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« Reply #90 on: November 25, 2009, 02:39:36 PM » |
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I have that super power. Toast should not be burnt; it should have a little warmth, enough to melt room temperature butter and that's it. If you have crispy toast, that's gone too far.
My old roommate was like this - you midwestern freaks! I took a passive aggressive delight in leaving the toaster setting high (as on many occasions I would go to make toast and get warmed bread as she had it on the lowest setting). |
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Slight hijack, following up on my Peanuts reference, which you will find here: http://www.caribou-heaven.de/peanuts2.htmPriceless. Schulz's ear for how kids talk is amazing; sure, he's capturing the brilliant little things kids say in between the expansive hours of nonsense, but still..... |
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« Reply #92 on: November 30, 2009, 09:12:55 PM » |
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I have that super power. Toast should not be burnt; it should have a little warmth, enough to melt room temperature butter and that's it. If you have crispy toast, that's gone too far.
My old roommate was like this - you midwestern freaks! Seriously. We might as well be discussing milquetoast [/gag]. Found a new toast love today. Pepperidge Farm 7-grain dinner roll, split open, stuffed with a slice of American cheese, and toasted until crispy and gooey. A step up from regular cheese toast (but, of course, it will never replace the classic). |
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« Reply #93 on: November 30, 2009, 09:40:02 PM » |
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Timing Toast Grook - Piet Hein
There's an art of knowing when.
Never try to guess.
Toast until it smokes and then
twenty seconds less.
My toaster goes up to 7, but there is an area beyond the 7. I have it set at 3 and the toast is crisp (-ish) and golden. I'm not sure about the twenty-seconds-less because I have never let it burn on purpose to time it. I like rye toast with butter and honey, and a hearty white wheat toast with butter and cinnamon sugar.
I remember the Peanuts strip with raw toast, but I'd never seen Peanuts dialogue all together before. It's thought-provoking that way.
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« Reply #94 on: December 01, 2009, 12:38:46 PM » |
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Found a new toast love today. Pepperidge Farm 7-grain dinner roll, split open, stuffed with a slice of American cheese, and toasted until crispy and gooey. A step up from regular cheese toast (but, of course, it will never replace the classic).
Oh? <rocky>Now here's something we hope you'll really like.</rocky> replace the American with some inexpensive aged Gruyere -- Comte or cave-aged are both good for this purpose -- and stick it in the toaster oven or broiler. You will never go back to American. |
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« Reply #95 on: December 01, 2009, 12:54:20 PM » |
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Found a new toast love today. Pepperidge Farm 7-grain dinner roll, split open, stuffed with a slice of American cheese, and toasted until crispy and gooey. A step up from regular cheese toast (but, of course, it will never replace the classic).
Oh? <rocky>Now here's something we hope you'll really like.</rocky> replace the American with some inexpensive aged Gruyere -- Comte or cave-aged are both good for this purpose -- and stick it in the toaster oven or broiler. You will never go back to American. Or brie, yeah. But I'd have to use fancier bread for that. |
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« Reply #96 on: December 13, 2009, 01:54:44 PM » |
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« Reply #97 on: January 03, 2010, 06:20:13 PM » |
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I like mine light golden, with very thinly sliced avocado and a sprinkle of salt.
Mmm... just tried a version of this. Tiny, darkly-toasted rye bread smeared with ripe, ripe avocado and sprinkled with sea salt. So good. |
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« Reply #98 on: January 03, 2010, 06:33:36 PM » |
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I received Toast band aids for Christmas. Also ones shaped like bacon and eggs. Now I can wear my breakfast. |
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« Reply #99 on: January 03, 2010, 06:49:13 PM » |
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My toaster goes up to 7, but there is an area beyond the 7.
I've been resisting making a "Spinal Tap" reference for weeks. My toaster goes to 11. |
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« Reply #100 on: January 04, 2010, 04:04:38 PM » |
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« Reply #101 on: January 08, 2010, 10:12:35 PM » |
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That's ... words fail me. My sister-in-law always sends us a box of wacky gifts. In addition to the band-aids these items were also included: a solar powered UFO, toothpicks with quotes from famous people printed on them, a short plastic thing that you stick into an orange, and suck on it to get your orange juice right out of the orange, some jacks and a pipe that you blow in and balance a ping pong ball. We also received monster band-aids. I originally didn't mention them because they did not seem as appropriate as the toast band-aids. |
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« Reply #102 on: January 09, 2010, 02:06:38 PM » |
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Notaprof, I like your sister-in-law!
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« Reply #103 on: January 09, 2010, 02:34:53 PM » |
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Do whole wheat English muffins count? English muffins should be toasted light brown with dark brown (almost burnt) edges. I still prefer dry toast, but thanks to this stupid diet I am adding stuff: poached egg, cheese, carrot jam or orange marmalade for breakfast; tuna, and/or avocado for lunch or a snack; and nutella for dessert.
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« Reply #104 on: January 09, 2010, 05:03:36 PM » |
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Do whole wheat English muffins count? English muffins should be toasted light brown with dark brown (almost burnt) edges. I still prefer dry toast, but thanks to this stupid diet I am adding stuff: poached egg, cheese, carrot jam or orange marmalade for breakfast; tuna, and/or avocado for lunch or a snack; and nutella for dessert.
Just don't bring up bagels. The argument over what constitutes a "real" bagel would not be a pretty sight. I speak from some experience here. Lately, I have taken my toast only with butter (or margarine, or whatever that stuff I have is) and used raw bread for such purposes as sandwiches. |
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