Preheat oven to 325. Remove crusts from bread, and cut into cubes. Beat eggs, milk, and seasonings with rotary beater. Stir in bread cubes, cheese and 1/2 can onions. (To make shrimp bake, stir in 2 cups cleaned cooked shrimp.) Pour into 11-1/2"x7-1/2"x1-1/2" greased baking dish. Top with remaining onions. Bake covered for 45 minutes, then uncover and bake another 15 minutes, until set. Serve immediately.

Sylvia's comments: I used a can of french-fried onions instead of the chopped onion, mixed 1/2 into the cheese mixture and used 1/2 to top the casserole. My cheese-crazy kids Loved it. And I think you could add almost anything to it; it's a basic strata recipe, but the first one I've had come out well.

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