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There should be an attempt to explain why “French toast” is so-named
This article offers no explanation as to why a dish that clearly wasn’t invented by the French is called “French toast”. From what I’ve read, there isn’t a definitive explanation, but the “most popular theory” is that it is named not after France, but some 18th-century American restauranteur called “Josef French”. People who read this article will want SOME explanation, and 1 or more of the strongest available should be provided—even if one has to qualify that no specific explanation has been solidly confined. It would be unfair to leave readers clueless when explanations—however inconclusive—exist. A topic called “Possible Derivations of the Name”—providing at least 1 theory, along with assessments of its/their reliability, would suffice. 24.112.172.98 (talk) 08:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
- agreed! It's a weird omission. 119.18.0.30 (talk) 07:52, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
- Do you have a reliable source for this?
- As for "It would be unfair to leave readers clueless when explanations—however inconclusive—exist." That's not really the Wikipedia approach. If there are reputable writers who make plausible claims, that's one thing. But I can't find any trace of a Josef French, let alone of his being connected to this dish. --Macrakis (talk) 19:45, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
French Toast APICIUS recipe includes [and beaten eggs] documented - revision needed
Directly taken from text translation includes [and beaten eggs] The Project Gutenberg eBook of Apicius: Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome, by Joseph Dommers Vehling. ""[296] ANOTHER SWEET DISH ALITER DULCIA BREAK [slice] FINE WHITE BREAD, CRUST REMOVED, INTO RATHER LARGE PIECES WHICH SOAK IN MILK [and beaten eggs] FRY IN OIL, COVER WITH HONEY AND SERVE [1]. [1] “French” Toast, indeed!—Sapienti sat!"" see link https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29728/29728-h/29728-h.htm Pretzelfactory (talk) 14:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
Poor knights of Windsor
Absolutely no one calls it this in the UK. Please can someone provide a source or remove it 2A00:23C5:ACA5:CF01:170:B8CB:BE29:AE9C (talk) 13:49, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
Source 3
The third source is simply an English dictionary definition of the word 'poor' with no relevance to the claim. 2600:1702:838:C0:B82F:ADF0:F357:F3EE (talk) 14:57, 28 May 2025 (UTC)