Talk:Toast

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Why no discussion of Heywood Bank's famous song (here: http://www.comedyhome.com/index.cfm?fa=displayComedian&comedianID=1). It is, after all, the most famous song about toast I can think of.

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[edit] History

Does anyone know anything about the origins and history of toasted bread>

[edit] Etymology

This section is in dire need of sources. The claims about Kohan Van Sambeeck and Beau Ward seem particularly unlikely.

[edit] Currency

Toast isn't strictly a currency in Holland, is it? I thought they used the Gilder. DavidFarmbrough 12:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I think a citation might just be necessary for that claim that eating it makes your nose longer.

What a weak article. It should be added that toast contains butter or margarine, while most other bread does not. Warm butter sticks fine to unroasted toast while butter on roasted toast tends to melt and slip off, thus a silly claim in the first sentence. --Echosmoke 01:53, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Are you insane? What is unroasted toast? Do you mean bread or do you mean toast and in which case what the hell is roasted toast? And toast is still toast without butter or margarine not to mention those are often spread on bread too. I'm very confused by you.

Liam Markham (talk) 12:39, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Toastrecipes.com

Any thoughts on the addition or removal of toastrecipes.com? It keeps being replaced and I'm in favour of removing/leaving it out permanently. WLU 16:51, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

The art of eating toast? I don't see how that helps an encyclopedia at all, so it's been removed. ~ Giggy! Talk Contribs About Me To Do List 23:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Normally I'm death on EL, but that one I like in the article. It's the BBC, it's well written, it's got some weird stuff in it. Whimsical, but fun. If there is room for voting, mine is to keep it, though I acknowledge that I'd be hard pressed to justify it via WP:EL--WLU 15:03, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I love Douglas Adams too, but I still think that information could just be incorporated into the article, thus not breaking WP:EL. I've removed it unless someone can produce more relevant links. ~ Giggy! Talk Contribs 05:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Who here thinks free toast should be merged onto this page? A2Z123 17:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Let me guess, another sock puppet belonging to the Free Toast nutter? Will2710 17:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think I am a nutter, I think you are a power-crazed cyber-dictator. What do you say to that? A2Z123 10:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Do you?

I saw a lot of wikipedians were complaining about 'free toast.' To satisfy these nutters, why don't we just incorporate the free toast article into the toast article. Surely, that would make everyone happy. That way, we can shut them up, too. Dominic120 15:33, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

My reason for opposing it is that it's strictly non-encyclopaedic and doesn't add anything of any value to the article. Will2710|Talk! 15:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buttered toast?

Looked more like a memorial in Germany to me. Did this really get overlooked for half a year? Willpower 20:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I've been having trouble where a user uploaded an image to Wikipedia with the same name as one on Commons - I'm inclined to think that something similar has happened here. I'm sure I would have spotted it otherwise. →Ollie (talk • contribs) 22:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
That seemed the most likely explanation to me. Still, funny. Willpower 22:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beans on toast

This has to be mentioned somewhere, given that (baked) beans on toast is incredibly popular in the UK, vastly more so than peanut butter on toast, but I can't decide where best to put it, so I'll mention it here and let someone more skilled decide! 86.132.141.134 16:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On one side

Sting says "I like my toast done on one side". How exactly is it done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doktor (talk • contribs) 20:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, it could technically be done with an old-fashioned toaster, which held bread as it was rotated over a fire. Willpower 03:38, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Or you just put it under a grill. Not rocket science, really. Will2710|Talk! 14:25, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism?

Because toast is effectively bread cooked twice, doesn't that contribute to global warming? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.145.228 (talk) 10:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

what the hell 24.36.9.241 (talk) 20:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Toast and theophany

Remember that one time a few years ago when the Virgin Mary appeared on a piece of toast? And various parodies ensued. I can probably find a reference. Would it be a good idea to incorporate information about this apparition into the article?--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 01:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

The virgin Mary has been seen in just about ever kind of food under the sun. I don't think it's that notable really. Liam Markham (talk) 12:45, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that's strictly true. Except for one time in a grilled cheese sandwich - which may be the instance the young gentleman is referring to - I can't think of any other, and I don't think it's right to imply that the Virgin Mary is some kind of food whore. That being said, I'm not sure that the toast apparition belongs in this article, in Virgin Mary, or whatever. If there is a separate article on appearances of the Virgin Mary it should go there, but I don't know if there is. It might belong in this article. Herostratus (talk) 16:48, 10 May 2008 (UTC)