Comments on: English Things I Miss, Part 1: The Toast Rack

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:12:37 +0000

Ulla, I love the basket thoery, though having a small mouth (physically small, aurally BIG!) I like the toast triangle. I think I just like triangles better than squares in general.

By: paul merrill

paul merrill — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:23:16 +0000

I like to toast two slices at a time. Then they stay relatively warm while I eat them. As the second piece is almost eaten, I pop another slice or two into the toaster.

By the way, I also got to you via Middlezonemusings.com. Glad to find you!

By: Ulla Hennig

Ulla Hennig — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:43:35 +0000

I came to this post via Middlezonemusings.com and thoroughly enjoyed your post. I must admit that we in Germany know toast racks too. But mostly toasts are presented in small baskets with cloth on it to keep the toast warm. And we don’t cut them in triangles!

By: shakenbsis

shakenbsis — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:32:32 +0000

LOVE this! BIG smile…

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:21:28 +0000

Separated by a Common Language had a long debate about toast racks. I think the argument is still raging…

May I defend my nation and say: toast racks are only used by hotels. Ordinary brits eat their toast off a plate like everyone else. We got a toast rack as a wedding present and use it for storing bills. If you like your toast both warm and non soggy, take it out of the toaster and mash it lightly to let the sweat out. Or eat it faster.

That is all

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:45:53 +0000

Chris, that is something that should be written about extensively in guidebooks– the warnings of cold toast. It’s the little things that shake to the core!

Michele, I also prefer warm soggy toast. I use the “stack” technique to my advantage.

I wonder how many other blogs discuss “toast sweat”?

By: Colin Phillips

Colin Phillips — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:32:08 +0000

First of all, I would never beat you with the toaster. I can barely lift the thing. I haven’t tried the “warm” feature, but I assume it’s supposed to hold the toast in a warm state without cooking it.

The toast rack is a product of a mass cultural fear of toast sweat. I can understand and I do empathize, but I think that cold toast is a bit of an over reaction.

To Greg … we got a 4 slice model: the KMTT400SS. It does a good job, but it sure ain’t fast.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:13:00 +0000

We took my daughter to England, Scotland, and Wales over the past several summers and in our total four or five weeks in the United Kingdom, none of us ever–not even once–got to eat a HOT piece of toast. It was enough to make me not want to go back. You know?

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:33:59 +0000

This is absolutely one of the reasons why I love you SO MUCH!

By: Greg Phillips

Greg Phillips — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:02:43 +0000

You bought a new KitchenAid toaster? It wouldn’t be a KMTT200 would it? Because we just got a new toaster too, and that’s what it was. Coincidence? Genetic predisposition and convergence?