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By one account, clinking glasses together would cause each drink to spill over into the others' (though there is no real evidence for such an origin). [2] According to other stories, the word toast became associated with the custom in the 17th century, based on a custom of flavoring drinks with spiced toast. The word originally referred to the ...
The word toast comes from the Latin torrere 'to burn'. [3] In German, the term (or sometimes Toastbrot) also refers to the type of bread itself, which is usually used for toasting. [4] One of the first references to toast in print is in a recipe for Oyle Soppys (flavoured onions stewed in a gallon of stale beer and a pint of oil) from 1430. [5]
Toast, a 1999 play by Richard Bean; Toast, a memoir by Nigel Slater "A Toast" (anthem) ("Zdravljica"), a poem by France Prešeren and the Slovenian national anthem "A Toast", the title recorded in law for the North Carolina State Toast; Toast: And Other Rusted Futures, a collection of short fiction by Charles Stross
Clinking glasses is a drinking ritual where the participants make contact [1] between their drinking vessels, producing bell-like [2] sounds in order to express congratulations or greetings, [3] Clinking is more likely after a toast that involves a subject of joint interest (like the just-wedded couple).
A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to brown sliced bread into toast, the color caused from the Maillard reaction.It typically consists of one or more slots into which bread is inserted, and heating elements, often made of nichrome wire, to generate heat and toast the bread to the desired level of crispiness.
4. Next, make your custard. Combine egg, plus egg yolks, half and half, vanilla extract, cinnamon and brown sugar in a small bowl and whisk until evenly mixed.
The toast was created for her by a chef who was also a fan of her, Auguste Escoffier, who also created the Peach Melba dessert for her. The hotel proprietor César Ritz supposedly named it in a conversation with Escoffier. [3] [4] Melba toast is made by lightly toasting slices of bread under a grill, on both sides. The resulting toast is then ...
Ms McEnany, who served as the former president’s fourth press secretary, was known as one of his most loyal aides and staunch defenders, something she continued when she joined Fox News as a ...