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Avocado Toast (12565663524)
Avocado toast is a popular way to enjoy toast!

Toast is simply a slice of bread that has been made warm and crispy, usually by heating it. It's a super popular food all around the world! People often use toast as a base for other yummy foods, like a crunchy platform for their favorite toppings.

Amazing Toast Dishes

Milk toast
Simple milk toast with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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Pa amb tomàquet is a tasty Spanish toast dish.

There are so many different ways to enjoy toast! Here are some popular and interesting toast dishes from around the globe:

  • Avocado toast – This is toast topped with mashed avocado. You can add all sorts of other ingredients too, like spices or eggs!
  • Beans on toast – Super popular in the UK, this dish is exactly what it sounds like: baked beans served on top of toast. It's often part of a big English breakfast.
  • Bruschetta – An Italian starter. It's grilled bread rubbed with garlic, then drizzled with olive oil and salt. Sometimes it has toppings like tomatoes, veggies, or cheese.
  • Cheese on toast – A simple and popular snack in the UK. It's made by putting cheese on bread slices and melting it under a grill.
  • Chipped beef on toast – This dish usually has dried beef in a creamy white sauce, served over toast. It was a common meal for soldiers in the U.S. army during World War II.
  • Cinnamon toast – A sweet treat! It's buttered bread covered in a mix of cinnamon and sugar, then toasted.
  • Creamed eggs on toast – This dish features toast or biscuits covered in a creamy sauce made with chopped hard-boiled eggs.
  • Crostino – Small slices of grilled or toasted bread with different toppings. It's another yummy Italian appetizer.
  • Egg in the basket – This is a fun dish where an egg is fried right inside a hole cut out of a slice of bread.
  • French toast – Bread soaked in milk and beaten eggs, then fried until golden brown. It's a breakfast favorite!
  • Garlic bread – Often made with a baguette or ciabatta bread. It's topped with garlic, olive oil or butter, and sometimes herbs like chives. Then it's toasted or baked.
  • Kaya toast – A traditional breakfast from Singapore and Malaysia. It's toast topped with kaya, which is a sweet jam made from coconut milk, eggs, and pandan.
  • Melba toast – A very thin, dry, and crispy type of toast. It's often served with soup, salad, or with toppings like melted cheese.
  • Mince on toast – This dish is simply cooked ground meat served on a slice of toasted bread.
  • Milk toast – A comforting breakfast food. It's toasted bread served in warm milk, usually with sugar and butter.
  • Ogura toast – A popular Japanese toast from Nagoya. Thick slices of bread are spread with sweet red bean paste and butter.
  • Pa amb tomàquet – A simple and classic dish from Catalonia, Spain. It's bread (toasted or not) rubbed with tomato, then seasoned with olive oil and salt. You can add other toppings too!
  • Roti bakar – An Indonesian breakfast dish. It's two slices of bread with a sweet filling.
  • Roti john – A French loaf sliced in half and fried with minced mutton, sliced onions, and egg.
  • Shrimp toast – A Chinese dish made from small triangles of bread. They are brushed with egg, coated with minced shrimp, and then baked or deep-fried.
  • Soldiers – These are thin strips of toast. They are cut this way so you can easily dip them into a soft-boiled egg!
  • Toast Hawaii – An open sandwich from Germany. It's a slice of toast with ham, cheese, a pineapple ring, and a maraschino cherry in the middle.
  • Toast sandwich – A very simple sandwich! It's made by putting a thin slice of toast between two thin slices of bread, with butter, salt, and pepper.
  • Toast Skagen – A Swedish starter. It has two pieces of toasted bread, mayonnaise, and prawns.
  • Toastie – This is a hot, enclosed sandwich made using a special sandwich maker.
  • Tongue toast – An old traditional open sandwich. It's made with cooked beef tongue and scrambled eggs, often served on buttered toast.
  • Welsh rarebit – A dish from Wales. It's a hot, cheesy sauce served over slices of toasted bread.

See also

  • Crouton
  • Fried bread
  • Isaac Toast – A chain of toast restaurants from South Korea.
  • Killiney Kopitiam – A cafe chain from Singapore known for its toast products, especially kaya toast.
  • List of bread dishes
  • Sop
  • Toast point
  • Toast rack
  • Toaster pastry
  • Tostada (toast) – A term used in some Hispanic American countries for dishes that are toasted or use a toasted ingredient.
  • Ya Kun Kaya Toast – Another Singaporean cafe chain famous for its toast products, like kaya toast.
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