The World's First Cookbook of Toast, 1937

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I'm not so sure that this is "odd"--it is certainly unusual, and unusual in an interesting, surprising, and constructive way.  A Book of Recipes and Suggestions for the Use of Toast at first glance stretches the idea of necessity, and maybe it still does, but at the end of the day this is a very nicely designed, considered and encyclopedic end-all treatment of toast.  It states on the title that it is "the first exclusive Toast Recipe Book ever published", and I'll take it at its word. Happily.

So, we have recipes for the Cinnamon: cinnamon toast,  honey, marmalade, jam (!), maple, pineapple, marshmallow orange, super-toast griddle cakes, super toast waffles.  the French Toasts: raisin, milk, prune, orange, banana, eggs royal, and French toasted bacon. Then there's eggs in bread cakes, meat pies, deviled rarebit a la toast, tuna a la super-toast, shrimp Louisiana toast, sausage toast rolls, super-toast meat pies, toasted super cheese rings, super toast hash, crown frankfurter roasted toast, eggs benedict on super-toast, cannibal toast rarebit waffles, and so on.  That's about a quarter of the recipes, and it seems about 300% more toast recipes than I've ever heard of before.  Probably more. 

Toast.