On Sat, 24 May 2014 21:54:40 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>My niece is getting married, and I'm currently
>thinking about giving the Waring WCT704 toaster.
>It has two long wide slots which can do four
>slices of regular bread at once, or a couple
>slices of crudely thick-sliced rustic bread.
>
>I don't know whether my niece cooks, but it's
>doubtful because her mother doesn't. Therefore
>a toaster oven or microwave oven might not be
>useful. And they might already have a microwave,
>but not a mighty toaster like the WCT704.
>
>They're Mormons, so no coffee gadgets.
>
>I gave some thought to a SodaStream, but I can't
>be sure that would be used. That's more of a
>foodie type item. Same thing for a juicer or
>water distiller. For sure, no deep fryer or
>sous vide cooker. I did consider a Ronco
>rotissiere, but that's probably too far out
>of the box.
>
>A toaster might be the closest thing that would
>actually get used. I'm thinking toaster + a
>good bread knife.
>
>I'd like to hear suggestions. Does anyone know
>of an unexpected gift that would be spectacularly
>useful for a young couple? (Not necessarily
>food-related, of course.)

The most appreciated wedding gift you can give a young couple is BREAD
they can spend. A bread toaster, or any appliance, will go over like
giving one's wife a vacuum cleaner for an anniversary gift... they'd
very likely return a toaster for credit. If you want to give
something personal to remind them of you get them a nice bread box
that contains spendable BREAD!
http://www.amazon.com/ZUCCOR-Fingerp...ds=bread+boxes