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a tiny electric sunrise that turns patience into breakfast and bread into a gamble
means An electrical kitchen appliance that browns slices of bread by exposing them to radiant heat from glowing wire elements.
from Straight from the verb 'toast,' which arrived in English via Old French 'toster' (to roast or grill), from Latin 'tostare,' a form of 'torrere,' to parch or scorch — the same root that gives us 'torrid.' For centuries 'toasting' meant holding bread to a fire on a fork; 'toaster' as the name for an electric device only became necessary once electricity made the open flame obsolete, in the early 20th century.
older than sliced breadElectric toasters predate pre-sliced bread by 17 years
glowing wireNichrome filaments hit roughly 600 degrees Celsius
maillard magicBrowning is the same chemistry that sears steak
no setting worksEvery dial reads either pale or charcoal, never between