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WATCH: Three ways to make French toast

Spoil your mum this Mother’s Day.

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By Jeremy Rochow
Last updated on: May 1, 2019 at 4:50 pm

We all know how yummy French toast is, so why not surprise your mum this Mother’s Day with breakfast in bed?

Our More for Member partners at Scoffed Cooking School have come up with 3 simple French toast recipes that’ll make your mum’s day.

If you want to treat her with something sweet, top your toast with berries. Rather savoury? Try the 3 cheese recipe. If you’d rather a bit of both, give the maple bacon a go.

Check out Scoffed’s video on how to make all 3 of these delicious dishes.

Ready to cook up a storm? Before you begin, take some time to discover the origins of French toast – you might be in for a surprise.

The history of French toast

Did you know that French toast didn’t originate in France? According to the Apicius – a collection of recipes from the early 5th century, the dish we know as French toast actually predates the founding of France and existed in the Roman Empire.

The dish, then called pan dulcis, was prepared by soaking bits of bread in milk and frying it in oil or butter.

In the 15th century, a version of French toast called pain perdu, or ‘lost bread’, was all the rage in Europe’s culinary scene.

Three plates with French toast on them. One with bananas and maple syrup, another with cheese and the third with berries and yoghurt.
French toast 3 ways.

In the 15th century, a version of French toast called pain perdu, or ‘lost bread’, was all the rage in Europe’s culinary scene.

It gained this name as the recipe called for hard or stale bread that couldn’t be used for anything else. The dry bread was soaked in egg and milk before being fried.

The recipe spread through Europe, before British settlers took it across the Atlantic to the United States.

So, where did the name French toast come from? According to legend, an innkeeper in New York named Joseph French invented the modern version of French toast.

He created the dish in 1724, and advertised it as French toast rather than French’s toast. The name stuck and is now used across the English-speaking world.

So, while the origin of French toast might be debated, there’s no arguing how delicious the fluffy bread with a crispy outer shell is.

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