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Re: "Madam"/"Madame" Chair/man/person (was: Umlauts)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, October 31, 2003, 22:09
En réponse à Mark J. Reed :


>Hey, don't go insultin' French toast.
I don't think John was insulting French Toast. He was just implying that French Toast was just pain perdu with a different name.
> It may not be French, but it sure >is Good Eats. :) What's "pain perdu"? "Lost bread"?
That's the literal translation. It's due to the fact that it's made out of old bread that has gone so hard it would normally be lost for consumption. Just soak it in sugared milk (*really* soak it, like 15 minutes), paint each side with some egg, and bake it. Yummy! I suppose French Toast is the same thing. Very nice to improvise some Sunday morning's breakfast when you forgot to buy bread :)) . Note that it works well only with French bread, and only when the bread has gone really hard, otherwise it doesn't survive the soaking part :))) . Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
John Cowan <jcowan@...>French toast