cliff
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Or are on generator power then a good 240v toaster really comes into its own
Toast: is it possible without a grill?
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Strathglass
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I must sort out the text auto suggestion thing. Yes if it was soldered it would have dissintrigated with the first attempt to use it, long before any solder had reached me.
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I have tried the prop up thing, it works but you have to watch it like a hawk as the toast goes from light brown in one corner to black and on fire in about 10 seconds. Both the ones I have had lasted for a very short time on in a marine environment.
Heavy teflon pan is just easier and I waste less.
Heavy teflon pan is just easier and I waste less.
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AngusMcDoon
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My stove stop toaster shown in the pic above is 11 years old now. Heating Teflon dry can be bad for your health...
sailorman
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would a pressure cooker make toast, it so how safe is it & would a method statement help
AngusMcDoon
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It would probably be a bit soggy but if you whipped the valve off at full pressure then quite an effective yeast raised wheat product based weapon for fending of gawping grockels and, er, what do they call them in Cornwall?
sailorman
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It would probably be a bit soggy but if you whipped the valve off at full pressure then quite an effective yeast raised wheat product based weapon for fending of gawping grockels and, er, what do they call them in Cornwall?
where is Cornwall ???
Big John
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This morning's brekky...
I have used one of these for years. It makes a perfect job in making toast. It's made of stainless steel so it does not rust and it folds up and can then just slide into the cupboard.
AngusMcDoon
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Land of the migratory emett.
stevepick
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Where do you get them? My wife is a toast addict, that looks like xmas sorted if I can find one.
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2nd_apprentice
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I've seen them at Tesco's and they do work okay. Since I mostly eat tsampa instead of bread it doesn't really get much use here.
MM5AHO
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I tried one of those 4 slice fold out thingies. It wasn't any good. Top of the slice is too far from the radiant source (the glowing stainless plate at bottom), and the bottom too close. It too far too long, and the bread dries out too much.
I modified it, by detaching the stainless wires and re-bending them to form a mesh just above the base plate, to suspend the bread on. Now it does only 1 at a time, but quickly and well.
It does leave lines on the bread, where the wires were. The mesh types shown in the thread would be better in that respect. But I paid at least £4 for mine, so wasn't about to throw it and get a new type.
We can use our griller, but that's too slow too, and the distance between radiant source and toast is too great.
I modified it, by detaching the stainless wires and re-bending them to form a mesh just above the base plate, to suspend the bread on. Now it does only 1 at a time, but quickly and well.
It does leave lines on the bread, where the wires were. The mesh types shown in the thread would be better in that respect. But I paid at least £4 for mine, so wasn't about to throw it and get a new type.
We can use our griller, but that's too slow too, and the distance between radiant source and toast is too great.
Greenheart
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I must try one of the cheap, not-very-effective 4-slice types, and convert it for one slice at a time. Much better than no toast at all, and besides, hot toast often goes cold before it gets eaten, in an open boat. Ah...that suggests I've made toast before, in the dinghy. I haven't but I did next to a tent, also al fresco and it still went cold very quickly.
EDIT: the single slice device sounds good - positive reviews - http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0038KFQ8A
...although the idea of bread resting on a metallic surface that is progressively being burned off (and to some extent consumed by the toast-eater) makes me pause to doubt.
EDIT: the single slice device sounds good - positive reviews - http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0038KFQ8A
...although the idea of bread resting on a metallic surface that is progressively being burned off (and to some extent consumed by the toast-eater) makes me pause to doubt.
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stevebrassett
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I've got one of the single slice camping toasters, and it works fine.
Bru
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It's the mesh that's crucial I think. We've got a standing two slice one that was aboard Erbas when we bought her and it works quite well whereas we've never had any joy with the open frame type without a mesh. That single toaster looks like it might produce a more even heating surface though so I might get one for my resident toast lover (I don't know why I bother asking her what she wants for breakfast, the answer is always "I'll just have a slice of toast"!)
Greenheart
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Can anything be 'toasted' on these devices? I seem to remember grilled tomatoes being good. Can foods that are ordinarily fried, be effectively subjected to a thorough toasting?
Bru
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Might be tricky getting a tomato to stay put on the one we've got! The flat type, which I hadn't seen before, I guess would do anything solid enough not to drop through the mesh thoiugh
Greenheart
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Excellent! Toasted bacon and toasted eggs...whilst at anchor in a racing dinghy, watching the sun come up over Osborne Bay. How many simultaneous firsts will that be? 
