French Toast

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[Hudizzle]

I was just making a nice batch of French Toast (or "eggy bread", as it's called in the UK, i think. Saw it on wikipedia, so if it's not true, blame them  ), and I wondered is other people on here, being an international community, really like it, hate it, or even know what it is.

So, do you find it to be absolutely scrumptious? If so, what do you like to put on it?
I hear some like it with salt and pepper.

I'm a fan of the sweeter variety. I put butter, syrup, and powdered sugar on mine.
I even mixed some powdered sugar in with the egg batter 

Do you think it's strictly for breakfast, or any time of day?

I'd also like to know what this particular type of dish is called in other countries.

[LucAtC]

To learn what is called French toast, I had to look at Wikipedia, and yes it is "pain perdu, lost bread".
Salted and peppered looks strange, if needed, I prefer bread (true bread, not this spongy thing tasting like mattress foam eaten in some other countries) being kept apart from the eggs.
I think it is not precisely for breakfast, perhaps in the winter, probably more at tea time (tea??) for children, or at dinner. De gustibus non disputandum est...
Good appetite,
Luc

[mvsmith]

If I recall correctly, for a short while a few years ago it was called Patriot Toast.
The first person who mentions putting Marmite on it will be banned. (I always thought it was pronounced Mar-mee-TAY.)

[RJK]

I and my friends have always known it as French toast and I mix eggs, a little milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and allspice together then dip the bread in and fry in butter. When it's properly browned  I put maple syrup on. I eat it quite often actually sometimes even for supper.

Russ

[LucAtC]

Patriot Toast? With sKetchup then. Well, even in France you can sometimes meet strange meals.
In Brittany (you know, Breizh), in Morgat, I bought a sandwich (2 slices of spongy bread containing cold Patriot Fries and industrial mayonnaise), even our dog was surprised! I confess not having tried to eat that.
In Belgium, French fries is a meaningless word. It is "Fritten, frites" and you can eat them anywhere, anytime, with whatever you want, as long as it is with mustard, mayonnaise, ballekes (!), even ketchup for un-educated people. A Stella (een pintje) or Jupiler (une Jupe) is also mandatory, of course.
And Marmite (Mar-MEE-t) can be found in a kitchen indeed, but nobody likes eating aluminum or steel.

Russ, at least a tasty receipt, in Belgium it is often brown sugar (cane sugar, cassonade?) that is being used instead of maple syrup, less known.
Smakelik, as said near the french border..
Luc

[Agent|Austin]

It is the best.

[Locutus-Mouse]

Yes in the UK it is called Eggy Bread or Eggy Dip.

My fav comfort meal is a crisp bacon eggy dip sandwich with tomato sauce (ketchup).

Before anyone else brings it up - NEVER put Marmite on Eggy Dip!  Marty can't ban me as I said don't put it on 

The first person who mentions putting Marmite on it will be banned. (I always thought it was pronounced Mar-mee-TAY.)

[JHB]

Eggs and bacon I guess. I put that on a toast *namy namy*.

In Norway it may look something like this



This one is probably more known in Norway



And especially this:



"lutefisk"