Bru
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Ahem "The flat type, which I hadn't seen before, I guess would do anything solid enough not to drop through the mesh though" :encouragement:
Toast: is it possible without a grill?
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Ahem "The flat type, which I hadn't seen before, I guess would do anything solid enough not to drop through the mesh though" :encouragement:
stevebrassett
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Which, of course, includes bacon fat, which would drop straight onto an open flame.
Greenheart
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Hmm.
Wouldn't it be possible to coat the underside of the mesh with ordinary tin foil, so the heat comes through from below without the food dropping back?
Isn't what we really need, for the same effect, an extremely thin pan - heat without flame?
Wouldn't it be possible to coat the underside of the mesh with ordinary tin foil, so the heat comes through from below without the food dropping back?
Isn't what we really need, for the same effect, an extremely thin pan - heat without flame?
Seajet
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Dan,
I'm not as crazy about toast as yourself, but it has its' place - under baked beans or cheese usually; I went to some effort to fit a cooker with grill on my boat but have hardly ever used the grill.
With the sort of cruising you envisage, cafe's become important waypoints; could you wait for your toast fix at these places ?
BTW, Emsworth has a surfeit of good cafe's, possibly useful to you if berthed at Thornham Marina ( actually boatyard with drying pontoons ) or even Emsworth Marina which is a place not to be missed.
Also, get your skates on and bugger the planning, or another season will be gone !
I'm not as crazy about toast as yourself, but it has its' place - under baked beans or cheese usually; I went to some effort to fit a cooker with grill on my boat but have hardly ever used the grill.
With the sort of cruising you envisage, cafe's become important waypoints; could you wait for your toast fix at these places ?
BTW, Emsworth has a surfeit of good cafe's, possibly useful to you if berthed at Thornham Marina ( actually boatyard with drying pontoons ) or even Emsworth Marina which is a place not to be missed.
Also, get your skates on and bugger the planning, or another season will be gone !
mcanderson
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Dry frying pan high gas setting and it's fine!
Greenheart
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The frying-pan recommendations seem smart...except for my temptation to add knobs of butter to the pan. Toasting often gives way to frying. Maybe concerns about high-temperature Teflon can be relieved by food being supported on a rack, a very few millimeters above the pan's surface? Or, does excessive temperature gradually destroy the pan?
Andy, thanks for the thoughts. I'll be glad to journey-plan according to eateries en route...but waking up in the boat, making coffee and toast and eggs aboard...all very tempting.
The Osp looks much fitter for my curious purposes than she did last year - so I'm happy to regard sailing her as an occasional flourish after a long time usefully spent. Hopefully my problems last year are mostly eradicated now; although I know new matters come along to take their place, if one doesn't make an effort to remember why one bought a boat. :encouragement:
Andy, thanks for the thoughts. I'll be glad to journey-plan according to eateries en route...but waking up in the boat, making coffee and toast and eggs aboard...all very tempting.
The Osp looks much fitter for my curious purposes than she did last year - so I'm happy to regard sailing her as an occasional flourish after a long time usefully spent. Hopefully my problems last year are mostly eradicated now; although I know new matters come along to take their place, if one doesn't make an effort to remember why one bought a boat. :encouragement:
Seajet
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Dan,
I've cooked soup on a gas burner in a Fireball ( of course it was a F 1-2 but got the cruisers from Chichester Yacht Basin / Marina looking boggle eyed ) with the bouyancy tanks stuffed full with tents etc so anything is possible, we did discuss carrying the trolley strapped underneath my Scorpion to Langstone SC ( Chichester side ) after the winter ' Snowflake ' series at CYC but as it was calmish carried it on deck to avoid drag, hardly a cruising solution though.
FFS get out there and try her, the only way to find solutions to suit yourself & crew...
I've cooked soup on a gas burner in a Fireball ( of course it was a F 1-2 but got the cruisers from Chichester Yacht Basin / Marina looking boggle eyed ) with the bouyancy tanks stuffed full with tents etc so anything is possible, we did discuss carrying the trolley strapped underneath my Scorpion to Langstone SC ( Chichester side ) after the winter ' Snowflake ' series at CYC but as it was calmish carried it on deck to avoid drag, hardly a cruising solution though.
FFS get out there and try her, the only way to find solutions to suit yourself & crew...
2nd_apprentice
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coaster63
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best toaster ever!!
Hi just thought I'd pass on some pics of my fail free toaster,a copy of a mild steel one I used when I started camping 40+ years ago knocked up with a piece off stainless ( old scrap bread bin ) piece of mesh building site & gas welding rod handle about 7 inch square, this ones about 10 years old & hopefully I'll still be using it for another 10. Great toast every time knocks spots off grills just don't take your eye off it & turn frequently very quick. quick scrub with dry brush & flick crumbs over the side ,ready for tomorrow.
Hi just thought I'd pass on some pics of my fail free toaster,a copy of a mild steel one I used when I started camping 40+ years ago knocked up with a piece off stainless ( old scrap bread bin ) piece of mesh building site & gas welding rod handle about 7 inch square, this ones about 10 years old & hopefully I'll still be using it for another 10. Great toast every time knocks spots off grills just don't take your eye off it & turn frequently very quick. quick scrub with dry brush & flick crumbs over the side ,ready for tomorrow.
Greenheart
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Very nice-looking toaster, very controllable. But maybe a bit of a hazard in a seaway, with a square foot of red-hot steel sliding around the accommodation?
coaster63
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ditto hot frying pan /grill pan / blow torch basically you don't let go of the handle whilst toasting, so give toast a miss by any method ( in a seaway )
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
I am surprised at the negqtive view of the 4 piece wire toaster prop up jobbie... We had one for years and in fact it works great IMHO.. It's actually capable of doing five slices at a time by propping a fifth across the top of the other four... Pay attention and you will get good toast...
For toasted sandwiches you MUST have one of these...
Diable Toastie maker... Mmmmmm
For toasted sandwiches you MUST have one of these...
Diable Toastie maker... Mmmmmm
Greenheart
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I bet the hidden molten cheese gets devilishly hot.
But who makes a loaf with slices that shape? Or does one have to trim off the square surround and crust?
Surely they require the bread to be oiled or buttered before heating, like the Tefal sandwich toasters I recall with happy greed...but the food they made really can't be called toast!
But who makes a loaf with slices that shape? Or does one have to trim off the square surround and crust?
Surely they require the bread to be oiled or buttered before heating, like the Tefal sandwich toasters I recall with happy greed...but the food they made really can't be called toast!
