Is French Toast a French food?

Question

Was it 'invented or created' in France?
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Answer 1

First made at a roadside tavern not far from the city of Albany in 1724, there are few dishes more truly American than the breakfast favorite known as "French toast". So American is the dish that very few can understand why it is not called "American toast", "Albany Toast" or even "New York State toast".

The confusion comes about because the owner of the tavern at which the dish was invented had a very poor knowledge of grammar. When Joseph French decided to name the dish after himself he should have written his invention as "French's toast" (that is to say, the toast of French). Because he did not know how to use the possessive apostrophe, however, the dish appeared on his menu simply as "French toast". In short, the dish has nothing whatever to do with French culinary history but in the two hundred and seventy years that have intervened, no one has taken the time to correct the grammatical error.

Answer 2

French toast origin:

French toast originated as a way to use day-old or stale bread (some breads and especially French bread become stale after one day).
Whereas a stale, crunchy bread might seem unappetizing, soaking the bread in eggs and frying it solved that problem. The precise origins of the recipe are unknown.
Similar dishes have existed in many countries and under many names, known in Medieval Europe as:

England: suppe dorate (Italian for "gilded sippets")
France: pain perdu (literally, "lost bread")
Germany: armer Ritter (literally, "poor knight")
Yugoslavia and successor republics: прженице - prženice

Some people claim that this dish was called "German toast" in the U.S. before World War I and was changed to "French toast" because of anti-German sentiment. Indeed, a popular cookbook from 1918 does refer to it by the name "German toast."
However, the term "French toast" can be found in print in the U.S. as early as 1871.
The Oxford English Dictionary cites usages of "French toast" in English as early as 1660 (toasted bread with wine, orange juice, and sugar), and cites an egg-based recipe of the same name from 1882.
It has also been called "American toast" in the U.S., where there is a story that it was invented in 1724 by a man named Joseph French in a roadside tavern near Albany, New York.

Also notably: In France, French toast, and in Belgium (and DRC Africa) is called pain perdu, or “lost bread,” since it is a way to reclaim stale, “lost,” bread: hard bread is softened by dipping in a mixture of milk and eggs, then fried.

According to research provided by the International House of Pancakes, French toast isn’t necessarily French in origin; it is likely that the recipe dates back to Medieval times and may have been a logical “invention” by different peoples, akin to battering and frying any food.
A similar dish called suppe dorate was popular in England during the Middle Ages, although the English might have learned it from the French Normans, who had a dish called tostees dorees.
However, according to IHOP, the first written mention of the dish comes from the court of Henry V of England (1413-1422).

In New Orleans, Pain Perdu is a local variation of French toast made from left over New Orleans-style french bread, which resembles the french baguette, but has a crunchier exterior and a lighter interior.

The bread is sliced on a bias and dipped into a mixture of egg, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.
The slices are pan-fried in butter and tradionally served dusted with powdered sugar and with jam on the side. Alternatively it may be served with syrup.

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Answer 3

Probably, but I don't know if they invented french fries either