On Feb 11, 3:56 am, Melondy > wrote:

> It never would occur to me to trim off the crusts. French toast is
> "pain perdu", meaning lost bread. It was originally made FROM French
> bread because it is bread that doesn't keep very well and gets stale
> fast. I don't think most people let their bread soak in the custard
> mixture long enough. [snip]

Well, thanks for a longer than expected series of interesting
answers. I don't trim the crusts and the last time I made it I
thought they were too crunchy so I thought of trimming them. Now I
see that the problem was insufficient soaking. -aem