French-toasty

English

Etymology

From French toast +‎ -y.

Adjective

French-toasty (comparative more French-toasty, superlative most French-toasty)

1. Resembling or characteristic of French toast.
   • 1970 February 19, “A Tasty Recipe That Goes Oriental”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 102, number 209, Alanta, Ga., page 10-F:

     When a bunch comes for brunch or if you are only out to please your family on weekend mornings, try your hand at making Japanese Mandarin Orange Toasties, a delicious French-toasty kind of recipe that goes Oriental with a few new ingredients.

   • 1976 May 9, Elaine Tait, “Grendel’s Too for Brunch”, in Today (The Philadelphia Inquirer), page 24:

     If you don’t like omelets (the menu offers a choice of fillings), and aren’t interested in the French-toasty sandwich, a final choice is chicken salad.

   • 1989 May 26, Bill Marx, “Warped Web: Boston Baked Theatre get tied to the tracks”, in The Boston Phoenix, section three, page 22:

     Obsessively perky Alex Klickstein, as the French-toasty tart Fifi, does a blend of the hora and the can-can, rolling on the laps of stunned spectators.

   • 2012 July 20, Peter Genovese, “Chewing over the choices: Munchers search for Jersey's best bagels”, in NJ.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2020:

     The French toast bagel here didn’t seem especially French-toasty, but Dobbs was almost dizzy with desire.

   • 2013, Bailey Cunningham, Pile of Bones, Ace Books, →ISBN:

     “[…] My apartment is usually freezing around this time, but your place is—you know—” She grinned. “French toasty.”

   • 2014 February 5, Erika Engle, “Kissaten starts up strong in Waterfront Plaza spot”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 133rd year, number 5, page B6, column 3:

     The egg-dipped, grilled, French-toasty but also savory sort of sandwich might make folks of a certain age nostalgic for the Garden Court restaurant at Liberty House, where the sandwich was popular.

   • 2016, Velya Jancz-Urban, Acquiescence, Mascot Books, →ISBN, page 102:

     Do you remember how a baby’s head smells? Sort of warm and French-toasty.

   • 2016, Simone Miller, Jennifer Robins, The New Yiddish Kitchen: Gluten-Free and Paleo Kosher Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day, Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 74:

     Your leftover Passover matzo has a new home, and it’s in this “French-toasty” delicious dish!

   • 2017, Jim Murray, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2018, Dram Good Books, →ISBN, page 349:

     […] a gabbling sweetness – semi-lurid white sugar in a French-toasty kind of way…; […]

   • 2017, Melissa Marino, So Wicked, Forever Yours, →ISBN:

     “You made that French toast the next morning! Fuck, you made us a hangover feast with that French toast and eggs and bacon.” “What French toast?” I asked, trying to recall. “It was banana bread and it had chocolate chips in it. It was all buttered and French toasty, and you put these caramelized bananas on top,” he said.

   • 2018, Dana Carpender, 500 Ketogenic Recipes: Hundreds of Easy and Delicious Recipes for Losing Weight, Improving Your Health, and Staying in the Ketogenic Zone, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 71:

     The point is to get a nice golden brown on the outside of the omelet to get some of the French-toasty flavor of the original.

   • 2023 May 25, Bethany Jean Clement, “Restaurant review: Here’s super-tasty, affordably priced seafood in Seattle”, in The Seattle Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 May 2023:

     And if you’re only going to offer one dessert, let it be a huge slab of French-toasty bread pudding with Kerrigold butter caramel, Maldon salt, toasted almonds and lots of whipped cream.