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Subject: [Leica] New Yorker fact checkers
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Sep 24 11:01:56 2007
References: <C31C49CF.6BF94%mark@rabinergroup.com> <46F6DFA4.2020309@numericable.fr>

French Toast indeed.
Philippe


Op 23-sep-07, om 23:50 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven:

> A variation or an extra - rum and/or vanilla added to the egg &  
> milk mixture brings another light to the experiment.
>
> Lost or "perdu" probably means it would have been good for dumping  
> had not it been rescued so. "Lost at sea" is another use of lost  
> where it has the same meaning.
>
> While we're on varations, it also works wonderfully with "brioche"  
> - sort of bread baked with milk and eggs instead of water.
>
> Another Philippe - no harm done if I intrude Philippe O?
> Phil...x
>
>
> Mark Rabiner 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
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] New Yorker fact checkers)
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