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, “Oh, you mean ‘eggy bread.’ We used to make that during the war when there wasn’t enough food to go around… Are you sure that’s what you want?” 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… <em>Today’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® 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>
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