A Master of Making Toast

Tonight, I joined Toastmasters. Toastmasters is a group of individuals dedicated to the creation of perfect toast. Making perfect toast is actually a complicated art. The group meets to discuss breads, toasters, toasting technology and even regular ovens for those times when you have to make a whole lot of toast.

You may think that making toast is as simple as placing white bread into a toaster and depressing the lever. What do you do when it is a heavy white bread or pumpkin raisin loaf? Do you turn the knob to the heavier setting or do you feel oregano cheese bread should be made with a lighter toast setting? The bread can make allthe difference in perfect toast.

The toasting mechanism is equally as important. Those days when the toaster has one of the coils not quite right, what do you do? What if you use a toaster oven instead of the pop-up toaster? What if you are toasting for 30 people? Do you toast in the oven, or do you stack the toast? How do you keep the toast from getting soggy as it sits there waiting for the next round of toast?

All of these questions and more can be answered at your local Toastmasters chapter.

At the club, they concentrate on the performance of toasters, the best breads to use, and the answers to all of your toasting questions. I personally LOVED seeing the 40 or so different toasters lined up in rows with people pressing down levers and turning knobs with enthusiasm and jest. Watch people spread the vats of oleo, butter and lard across those perfectly brown squares of oral pleasure excites me to tears.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Buy a good toaster, buy good bread, and join Toastmasters. Not only will you be suddenly surprised that Toastmasters has nothing to do with either, but you will also become more comfortable with public speaking.

I joined tonight. I have never given a speech for the club and I did something they all looked atme like I was crazy...I joined the competition for a humorous speech. The other option was a tall tale speech, but I think that could be a stretch. This is going to be GREAT!

Did you know...

75% of college graduates have a difficult time giving a speech.

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Anonymous said…
Its only the small things that amuse all of us I see. You mentioned pumpkin bread or something of the sort makes me think of a pumpkin roll that my friend Kelly used to make around Halloween and Thanksgiving.......see now I am thinking about food, AGAIN!
8:38 AM
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