Food Log

While we were on our road trip, Gretchen brought a big container of raisins, though she would not let me eat more than a few. She wanted some left over to be able to make raisin bread. Well, yesterday after dinner I asked her if there was any of that raisin bread left, since I had not seen any of it. She said there was, but that it was going stale. So, this morning she used it to make <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A491302" title="BBC - h2g2 - How to make eggy bread">eggy bread</a>. That is what they call <a href="http://ben.squirming.net/archive/000039.php#000039" title="Art and toast">French Toast</a> in England. I first heard it called this while staying at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate. I ordered French Toast one morning and none of the local young ladies who were waiting tables knew what I was talking about. One of them finally went and got the matron of the hotel, and when I described to her how it was made she said, &ldquo;Oh, you mean &lsquo;eggy bread.&rsquo; We used to make that during the war when there wasn&rsquo;t enough food to go around&hellip; Are you sure that&rsquo;s what you want?&rdquo; Like the French Fry, which gets its name because of the way the potatoes are cut, France and the French people have nothing to do with it (despite the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/" title="CNN.com - House cafeterias change names for 'french' fries and 'french' toast - Mar. 12, 2003">best intentions of the Republicans in Congress</a>). It seems that French Toast is named for a Mr. <a href="http://www.stratsplace.com/rogov/french_toast.html" title="Strat's Place  - Daniel Rogov - French toast">Joseph French</a> who invented the dish. So, to make a long story short&hellip; <em>Today&rsquo;s breakfast was a glass of orange juice and two slices of eggy bread with syrup.</em>



<ins datetime="2003-11-11T12:48:00-05:00">I walked over to the Telecommunications Building to do some work getting a fleet of FreeBSD machines to boot disklessly. After I walked back I had a packet of CHEETOS&reg; Cheddar Cheese Golden Toast Flavor Crackers (240 calories, 130 from fat).</ins>



<ins datetime="2003-11-11T15:45:00-05:00">I broke down and had a bag of popcorn as a snack this afternoon.</ins>



<ins datetime="2003-11-11T19:25:00-05:00">Dinner was a stuffed baked butternut squash and a glass of <a href="http://www.bolla.com/view_wine.asp?nWID=6" title="Bolla Wines of Italy - Open Up">Bolla Sangiovese Di Romagna</a>.</ins>