Is French Toast really French? What is its origin? How about French Fries? French Dip?

French Toast is not really french. They call it french toast because the french did not like to waste their bread so they dipped it in egg and cinnamon. French fries are not french and probably the same with french dip. Americans added the word french to make it more stylish since most fashionable things came from France.

it called many things all over like egg toast ,french toast and no the french do not eat french toast at lest that i seen here and i been here 9 years. Is French Toast Really French? By Brendan I. Koerner Posted Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, at 3:15 PM ET Extending an olive branch to France, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, wants the House cafeteria to go back to listing "French toast" on the menu; the breakfast staple was rechristened "Freedom toast" last spring, in protest over France's opposition to Gulf War II. But is French toast really French? Culinary historians disagree over whether French toast has exclusively Gallic roots. The simple concoction of bread, eggs, and milk likely dates back to Medieval times, when the battering process was used to make stale loaves more palatable. The question is whether the French were truly the first to dip and fry their bread, or whether other Europeans stumbled upon the "invention" on their own. For example, a similar dish called suppe dorate was popular in England during the Middle Ages; it's unclear, however, whether it was brought over from what's now France by the Normans, who may have delighted in something called tostees dorees before toppling King Harold II in 1066.

No, French Toast is not French; the French have nothing remotely like French Toast and shudder when they come to America and order it thinking they are getting French baguette bread toasted.

FUNNY FRENCH TOAST TRUE STORY:

My husband is French and he did not much understand American foods when we first married. He spied "French toast" on a breakfast menu and order it one morning. I said, "you will not like that"!

He got exasperated and said, "Of course, I will like it; I am French and it is French toast"!

Since he was so huffy about it; I decided to let him learn from experience.

When the "French Toast" came he looked at it suspiciously and threw up his hands and hollered, "but I ordered FRENCH toast and this is not French; there is gooey stuff all over it and it looks a mess"!

Then I had to explain what French Toast is in America because he had though he was ordering French style bread toasted.

...and so we had to order him two coddled eggs and toast and tell them to take the "French Toast" away because neither of us could bare to look at the mess.

French Fries are called: Pommes de terre frites or "frites" in French all the French love "frites"

French Dip is an American invention like French Toast - and French people have no idea what those two dishes are.

All I know is that French Fries come from Belgium originally (I think) and that they eat them with mayonnaise over them, which by the way, is pretty darn tasty (AND fattening).

Try looking at "french toast" and "french fries" in wikipedia.com. I'm sure you'll find something there.

i tink the patatos came from the new world and it was took over to france. and realy all french food and italian food arnt really french or italian its just how the prepare them

Q:What's the history and origin of French toast?

A:There are a number of conflicting stories about the origin of the rich breakfast dish that Americans call "French toast." Most recipes agree that French toast is made by dipping bread into a mixture of milk and egg, then frying it until it is golden brown.

Almost any kind of bread can be used to make French toast, including rich, eggy breads like challah or brioche, airy baguettes or standard white sandwich bread. French toast is usually topped with maple syrup, jelly or powdered sugar. Fruity and even savory toppings are becoming popular as well.

Although the exact origin of French toast is unclear, sources agree that the dish does not stem from classical French cuisine. Toast it may be, but "French" it is not!

An early source, "The Accomplisht Cook" by R. May (1660), has a recipe for "French Toasts" which calls for French bread sliced and toasted, then soaked in wine, sugar and orange juice. While this sounds delicious, it's a pretty far reach from our modern breakfast favorite.

One version of the story is that the dish was invented in 1724 at a roadside tavern near Albany, N.Y. According to the tale, the tavern owner, Joseph French, gave the dish his name.

French-speaking Cajun cooks in Louisiana make "pain perdu" or "lost bread" with day-old bread, and this Cajun tradition also lays claim to the origin of French toast in this country.

It's possible that each of these stories is true in its own way, considering that home cooks around the world have always looked for ways to use leftover food, and bread, eggs and milk are often close at hand. The leap from day-old bread to delicious breakfast comfort food is not so far, and French toast is just too good to fight about.

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Culinary Invention Claims From the L.A. Area

The French Dip Sandwich - by Phillipe Mathieu (Phillipe Restaurant, L.A., 1918)

French fried potatoes, commonly known as French fries or fries (North America) or chips (United Kingdom and Commonwealth) are pieces of potato that have been chopped into batons and deep fried.

Where "chips" is the common term, "French fries" usually refers to the thin variant (U.S. "shoe string potatoes"). In North America "chips" usually means potato chips (called "crisps" in the UK), which are deep-fried thin slices of potato. In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, "chips" can mean either potato chips or French fries; French fries are also called "hot chips" or (in South Africa) "slap chips" (IPA [slup]; 'slup' is Afrikaans for "soft").

The straightforward explanation of the term "French fried potatoes" is that it means "potatoes fried in the French manner": the verb fry can mean either sautéing or deep-fat frying, while French 'frire' unambiguously means deep frying. Thomas Jefferson, famous for serving French dishes, referred to fried potatoes in this way.[1]

It is sometimes suggested that the verb "to french" originally meant to julienne-cut.[2] But this term refers specifically to trimming the meat off the shanks of chops[3] and is not attested until after "French fried potatoes" had appeared.

[edit]Belgium

The Belgians are noted for claiming that French fries are Belgian in origin, but have presented no definitive evidence. The Belgians are the heaviest consumers of French fries.[citation needed] In 2002, the average Belgian spent €6.01 on French fries (consumption in fast food restaurants not counted separately).[4] Whether they were invented in Belgium or elsewhere, they have become Belgium's national dish, making Belgians their "symbolic" creators in Europe.

Jo Gerard, a Belgian historian, claims to have proof that this recipe for potatoes was already used in 1680, in the area of "the Meuse valley between Dinant and Liège, Belgium. The poor inhabitants of this region allegedly had the custom of accompanying their meals with small fried fish, but when the river was frozen and they were unable to fish, they cut potatoes lengthwise and fried them in oil to accompany their meals."[5]

In 1857, the newspaper "Courrier de Verviers" devotes an article to Fritz, a Belgian entrepreneur selling French fries at fairs, calling him "le roi des pommes de terre frites". In 1862 a fries shack (Frietkot, see below) called "Max en Fritz" was established near Het Steen in Antwerp.[6]

Another Belgian legend claims that the term "French" was introduced when English soldiers arrived in Belgium during World War I, and consequently tasted Belgian fries. The supposedly called them "French" because the official language of the Belgian army at that time was French.[7][8] This is of course impossible since the term "French fried potatoes" was in common use long before the War.