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Issue #26, May 2002

 

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MY TOAST FETISH

I could live off toast, I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for any other snacks in between.  The only thing that goes on my toast is margarine, to put anything else on would take the scintillating taste of the toasted bread away.  The type of bread is important but not crucial, you can use a loaf that costs around ten pence, you know that dead cheap white type that supermarkets are quite literally giving away.  It is okay but you do have to realise that as soon as you taste it that the old adage is true, you really do get what you pay for.  I don’t have a preference for white or brown bread it just depends on the kind of mood I am in at the particular moment of time.  Though I do find it better to toast the bread when it is fresh rather than toasting it straight out of the freezer mainly because it goes extremely crisp and has no soft centre to it when you bite into it.  Even writing about it now is making me feel a little peckish so you will have to excuse me for five minutes while I go and get myself some toast.  I recently purchased a new toaster though I am not really sure why as I make my toast using the oven grill instead.  By choosing this method it means that I can keep a close eye on the bread as it quickly changes colour to a lovely golden brown, no matter what type of bread you use.  I find it quite hypnotic to crouch down and watch the bread crisp up, then when it is done to your perfection you have to quickly turn the slices of bread over so that both sides are done to your liking.  Then as soon as you turn the grill off you have to spread the margarine on straight away, the amount that you put on is entirely to your own taste.  I find that the best thing to do next is not to eat it right there and then but to wait until the margarine has melted into the toast and then it is ready to be devoured.  Everyone has their toast done differently and when someone else makes it for you somehow, no matter how hard they try, it is never quite right.  Toast is lovely, so simple, uncomplicated, quick and easy, I admit it now, I am a toast fiend.

© Kerry Berwick 2002

 

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