Toasters

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It's the Australian Bottom!

 

[Drago]

DeLonghi toaster. Problem solved.

 

[geocycle]

On holiday and in a nice apartment we had a Sage toaster. Absolutely lovely with a controlled rise and fall mechanism, button labelled ‘little bit more’ for when you need it and if it wasn’t £200 I’d buy one!

 

[presta]

I don't use a toaster. I use the grill.

This.

The problem with toasters is that cooking time depends on how moist the bread is, so if you want it done properly you have to stand over the toaster popping it up every few seconds to check progress, and by the time you've done that you might just as well use the grill. Mine had a bimetallic timer too, which meant that for any given setting, the first batch starting from cold had a longer time than subsequent batches when already warm.

It must be years since I last had any toast though. I've been eating brown bread for the last 10 years, and I don't think that makes such good bread as white. (Having said that, I used to prefer white to brown at the time I switched, but after years of eating brown bread I can't stand white any more, so the same may well apply to toast as well if I were to compare.)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Not this Vader's Helmet homage
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/950...OM51NdQA7TItNrFzXXhoCieIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Nor this overpriced style queen
https://www.hartsofstur.com/dualit-...IL6IUF95USufqKrv_DtL7r-Va3GI0VRRoCoGcQAvD_BwE

Buy this. Get toasted you miserable little slices of bread. Show your bread who's boss
https://www.nisbets.co.uk/rowlett-p...r1aNbOEIB8uNKYYm0uthCufTNGXdUzexoCOKEQAvD_BwE

 

[Dogtrousers]

This.

The problem with toasters is that cooking time depends on how moist the bread is, so if you want it done properly you have to stand over the toaster popping it up every few seconds to check progress, and by the time you've done that you might just as well use the grill. Mine had a bimetallic timer too, which meant that for any given setting, the first batch starting from cold had a longer time than subsequent batches when already warm.

It must be years since I last had any toast though. I've been eating brown bread for the last 10 years, and I don't think that makes such good bread as white. (Having said that, I used to prefer white to brown at the time I switched, but after years of eating brown bread I can't stand white any more, so the same may well apply to toast as well if I were to compare.)

The other reason I use the grill is that I hardly ever have toast as in just toasted bread. I normally have toasted cheese, and that requires a grill. Or toasted Marmite (try it ... cover every square millemetre of your bread with Marmite and grill for ages - it's a fireproof coating - you end up with a giant Twiglet mmmm)

 

[oldwheels]

I know there is another thread asking Why questions, but I can't find it so my question is why do they sell toasters in the UK that UK bread doesn't fit into?

Last week our Morphy Richards toaster suddenly started tripping the RCD, I was out on Saturday & there happened to be a Curry's in the same block of shops, so nipped in & came out with a Breville, tries to use it this morning, using a standard slice of bread it was stuck out nearly an inch, but the slot isn't large enough to get it in sideways, anyway packed up & going back later for a refund.

You are not alone in this annoyance.

 

[MontyVeda]

Like bras, toasters come in a variety of sizes. If you favour D sized bread, don't buy a C sized toaster. Doing so, is a schoolboy error.

ps. I don't have a toaster either

 

[fossyant]

The last MR did that, that's the kind I'm looking for

I think the one that did proper bread got binned as one of the cats jumped on the wall units at the top of the kitchen, and then chucked up, all landing inside the toaster. Didn't fancy salmon, beef, and chicken flavour toast.

 

[Jenkins]

I know there is another thread asking Why questions, but I can't find it so my question is why do they sell toasters in the UK that UK bread doesn't fit into?

Last week our Morphy Richards toaster suddenly started tripping the RCD, I was out on Saturday & there happened to be a Curry's in the same block of shops, so nipped in & came out with a Breville, tries to use it this morning, using a standard slice of bread it was stuck out nearly an inch, but the slot isn't large enough to get it in sideways, anyway packed up & going back later for a refund.

Breville used to do a toaster that was marketed as 'The perfect fit for Warburtons' - I have one and it is.
Amazon product ASIN B00TPM40JQView: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breville-2-Slice-Toaster-Perfect-Warburtons/dp/B00TPM40JQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1