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1st one...Papa John's...
Once Upon a Time, not too long ago, our old toaster died, so I went to Walmart for a new one. There, I decided I really needed a toaster OVEN, the grand daddy of all misnomers, as it turns out. The one I fancied featured convection, broiling ( which my stove lacks), toast, bake...all the plusses of an oven, and it toasts bread. So although it was many times the cost of an ordinary pop-up toaster, I could use it for many things, and not need to fire up my stove.
Turns out, it does do everything EXCEPT make toast. And it may make toast. I just haven’t had the patience to stand around for the full three hours it takes. So, a few weeks later, I also bought an el-cheapo toaster. What the heck.
Now the el-cheapo model has no numbers to indicate shade. And it doesn’t really like to release its captive contents once it is pressed down. So as you smell your toast burning, it just won’t let go. So what I do is to pick it up (usually in a fit of sustained frustration) and turn the appliance upside down in mid-toast until the damn bread falls out.
So it’s exactly not a pop-up toaster. Maybe I will just give up toast.
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