National French Toast Day

National French Toast Day

Audrey Patterson

Do you have a favorite breakfast item??  Maybe it’s eggs, bacon, or home-made biscuits?? Well 62.78% of the world favors french toast! Albany, New York, innkeeper Joseph French introduced the dish to America in 1724. He intended to name his creation “French’s Toast” but inadvertently left out the apostrophe and S. Called “lost bread” or “pain perdu”, the simple recipe called for stale bread to be soaked in a mixture of milk and eggs and fried. Sound familiar? It should, pain perdu is what the french call french toast today. The phrase “French toast” first appeared in print in 1871. It appeared in the Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink. The actual term for French toast goes back to at least 17th century England. Early settlers brought the term and the recipe with them to America where it continued to spread in popularity.