Avocado toast

Toast is sliced bread that has been browned by exposure to radiant heat. It appears as a main ingredient in many dishes, often as a base on which other food is served.

Toast dishes

Bagel toast
Simple milk toast consisting of toasted buttermilk bread covered in white sauce with a dash of cinnamon
Pa amb tomàquet
  • Avocado toast – mashed avocado on toast.[1] A variety of additional ingredients can be used.[1]
  • Beans on toast[2] – Today, baked beans are a staple convenience food in the UK, often eaten as part of the modern full English breakfast and particularly on toast (called simply 'beans on toast')
  • Bruschetta – an antipasto (starter dish) from Italy consisting of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt.[3] Variations may include toppings of tomato, vegetables, beans, cured meat, or cheese.
  • Cheese on toast – a snack made by placing cheese on slices of bread and melting the cheese under a grill.[4] It is a simple meal, popular in the United Kingdom.
  • Chipped beef on toast – typically consists of a white sauce and rehydrated slivers of dried beef, served on toasted bread.[5] It was a common dish in U.S. army mess halls during World War II, at which time it was given the nickname "shit on a shingle".[6]
  • Cinnamon toast – buttered bread, covered in a mix of cinnamon and sugar, and toasted in an oven.[7]
  • Creamed eggs on toast – consists of toast or American-style biscuits covered in a gravy made from bechamel sauce and chopped hard-boiled eggs[8]
  • Crostino – an Italian appetizer consisting of small slices of grilled or toasted bread and toppings[9]
  • Egg in the basket – is an egg fried in a hole made in a slice of bread[10]
  • French toast – bread soaked in milk, then in beaten eggs and then fried
  • Garlic bread – consists of bread (usually a baguette or sour dough like a ciabatta), topped with garlic and olive oil or butter and may include additional herbs, like chives. It is then either grilled or broiled until toasted, or baked in a conventional or bread oven.
  • Kaya toast – a traditional Singaporean breakfast item[11] and well known snack in Malaysia,[12] it is toast topped with kaya (coconut jam), a topping of sugar, coconut milk and eggs,[13] pandan, and sometimes margarine or butter. Crackers are also sometimes used instead of toast.
  • Melba toast – a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pâté
  • Mince on toast – consists of cooked ground meat on a slice of toasted bread.[14]
  • Milk toast – a breakfast food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter.
  • Ogura toast – a popular Japanese toast variety that originated in Nagoya's café scene in the 1920s. Ogura jam and butter are spread on thick toast.
  • Pa amb tomàquet – a simple and typical recipe in Catalan cuisine consisting of bread, which may or may not be toasted, with tomato rubbed on it and seasoned with olive oil and salt.[15] Various additional toppings may be added, such as cheese, anchovies and ham.[16]
  • Roti bakar – an Indonesian breakfast dish consisting of two slices of bread and a sweet filling.
  • Shrimp toast – a Chinese dim sum dish made from small triangles of bread, brushed with egg and coated with minced shrimp and water chestnuts, then cooked by baking or deep frying.[17]
  • Soldiers – thin strips of toast; the strips that a slice is cut into are reminiscent of soldiers on parade. The toast is sliced in this manner so that it can be dipped into a soft-boiled egg that has had the top of its shell removed.[18]
  • Toast Hawaii – an open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham and cheese, and a maraschino cherry in the middle of a ring of tinned pineapple[19]
  • Toast sandwich – a sandwich made by putting a thin slice of toast between two thin slices of bread[20] with a layer of butter, and adding salt and pepper to taste
  • Toast Skagen – a Swedish starter and food dish consisting of two pieces of toasted bread, mayonnaise, and prawns[21]
  • Toastie - an enclosed hot sandwich, which uses a pie iron/sandwich toastie maker
  • Tongue toast – an historic traditional open sandwich prepared with sauteed beef tongue and scrambled eggs,[22] it was sometimes served on buttered toast with a poached egg instead of a scrambled one.[23]
  • Welsh rarebit - a dish consisting of a hot cheese-based sauce served over slices of toasted bread.

See also

  • Crouton
  • Fried bread
  • Isaac Toast – a chain of toast restaurants based in South Korea, with over 700 retail stores in South Korea
  • Killiney Kopitiam – a Singapore-based chain of mass-market, traditional kopitiam styled service cafes selling toast products (notably kaya toast), soft-boiled eggs and coffee
  • List of bread dishes
  • Sop
  • Toast point
  • Toast rack
  • Toaster pastry
  • Tostada (toast) – a term used in some Hispanic American countries to name several different traditional local dishes which have in common that they are toasted or use a toasted ingredient as the main base of their preparation
  • Ya Kun Kaya Toast – a Singaporean chain of mass-market, retro-ambience cafes selling toast products (notably kaya toast), soft-boiled eggs and coffee

References

  1. 1 2 Bump, Philip (May 6, 2016). "How the Internet became ridiculously obsessed with avocado toast". Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Tanis, D. (2016). Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys. Artisan. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-57965-733-8. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ Books, Silverback (2006). Beyond Panini. Beyond Series. Silverback Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-59637-021-0.
  4. ↑ The Huffington Post UK (August 17, 2013). "Revealed: Scientific Formula For Perfect Cheese On Toast". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Anderson, P. (2011). Cook without a Book: Meatless Meals: Recipes and Techniques for Part-Time and Full-Time Vegetarians. Rodale. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-60961-319-8.
  6. ↑ Palmatier, R.A. (2000). Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms. ABC-Clio ebook. Greenwood Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-313-31436-0.
  7. ↑ Drummond, Ree (2010). The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-061-95982-0. 0HsBmhn6GZUC&dq. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ Paré, J. (2004). The Egg Book. Company's Coming. Company's Coming Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-896891-80-4. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  9. ↑ Braimbridge, S. (2006). Simply Italian. Murdoch Books Pty Limited. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-74045-971-6. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ Comfort Food Cookbook: 230 Recipes for Bringing Classic Good Food to the Table. Voyageur Press. 2014. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-62788-240-8. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  11. ↑ Planet, L. (2014). Food Lover's Guide to the World: Experience the Great Global Cuisines. Lonely Planet Food and Drink. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-74360-581-3. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ Duruz, J.; Khoo, G.C. (2014). Eating Together: Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore. Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4422-2741-5. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  13. ↑ Tobias, R.; Cina, C. (2013). Denver & Boulder Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Colorado Front Range. Chef's Table. Lyons Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4930-0137-8. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  14. ↑ Roy, Ainge (12 July 2017). "US website calls mince on toast a 'British classic' – then New Zealand claims it". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  15. ↑ Graves, T. (2008). Bread and Oil: Majorcan Culture's Last Stand. Grub Street Cookery. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-908117-72-4.
  16. ↑ Von Bremzen, A.; Goldman, S. (2005). The New Spanish Table. Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-7611-3555-5.
  17. ↑ Foo, S.; Wallach, L.B. (2002). Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine: The Fabulous Flavors & Innovative Recipes of North America's Finest Chinese Cook. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-618-25435-4.
  18. ↑ Gibbs, K. (2013). After Toast: Recipes for aspiring cooks. Allen & Unwin. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-74237-941-8. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Rezept: Toast Hawaii - Das Kochquartett". Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin (in German). March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  20. ↑ Lane, Megan (November 17, 2011). "The toast sandwich and other hyper-cheap meals". BBC News. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  21. ↑ Goldstein, D. (2015). Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking. Ten Speed Press. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-60774-610-2. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  22. ↑ Murrey, T.J. (1895). The Murrey Collection of Cookery Books. Frederick A. Stokes Company. p. 31.
  23. ↑ Browne, P.; Andrewes, F.W. (1899). The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts. Cassell. p. 129.
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