Toast · Chapter 8 of 8 · The recipe

Simple, honest, 4-ingredient toast.

Prep 0 min · Cook 2 min · Story 47 min · Serves 1, or 2 if you are Gary and you cut it diagonally.
Ingredients

You will need

1 slice

Bread

See my 4,000-word post on choosing bread (forthcoming).

1 toaster's worth

Heat

Ideally a 1962 chrome two-slot, on 3.5.

1 knob

Butter

Room temperature. Optional, in a way that it is not.

A pinch

Nostalgia

See Chapters 1 to 7.

Method

Toast the bread. Butter if desired.

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Nutrition facts

Per serving (1 slice)

Nutrient Amount
Calories Before butter. Nobody has ever had it before butter 80.00
Carbohydrate, grams It is bread 15.00
Nostalgia, % daily value Exceeds the recommended daily limit; read in moderation 400.00
Unresolved family tension, % daily value Mostly Gary 1,200.00
Words of story per word of recipe 11,412 words before a 6-word method 1,902.00
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Total time on page 65.53
Recipe notes

A few notes.

I first made this toast for my book club in 2016, and the reaction was something I will never forget. Patricia, who never says anything, said “oh.” Just “oh.” And I knew. I just knew. But to understand Patricia, you need to understand the book club, and to understand the book club, I need to take you back to the spring of 2003…