New Stuff

[susandennis]

I have recently had an influx of new stuff around here. Nothing big - just stuff off my want list.  When I sold my phone, I put the cash to my want list and it was fun.

One of the things I bought was a toaster.  I've had a $10 toaster for a while. I got it figuring I'd resent the counter space and take it to the Goodwill.  But I didn't. I resented that it made such crappy toast.  So I bought a replacement.  Only the replacement had two flaws.  One, it burned the toast in the middle but not on the edges and it needed really short bread.  My bread wouldn't fit in the slots.

So I sent it back and got a different kind.  And now, I am in toaster heaven.  This sucker makes some fine toast. I like my toast just before burnt. I like crunch.  Perfect.  Plus, this one has a bagel setting. I've never had a toaster with a bagel setting (which also works quite nicely for english muffins).  It is ridiculous how much I love that.

Bad karma exacerbated by all the fun I've made of the gluten free nazis would say that my chances of getting celiac disease are rising by the second.

I got a (very) used but (very) cheap smart phone - a T-Mobile Comet - I think it's circa 1850. I've had a backup flip phone from Tracfone for a year but it's too limited and too pricey to operate.  I can put this puppy on a pay by the day plan or just leave it no plan and pay as needed for a lot less and have a semi decent real phone backup.  (Plus the flip phone wasn't headphone capable and this one is.)

And my goggles did come.  One pair, I can tell right now, is going to be a fail (they were also, by far the cheapest). I'll try 'em but I think not.  The other two are two entirely different types.  One has a spongy surround and the other really big.  Both feel comfortable out of the water. I'm anxious to give them the swim test.

I do love new stuff. 

Comments

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

Since I went gluten-free, the one thing I miss is good grainy toast with butter and jam. I've yet to find affordable gluten-free bread with a texture I can stomach. A health food store does have good cinnamon raisin bread but it's really pricey.

[joyce.livejournal.com]

If you would like recommendations, I'm happy to make them, but I don't want to dump a bunch of data on your head if you don't want it when you were just commenting on Susan's post. :)

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

Recommend away!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Our toasters (we liked the one we got for Cambridge so much that we got an identical one for Gloucester) also have a bagel setting, as well as a Defrost setting. Sometimes we use both at once (we often have a supply of frozen bagels). I haven't determined whether either of them actually does anything different.

[susandennis]

I wondered about frozen stuff. So when you have frozen bagels do they go directly from freezer to toaster and then you use defrost AND bagel or just one or the other?

[rsc.livejournal.com]

We push both the "bagel" and "defrost" buttons. (This toaster has the odd characteristic that the extra-function buttons have to be pushed after you've put the toast down.)

[susandennis]

ahhhh. gotcha. i'm going to have to play around and see... I just realized tonight that the led lights were telling me how close to toast it was getting. i love this thing!

Deep Friday night thoughts

[silverthief2.livejournal.com]

I am now spending way too much time wondering how toaster manufacturers decide the dimensions of the bread slots. Are they just using what they always have? Do they actually conduct studies where they buy up a bunch of loaves and confirm that they'll all fit in their machines? And how can I get a job doing this? :)

Re: Deep Friday night thoughts

[susandennis]

I agree with your questions... why don't the toaster guys know the bread guys???

Here's the one I got... it actually solves several problems.