# Permit me to propose some toast **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719 "2004-07-24T20:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/1 "2004-07-24T20:54:15Z")
…but it had better be very light—not golden brown, dammit—and warm enough to melt butter and juuuuuuu_uuust_ at the stage of being crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/2 "2004-07-24T21:03:21Z")
Well there’s no secret to toasting perfection There’s a dial on the side and you make your selection Push to the dark or the light and then If it pops too soon, press down again! (Heywood Banks) ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/3 "2004-07-24T23:37:01Z")
You want it to be handed, or be thrown, at you? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/4 "2004-07-25T01:03:35Z")
Toast isn’t thrown. You’re thinking of salad. You’re probably one of those crunchy-dark-flavorful toast-eating heretics, aren’t you? Back, I say, back! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/5 "2004-07-25T01:10:20Z")
For really tasty golden-brown toast try this: Spread butter on both sides of the bread before you put it in the toaster. It takes longer to cook that way, though. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/6 "2004-07-25T01:20:21Z")
[Lister] I don’t want no smeggin’ toast! [/Lister] ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/7 "2004-07-25T02:20:04Z")
I like toasted bagettes with cinnamon and butter. My grandmother used to make toast like that when we went to her house. I would always steal her piece. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/8 "2004-07-25T04:14:44Z")
Hey, I _like_ golden-brown toast. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/9 "2004-07-26T20:33:45Z")
I like golden brown too. With butter and cinnamon sugar. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/10 "2004-07-26T21:31:13Z")
It’s not good toast unless it’s good bread to begin with. Like a nice sourdough. Or a slice of La Brea Bakery’s Chocolate Sour Cherry Bread. With unsalted butter, please. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/11 "2004-07-26T21:34:21Z")
I’m for golden brown too. Anything that doesn’t actually look like toast is … well, bread, quite frankly. I have, I’m proud to say, in only 26 years on this earth (okay, almost 27), perfected the art of toast-making. First, one starts with a toaster oven. No other toasting apparatus will be accepted. Then the bread is toasted to golden brownness, spread with butter (preferably real butter, not margarine), and put back into the toaster oven until the butter is melted. Upon doing this, you will have achieved the perfect balance of butteryness and crunchiness. Mmmmmm … toast! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/12 "2004-07-26T21:42:28Z")
You know, I just realized that I put this in Cafe Society. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/13 "2004-07-26T21:45:12Z")
I double-toast mine to get it extra crunchy without burning it. I put it on medium-dark, let it go through the cycle, and then I let it cool down for a couple of minutes before I toast it again. Crunchy goodness! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/14 "2004-07-27T03:51:56Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > Toast isn’t thrown. You’re thinking of salad. No…salad is _tossed_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/15 "2004-07-27T07:00:56Z")
I pefer the French veriety, personally. Failing that, a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch will do. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/16 "2004-07-27T13:50:11Z")
OK, as per request, this is moved from Cafe Society to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/17 "2004-07-27T14:55:10Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > Toast isn’t thrown. You’re thinking of salad. > > > [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > > > No…salad is _tossed_. Pizza is thrown. The bread, anyway. If you toss it after you put the toppings on, it gets kind of messy. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/18 "2004-07-27T15:02:37Z")
I used to work with somebody who knew her toast was done when the smoke alarm went off. Seriously, she’d turn bread into charcoal and she loved it that way. Fresh bread toasted to a golden brown is the only way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Humble\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@Humble\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humble_Servant)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permit-me-to-propose-some-toast/256719/19 "2004-07-27T15:25:55Z")
I propose a toast from the movies: > [@](#): > > Soul Food Cafe Owner: Help you two? > Elwood: Do you have any white bread ma’am? > Soul Food Cafe Owner: Yeah. > Elwood: I’ll have some toasted white bread please. > Soul Food Cafe Owner: You want any jam on that honey? > Elwood: No ma’am, dry. > Jake: Have you got any fried chicken ma’am? > Soul Food Cafe Owner: Best damned chicken in the state! > Jake: Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke. > Soul Food Cafe Owner: You want chickens wings or chicken legs? > Jake: Four fried chickens and a Coke. > Elwood: And some dry white toast please. > Soul Food Cafe Owner: Ya’all want anything to drink with that? > Elwood: No ma’am. > Jake: A Coke. > Soul Food Cafe Owner: Be right back.