Toasting bread began as a method of prolonging the life of bread. It was very common activity in Roman times, and 'tostum' is the Latin for scorching or burning. The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co (UK) and re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. To circumvent the need for continual human attention, Charles Strite incorporated springs and a variable timer, and filed the patent application for his pop-up toaster on May 29, 1919.
When I married my husband 14 years ago, we blended our households. Lucky for me, he didn’t come with much furniture-but his toaster collection was another story. Antique toasters, neglected and filled with old moldy toast, were packed away in two enormous boxes. I went through those boxes one day and saw the most artistic forms-perchers, pinchers, floppers and swingers-all in need of some TLC. So, we cleaned, we shined, we polished and we buffed and found a creative way to display them. Voila, I now have a wonderful collection on my kitchen wall neatly displayed, a design statement and definitely a conversation piece.
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