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Everyone knows that
French Toast is basically just bread (usually a bit stale) soaked in eggs and
then fried, but did you know it isn’t actually from France and isn’t actually
made from toast? French Toast actually originated
in Siam and was made from beef. Chang
and Eng Bunker (Siamese twins from P.T. Barnum fame) actually invented the
dish. The two were fighting one day over
dinner. Chang wanted beef and Eng wanted
fried eggs. Chang ended up slapping Eng,
which actually hurt Chang because they were conjoined. With the inability of either twin to storm
off in anger and slam a door, they compromised.
Chang dunked his beef in Eng’s egg bowl and then they fried the
egg-soaked beef. For fun, Eng added
powdered sugar and syrup. The dish was
delicious and the twins decided to call it Beef Egg. P.T. Barnum hated the idea and made some
modifications. He changed the beef to
toast and renamed the recipe French Toast because using the word French made it
sound like it came from France. Everyone
was happy. Chang was so thrilled he
grabbed a piece of cardboard and started to break dance. This made Eng mad because they were conjoined.
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