# At what point does bread become toast? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678 "2010-12-19T03:38:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/1 "2010-12-19T03:38:31Z")
Just throwing it out there. Feel free to post about life’s other mysteries. ---
### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/2 "2010-12-19T03:39:55Z")
Golden brown and delicious. ---
### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/3 "2010-12-19T04:40:13Z")
The toast that can be toasted is not the eternal toast. ---
### Author: ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/4 "2010-12-19T05:10:00Z")
When it goes from soft to crunchy. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/5 "2010-12-19T05:29:31Z")
Three pounds of flax. ---
### Author: ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/6 "2010-12-19T05:40:12Z")
Putting bread in toaster “toast” does not make! ---
### Author: ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/7 "2010-12-19T06:20:14Z")
42 ---
### Author: ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/8 "2010-12-19T13:18:15Z")
between 2 and 3 on the dial. ---
### Author: ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/9 "2010-12-19T15:03:03Z")
9:15am ---
### Author: ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/10 "2010-12-19T15:21:04Z")
Soon as it ain’t no longer bread. ---
### Author: ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/11 "2010-12-19T15:25:39Z")
After you smear butter on it and it melts into the hot bread. Yum, hot buttery, toast. ---
### Author: ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/12 "2010-12-19T15:26:19Z")
Unless you are making pruno with it. ---
### Author: ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/13 "2010-12-19T17:36:37Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > between 2 and 3 on the dial. Don’t trust a toaster. [They lie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNdJ41YfUQ) ---
### Author: ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/14 "2010-12-19T23:33:17Z")
Bread becomes toast sometime between the time I put it in my toaster and the toaster ejects charcoal. ---
### Author: ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut) #### Post date: [December 19, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/15 "2010-12-19T23:55:58Z")
[http://www.dullmensclub.com/archive/toast.htm](http://www.dullmensclub.com/archive/toast.htm) One of my favourite books - Toast! ---
### Author: ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous) #### Post date: [December 20, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/16 "2010-12-20T02:28:42Z")
As soon as Darth Vader’s head is [seared](http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/e72b/) into the bread. ---
### Author: ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant) #### Post date: [December 20, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/17 "2010-12-20T02:48:58Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > When it goes from soft to crunchy. Actually, when it goes from dry to crunchy. You’ve got bread that’s all soft, then bread with a dried surface, then toast. There is an art to making good toast–crunchy on the outside; soft in the middle. _**Linus: You gonna make some toast? How about putting in a slice for me? Lucy: Here you are. Linus: Thank you very much. Hey! This is too light! It’s hardly singed! Surely you don’t expect me to eat raw toast!**_ ---
### Author: ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal) #### Post date: [December 20, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/18 "2010-12-20T07:42:18Z")
Never according to Zeno’s toast paradox. ---
### Author: ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus) #### Post date: [December 21, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/19 "2010-12-21T22:25:03Z")
Until the toaster goes ding, the bread is simultaneously bread, toast, not bread, and not toast, all at the same time. ---
### Author: ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog) #### Post date: [December 22, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678/20 "2010-12-22T00:24:39Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Until the toaster goes ding, the bread is simultaneously bread, toast, not bread, and not toast, all at the same time. Will it have cat scratches on it? -D/a [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-bread-become-toast/564678.md?page=2)