American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Toast

Original Recipe

Toast should be made of stale bread, or at least of bread that has been baked a day. Cut smoothly in slices, not more than half an inch thick; if the crust is baked very hard, trim the edges and brown very evenly, but if it happens to burn, that should be scraped off. Toast that is to be served with anything turned over it, should have the slices first dipped quickly in a dish of hot water turned from the boiling tea-kettle, with a little salt thrown in. Cold biscuits cut in halves, and the under crust sliced off, then browned evenly on both sides, make equally as good toast. The following preparations of toast are almost all of them very nice dishes, served with a family breakfast.

Ingredients

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  • 1 day
  • 1 little salt thrown in
  • 1 family breakfast

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Toast should be made of stale bread, or at least of bread that has been baked a day.

  2. 2

    Cut smoothly in slices, not more than half an inch thick; if the crust is baked very hard, trim the edges and brown very evenly, but if it happens to burn, that should be scraped off.

  3. 3

    Toast that is to be served with anything turned over it, should have the slices first dipped quickly in a dish of hot water turned from the boiling tea-kettle, with a little salt thrown in.

  4. 4

    Cold biscuits cut in halves, and the under crust sliced off, then browned evenly on both sides, make equally as good toast.

  5. 5

    The following preparations of toast are almost all of them very nice dishes, served with a family breakfast.

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