired French food, which we think is complex and delicious,” says Stephen Block, Editor-in-Chief of Kitchen Project. “I think that’s why this dish was named that.” It is just advertising. ‘Lost Bread’ could not have worked. The name got around because the dish was good and the method was simple.

Things To Do On National French Toast Day

Do it!

For National French Toast Day, the best thing to do is make some for yourself. Get the whole family together in the kitchen and make your favourite meals.

Learn about the past

There are many interesting stories of trial and error in the history of food. You’re sure to find some interesting stories about French toast because it has such a long and interesting past.

Help out

It’s easy to forget about people who don’t have as much as we do. On a food-themed holiday like National French Toast Day, you could help out at a food drive or a shelter for the poor.

5 French Toast Facts We Didn’t Know

It has many names.

You can also call French toast eggy bread, German toast, poor knights, or torrija.

In France, they don’t call it “French toast.”

The word for it in French is “pain perdu,” which means “lost bread.”

It isn’t even French.

In the fourth or fifth century BC, the Romans first recorded the recipe.

PB and What?

“Western toast” in Hong Kong tea shops is often filled with peanut butter or jam.

No longer just for breakfast

Many people around the world eat it at different times of the day, but Americans like to eat it for breakfast.

Why We Love French Toast Day

French toast is funny

He went to a diner that served “breakfast at any time,” so he ordered French toast during the Renaissance. This is Steven Wright’s famous joke.

We’re not really in that much danger.
French toast isn’t exactly a healthy food, but it can be a part of a healthy, reasonable diet. For instance, it has a good amount of important nutrients like folate, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, and vitamins B6 and B12.

A nice way to start the day.
A lot of us like to eat a lot for breakfast. There are different thoughts on whether or not breakfast is “the most important meal of the day,” but there’s no question that having something sweet first thing in the morning is better than anything else.

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