Fränkische Brotsuppe is a simple soup that mainly consists of stale bread in a meat or sausage broth. Variations exists in many countries and is often eaten during lent

Lent

In the Christian tradition, Lent is the period of the liturgical year from Ash Wednesday to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer – through prayer, repentance, almsgiving and self-denial – for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and...

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To prepare the dish the bread is cut into small dices or, if it is hard yet, shredded and cooked with onions and spices in a broth. It's also popular to add bacon, egg and cream. Sometimes it does also include liver sausage or blood sausage

Blood sausage

Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage is a type of sausage made by cooking blood or dried blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. The dish exists in various cultures from Asia to Europe...

. An Italian variation which is calles Millefanti' also uses egg and Parmesan cheese.