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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2007, 05:19:56 pm » |
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Being a yank and all.. what's a "toast soldier"? sounds like a soft boiled egg on toast.
pretty cool device though. I wonder if enough people eat "toast soldiers" to really make this as common as a toaster.
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2007, 05:24:44 pm » |
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I have no idea. It said that it was adjustable though, to make eggs the way you like them.
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2007, 05:26:42 pm » |
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Being a yank and all.. what's a "toast soldier"? sounds like a soft boiled egg on toast.
pretty cool device though. I wonder if enough people eat "toast soldiers" to really make this as common as a toaster.
Take toast (buttered, or not, depending on preference), cut it into narrow strips (soldiers) and dip into the yolk of a soft boiled egg... Cheers Harold |
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Dusza Beben
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2007, 05:27:55 pm » |
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what's a "toast soldier"?
Seems obvious! Soldiers made of toast! Geeez...  Will there be a family size unit availabe? I can boil a lot of eggs in a pot. It is pretty though. DB |
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2007, 05:28:28 pm » |
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so a sort of runny, bite sized version of french toast? Interesting... Might have to try that.
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aintMichael
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2007, 05:45:47 pm » |
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Being a yank and all.. what's a "toast soldier"? sounds like a soft boiled egg on toast.
pretty cool device though. I wonder if enough people eat "toast soldiers" to really make this as common as a toaster.
Take toast (buttered, or not, depending on preference), cut it into narrow strips (soldiers) and dip into the yolk of a soft boiled egg... Cheers Harold Well I'll be! makes perfect sense. In the US we'd probably fry them or something after dipping them and call them "fingers" which, by the way chickens don't have. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2007, 07:07:06 pm » |
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OOOOOH!
I do that all the time and never knew the term for it.
I freaking love buttered toast dipped in egg yolk. So darned scrumptious.
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2007, 07:46:00 pm » |
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2007, 08:00:16 pm » |
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What is needed, of course, is a suitably geared and steamy device for automatically toasting and then cutting out perfect soldiers...
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2007, 08:08:46 pm » |
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Damn, artistically beautiful and makes perfect dunky eggs.
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2007, 11:15:05 pm » |
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Mmm, eggy and good. And very very pretty. What, you Yanks never lined your strips of toast up in a line like soldiers on parade, shouted "Atten-shun!" and sent them to their yolky demise?  |
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2007, 11:53:04 pm » |
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Toast soldiers even crop up in Pratchett (see "Night Watch")
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« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2007, 12:34:07 am » |
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I think a toast-o-lator could be retro-fitted with small spinning blades to slice the toast into fingers as it emerges. Applying the butter would be harder, perhaps a device to melt it then spray the liquid butter on? You don't know what a toast-o-lator is? Then you MUST read this.  Charlie |
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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2007, 12:43:42 am » |
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More amazingly, there is a Toast-o-lator video on YouTube....
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2007, 12:53:40 am » |
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I cook my egg's in the kettle... pop 'em in when I'm making the wifes Tea in the morning..
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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2007, 03:15:16 am » |
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Hmmm, let's see... use the Bulbed Egg Cooker 3000 (or whatever it's called) an appliance that is bound to cost $39US or more and only does one thing, or a $2 saucepan which can also be used for a million other cooking jobs. No contest.
BTW my copper saucepans have rivets, that's Steampunk enough for me!
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2007, 03:42:39 pm » |
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Hmmm, let's see... use the Bulbed Egg Cooker 3000 (or whatever it's called) an appliance that is bound to cost $39US or more and only does one thing, or a $2 saucepan which can also be used for a million other cooking jobs. No contest.
BTW my copper saucepans have rivets, that's Steampunk enough for me!
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But this thing is way more fun I have a device myself that makes square hard-boiled eggs, don't know why, but it's more fun that a plain old egg-shaped egg. |
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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2007, 06:14:15 pm » |
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Is that a modified French press I see? So that's why I can't find one in the shops, they're turning them all into egg-cooking devices.
I would kill a small army regiment for a Toast-O-Lator.
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Dusza Beben
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2007, 06:41:23 pm » |
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I would kill a small army regiment for a Toast-O-Lator.
I'm thinking perhaps a minor country could be removed from the map to satisfy my lust for the Toast-O-Lator. DB |
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« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2007, 10:24:42 pm » |
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so a sort of runny, bite sized version of french toast? Interesting... Might have to try that.
If by French toast you mean "egg-soaked fried bread with cinnamon and sugar", then no, not at all. Just egg-yolk-y toast. Extremely good, ne'ertheless. That toast-o-lator thing is ridiculous! It is so unnecessarily complex! I want one! |
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« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2007, 10:24:45 pm » |
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You know, watching that video... I'm convinced I could make my own quasi-Toastalator.
I feel certain that it's a bike chain over a pair of off-center-attached cams attached to a motor that does the moving. The toasting elements can be salvaged from a throw-away toaster. The housing is a problem, but I can probably modify something cosmetically similiar - the side slots can be hacksawed and filed out. Could look quite lovely!
The degree of doneness can easily be adjusted by changing the motor's speed. That's all there is to it, really.
You know, having to do the casing myself, I could try for a brass object, which could make all the difference. I most likely will attempt to source some incandescent lightbulbs to assist in the cooking and inspective illumination.
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« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2007, 10:52:00 pm » |
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« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2007, 10:59:31 pm » |
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I think it's less sensible than that! It isn't a conveyor: there are schematics on the site linked to by Lord Croker's image, and from those it appears to be a serrated bar which is moved by a pair of off-center cams. So when the toast stops, it is resting on rails while the bar returns to its original position.
The only reason I can imagine why they didn't use a conveyor is that it would probably need to be greased, which may not agree with the heat and would be unpleasant on toast.
EDIT: Got beat to it. Posting anyway.
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