Wednesday, January 13, 2010

24/7, Toast is Heaven

The process is so simple and end result is almost always so perfect.

Two slices of Toast. I love making it. I love eating it.

Toast is a big winner on any day, at any hour. In fact , warm homemade bread, poppin' up fresh from the Sunbeam, has always been one of my favorite Guilty Pleasures.


The toast toppings are as important as the bread and your choice of bread is everything. As we all know, your bread must have soul. Wonder does not work.

The marriage of flavors between toast and topping creates a very special melting point of personal pleasure. Whether it's a stellar sidedish to a disappointing omlette or the perfect platform for the best BLT ever, Toast plays a big time roll in all of our lives.

Thick or thin, Toast can be a game changer...

Do I come to life at 6 am munching on country white bread with Plugra butter and Cactus Pear Jelly?

At 10 am on Gameday, do I settle in my mancave and enjoy Sour Dough toast topped with 2 fried eggs, pork roll and fontina cheese. OMG, Taylor Pork Roll is a Delaware Valley classic "It's Trenton's greasy gift to the Guilty!!! "

Do I scarf down two thick slices of Texas toast with garlic butter at 4 pm? "Many a school day ended with thick buttered toast. Old habits die hard."

Sniffling and weary from some nameless flu, seven grain toast, apple butter and green tea are a godsend at 8 pm. "Toast has many recuperative qualties."

It's past midnight. The Catering RFP is finally complete. Do I share my toasted Flax seed bread and Tupelo honey with a certain shaggy influence peddler with a wet nose. "But, of course!"

Otis knows, 24/7, Toast is heaven.