Irish Soda Bread French Toast

Or how I took one step closer to world unity.

I was trying to figure out what to make for breakfast Sunday morning, and was about to make some scrambled eggs. I asked my wife, Chrystal, if she would like some too, but she said "No, I'm just going to toast some Irish soda bread."

"We have Irish Soda Bread?"

"Yeah, I got it from work. I told them you'd probably want to make something like Irish soda bread French toast."

That is exactly what I wanted to do and I did it.

The recipe was simple enough. I started out with your basic egg batter, threw a bunch of pieces of soda bread into the batter and then heated up a pan with some butter in it. The key difference between soda bread and normal bread is that its very very dense. It doesn't absorb too much of the egg and it will crumble a bit if you're not careful.

Finally, once browned on both sides, I topped this first step* at a culinary United Nations with powdered sugar, as we were out of syrup, and it needed a bit more sweetness to complete. It was a delicious breakfast, one that I'll make again whenever we have Irish soda bread in the house.

* Afterwards, I considered the possibilities of making a breakfast with a few more nations represented. I'm open to suggestions. Canadian bacon is an obvious choice, though I think it would be really interesting with some shredded pork in an Asian BBQ sauce on top and a poached egg.