Garlic Soup

From the following website: http://www.soupsong.com/rgarlic2.html

I liked the story! I made the first recipe on the site, very simple and basic, a "poor man's soup". I don't know how it tasted because my taste buds and sense of smell are temporarily disabled due to flu. I might try a different recipe next time. Dropping the raw egg into the soup was pretty good! Tasted almost like fried eggs. I might toast the bread next time to give more of a buttery flavor, but here goes the recipe...

Santayana's soup:

• 2 heads garlic, separated into cloves and peeled
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 6 cups hot water
• salt to taste
• thin little slices of french bread
• Optional: 4 eggs and 4 slices of cheese "cut so thin that the children would hold it up to the light, to admire its transparency, and wink at one another through the frequent round holes"

Fry the garlic cloves in olive oil in a medium saucepan until crisp. Remove the larger pieces of garlic. Add hot water, thin slices of bread, and a little salt. Ladle into 4 bowls. If you are feeling rich, break a raw egg into each bowl. Serve, as you can, with more bread and cheese.