SC -Redacting?

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Mon Jan 17 03:34:29 PST 2000


Christianna said: 
> French Toast
> Rendering by Christianna MacGrain.
> 
>  "The Accomplisht Cook" by Robert May (1660) 
> "French Toasts. 
> Cut French Bread, and toast it in pretty thick toasts on a clean
> gridiron, and serve them steeped in claret, sack, or any wine, with sugar
> and juice of orange."
> 
> Rendered Recipe.
> 
> French Toast
> 
> Sliced white bread, 1 * inch thick 
> Port
> Sugar
> Orange Juice
> 
> Toast the bread on an ungreased griddle.  
> Mix wine, sugar and orange juice. 
> Serve the toasted bread sopped in the wine mixture.  

Isn't this more of a "sop" than "French Toast"? I thought French Toast
meant dipping the bread in an egg mixture? If not, then what differentiates
a sop from French Toast? The use of a sweetener?

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