Toast Really?

[labworm]

Fat Tom

May I suggest some of the mentioned Vermont Maple Cured Bacon to go along with your upcoming meal.

Just look at that stuff.

 

[boatme99]

I actually prefer my French toast baked.
This is something you make when you know you will have company in the morning.

Mix the custard. Vanilla is a must! Add a generous amount of Cointreau or Grand Marnier.

Thickly slice a high quality bread, like callah, coat bread, place in deep baking dish, pour custard over all.

Soak overnight, turning once.

Remove from refrigerator when you get up for your morning relief. Go back to bed.

Get up, bake bread for about 30-40 minutes.

Serve with coffee and Mimosas.



Warning!

If you fix this, you are probably going to end up in a relationship.
How long that lasts is up to you.

 

[Salty RI]

That's because you are rich.

You have to be rich to live in RI

It was funny, as I was reading your post, my wife came up to me and said, I haven't had a bacon cheese burger in a long time, let's go to Five Guy's, I said I can't, I went there for lunch I can't say here what she said anyway we went to a place down the street, she had her bacon cheese burger and I had fried clams.

 

[rwsmith]

Maybe call it......

Maybe it should be called 'eggbread' here. My wife calls warm bread 'toast'. I've been begging her for 35 years to put a little brown on it but she says it's burned.

 

[rwsmith]

No way I can afford....

No way I can afford maple syrup. Aunt Jemimah and Log Cabin are what we usually use but of course they are all corn syrup. I never liked Staley's. What are the best AFFORDABLE syrups?

Update: Several lists on the internet put Mrs. Butterworth's at the top of the list of stuff you can buy in regular stores.

 

[boatme99]

No way I can afford maple syrup. Aunt Jemimah and Log Cabin are what we usually use but of course they are all corn syrup. I never liked Staley's. What are the best AFFORDABLE syrups?

Ah. One of the benefits of having grown children that live elsewhere.
I can eat pretty much what I want.
A pint of real maple syrup will last me at least 6 months.
That makes it very affordable.

 

[labworm]

Ah. One of the benefits of having grown children that live elsewhere.
I can eat pretty much what I want.
A pint of real maple syrup will last me at least 6 months.
That makes it very affordable.

One shot glass is what I used today, tastes goooooooooooood.

A pint would probably last me 6 months also, to me it is just a special treat I have now and then, so I don't really consider it expensive.

 

[307-Niner]

I put maple syrup on my French toast, but I put A-1 steak sauce on my scrambled eggs. Don't knock it til you try it!

 

[ejeli]

Pure VT maple syrup on the french toast, on the eggs, on the home fries and in the coffee. Later in the evening mixed 50/50 with a fine vodka on the rocks. My brother makes a bit of syrup so I can squander it.
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[timn8er]

Labworm, I agree with Shoulda & Boatme99. Try adding a little cinnamon to your mix. I'm going to try adding some vanilla like they both suggested. As far as breakfast, today anyway, while french toast does sound good, today I'm making potato & egg breakfast tacos on flour tortillas with plenty of hot sauce. That will get you going in the morning, in more ways than one!

 

[boatme99]

In 1976, I went to visit the in-laws in northern Indiana, at the old homestead.
In the woods nearby were the remains of the shack where they used to make their maple syrup.
There wasn't much left of the shack after about 40 years of disuse. All of the equipment was long gone and the old building was slowly returning to the earth.
But when you walked into the little clearing, you could still smell the syrup!
The old wood was so full of syrup from the boiling steam, it still lingered all those years later.

 

[4011]

Syrup on the eggs is not bad either.

 

[DeathGrip]

Thanks Lab, I just had French Toast and it was real good.

Lucky me I have some Maple syrup from Cracker Barrel. My MIL took most of my stash back to Germany with her.

What's for lunch?

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

White bread? Do they still sell that?

 

[wbraswell]

The good thing about maple syrup, is that the darker it is, usually the cheaper it is, (grade B) and the darker it is, the better it tastes. I get the Walmart brand. It's still just maple syrup. I agree with the bread upgrade, vanilla(not imitation or Mexican), and cinnamon. And pork, must have smoked, cured pork.

 

[Salty RI]

White bread? Do they still sell that?

Is there anything else.

 

[Bill Bates]

In the summer I keep a herb garden. I make a savory French toast with sweet basil, thyme, dash of Worcestershire, and little Tabasco in the batter. I soak either thick slice of French bread or a Three Cheese bread from a local bakery. When it goes in the fry pan with melt butter, on a somewhat low to medium heat (lower heat to cook the eggs through with out burning the toast) then I dust it with Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper in the egg batter. I serve it with butter and pure maple syrup on top. We add fresh garden tomatoes on the side and maybe a good bacon.

It gives a you a great savory and sweet ting going on with just a touch of heat in the finish from the Tabasco.

I also do French toast with vanilla, orange juice, cinnamon but also add a little nutmeg. My wife does wild elderberry jam and syrup. It is rare year we have any elderberry syrup left by the next fall when we pick the berries.

 

[Rustyt1953]

With three grandkids living here, I'm lucky to get two meals out of a bottle of syrup. Logan has his own syrup shot glass.

We just finished scrambled eggs and hash browns with salsa and hot sauce and a side of sausage and dollar pancakes.

Life is good.

 

[old bear]

Breakfast is an all time favorite meal, anytime. Good French Toast is a special treat. Sadly, "The Lovely and Charming" does not care for French Toast, so I don't fix it at home to often, and most diners haven't a clue on how to fix it properly.

Labworm, try a pinch of nutmeg in your batter sometime

 

[labworm]

Here at the S&W forum, we all can now try different ingredients when making French Toast.