Milk toast sounds like something br*tish people would make. Does it mean liberal politics are unpalatable as br*tish cuisine?
The word is spelled "milquetoast" and the etymology is that Caspar Milquetoast was the name of a newspaper cartoon character from the comic strip The Timid Soul.
So why was he named after milk toast? Did he like to dip his toast in milk or something?
Milk toast is a sort of incredibly bland, easy to digest meal of toast, cinnamon, and warm milk. It represented the character being very weak and inoffensive
So when we use it today, it's to call libs or anyone else bland, weak, inoffensive, etc.
Imagine a bowl of cinnamon toast chunch without the cinnamon or the crunch.
I heard the term and decided to make an approximation of it. Toasted bread, added cinnamon sugar on top, sliced it, threw it in a bowl with milk.
It was alright. 5/10. Doable if you're desperate for cereal but don't have any.
My guess it is was a food made for invalids with very sensitive tummies, hence a term for a “snowflake” type
