I’m not gonna’ lie, i’m pretty good with toast.
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“What is the right way to cut a piece of toast?”Diagonally, insists the narrator in NIcholson Baker’s novel “The Mezzanine.” It creates a “triangularly cut slice” which in turn yields “an ideal first bit.” With rectangular toast, you must “angle the shape into your mouth, as you angle a big dresser through a hall doorway.” (Dwight Garner, NYT book critic’s new essay on the literature of breakfast food.)
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“i have trouble with toast. toast is very difficult.
you have to watch it all the time or it burns up.”
-julia child, master chef (1912-2004)
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credits: New York Times, Dwight Garner, Nicholson Baker,”The Mezzanine”, google images
Yeah !! Toast and Vegemite an Aussie breakfast favourite……
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here’s to you –
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Haha
This is awesome.
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thanks!
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Great….. I’m really toast 🙂
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me too!
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Of course you cut toast on an angle. You eat a good tapenade with toast points, not toast squares. Anything less is barbaric. 😁
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ah, we each have our views on this, so much to ponder )
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I love toast!
Slices like that definitely cut on diagonal, but homemade challah, bagels, etc., maybe not. 😀
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i’m all about just eating it in any form! )
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Some deep thoughts to ponder while I wait for the coffee.
It’s good to read you again.
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and don’t forget your toast! good to see you, kate –
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If you can’t decide what to do, there are always English Muffins. LOLOLOL Truthfully, I don’t cut my toast. I eat it the way it is in it’s natural state. 🙂
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i hear you! i’m just excited for bread/toast in any form )
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True enough.
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I am a fan of the diagonal cut, yes, after keeping a keen eye on the toaster for the proper browning of the toast, of course, Beth.
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We each have our toast style and system )
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Love the adult stage of the bread.
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🍞
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💖
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My ALL TIME favorite food. Daggone, now I need to go get some. 🙂
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And it’s hard to stop at one !
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Yes it is. It can be a curse. But SUCH a good one.
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I don’t cut toast at all, but I cut sandwiches diagonally. Sometimes, I AM toast.
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Me too! ( to the last part )
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So funny. My mother refuses to cut it on an angle as that means one piece gets all the top crust and the other gets none of it!
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Hilarious!
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LOL!
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I have toast with peanut butter nearly everyday. It takes me to my happy place.
In Singapore, something known as kaya toast is very popular (and very tasty). Somehow, the cafe we got our kaya toast from was able to slice a regular size piece of toast in half, and by half, I mean cutting the toast in half so that it would create two still whole, but skinny slices of toast. They would then cut it diagonally. It would be like taking a loaf of bread that has been cut into 12 normal slices, and then cutting each slice again so that you now have 24 slices…
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That’s an art
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And hold the pinky finger out ever so slightly.
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Of course!
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I used to cut it into four squares for my children. My idea of a wonderful snack with coffee is toast with butter, cinnamon and sugar. Haven’t had that in a long time, but now I may need to buy some bread:)
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Yummm
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Here’s a toast to butter days! ヽ(=^・ω・^=)丿
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LOL — I didn’t even know there was a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to cut! I just cut it how I feel like. 🙂
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i certainly didn’t know! i feel it’s a matter of opinion
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Your posts always bring a smile to my day. I love the smell of toast. There must be an ode to toast poem floating out there somewhere.
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thanks, ali. i’m quite sure there is at least one –
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Diagonal is great!
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your vote is in!
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Nothing like a post about Toast to make my Friday complete!
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who knew?
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Ha! I’m not on WP very often but when I hop on and see one of your posts, it’s a good day!
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thanks so much, christian. good to see you –
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I’ll toast this post! 🍷
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here’s to you, resa!
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🙂 🙂 thanks for the laugh!
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sure! )
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🙂
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I like the metaphor about toast is similar to the adult stage in the life cycle of bread. That’s brilliant! My method of eating toast is to eat the crust first and save the most delightful part for last. I like my delayed gratification. 😊
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yes, the center, crust-free, is the jewel in the crown
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That’s because Julia gets distracted, “And now a little more wine…”
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an excellent point
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Ha! My kids have their toast cut different ways depending on the use for the toast. It’s funny when someone else makes them toast, as the whole explanation for how the toast should be cut comes up. Your post reminded me of this.
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apparently it’s very important to people for very different reasons, i had no idea )
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One would not expect toast to be so important.
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it is funny, isn’t it. such a simple thing…
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The Chef gets an order in for one Hamburger.
He puts the patty on the grill, seasons it lightly and puts the Bun under the Broiler to toast. He crosses his arms and watches the patty cook, waiting to turn it over.
Smoke begins to pour from under the Broiler.
“Oh crap” he mutters to himself and removes the bun, in flames, from the Broiler.
He replaces the burned bun with a new one in the Broiler and turns his attention back to the Patty, which is now ready to turn.
He gently turns the patty, and again lightly seasons to perfection.
He crosses his arms and contemplates the beauty of a perfectly cooked hamburger patty.
‘Oh crap” he mutters as smoke pours again from the Broiler….
He replaces the Bun; this will not happen again.
He crosses his arms and watches the bun slowly turn to golden brown.
He smiles to himself satisfied, having learned his lesson, when suddenly flames erupt from the grill.
‘Oh crap!”
The Patty is on fire!
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i love this so much!
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Agh. My toaster died today. So I’m missing my vegemite on toast!
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yikes!
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