SC - Grapes & Yeast

Pug Bainter pug at pug.net
Tue Nov 16 11:11:02 PST 1999


Iyad ibn Bisharo
>IIRC, 'pain perdu' literally means 'lost bread'.  (A quick
>babelfish-ing confirms it).  That's always bothered me.  Why lost? ...

I was under the impression that this was because it's a good way to revive
stale bread. Since both heat and added liquid counteract staleness, applying
both in the same recipe is even more sure to work.

Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon

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