This came up on a thing, and I think it’s a good measure of a persons character.
If indeed toast is bisected at all, what is your style and reasoning?
I was surprised to see that overwhelmingly, people seemed to be of the opinion that method No.3 was for the unhinged.
I actually tend to favour method No.3 because it is a true mirror image split of the slice and doesn’t introduce the quandary of whether to eat the top or bottom crusted half first or last.
No.2 forces the hand and you must decide aesthetically which half you prefer and hence which you will eat first.
No.1 is reserved for people who desire to better their social standing and for church fairs and WI coffee mornings.
Incidentally, none of the examples shown are actually toast imho. Far too al dente for my liking.
For shop bread as in the pictures, fold rather than cut. And the fold should be oriented as per #3. Artisanal sourdough should always be enjoyed whole.
Diagonally cut sandwiches and toast taste better. That’s a science fact.
If this is true I dread to think what a supermarket sandwich would taste like if cut per 2 or 3.
That doesn’t really look like toast in the OP, it looks like bread that has previously been lightly warmed. It looks like it has probably been in our diabolically bad toaster.
Option 0 (uncut) for toast & marmalade or marmite etc. If I had to cut, I’d go 2
Option 3 for toast to eat soup with – better width for scooping
Option 1 is shit for sarnies – supermarkets know that you can underfill to the biggest extent but they still look acceptable from the “front”
(It’s also shit for toasties IMO, despite being the default)
Don’t cut it. Get more butter in yer tache that way!
There are certain loaves that need cutting like 3 though, for sandwiches rather than toast though. The ones that are wider than they are tall, it’s good though as you get a nice but of crust on each half.
Mostly no cutting required. Occasionally 2 if I CBA. Very occasionally, in specific circumstances there is a place for 1. Hear me out…. If eating a fried egg sunny side up and waiting to pierce then dunk the yolk, the stabby, buttery triangle of no.1 is optimal. Anyone participating in No.3 should be tarred and feathered.
I fold it more or less in half and then ram it into my face- the window of still-hot-from-toaster and melty butter but still crisp is too short for knives
Some shop bought bread, and I apologise in advance for this – the 50/50 stuff – is actually quite good cold, the slice wasn’t perfectly smooth so caught the spread. Or you can partiality toast it, let it get cold then toast it just to warm it up a little before application of spread.
One gives you an obvious place for your first bite, two and three leave you with the urge to bite in the middle and leave you with an unstable sandwich.
” two and three leave you with the urge to bite in the middle and leave you with an unstable sandwich.”
3 allows you to eat a slice of toast in 4 bites with some dignity. Critical for me as I’m in the canteen and still remembered for eating porridge and a sausage roll in the same bowl.
People keep mentioning a buttery face. The obvious solution is the fold the toast. Then everything is inside; you have easy mouth insertion and maintain a dignified low bite consumption. This is also the correct way to eat a slice of NY pizza.
Option 3 provides the most rapid toast/face insertion rate, so it’s that one for me.
Option 3 for toast to eat soup with
No.3 ordinarily
3 allows you to eat a slice of toast in 4 bites with some dignity.
3 is the way forward.
Reported. Never in my wildest nightmares did I imagine the sheer number of absolute wrong uns that stalk this forum. Absolutely shocking. I think the OP has performed a valuable public service in outing these deviants so normal toast eating folk can shun them and whisper behind their backs.
Edit to retract my praise of the OP, having realised he is in fact a participant in this vile practice.
2 – there’s a focus on eating toast while warm, and no one got time to faff with rotations or whatnot, so butter, marmalade and hack in half. Only ever done if you’re in polite company.
And that toast in your post is borderline anaemic. All toast should tread the 10 second line between deeply coloured and crispy, and a charred abhorrence.