Real Toast

[whiskeryron]

How many of you can remember real toast done in front of the fire with a toasting fork ? Somehow modern toast done in a toaster just does not taste the same if my memory serves me well.

[andy-hughes]

I do, and you're right, it doesn't.

We used to toast bread on the fire at my nana's, and it had a special taste, probably due to the added carbon particles!

[ubasses]

We still do in winter. Agree it always tastes much better.

[sandyRoe]

We only ever toasted it on one side. It was crisp and the untoasted side soft.

[ummmm]

I'm too young but toast is better cooked under the grill rather than the toaster.

[Hopkirk]

Tell that to the kids today and they won't believe you.

[Old_Geezer]

Ah Sandy is the one Sting sings about then.
Wondered who it was.

[Jackdaw33]

I agree about the grill. You can watch it and toast to perfection. My toaster broke two years ago and I haven't replaced it.

[whiskeryron]

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I'm too young but toast is better cooked under the grill rather than the toaster. // Right I'm keeping an eye on you girl. Ron.

[Old_Geezer]

I find cooking under the toaster doesn't seem to work.

[paddywak]

I grew up in a pit village ron and every house had a coal fire and beside that fire would be a toasting fork made at the pit from twisted bell wire.You're right ron you can't get that smokey flavour out of a toaster or a grill

[hellywelly4]

The butter was more tasty too 'in them days', wasn't it.

[Quizmonster]

Until just a few years ago, my local always had an open fire in the snug bar on cold Tuesday evenings which were usually very quiet. (Tuesday was the day the landlady's step-father looked after the place to give her a break.)
Both of us getting on, it seemed a good idea to do toast on long forks - which both of us still had. Bringing in butter and cheese, we had a wonderfully nostalgic time.
Once it became known, of course, things became rather less "quiet" and quite a few drinkers learned a joy they had never known!
Sadly, the pub is now a Co-op and my erstwhile companion has passed on, but it was great while it lasted.

[Khandro]

Ron; You have reminded me of something I haven't thought of for half a century; our toasting fork was made of brass, the handle and stem were kept shiny, but the prongs were black with charcoal, which probably insulated them from the metal.
Isn't it astonishing what memories are stored in the recesses of the brain?

[Jackdaw33]

We used to toast teacakes on the fire, and crumpets.

[gingejbee]

....so no toast in the warmer weather?

[Khandro]

//....so no toast in the warmer weather? //

A good point, I don't think there was. The consumption of toast was nothing like it is today courtesy of the electric toaster - which I have just discovered to my surprise;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toaster
was a Scottish invention.

[mazie]

All the grandkids used to go to our grandma's for toast done round the fire. This was always on a Monday so we could have either the pork or beef dripping on it from the Sunday roast. We all used to fight over the brown bit at the bottom of the dripping.

[naomi24]

We have a toasting fork and occasionally cook thick slices of fresh crusty bread over an open fire. Got to be served with real butter. Nice on a cold winter's morning. We also cook chestnuts in a pan on the fire in winter.

[-Talbot-]

Open fire for toast ...Luxury!
When I was a lad, I had to rub two slices of bread together really fast.

[1rovert]

I so agree with all of you, my problem is, the 'butter' just doesn't taste the same.