A knight is worth MORE than a bishop

I would think that the french would just call french toast "toast".  But you know, those damn french, they've got their own word for EVERYTHING!

well, a bishop has more horsepower then a knight, but toyotas have more then both

Nah, no Toyotas for me. I'd rather crush a Toyota with a Hummer lol

Can we get back to the subject at hand?

If french toast was french, what would American toast look like?

Answer: Texas toast of course!

A few comments on this:

• For those who find that they have difficulty getting an even butter distribution with waffles, you are clearly not using enough butter.  In fact, that's the beauty of waffles:  The ability to hold more butter and syrup makes them a superior medium for, well, butter and syrup, and if we're all honest with ourselves that's why we're really eating them in the first place.
• Pancakes' ease of being flipped is easily trumped by waffles' lack of necessity to flip in the first place.
• Crumpets are good, but I've only ever eaten them with butter.  I'll have to try them with sauteed mushrooms and onions as pictured.  I tend to prefer english muffins (especially sourdough), but could be swayed.
• Eggs are the best breakfast food hands down.

I do like bread pudding

Now there is virtually a limitless choice of flavors you can add, but my personal favorite is...

...bananas, which can also go on...

...pancakes!

Geez..I suddenly have the urge to go to IHOP

Why, did someone post something asbout eating rubber?

LOL! that is so true. Last time I was there actually it took me a few days to digest. It sits there like lead. It beats going to 7-11 for breakfast like I did for years.

The last time (and not coinceidentally only time ever) I went there, I ordered Dutch crepes or something, and I'm pretty sure they were made out of real Dutchman.

IHOP is the worst breakfast restaurant.  Every one I have went to has the worst breakfast.  No thanks, I will stick to a greasy spoon.

LOL. I normally get what is equal to Denny's Grand Slam breakfast and it's almost like eating TNT. If you threw the pancakes against the wall they would bounce. If you did the same thing with the sausage it would be like a brick. If it hit someone it would knock them into a coma. :)

The last time I went I waited almost an hour from when I ordered to get served because the entire restaurant ran out of milk at 8 in the morning!  The servers were very rude and nasty, I had to wave a flag to get mine to finally come back.  The place was filthy, and the food was marginal at best.  The IHOP closed 6 weeks later.

Yikes. I've been in a few dives like that over the years. You can almost smell the flies even before you walk in the door. Those are the kinds of places where the health inspector must me blind, deaf, and lacking a serious case of smell.

Yeah, I waited a few hours to make sure I did not get sick or anything.  I guess I was lucky, but I probably should have left some time ago. 

Can I add that it was a typical Michigan restaurant with ZERO customer service?  If there was one thing about the majority of places I have been to in Michigan, they have no idea what customer service is!  I found that fact irriatating.  You are supposed to serve the customer.  The customer does not serve you.  Ever since I moved down here to Orlando, I have loved it.  The culture is so much nicer than in Michigan.  Instead of "What do you want?", you hear "What would you like?" 

The IHOPs I've been too are also bad -- it makes me wonder if the whole chain is like this...

In spite of it's name, Elmer's a great place for pancakes, waffles, and French Toast. It may be local to the Pacific Northwest. Great excuse to have breakfast for dinner.

Why limit yourself? Breakfast dinner, breakfast for breakfast... The possibilities are limitless. It boggles the mind.

Also, I do tend to agree, pancakes, waffles, and French Toast are primarily a way of eating large amounts of butter in a socially acceptable manner (relatively).

Right up there with Lobster, or Fish and Chips if it's deep fried batter that you crave.

Another one of my favorites is the Skillet Breakfast.

This is not the typical one that I get, but this is the closest picture I found of one. 

You have a layer of hash browns below a layer of bacon, covered by a layer of scrambled eggs, topped with a layer of cheese.  The one I liked to get was at the Flapjack in East Lansing for any fellow Michiganders.

Now that's breakfast.