Apparently, scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered the formula for the perfect piece of toast. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! "Mmmmm ... toast." The formula for the perfect toast. (BBC, click image for article)
Insanities. How's this for insane: Toasting is a byprodcut of something called the Malliard (Milliard? Mollard?) Reaction- I'll look it up later. The starches and sugars in that braed become caramelized with the chemical changes responding to heat- which is why toasting makes the slice sweeter. The trick is not to undertoast since the chemical result is acidic. And not overtoast since the chemical result is carbon. Coal. Every month beginning on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th on the calendar. The Wright Brothers killed a duke on their first flight. I've got this all stored in my head making violent noise. INSANE.
Cooked baby: What the fuck ever. Pause. By the way..........sweeeeeeeeet name, never noticed. A dewey eyed babe slowly boiling in a vat of formaldahyde......... Anyway- starch byproducts caramelizing is called the the "Maillard Reaction" after the man who discovered it.
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............i don't have a toaster...i miss crispy english muffins lavished in melted butter, and bagels...peanut butter and jelly toast...ehhhh i havent had any of these in months...can you make toast in the microwave? i'm sick of grilled cheese..
Nope. Toast in the microwave doesn't quite work. I haven't gotten the hang of a standard oven, either. However, if you get a chance and have the choice, go with a toaster oven because then you can toast up thick hunks of sourdough and so forth that won't fit in an ordinary toaster. Oh, and toaster ovens reheat pizza better than the microwave. And those "Hot Pockets," out of a toaster oven (30 min @ 350° F) don't suck nearly as much as out of the microwave (2 min. @ high).
<b>OverTheStars</b>, don't dare bringing english muffins into the mix! In the scientific community, this is know as "Thomasing" the results. This will not only destroy the equation as is but will cost at least another £20,000 to recover.
OvertheStars: More useless info- Yes and no. The wavelengths are so short they can pierce through anything relatively unscathed- plastic, glass, food wrap- but not metal which is why the encasing is always metalic. The microwaves are absorbed by water molecules that exite and give off heat, in turn heating the food. Wet bread would microwave. Dry bread will not.
Yes, you can. Unplug the microwave, and sit it so the door is open facing up. Build a small fire inside the microwave and put a oven rack over it. put your bread on that and flip it after about thirty seconds. Enjoy.. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
You can also try oveloading the micowave and shorting a fuse. You go outside with your bag of wonderbread until the house burns, then pull a chair up to the bonfire and genlty toast your bread in the flames.
Get a microwave popcorn bag. Open it up and throw away the popcorn. Put a slice of bread in it. Put it in the microwave for the usual time. It will come out toasted and buttered, but smelling of old socks, because microwave popcorn always smells like old socks. Normally if you microwave stale bread, it gets damp... I'm not sure why.
