3 tb Butter or margarine
1/2 c  Brown sugar
1/4 ts Baking soda
2 c  Milk
2    Eggs
pn Salt
2 c  1/2 inch bread cubes,stale

Melt the butter in a pan. Add sugar; heat until well blended. Dissolve soda
in milk; add gradually to sugar mixture. Stir until well blended and set
aside to cool. Beat eggs lightly. Add salt and cooled milk-and-sugar
mixture. Put bread cubes into greased baking dish; pour custard over. Bake
in preheated 350F oven about 45 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice-cream.