Waking on Sunday morning with a vicious hangover and a need for a fry up

[Burney]

My only regret was the lack of fried bread.

Afterwards I had toast and marmalade. Lime marmalade.

Then I groaned on the sofa for some hours.

I made Coq Au Vin the other week. As always, the best bit was the discs of fried bread dipped in the sauce. Why is fried bread so good?