America Hates Electric Toasters!

I was poor for most of my life. Not destitute poor. I was never homeless, and the only times I went entirely without food were by choice (fasting a couple of times, and dieting). But I could not afford appliances. I saved up for a month to buy my first electric blender for $15.

So...

I had a stove-top toaster. It was a sort of A-frame thing. You put two slices of bread on it and set it over a low flame on the stove (I had a gas stove at the time, I have no idea if it would work with an electric stove, but we're on an anti-electric kick here, aren't we?). After a bit you could flip the bread around so the outside was inside, in order to toast both sides.

It worked quite well. I recommend it for anyone who prefers not to use (or cannot afford) an electric toaster.

P.S. My electric toaster is too slow also, but the bread comes up toasted. I quit using the stove-top toaster once I could afford an electric one.

P.P.S. I also had a stove-top (or campfire) popcorn popper. I really liked it. It made the best popcorn, better than any electric popper, and didn't need any oil. It was a sort of wire cage on a long handle with a wooden grip. You shake the thing vigorously over a fire. Yum.

 

How do you like your toast? Medium-well here.
Trying to be a good eco-minded PC'er, got a Kill-o-Watt for Xmas.
Just made one piece of toast for science, and it took 1300-watts for 2.5 minutes. Believe that's about $3 per year for etoast. Not sure how Daniel's A-frame fossil fuel method "stacks up", but it's ingenious.

 

I can assure you that it is the only way to fly while camping, and using a camp stove!

 

Some people hate electric chairs too.

 

We use one on our boat as well. It works great over an alcohol stove.

Tom

 

Once upon a time my sisters oven was a Coldspot, while her fridge was a Hotpoint.
Coldspot: 1928-1976
Home - Hotpoint

Currently my dishwasher is a Whirlpool (which actually makes sense, in a way) while my microwave is a Frididaire , which doesn't make any sense. My oven is a Tappan, (no longer made) but it is just a matter of time before I get a Viking Range, I am surrounded by Viking employees.

History 1970-1979 | Electrolux Group
The Viking Commitment to Our Community - Viking Range Corporation

 

America (would) really hate(s) battery powered toasters ... cause the battery craps out and cost $90 to replace.

Good thing they don't exist, or do they



hey darrelldd long time no see

 

Why can't you just eat a slice of bread?
Why kill the planet because you prefer to "have more fun" while you're eating???

Nutritionally speaking, you'll get just about the same value out of your slice of bread that you do with the toasted kind. Yeah, it's not as much fun, but why base the trip on how much fun you have in getting there.

Damn Luddites!!!

 

Our gas stove is General Electric and it's crap, but so is our GE microwave/convection oven. At least their quality is consistent.

 

Gosh dern liberals! Lemme eat my burnt toast then go drive my 4X4 Power Ram pickup

 

"I'll have some toasted white bread please. No ma'am, dry. Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke."

Tom

 

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Being Carbon based lifeforms a little Dark Toast is necessary for survival!

 

It's not about fun. It's about the culinary experience. The fine and subtle tones in the flavor of toast sit upon the palate like an expensive French wine or the best German ale. Life would be dull and uninteresting, hardly worth living, without the occasional exquisite slice of toast.

 

This has got to be a joke. 500mA at 5V is a measly 2.5W. You can't even toast a breadcrumb with that.

 

No, no, they use red LEDs. They are much more efficient.



Tom

 

According to Sting you lot only toast your bread on one side - is this true or just an urban myth?

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englishman_in_New_York]Englishman in New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

No, we toast both. And Englishman complaining about American cooking is like a rapper complaining about an opera singer's singing.

On a completely different note (ha!), here is a (very, very old) toaster that came with my house:


Zooming in:


What you do is put your bread in the slots, put it by the fire, and when half the slice(s) are toasted, rotate it 180 degrees (yes, it spins) and toast the other half.

I guess if you're toasting two slices at once, it would only get half toasted... hmm...