Today is (I am not making this up) National Toast Day (as if you didn’t know). First celebrated at the time of our last self-study, the honorable occasion behooves us now to assess how well we are addressing the recommendations regarding toast established eight years ago.
1) Include Toast at every meal
2) Toast should be integrated into snacks
3) To drink to the Honor of the eight Working Groups’ hard work
4) Survey each employee on how one likes their toast (light, crisp, burnt?)
5) Our culture of toast should include croutons and fondue toast sticks
To trace the history of toast is to go back to the origins of bread itself. The earliest evidence of flour dates back some 30,000 years, and was probably used to make flatbread. The Ancient Egyptians discovered that if dough was left out, it would rise into a lighter, fluffier loaf. By 3000 B.C., they had invented the closed oven to bake leavened bread. The word “toast” originates from the Latin word “tostum,” meaning, “to burn or scorch,” as toasting bread over fire became popular in the Roman Empire.
Our own Troy, NY, has an important role in the history of toast as well. By 1890, the Variety Bakery on the corner of Fourth Ave and Ferry Street was pre-slicing bread as a convenience to their customers. Leftovers could be browned in the new electric toaster invented in 1893. Alas, the electric slicer would not be invented until 1912.
We Toast You Now – To the Success of Our Mutual Endeavor!
Published: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:00:24 +0000 by j.stenard