French-toasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more French-toasty
form: most French-toasty
form: French toasty
Etymology: From French toast + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1970 February 19, “A Tasty Recipe That Goes Oriental”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 102, number 209, Alanta, Ga., page 10-F:
text: 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.
ref: 1976 May 9, Elaine Tait, “Grendel’s Too for Brunch”, in Today (The Philadelphia Inquirer), page 24:
text: 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.
ref: 1989 May 26, Bill Marx, “Warped Web: Boston Baked Theatre get tied to the tracks”, in The Boston Phoenix, section three, page 22:
text: The French toast bagel here didn’t seem especially French-toasty, but Dobbs was almost dizzy with desire.
ref: 2012 July 20, Peter Genovese, “Chewing over the choices: Munchers search for Jersey's best bagels”, in NJ.com, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2020:
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: Do you remember how a baby’s head smells? Sort of warm and French-toasty.
ref: 2016, Velya Jancz-Urban, Acquiescence, Mascot Books, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Your leftover Passover matzo has a new home, and it’s in this “French-toasty” delicious dish!
ref: 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:
text: […] a gabbling sweetness – semi-lurid white sugar in a French-toasty kind of way…; […]
ref: 2017, Jim Murray, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2018, Dram Good Books, →ISBN, page 349:
text: Overnight Cinnamon Roll Casserole — French-toasty hunks of challah are dusted with cinnamon and drizzled with sweet icing in this simple riff on cinnamon rolls.
ref: 2017 April 12, McCormick, “Best in Brunch: Egg-ceptional Easter sweets and eats”, in American Press, number 44,654, Lake Charles, La., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B1, column 1:
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 May 25, Bethany Jean Clement, “Restaurant review: Here’s super-tasty, affordably priced seafood in Seattle”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2023:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of French toast.