
Pylones toasters, as seen in Oprah Magazine, are certainly colorful, decorative, & unique, but here is some history about toasters.About 6,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians developed breads as we know them today. They discovered that if they let their bread dough sit out in Egypt's nice, warm climate, it would puff up, and if they baked this dough in an enclosed oven it would retain its fluffiness. This seemingly magical process was not fully understood until the 17th Century when the microscope revealed the yeast cells that cause leavening.
The process of scorching bread to preserve it spread through many
cultures. The word toast comes from the Latin
Torrere, Tostum -
to scorch or burn. The Romans, in their conquests, took their love of
toasted bread with them and spread the custom farther, even up into
Britain. Later, English colonists brought the tradition to the Americas.
Toasting bread.
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