Wednesday 11 June 2014

toast, toasties, melts


after talking about the dying toaster yesterday i realised that we must truly love toast in this house. we have the regular old toaster used for making standard toast, then there is the sandwich press, which is basically for making toast with the filling already in it and we also use the griller on the oven for making really thick toast or open toast types of things.
the standard toaster might make toast to go with soup or it might be snack toast with vegemite or honey or cinnamon toast to satisfy a sweet craving, or we might use it for crumpets or english muffins......
the sandwich press lives in a drawer where it is easy to pull out and put away. in the drawer with it there what few jars i can manage to fit in, jars of peanut butter, jam, honey, marmalade, nutella etc. in my mind this drawer is known as the "snack drawer" supposedly everything one hungry person might need in one place. the drawer isnt big enough and it isnt refrigerated so it doesnt function quite the way i would hope but i stand by the idea! the sandwich press doesnt just see use for bread based delicacies, it has also been tasked with small frying jobs. success is limited because it doesnt get quite as hot as one would like but the non-stick coating is a bonus and it can turn out french toast or pancakes or even a quick apple turnover kind of thing if one is prepared to wait. sometimes we "spill" a bit of cheese on it and eat the resulting cheese lattice. yum. having said all of that, the classic cheese toastie is pretty much unbeatable, dont you think? i am also a fan of banana toasties.
the griller is the king of the toastmakers, it is pressed into service when the whole family is having toast and we want six or eight slices at once. also great for hot cross buns, turkish bread, meal-on-bread melts and the whole gamut of non-bread grilled foods: fish, satay, grilled vegetables

when i think about it, the humble toaster is versatile enough to keep a good variety of food on the table for quite a while!

13 comments:

  1. The griller is the most used 'toaster' here. And it does get used. Often.

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  2. You are poetic about toast. You have just given me a big craving for some!

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  3. Now you are talking my dietary staple, grilled sandwiches.

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  4. EC
    there are so many things one can do with a griller!
    whats your favourite?

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  5. Ramana,
    I am generally pretty poetic about food! It's a long time love of mine :)

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  6. Walking man,
    Grilled sandwiches are comfort food at it's best!

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  7. I love toast too. We make ours in one of those baker/broiler things, but I often wish we had an ordinary toaster because I think they're pretty cool.

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  8. but snow, you being you, would never double up on appliances!

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  9. We never make toast, but you've made me hungry!

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  10. Hello Ms Monk!
    Thanks for visiting. why would you not make toast???

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  11. I have had too many gins and saw that photo
    I now could kill for a toastie

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  12. john,
    scotch egg on toast, maybe?

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  13. "you being you, would never double up on appliances!"

    This is true. I hate a crowded room.

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