How do you toast your bread

[flying kurbmaster]

I was reading the post about someone’s DIY toast maker who specifacally asked not to post how everyone made toast So I searched and there were a couple of threads about how people toast but none that went anywhere, everyone must have a technique or machine of sorts. Seeing that the last thread is going nowhere I was wondering how do YOU toast your bread. I just lay it on the grill over a very small flame.

 

[highdesertranger]

I just grill mine, I find those camp toasters very finicky. highdesertranger

 

[MrNoodly]

I have one of these. It folds flat. I'm happy with it.

<a href="https://imgbb.com/"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/s5tdLTB/toaster.png" alt="toaster" border="0" /></a>

 

[Doubleone]

With methanol and nitro-methane!

 

[maki2]

If I want buttered toast I make it in a skillet.

Of course the skillet toasting also works great for making toasted sandwiches where you want to have a hot filling such as grilled cheese, hot turkey, etc. To do those I put the heat on fairly low and use a lid on the skillet to create a mini oven which heats the fillings faster than not having a lid on the skillet.

I don't travel with a propane grill.

 

[Seminole Wind]

i dont do "toast" per say, but if i want warm crunchy breads i toss them in a hot skillet with a lil butter or lard

 

[hugemoth]

I use one of those $5 stove top toasters from the Walmart camping section. Works fine.

BTW I also carry a bread machine with me so I can make my own bread with good and simple ingredients.

 

[ckelly78z]

I do it rather like making a grilled cheese sandwich, but without the cheese. Butter both sides, and grill in a pan until you get the desired finish. You can also you use butter cooking spray. and do toast in a pie iron on the coals.

 

[B and C]

I'm in the minority here. I use an electric 2 slot toaster run by the generator. If where I can't run the genny and I want toast, I put a dab of butter in a small pan over medium heat, wait for it to melt and drop the bread in, then flip it. This is how I make hot ham and cheese sandwiches too. I like putting butter in the pan best as it is tough to spread cold butter on soft ambient temp bread.

 

[Weight]

Toastmaster with an inverter, battery, and solar. I had to have a microwave for health reasons, so have enough power designed in to have Mr Coffee as well as Toastmaster.

 

[Almost There]

I use one of the fold up toasters found in the camping section of W/M for toast. It works equally well over either the butane or the propane stove.

For grilled cheese, the cast iron skillet!

 

[jimindenver]

I use a 30 year old Coleman camp stove toaster. A simple version can be made from a metal coffee can.

 

[lenny flank]

No "toast".

Grilled cheese in a frying pan.

 

[Doubleone]

No "toast".

Grilled cheese in a frying pan.

^+1    Yum!  Sourdough with Cheddar and lots of butter on both sides...  Add some tomato soup to dip in.

 

[flying kurbmaster]

I don’t carry much plug in stuff but I am a bit ashamed to admit it but I do have a small toaster stuffed away in one of my cupboards along with a small ceramic electric heater for those days that I happen to find power. Some things are hard to live without. I suppose a twisted coat hanger would work as well. Or just putting some kind of diffuser over the burner under the grill may work better then just on top with a low flame.
Great to hear all the different ways people go about something as simple as toasting bread.

 

[sephson]

Here's what I use. It's easy to use and doesn't take up a lot of space. I got mine at Walmart.

 

[WanderingRose]

I have a conventional, two slice toaster, for when plugged into electricity, but also an old style English toasting fork, which is really kind of fun.

It can be used over a propane burner, or wood fire.

It looks like this, tho mine is iron, and black.

Also great for marshmallows.

 

[MrNoodly]

Here's what I use. 

My experience with that type is that it did a fine job of drying bread but took forever to brown it. And I like my toast dark.

 

[maki2]

^+1    Yum!  Sourdough with Cheddar and lots of butter on both sides...  Add some tomato soup to dip in.

Now that is a real meal. I have it once a week or sometimes more   The sharper the cheddar the better it gets.

 

[Almost There]

My experience with that type is that it did a fine job of drying bread but took forever to brown it. And I like my toast dark.

It will dry out the bread if you don't have the stove turned up high enough. You really have to turn the heat up to super blast position and then watch the toast carefully because it will go from not even brown to burnt in no time flat.

You also have to turn the toast not only to do both sides but upside down as well to prevent the bottom half from burning while the top half is still pale.

But, for something that folds as flat as it does, costs so little and does a decent job once you've got the hang of it, I figure you can't beat it.