SC - Period French Toast Recipes

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Thomas Gloning wrote:
> 
> I know nothing about French toasts, so I was wondering if the following
> German recipe (about 1445) has something to do with the 'French
> Toast'-tradition or its near relatives? Here it goes:
> 
> "Wiltu machen gulden snydden So nym eyer doderen saffran vnd salcze vnd
> cloppe isz vnd czuch die snyden da dorch vnd backe sij vnd du czucker
> dar uff vnd gyp salcze darbij" (Rheinfränkisches Kochbuch, 1445, Nr. 43;
> spelling somewhat simplified).
> 
> Roughly: 'If you want to make golden slices (of bread), then you must
> take egg yolks, saffron and salt and stir it and put the slices through
> this mixture, bake it (in hot fat) and put sugar onto it and serve it
> with some sauce'. (I am sure, Allison will produce a more accurate and a
> more 'English' translation soon.)

Seems pretty identical. Maybe French toast is Alsatian?

Adamantius
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