On Jan 17, 4:34*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> >> Maybe 2 or 3 times a year I buy rye or sourdough bread that comes in a
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> >> that has slices of bread that are longer and narrower than your average
> >> bread slice. *To toast them I start with them one way in the toaster,
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> >> for a short amount of time and then flip it and do the other way.
> >> Invariably one end isn't quite toasted enough and it is too toasted in
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> >> middle.
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> >> I know I could do the toast in the oven but I hate to heat the oven up
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> >> pieces of toast. *I don't have a toaster oven or the room to store one.
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> >> How do you do yours?
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> > I've never tried to toast one of those long pieces of bread. *I would
> > either toast them in a frying pan, or more likely, cut them in half and
> > just toast one piece of bread at a time, one half on each side.
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> I must be stupid. *Never thought once to cut them.

It is nice to have them long and toasted.