Q, I really don't know what it would do, I just remember a friend making pain perdu for an afternoon snack once, she'd beaten eggs, milk and sugar, she'd dipped the bread, fried it in butter, then she'd spread strawberry jam and sugar and broiled it just the time the sugar would caramelize on the jam and we all remember her pain perdu as really yummy. It was 27 years ago when we were young and slim!