[Closed] Toast

Can you imagine a world without it?

My toaster blew up yesterday.

So yes.

My toaster blew up yesterday.

Sending internet hugs.

The pleasure of a freshly baked crispy white slice of chunky bread toasted then slathered in a good inch of proper butter is something else.

My toaster blew up yesterday.

So yes.

RIP toaster. 😔

I have mitigated this risk by having a proper Dualit commercial type toaster which should last me to my dying day. I should really buy some replacement elements just in case of a partial failure. You never know.

Even the word is fabulous!

I have a fetish for toast, allowed to cool in the toaster then spread with far too much butter. Just incredible.

A toast to toast

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango

The pleasure of a freshly baked crispy white slice of chunky bread toasted then slathered in a good inch of proper butter is something else.

so you ruined fresh baked bread by toasting it AND THEN you ruined toast by using fresh bread.

I suggest you take some time and think.

Jam-bo so sorry for your loss and my insensitive toast to toast. If I had realised your toaster was toast I wouldn't have raised a toast.

Mods please delete

@b230ftw I will never get over my parents throwing out their Dualit after a quarter century as it was toasting unevenly. Probably only had another 25 years in it.

Replaced by a 2 slot white plastic box that slightly warms bread if you are very patient.

My last toaster is pretty decent, good even toasting and four slices.

but why do they provide a lift feature to help extraction thats so measley that it doesn't help extraction of anything that isn't bread.

Can you imagine life without beans on toast - Nope can't see it.

Homemade granary sourdough toast with butter and peanut butter this morning 🤤

Sage 4 slice toaster is pretty good. Don't be fooled by the non commercial Dualits though, they are plasticky and the second round of toast comes out more done than the first.

Best is with marmite and a poached egg on top

Best is with marmite and a poached egg on top

I can't argue this in the slightest, to the kitchen!

The pleasure of a freshly baked crispy white slice of chunky bread toasted

I disagree with this personally, this should be eaten as bread and butter or a good sarnie. Fresh bread IMO is too moist, day old bread is better but that's just me, unless it's the only bread you have then go for it.

But yes toast is wonderful stuff, especially when you come back from a cold ride, a slice of toast, and a mug of tea.

The best cure for a hangover

My toaster blew up yesterday.

Commiserations. Have the media been informed?

When you don't know what you want to eat, toast always satisfies. Not just bread either, also fruit loaf, teacakes. Favourite here is the excellent sourdough from our artisan bakery products outlet.

Toast with strawberry jam. Toast with marmite. Toast with poached eggs. Toast with lime marmalade. Cheese and mushroom toasted sandwich. Toasted cheese sandwich with tomato soup. Beans on toast. Pilchards or sardines on toast. Crostini or bruschetta. I can’t think of a more versatile food...

A favourite option in our house, a triple-decker sandwich made with good brown bread, rocket, mustard mayonnaise and thin slices of good steak...

Can you imagine life without beans on toast – Nope can’t see it.

I used to love it until someone told me it was veggie. Now I can’t even believe how I was ever satisfied. Witchcraft, I tell you! See also baked potatoes, fruit, nuts, and dark chocolate.

#nevertrustaveggie

Timely thread. I just (literally this day) have given up toast/bread for 12 months as have breakfasted on it throughout winter thanks to an abundance of bread from kind/generous/overstocked neighbours and I now weigh more than 100 loaves. Other culprits (chips, chocolate) also binned until I’m under control.

Sourdough toast ftw btw. Butter/vegan butter/veg spread/peanut butter it’s all tasty. Also jam. Homemade jam is best. Jam and peanut butter together is nasty.

A poached egg on toast is divine. A bead of good chilli sauce on that egg is an ace in the hole of my gob.

Today I had eggs no toast. Felt panicky.

Commiserations. Have the media been informed?

it was about the same time as Phillip went. Makes you think...

I like beans with toast, not on toast.

^ approved. I use(d) a long rectangular plate I kid you not. Toast on one side, beans on other. Touching allowed, layering not.

Toast - firm, crunchy over chewy. Never soggy. Spread/butter just melting.
Baked beans - Hotter than the sun. No shine to them. (Shine = not hot enough)
Sal y pimienta? Si!
Salsa? Get bent. Ok just a touch of hot sauce. A touch, mind. Jalapeño/green variety please

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango

Beat me to it! I was hunting for the right clip to use...

to the kitchen!

I see what you did there. Very meta.

I love bimbo toast wiv nocilla as I’ve gone over all native.

Tbh I didn’t realise it but they also make the donuts I like as well.

Can’t beat a bimbo 🙂

^ approved. I use(d) a long rectangular plate I kid you not. Toast on one side, beans on other. Touching allowed, layering not.

That's why sausages were invented - ideal for keeping the beans and toast nicely socially distanced.

Bimbo bread? 🤨

This is the best jam btw, you're welcome

I hadn't seen this thread until I sat down with my lunch. At breakfast I had 1 piece of toast with marmite & peanut butter, 1 piece with home made apricot conserve and peanut butter.

Foe lunch, instead of toast I made myself some French onion soup topped with a crouton. (Cheese on toast).

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango

Great minds.

Ray ****ing Purchase.

Mrs DB has a delicious Panettone recipe for the bread machine, complete with extra dried fruit. Freshly baked, thickly sliced in the toaster and slathered in butter with a frothy coffee - lovely

This is the best jam btw, you’re welcome

Best jam is made by local people with local fruit. True but funny.

YLMV

frothy coffee – lovely

It was all going so well too!

Making some toast, right now! 😬

Toasted bread? Maybe. Currently I prefer crumpets with cheese on. And Encona Carolina Reaper sauce.

Best jam is made by local people with local fruit. True but funny.

Nah the best jam is made by our old lady Austrian friend, however if you have to use a supermarket, that stuff is the best. Much nicer than the regular Bonne Maman

Toast is lush.

OH makes awesome jam, we're still on last year's apple and blackberry. Anyone tried Aldi's super-deluxe passion fruit curd? It is [i]awesome[/i]! Also both Lidl and Aldi do a proper peanut butter now (ie all peanut, no added shite), which is nice.

Dualit commercial type toaster which should last me to my dying day.

It won’t. We’re on our third in 15 years. A decent timer would not go amiss.

Toasted proper rye or soda bread, goats cheese and chilli jam FTW. Or a white doorstop and butter. Or a bun. Yea a bun before bedtime.

It's gotta be strawberry jam, can't be doing with the pips in raspberry.

Recycled my toaster as it was shit and found the grill on the oven did a much better job.

Toast - Staple diet if you're in hospital. Nurses are always trying to fill you full of the stuff(and cups of milk)

Maybe toast has healing properties 😕

Marmite Peanut butter on toast - the best.

I make my own now with proper palm oil free peanut butter and marmite spread across/mixed in, awesome.

Marmite Peanut butter on toast

I'd never heard of such a thing. Off to order some now! Two of my favorite toast toppings combined!

edit, yikes $18

It won’t. We’re on our third in 15 years. A decent timer would not go amiss.

We’ve had ours 15 years now and was second hand when we got it! Never needed any spare parts which you can buy easily.
Are you using them correctly?

Toast – Staple diet if you’re in hospital. Nurses are always trying to fill you full of the stuff(and cups of milk)

I’ve never wanted to be hospitalised more!

Toast with some ice cold milk is my idea of heaven.

Too many toppings here.

hot toast, real butter. Thick enough it’s still melting as you eat it.

if only I had a toaster...

edit, yikes $18

Like I said, cheaper to make your own and your can of course vary the PB/Marmite ratio to taste.

PB on first, then a liberal knife edge of marmite spread to a consistent mix across the toast served with freshly ground coffee.

And, for added luxury another marmite related mix - drop the PB, and put Marmite on your toast before topping with two poached eggs.

Marmite Peanut butter on toast – the best.

Off to order some now! Two of my favorite toast toppings combined!

Marmite & Peanut butter is a heavenly combo, but not the pre-made stuff which IMO has the ratio way off; not nearly enough marmite. Needs to be two separate jars and toast at the right temperature for decent melting & combining of ingredients.

Bimbo bread? 🤨

A Spanish brand, after 25 years here it still makes me laugh:

"Nocilla" is a Spanish version of Nutella. Not sure if there's any difference, but they sell it in jars without a screw top, and everyone uses them as glasses. I've got at least 5 in the cupboard 🙂

Anyway, personal favourites are marmite, or salted butter and the thinnest layer of strawberry jam I can manage on top.

any spare parts which you can buy easily.
Are you using them correctly?

Yes. And I replaced the timer twice too. But when the selector switch died as well that was it. Nice industrial design relatively simple inside. British made, all parts available, but still over-rated. I still like it though. Never used the sandwich cage.

Funny I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter and I don’t like marmite. But I was the only one in the house who ate the marmite peanut butter. It’s not bad at all. A little cheaper over here. My two have just polished off a giant tub of peanut butter in 10 days!!!

Best jam is made by local people with local fruit. True but funny.

Nah the best jam is made by our old lady Austrian friend,

She’ll be local to someone 😉

The best jam also has handmade labels. In shakey biro or freezer marker

A little cheaper over here. My two have just polished off a giant tub

About £2.90 a Jar in Sainburys but Adsa seem to be the only shop (around here anyway) that does the double sized Marmite Peanut butter for £4.

Back on series one of Toast of London, so good.

Toast is marvellous. Default food that always tastes great. You can’t get bored of it. Also very handy for carb counting for diabetics in a rush.

I'll be accused of being a hipster but this is very good peanut butter

https://jackpotpeanutbutter.com/

The wasabi one is amazing.

They are good peeps too I cancelled my subscription to them a while ago as I was skint due to the 'rona, and they sent me 12 jars absolutely free!

Some fussy eaters here. What's with this "beans not touching toast" weirdness? Do you eat the beans with a spoon? How do you mop up all the sauce?

Some fussy eaters here. What’s with this “beans not touching toast” weirdness? Do you eat the beans with a spoon? How do you mop up all the sauce?

Perfectly summed up. Load of weirdos! 😉

^
I think it was just one person. I allow bean and toast touching, yet frown on covering the toast* with hot beans from the pan because they will soggy up the toast something terrible.

ie

Toast on one side, beans on other. Touching allowed, layering not.

You ask:

Do you eat the beans with a spoon?

No, with knife, fork, and also edges of toast as scoop.

How do you mop up all the sauce?

With final bits of toast, using knife, fork, hand, whatever, push these small squares about like miniature snow-shovel-squeegee hybrids into the sauce and shovel up. When toast is used up, finally lick last of sauce clean using only the tongue. It helps to corral/arrange the last slick of sauce with the knife. Imagine a line of coke, except now it’s orange and wet.

(Note: To facilitate lickage, prepare by first trimming facial hair and tying back any long hair. Unless you’re some kind of beast and/or Gene Simmons)

*Exceptions sometimes made if forced to use smaller/round plates. In these scenarios one slice of toast will be written off/soggied as a sacrificial platform for hot beans and sauce. The loss is partially offset by two triangles of crunchy toast, one either side of said platform. It’s doable, yet obviously inferior to the ‘sea & shore’ format facilitated by aforementioned rectangular plate**.

**A revelatory discovery.

I mentioned I don't like the beans on the toast and yes if I just have beans with toast the beans will be in a bowl and I will eat them with a spoon.

Beans need to be cooked down until there isn't loads of excess liquid anyway.

I was going to sleep but now I’m going back downstairs to make Sind toast and possibly watch an episode of Toast.

Jam, hummus or marmite?

^ Marmite. Sugar before bed is bad. Hummus is a meal.

Further to the beans ‘with vs on’ toast conundrum, here is diagram in hope to destroy confusion:

Beans need to be cooked down until there isn’t loads of excess liquid anyway.

Ah well vive la difference. I had beans and a fried egg ON toast yesterday.

It’s called beans on toast not beans next to/adjacent to/in the vicinity of....

Nothing finer than the way the toast becomes soggy with bean juice.*
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*I guess some people on here have started gagging 😆

I had beans and a fried egg ON toast yesterday.

Soft runny yoke ?, that could cause issues for some here 😆

Well it's the yolk is solid it's not a proper fried egg is it? It's the one you get for free tucked under the proper one.

Had a couple of deliciously soft boiled eggs this morning. With toast - though OH likes to spread them ON toast.

I've no toaster for maximum Stw points I use the toast rack on my Aga

What's wrong with a toasting fork and the log burner?

*I guess some people on here have started gagging 😆

I will and do eat pretty much anything in any fashion. Very unfussy eater. With the acquired knowledge of certain options being better or worse than others* Very hot beans on nice crisp toast is a disaster. Edible. But disastrous. Edible in the way that ‘marryable’ applies to certain people. ie they are eligible for marriage. Fact. But why would you? Life is too short for deliberately soggy toast 🍞➕💦 = ❌

It’s called beans on toast not beans next to/adjacent to/in the vicinity of….

Also - ‘proper’ used to describe personal food preference?

Requires to be a shootable offence.

ie ‘(sic) a proper cup of tea’ to some means drowned in milk and bombed with sugar.

It’s just the wrong word.

It’s called beans on toast not beans next to/adjacent to/in the vicinity of….

This, 100%. Hot beans straight out of the microwave, hot buttered toast, beans on top. Soggy in the middle but with some crispy crusts to give a bit of variety. A bit of HP sauce and: perfect.

microwave

soggy

HP sauce

ISWYDT!

#fistbite
#dontreact

It's bread that is awesome. Ancient staple food. Toast is just one awesome strand. Fried bread for instance, basically toast with extra fat, and then there are the puddings: bread and butter pudding, summer pudding, bread pudding. And breadcrumbz, yum coat my schnitzel and get in my pan.

All those wonderful flatbreads too. If I could only get my carbs one way, It would be a hard choice but think it would be bread.

@slowoldman when I was a youngster in Wales my grandfather used to make toast that way, on the coal fire though, not log burner. It was amazing!

Yep we had a coal fire when I was little - and a toasting fork. Log burner is more STW though.

Often said id be happy with a couple rounds of hot buttered toast as my death row meal!

i likes all different kinds of bread, but good salted butter (often with an extra crack of the salt mill) and nothing else does it for me.

I haven't had a toaster for years, occasionally do cheese on toast via the grill but usually less hassle to make a toasted cheese sandwich instead.