Instructions: Beat some eggs (2 eggs makes 3-4 slices).

Add brown sugar to taste, maybe 50ml for 2 eggs (or maple syrup, or honey).

Add a dash of salt and a dash of lemon juice.

Add milk to almost double the volume (less if you use maple syrup).

Beat well so that the mixture is umiform.

In a frying pan, heat some fat (dont use butter, it will burn) until it is almost smoking (190-200C on an electric frying pan) the idea is to almost deep-fry the bread so you must use quite a bit of fat.

For each slice, soak it in the mixture until it cannot absorb any more liquid, squash the bread a bit with a fork if needs be. Then put it on the frying pan to cook. Dont worry if liquid oozes out of it, it will stay attached to the bread when cooked. Turn the bread and add more fat if needs be. The bread is done when it is very dark on both sides.

I do many slices in a large frying pan. Stale bread works much better than fresh bread because it absorbs more liquid. Dont try to be dainty while taking out the slice from the liquid, dont use a fork, use your hands otherwise the saturated bread will disintegrate.

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