Why is that when we hear about the world’s super foods they are always some obscure Brazilian berry, or some tropical fruit. It seems that foods found closer to home are never of benefit to our health. It even seems that sometimes every food we eat in the Western world is simply going to make us more unhealthy, get us fatter or give us some horrible disease.
But my answer has always been the same. Quite simply, I love toast. Now it seems I’m not wrong.
The Benefits of Toast
Firstly consider toast’s versatility. It tastes great with hundreds of spreads and foods, it can be used in almost any meal and is pretty much a meal in its own right – toast is the way that many people start the day.
Cheese, jam, marmite, peanut butter and much more – there are hundreds of ways to enjoy toast that suit a wide range of situations.
One of the main reasons I love toast is that it is easy to cook. No messy pans, complex recipes and the like. Toaster, bread, electricity. Ok maybe complex if you had to invent and make all those things yourself but thankfully someone has already done that for us, all we need to do is combine the 3!
It’s cheap too. Bread is very cheap and available from almost every newsagent, petrol station and supermarket in the world for very, very little. Margarine doesn’t cost much and most toasters are available for next to nothing as well – and last for years and years.
Toast as a Super Food
Well it may not cure cancer, make us immune to swine flu, get world peace, win a world series or any of the other ludicrous claims that those trying to sell me ’super foods’ claim theirs will, but I don’t believe them either.
The fact is that toast IS healthy. Or can be if you don’t cover it in too much jelly, which I admit I may do from time to time.
White bread toast is unhealthy (no matter how good it tastes) because of how white bread is made. But when you start looking at brown bread, wholemeal bread etc you begin to realize that actually, toast really does have some health benefits.
The fact is that as part of a balanced diet toast can really work at helping bring down cholesterol, fight diabetes and much more. Now I am no scientist but that seems to be all the qualification I need to dress it up in a red cape and underwear and start flying it around the city calling it ’super food’.
Yes it may get some odd looks but it should get the point across!
I love toast because it tastes great. I love toast because it is so versatile. I love toast because it is cheap. I love toast because it can be so healthy (when done right).
In other words, I love toast. Do you?
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I can hardly believe my eyes… another soul out on the Internet who LOVES TOAST as much as I DO!
My passion is all things toasted, and I write a blog about it: http://blog.globaltoaster.com
Check in often… it seems we share a common passion.
Best,
Jane Toast
February 21st, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Toast is very cool!!! I mean it is a step up in technology…
someone was probably very sick of eating just plain bread and thought, “HEY lets put this in the oven to bake it!!!” And guess what it turned into a very good part breakfast, lunch and dinner. Of course it probably happen by accident like most inventions!! Bottom line I <3 TOAST!!!
February 24th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Wow i are a nerd
February 24th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Wow u are a freak!
April 21st, 2010 at 4:36 am
Hello
HOW SAD IS IT DO DEDICATE A WEB SITWE TO TOAST???????
AND JANE TOASTY GET A LIFE
April 29th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Yeaah, How SAAAAD! Only gay people leave a comment….WAIT I AM LEAVING A COMMENT :s Ohh Deaaaar……..
I AM AWAY LAUGHING ON A FAST CAMEL, GOODBYE!
May 17th, 2010 at 5:04 am
OMG!! I LOVE TOAST!! Me and my friend Kate have even made a Toast cartoon character (btw we’re 13 and 14)!! We just finished Toastapalooza, where we made Toast, and “dressed him up” by drawing a face on him with various spreads.. We even made a Toast song and I will make a Toast website, and I will put the link up in a comment for every Toast lover to see!!
December 7th, 2010 at 11:48 am
OMG! toast is delicious
February 15th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Haha,I love Michael Jackson! He was the most talented to ever sing! We will never ever have someone like MJ! RIP to the GREATEST!
March 4th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I’m looking for the name of the comedian that was similar to todays Carrott Top but sometimes put a toaster around his neck ans using spoons would use toaster for rythm while singing I Love Toast.
If anyone remenmers his name I’d be greatful. I know there has to be a video of him somewhere
March 4th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
R Wiltse,
You might be thinking about Heywood Banks!
Here’s a youtube video of him playing the toaster:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BILAFuSi-i0