Comments on: toast - a simple pleasure

By: dave

dave — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:38:50 +0000

Wow, thanks for all the comments, guys! Glad to see I’ve hit upon such an important topic.

I grew up on toast made in the griller; it was quite a surprise to move out and find that most of the stoves I’ve lived with don’t have a separate griller, but use the oven in door-open mode as their griller. As the house I grew up in had a separate griller, all the other ovens have felt incomplete, so I’ve tended to wait until I eat out to have toast (or have someone else cook it for me).

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:21:08 +0000

That toaster is awesome! It makes better toast than the alternative - griller toast. The trick with that toaster is to know how long to do it - about a minute the first side and then between thirty to forty-five seconds for the other side.

By: /Karen/

/Karen/ — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:33:25 +0000

I hardly ever have toast any more because we are a non-bread household. I seem to only have it when I eat out. I like it golden and crispy with the butter all melted through it—yum!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:04:25 +0000

We still use that old toaster.

By: David

David — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:38:08 +0000

I’m with Erika, I’m not a big fan of either brown toast or margarine.

With regard to toasters, my mother used to have a old toaster with pulldown sides (hinged at the base of the toaster). It was entirely crafted from iron and would heat up to several hundred degrees centigrade during the toasting process. When pulling down the sides to retrieve your toast 3rd degree burns of the fingers were virtually unavoidable.

re: Cancel switches and eject switches. Dave — those are for wimps. This toaster got turned off at the point and sometimes when it got aggressive at the mains. It’s the reason I don’t like brown toast — the toaster gets too hot :-).

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:07:45 +0000

I like my toast golden - not too brown, with the butter melted in (you HAVE to put the butter onwhile the toast is hot and you HAVE to use REAL butter) and a thin layer of Vegemite.

By: bec

bec — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:44:59 +0000

I heartily concur! Toast made perfectly for you by someone else is one of the most delectable things. It fills a gap you never knew you had. Your vegemite toast sounds like you got it just right…

The best toast I ever had was made for me by a friend I stayed with in England. I am not sure how he did it; I think he actually may have grilled it. But the outside was light and crispy, while the middle was white and so fluffy. It was a revelation.

Ah, toast.