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It was nice to see the
cafeteria packed with students – some celebrating being finished with finals
while others were taking a break from studying to fortify themselves for that
last exam. I also enjoyed seeing some of our student-parents attending
the event with their children. I've always admired the multi-tasking of our
non-traditional students, who often balance classes, work and childcare and
still manage to be very successful at everything they do. That’s what I
call determination. These kinds of events really bring our community together
and I hope we can find even more ways to do that next year.
So is
French Toast really French? Here's an answer via an internet
search: Culinary historians disagree over
whether French Toast has exclusively Gallic roots. The simple concoction of
bread, eggs, and milk likely dates back to Medieval times, when the battering
process was used to make stale loaves more palatable. The question is whether
the French were truly the first to dip and fry their bread, or whether other
Europeans stumbled upon the "invention" on their own. For example, a
similar dish called suppe dorate was popular
in England during the Middle Ages; it's unclear, however, whether it was
brought over from what's now France by the Normans, who may have delighted in
something called tostees dorees before toppling King Harold II in 1066.
