I had no idea french toast was a sweet breakfast item until I came across it in the dining halls in undergrad.

That's because we always ate it savory at home, the way my parents knew it from the motherland (India). Onions, cilantro, and chilies are chopped and tossed in with the egg. They called it french toast and we ate it for breakfast on the weekends. Recently I went home and my mom randomly made a plate of these. As much as I'm trying to be "low-carb egg-whites only" to get skinny, I just couldn't say no and had 2 servings. Once I helped my mother-in-law make this for breakfast and I was intrigued as I wanted to try hers. I never got the chance - my husband and his cousin devoured the whole plate in 5 minutes and gave no consideration to the fact that there was a house full of people who got none.

I never order the sweet kind when out at brunch. My palate gets confused.