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.

Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:41 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
>Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
>end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
>and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
>hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
>posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
>camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
>goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
>troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
>over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.

Most modern toasters know how long and at what heat to toast the same
way clothes dryers know when clothes are dry, they have a moisture
sensor.

On 6/12/2012 7:57 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:41 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>>
>> Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
>> end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
>> and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
>> hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
>> posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
>> camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
>> goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
>> troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
>> over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.
>
> Most modern toasters know how long and at what heat to toast the same
> way clothes dryers know when clothes are dry, they have a moisture
> sensor.

My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
cancel button to make it pop up.

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?

>
> Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
> end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
> and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
> hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
> posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
> camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
> goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
> troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
> over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.
>

The old toasters used a crude bimetal temperature sensor that worked
pretty good. The new ones use a crude timer circuit which might be more
reliable but I don't know.

somebody wrote:
>
> Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
> end ones like my $16 one? Or at least more sophisticated electronics
> and possibly microprocessors. Will my next toaster be on the net? I
> hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
> posting personal information about me. This one probably has a hidden
> camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
> goings and daily habits. Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
> troops of a cyborg alien invasion? I've seen some people with covers
> over their toasters when not in use. Maybe they know something.

You must have bought the Google toaster.
It counts your calories and reports them
to your health insurance provider. Eat
too many bagels and it terminates your
policy.

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

On 12/06/2012 5:10 PM, Gary wrote:

> 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.
>
>

I don't need no stinking bagel button on my toaster. It has a darkness
adjustment, and if forget to turn it down a bit and something in there
looks like it is getting too well done I pop it up.

I like bagels lightly toasted. I like bread well toasted . In fact, i
love burnt toast with honey, not completely charred, but with some blak
on it.

On Jun 12, 2:16*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 5:10 PM, Gary wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I don't need no stinking bagel button on my toaster. It has a darkness
> adjustment, and if forget to turn it down a bit and something in there
> looks like it is getting too well done I pop it up.
>
> I like bagels lightly toasted. I like bread well toasted . In fact, i
> love burnt toast with honey, not completely charred, but with some blak
> on it.

Never had blak.

On 6/12/2012 11:10 AM, Gary wrote:
>>
> 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 have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
toast. I'm glad those days are gone.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:26:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:

>On Jun 12, 2:16*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 12/06/2012 5:10 PM, Gary wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> I don't need no stinking bagel button on my toaster. It has a darkness
>> adjustment, and if forget to turn it down a bit and something in there
>> looks like it is getting too well done I pop it up.
>>
>> I like bagels lightly toasted. I like bread well toasted . In fact, i
>> love burnt toast with honey, not completely charred, but with some blak
>> on it.
>
>Never had blak.

Try it... once you go blak you'll never go bak.

On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
> strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
> the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
> toast. I'm glad those days are gone.

Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

On Jun 12, 3:24*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
> > strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
> > the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
> > toast. I'm glad those days are gone.
>
> Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
> house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
> until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
> and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
> up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

We toasted our bread over a fire.

On 6/12/2012 6:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
>> strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
>> the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
>> toast. I'm glad those days are gone.
>
> Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
> house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
> until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
> and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
> up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

My aunt had one of those, back in the 50s.

Dave Smith > wrote:

>On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
>> strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
>> the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
>> toast. I'm glad those days are gone.
>
>Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
>house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
>until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
>and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
>up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

We had one of those in our 'summer cottage'. It was a step up from
the one that held 4 slices and sat over a gas burner on the range.

Like the Vulcan toaster here-
http://www.toastercentral.com/non.htm

The electric one looked like the GE 'cloud' model at the top of this
page-
http://www.toastercentral.com/toaster30s.htm

We liked the other because it made the bread pretty.

Jim

On 6/12/2012 12:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
>> strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
>> the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
>> toast. I'm glad those days are gone.
>
> Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
> house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
> until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
> and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
> up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

Back then you had to work for toast. At least you didn't have to use
fire to make toast.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:41:50 -0500, Del Cecchi >
wrote:

> My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
> cancel button to make it pop up.

That would work for me because I like the outside crispy and the
inside not toasted.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> wrote:



>
>We toasted our bread over a fire.

You had fire? Lucky you. We had to rub the bread against a tree to
make friction to heat it.

On Jun 12, 8:57*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:09:41 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
> >Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
> >end ones like my $16 one? *Or at least more sophisticated electronics
> >and possibly microprocessors. *Will my next toaster be on the net? *I
> >hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
> >posting personal information about me. *This one probably has a hidden
> >camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
> >goings and daily habits. *Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
> >troops of a cyborg alien invasion? *I've seen some people with covers
> >over their toasters when not in use. *Maybe they know something.
>
> Most modern toasters know how long and at what heat to toast the same
> way clothes dryers know when clothes are dry, they have a moisture
> sensor.

I've never had the clothes dryer moisture cycle work. But I've never
used a newer dryer.

On 6/12/2012 9:16 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:41:50 -0500, Del Cecchi wrote:
>
>> My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
>> cancel button to make it pop up.
>
> Does it sense which side needs to be toasted or do you have to be
> smart enough to orient the bagel properly before pressing the button?
> Sounds tricky ;-)
>
> -sw

There is a little diagram on the toaster, showing the proper insertion.
To get the outside toasted instead you would have to put it in
backwards.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:25:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:



>
>My toaster would turn on when the weight of the bread pushed down the
>switch inside in the carriage. Then the bread would slowly descend
>into the flames of Hell. Then when it reached the preset knob
>temperature, the blazing inferno would extinguish itself and the
>slices would slowly rise to the top as if being resurrected.
>
>I miss that toaster. I've never seen another one like it - just these
>cheap pop-up ones with the manual plungers.
>
>-sw

We had one like that when I was a kid, about 60 years ago. I'm
thinking it may have been Toastmaster. High technology back then.

You can see some non-electric toasters here
http://www.toastercentral.com/non.htm

If you want to drop a few bucks on vintage toaster, this page shows
some from the 30's
http://www.toastercentral.com/toaster30s.htm

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:37:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>We toasted our bread over a fire.
> >
> > You had fire? Lucky you. We had to rub the bread against a tree to
> > make friction to heat it.
>
> We had to use a magnifying glass on sunny days. If it was cloudy, no
> toast that day.
>
You could have used fire ants.

On Jun 12, 3:00*pm, 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?

haha... My ex liked her "toast" cooked about as much as sushi. She
would literally throw it away if it had even a slight medium brown. I
told her "don't do that!" I hated to see good toast go to waste. I
got a lot of second hand toast when she was around.

My brother was making toast once and left the room. I noticed the
toast starting to burn--and being a good younger brother-- popped it
up. He comes in a minute later sees the toast popped up and yells at
me... He wanted the toast burned and was mad that I had popped it up
too early. (I still harbor resentful feeling towards him for this,
and other reasons.)

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.

On Jun 12, 5:34*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 6/12/2012 11:10 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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 have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
> strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
> the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
> toast. I'm glad those days are gone.

it never tastes the same if you have to scrape it, does it?

On Jun 12, 5:46*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:26:49 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >On Jun 12, 2:16*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >> On 12/06/2012 5:10 PM, Gary wrote:
>
> >> > 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.
>
> >> I don't need no stinking bagel button on my toaster. It has a darkness
> >> adjustment, and if forget to turn it down a bit and something in there
> >> looks like it is getting too well done I pop it up.
>
> >> I like bagels lightly toasted. I like bread well toasted . In fact, i
> >> love burnt toast with honey, not completely charred, but with some blak
> >> on it.
>
> >Never had blak.
>
> Try it... once you go blak you'll never go bak.

uh oh, I was going to say that.... Great minds think alike! (And so
do ours.)

On Jun 12, 6:24*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 12/06/2012 5:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > I have heard that there are people that like their toast very dark. Very
> > strange indeed. I remember back in the old days, the toaster would burn
> > the toast every so often and we'd have to scrape, scrape, scrape, the
> > toast. I'm glad those days are gone.
>
> Most people here were probably raised with a pop up toaster in the
> house. When I was a kid we had a manual toaster. My grandmother had one
> until she moved out of her house at the age of 97. Both sides opened up
> and you put the bread in, one on each side. You waited a while, opened
> up the sides and flipped the bread around to toast the other side.

That's interesting.

My mom had an old toaster, but not that old. It would do this weird
thing where it would "fake pop up" but kept toasting then would
actually pop up a minute or so later.... Years later, I was reading
something about toasters when looking for one and there was one that
did something similar. It said it was a feature so that you could
immediately put more toast in after a batch popped up. Loved that
toaster. It had 4 slots. And I loved toast. I once made 12 slices--
and ate them all!

My mom would also leave butter out. Then it wasn't hard. But I think
that was a health code violation. The only time she kept butter in
the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.

On Jun 12, 10:37*pm, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>
> > wrote:
>
> >We toasted our bread over a fire.
>
> You had fire? *Lucky you. *We had to rub the bread against a tree to
> make friction to heat it.

at least you had a tree. In the desert, all we had was the sun. Had
to leave the bread out on a rock for a few hours and make "sun toast"

On Jun 12, 4:58*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> somebody wrote:
>
> > Does this mean they are putting "computers" in toasters now-- even low
> > end ones like my $16 one? *Or at least more sophisticated electronics
> > and possibly microprocessors. *Will my nexttoasterbe on the net? *I
> > hate to think it might get on Facebook or start a blog and start
> > posting personal information about me. *This one probably has a hidden
> > camera and is reporting back to some mother ship, my comings and
> > goings and daily habits. *Or worse, are toasters the first line ground
> > troops of a cyborg alien invasion? *I've seen some people with covers
> > over their toasters when not in use. *Maybe they know something.
>
> You must have bought theGoogletoaster.
> It counts your calories and reports them
> to your health insurance provider. *Eat
> too many bagels and it terminates your
> policy.

Do not speak badly of the Google Overlords... They are our friends.
They provide us with everything we need, even things we didn't know we
need. We love the Google Overlords.

In article <4b657795-4121-4d0a-bc55-
>, says...
>
> On Jun 12, 2:16*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> > On 12/06/2012 5:10 PM, Gary wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I don't need no stinking bagel button on my toaster. It has a darkness
> > adjustment, and if forget to turn it down a bit and something in there
> > looks like it is getting too well done I pop it up.
> >
> > I like bagels lightly toasted. I like bread well toasted . In fact, i
> > love burnt toast with honey, not completely charred, but with some blak
> > on it.
>
> Never had blak.

I don't understand the objection to a bagel button. The bagel button
turns off the elements on one side so that the cut side gets toasted and
the other side doesn't. Neat idea. If you want both sides toasted,
then don't use the bagel button.

>Del Cecchi wrote:
>
> My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
> cancel button to make it pop up.

Real bagels aren't ever toasted unless they are stale... stale means 4
hours or longer out of the oven. Those bagel toasters are for
packaged, frozen, and stupidmarket "bagels" (those are NOT bagels).
Most folks at this group have obviously never eaten a bagel.

On Jun 12, 7:37*pm, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>
> > wrote:
>
> >We toasted our bread over a fire.
>
> You had fire? *Lucky you. *We had to rub the bread against a tree to
> make friction to heat it.

LOL!

On Jun 13, 10:05*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >Del Cecchi wrote:
>
> > My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. *And has a
> > cancel button to make it pop up.
>
> Real bagels aren't ever toasted unless they are stale... stale means 4
> hours or longer out of the oven. *Those bagel toasters are for
> packaged, frozen, and stupidmarket "bagels" (those are NOT bagels).
> Most folks at this group have obviously never eaten a bagel.

Can I make my own bagels? Anyone have instructions/recipe? I'd like
to make garlic bagels.

In article >,
Del Cecchi > wrote:

> On 6/12/2012 9:16 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:41:50 -0500, Del Cecchi wrote:
> >
> >> My toaster only toasts one side when bage button pressed. And has a
> >> cancel button to make it pop up.
> >
> > Does it sense which side needs to be toasted or do you have to be
> > smart enough to orient the bagel properly before pressing the button?
> > Sounds tricky ;-)
> >
> > -sw
>
> There is a little diagram on the toaster, showing the proper insertion.
> To get the outside toasted instead you would have to put it in
> backwards.

Jeez, I haven't seen you around for a while, Del.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller September 5, 2011

On 6/12/2012 3:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:

> 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 have a cheap toaster and it has both of those features, along with a
defrost setting I've never bothered using.

On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:

> My mom would also leave butter out. Then it wasn't hard. But I think
> that was a health code violation. The only time she kept butter in
> the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
> would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.

I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. It doesn't get
hot enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little
softer than I'd like.

On 6/15/2012 9:12 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:
>
>> My mom would also leave butter out. Then it wasn't hard. But I think
>> that was a health code violation. The only time she kept butter in
>> the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
>> would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.
>
> I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. It doesn't get hot
> enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little softer
> than I'd like.

In hot weather, I use a butter dish with a water reservoir - it keeps it
fresh and spreadable.

On Jun 15, 9:07*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 6/12/2012 3:00 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > 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 have a cheap toaster and it has both of those features, along with a
> defrost setting I've never bothered using.

I don't quite get the defrost setting on a toaster. My new one has
that too. Doubt I will ever use it.

On Jun 15, 9:12*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:
>
> > My mom would also leave butter out. *Then it wasn't hard. *But I think
> > that was a health code violation. *The only time she kept butter in
> > the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
> > would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.
>
> I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. *It doesn't get
> hot enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little
> softer than I'd like.

I survived childhood eating butter left out, but later wondered if it
really would pass health code inspection. I guess all the salt in
preserves it? Still, it must get little beasties in it being left out?

On 6/16/2012 12:03 AM, somebody wrote:
> On Jun 15, 9:12 pm, > wrote:
>> On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:
>>
>>> My mom would also leave butter out. Then it wasn't hard. But I think
>>> that was a health code violation. The only time she kept butter in
>>> the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
>>> would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.
>>
>> I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. It doesn't get
>> hot enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little
>> softer than I'd like.
>
> I survived childhood eating butter left out, but later wondered if it
> really would pass health code inspection. I guess all the salt in
> preserves it? Still, it must get little beasties in it being left out?

I have a sensitive stomach and it's never bothered me. Unless this is
the cause of it all these years.

On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:34:39 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 6/16/2012 12:03 AM, somebody wrote:
>> On Jun 15, 9:12 pm, > wrote:
>>> On 6/13/2012 7:19 AM, somebody wrote:
>>>
>>>> My mom would also leave butter out. Then it wasn't hard. But I think
>>>> that was a health code violation. The only time she kept butter in
>>>> the fridge was when it got really hot in the summer and the butter
>>>> would become a pool like the Wicked Witch of the West.
>>>
>>> I have a covered butter dish and always leave it out. It doesn't get
>>> hot enough in my house to become a pool, though sometimes a little
>>> softer than I'd like.
>>
>> I survived childhood eating butter left out, but later wondered if it
>> really would pass health code inspection. I guess all the salt in
>> preserves it? Still, it must get little beasties in it being left out?
>
>I have a sensitive stomach and it's never bothered me. Unless this is
>the cause of it all these years.

When butter is left at room temperature it absorbs more off odors and
at a higher rate.