“It turns stale bread into something crispy and buttered”
Of all household appliances, none is as reassuring and as marvellous as the toaster. This is the device that, by the wondrous alchemical process of exposing a slice of stale bread to radiant heat, turns it into something hot, crispy and ready to be buttered.
It produces toast, the ultimate comfort food, to be munched with a cup of tea when life gets wearisome, or devoured late at night when there is nothing else to eat in the shared student kitchen, right.It provides the foundation for all manner of tasty and easy-to-rustle-up toppings, from Marmite to baked beans to a slice of cheese or a poached egg. And, most recently, the toaster has been rediscovered by the sourdough-toast-and-crushed-avocado brigade who relish that winning…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2016 - Issue 51