Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, In Lancashire it is called Eggy Bread. USians call it French Toast. Best made with stale brioche bread. Jerry sonny Carter wrote: > The term Lost refers to the bread that would be unusable as table bread as > it has gotten hard and dry. That very thing is what make it good for Pain > perdu, (lost bread) > > Sonny > > On 9/23/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>> Over here it's what we call 'lost bread': >>> old white bread dipped in egg, milk and some sugar (all mixed >>> together), thrown in a pan with some butter. Flip over when it gets >>> the pancake colour, sprinkle with some white sugar. >>> >>> Delicious. >>> And 60 web pages of definitions from that guy. >>> >>> Philippe >>> >>> >> Yes well your French perhaps maybe you can tell me. >> What do the French in this case mean when they say "lost". >> >> >> Seems like it could mean a lot more than we think over here. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> rabinergroup.com >> >> >> >> >