On Jun 12, 5:10*pm, Gary > wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On 6/12/2012 12:09 AM, somebody wrote:
> > > I hate to admit it, but when you press the bagel button it does make
> > > perfect toasted english muffins. They come out exactly as I like
> > > them. *Spackled browns but no black. I think all it does is add about
> > > 45 seconds or so to the toasting cycle though... *Another oddity about
> > > it: I tried to push up the lever to make it stop toasting the other
> > > day and it wouldn't go up. *Didn't want to break it so didn't force it
> > > too hard, but it would not go up like toasters I have known before.
> > > You have to press the Cancel button.
>
> > You must have a fancy toaster. Most cheap toasters don't have ether of
> > those features - not even a cancel button. I have to unplug the toaster
> > for a premature pop-up. That's not a big deal except that someone in
> > this household keeps setting the darkness control to "Max" and I
> > frequently have to stop toasting early. What kind of insane person likes
> > toast this way?
>
> I also unplug my toaster to pop up prematurely. I normally make toast to a
> nice light or medium brown. *The other day they came out starting to blacken
> and I have to admit, it was a different but not too bad taste. It's good for
> a toast only snack.
>
> Gary
>
> Gary

I let sit overdone toast until it's hard as a rock. Then I break it
up in salad as a healthy "crouton". Also good in soup as a sort of
cracker.