All I want is a basic toaster!

Recently our trusty, family-staple of a kitchen appliance, toaster stopped working out of nowhere.  We love our toaster, like we get the warm-fuzzies and “want to cuddle it” love our toaster. We use it daily often multiple times a day.  We make wheat toast, bagels, english muffins, sourdough toast, and heat up french toast in it. We like ourselves some toast in this house!  When my son discovered the toaster wasn’t working, we all were in shock for a few minutes. Then my husband and I tried several times to fix it, but sadly the toaster was burned out and done.  

I thought for a millisecond that maybe we should replace our toaster with a “toaster oven.”  We here they are all the rage these days and can not only make all the toast you could want but it can reheat leftover pizza or chicken nuggets and even make things from scratch like a roast chicken.  I had a toaster oven years ago and to be honest I didn’t get what the buzz was about. I either torched every item I was reheating or my toast was soggy and I could never get that perfectly crunchy brown crust that I like on my toast.  So I threw it out and got a basic toaster. I have had family members and friends comment how I could live without a toaster oven. But I have survived just fine. We use the toaster for all the toast and sliced bread related things we want to make.  Everything else.. * gasp* goes in our oven. It sound scary and big and so inefficient but I think with our lifestyle and the way we cook the oven just makes sense. I seldom will reheat just one piece of pizza and I am never needing to eat that very second so I will usually just throw things to reheat or roast in the oven, do a few chores, and it’s ready for me and my family.

So we did get a new toaster.  We ordered it on Amazon ASAP and it arrived within 2 days.  We all breathed a sigh of relief to see the brand new shiny toaster on our counter.  Beckoning someone to put in a slice of bread or two.