Toast

Toast

Toast is bread that has been browned by exposure to radiant heat. This browning is the result of a Maillard reaction. Toasting warms the bread and makes it firmer, so it holds toppings more securely. Toasting is a common method of making stale bread more palatable.

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Famous quotes containing the word toast:

    “You make a toast for tomorrow
    and smash the cup,
    letting your false women lap the dish I had to fatten up.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Time for you and time for me,
    And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
    And for a hundred visions and revisions,
    Before the taking of a toast and tea.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Billy: You dropped some shell in there.
    Ted: It’s all right. Makes it crunchier that way. You like French toast crunchy, don’t you?”
    —Robert Benton (b. 1932)