Food Fight!: Stuffed French Toast

Mary and I recently had a relaxing weekend in Bend, Oregon with two of our friends (Charlotte and Drew) in which we spent half the time eating, half the time drinking, and the third half sleeping.

When Mary caught wind that Drew was planning on making some sort of stuffed french toast for breakfast on one of the mornings, she issued a challenge, and Food Fight!: Stuffed French Toast was on.
 
Just like any serious and legitimate competition, this Food Fight had an official drink sponsor: The Bloody Mary:

And of course that would be bacon in the Bloody Mary. There is a pickle in there as well, but it is just not as good at swimming.Yes it was all delicious, and yes, it is going to happen again immediately, if not sooner.

Fueled by protein and vodka, the combatants got underway...

Mary was up to bat first with her Banana and Peanut Butter Stuffed French Toast:

Peanut butter and banana is a fantastic combo, nobody can deny that. And if you try to deny it, well, then you're just misunderstanding your own opinion. The key secret ingredient Mary used in the egg batter coating was rum.  Fortunately, she did not employ the cooking method of "one shot for the batter, two for me...". I mean, it was only 11am still.

Drew chose a solid recipe as well with his Bacon and Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast:

He crimped the edges of the french toast "ravioli style" to lock in that gooey-cheesy-bacony awesome. I barely had time to take the above picture before Mary finished polishing it off in record time, so it must have tasted adequate. No longer will mankind have to search in two places at the breakfast table for their bacon and their french toast.

Charlotte and I were the judges, and after not wanting to get in trouble with our respective significant others by not voting for them much debate, we declared a tie. Yes, anticlimactic and lame, but really, the only losers in this contest were the billions of people not in the kitchen eating breakfast with us. However, since people like awards: Mary won "Best Use of Rum", and Drew won "Best Use of Bacon". Trophies are in the mail.

Full disclosure though: Mary probably should have won on a technicality before the Food Fight even got started as Drew forgot to get milk...and bread...and so had to borrow Mary's. Yes, he forgot to bring bread to a french toast cook-off. Must have been day dreaming of eating bacon or something.

--Isaac.