the quest for the lost bread - pain perdu aka french toast

I couldn't help but chuckle when Mom wrote to me this morning that Bobo loves making and eating "pain perdu". I remember wanting to have that as my birthday meal, that and ketchup with shepherd's pie. But the reason for my glee was the picture that popped into my head: the Smoocher and his 'pain pairdy'! You must remember the little tyke in the kitchen in Ehrenberga, getting the eggs and milk from the fridge on his own, dumping out the insides of the eggs with a few bits of shell, giving the whole thing a good shake and then he used to come and ask 'a grown-up' to turn on the stove for him. I can just imagine Bobo doing the same... those Popiels!... the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

So I thought, although completely unnecessary, I just had to post the pain perdu recipe :o)


You'll need some bread, an egg, some milk/water and some vanilla extract if you wish, butter to fry and maple syrup.

Whisk up the egg(s) with a dash of milk and a little extract - it makes it smell good while it's cooking :o) - and dump a thick slice of bread in it, and once saturated on one side, flip it over.

Heat some butter in pan on medium heat and drop the gooey bread on it and cook until nice and golden.

Drown in maple syrup and enjoy!


While I'm at it, I might as well post the following recipe for banana pancakes - add one banana for the taste, add two if you like moosh. I got this recipe from allrecipe.com.

Banana Pancakes

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tbsp white sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 or 2 ripe bananas, mashed

1. Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
3. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy.
4. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.