8 Fun Facts About Toast 🍞
If you don't think toast is gods greatest gift to man then you must probably be a toastaphobe and I don't even want to be friends with you right now!
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Anyway, here's a few fun facts I found online about toast. All sources will be linked. Let's get to it then!
1. The word "toast" comes from the Latin word "tostare" which means "to toast".
2. Contrary to unpopular belief, “toast” denotes any bread product that has been toasted.
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3. Canadian neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield, while operating on epilepsy patients, discovered the “toast centre” of the human brain, which is wholly dedicated to detecting when toast is burning.
4. French toast, while delicious, is not true toast because it’s the eggy coating that is browned, not the bread itself. moreover it is typically prepared in a pan and therefore fried, not toasted.
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5. “Soldiers” are the colloquial name for sliced strips of toast, commonly used to dip into boiled eggs but may also be covered with any type of spread and eaten as a less messy and cumbersome alternative to eating a whole piece of toast. The number of “ranks” depends on how many slices are made of the piece of toast, and it is commonly believed that eating the colonel first is bad for morale.
6. The process of toasting involves closely exposing a bread product to a source of radiant heat for a short time, causing the outer surface to crispen and thereby become delicious.
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7. Bread was sometimes used as an offering to the gods in Ancient Greece. As well as being a staple food.
8. Why does buttered toast, always land butterside down? This “buttered toast” phenomenon is the fact of when the toast slips out of one’s hand, your hand is already at an angle. Therefore, the toast only does a half turn from your hand, most likely no higher than 6 feet meaning it nearly always results landing butterside down. This was first published in the New York Magazine back in 1835.
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I like my avocados with toast :)
Because it's creative and emotional expression.
I do like me a good piece of toast... and adore toasted bagels with butter and sharp cheddar cheese...yum!
I enjoy it, too. Who is your favorite pony?
The one made of bacon of course... see ponypig
That's not a table.
No, his name is Don Kee .
Good! Keep him there close by you.. He likes that I am sure.
...doesn't say much though
Turn up the volume then.
Haha nice posting^^
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Interesting posting.
I like toast with strawberry jam. x)
Good to know about toast journey through your post..nice.
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No, I don't have twitter.
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Wow that dinner looks so fancy. What was your favorite dish? @iliketoast
Ahhh, toast!! Love your post!!
You have never seen my feet, creeper!