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Toast. Triangles or rectangles?

56 replies

Soubriquet · 16/07/2024 19:57

Toast tastes better being cut in to triangles. Dh does not agree.

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TheChosenTwo · 17/07/2024 08:12

I don’t really eat toast (as I’m an animal and can’t trust myself to eat just one or two slices!) but if I did have some at home I think I’d leave it whole.
In a hotel I like triangles in the toast rack though, infinitely more preferable to boring rectangles.

Blisterly · 17/07/2024 08:12

Homemade bread - whole or rectangles depending on the size. Supermarket square bread - triangles.

TheDogsMother · 17/07/2024 08:13

DH cuts his toast into rectangles but from the top to the bottom of the slice, not across the middle left to right. Weird.

Deathraystare · 17/07/2024 08:13

Toast - I cut across -so is that rectangles?

Sandwiches are cut into triangles

AnImaginaryCat · 17/07/2024 08:18

What has brought your husband to a place where he has such disturbing thoughts?

What is his attitude towards the way loo roll - over on under? It's important we know how bad the situation is.

OldTinHat · 17/07/2024 08:22

Always as is in one piece, unless having with soup when it needs to be cut into soldiers. Anything else is extremely U.

LadyCrumpet · 17/07/2024 08:30

Soubriquet · 16/07/2024 19:57

Toast tastes better being cut in to triangles. Dh does not agree.

Your husband is wrong. Obviously toast tastes better in triangles Confused

Pastimperfection · 17/07/2024 08:40

Triangles without a doubt. Squares means you have a mouthful of crust with each bite.

IamSmarticus · 17/07/2024 09:08

AdviceNeeded2024 · 16/07/2024 20:27

I do both… but I find rectangles more satisfying, I love to slather the top rounder piece in butter, I don’t know why but it just tastes better

Same here!

GasPanic · 17/07/2024 09:23

OchonAgusOchonOh · 16/07/2024 21:27

I always cut in 4. I never realised anyone might judge.

If I saw someone putting rectangles rather than triangles in my favourite toast rack I would be pulling on a fresh set of judging pants and whipping the condiments and butter away pretty quickly.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 17/07/2024 09:47

I have a very fussy household. Dh only likes triangles, youngest likes soldiers, middle child only likes rectangles and won't eat triangles. I just eat whatever is left 😆

twiddlingthumbs69 · 17/07/2024 10:06

Squares, I'm not a psychopath!

JenniferSaundersIsMyMum · 17/07/2024 10:27

But if your toast is a Plain Loaf (as it should be) then it has to be rectangular.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 17/07/2024 10:40

GasPanic · 17/07/2024 09:23

If I saw someone putting rectangles rather than triangles in my favourite toast rack I would be pulling on a fresh set of judging pants and whipping the condiments and butter away pretty quickly.

I'm not a total heathen. If I was using a toast rack I would obviously go with triangles. Anything else would be an offence against aesthetics. I only cut in 4 rectangles when the toast is going straight from toaster to plate.

GreenMarigold · 17/07/2024 10:46

I prefer mine whole. Same with sandwiches.

AdaColeman · 17/07/2024 10:53

Triangles !
Unless it is cheese or sardines on toast, in which case rectangles are preferable.

There are some Philistines on this thread!

KnickerlessParsons · 17/07/2024 11:30

I don't cut mine up at all. I just bite into it (controversial).

WithIcePlease · 17/07/2024 11:37

I like it whole and folded over

DoublePeonies · 17/07/2024 11:40

Toast? Uncut.

Sandwiches - rectangles, unless you are DS2, which insists on triangles.

Sheepadoo · 17/07/2024 11:41

i don’t cut toast

TheHuntSyndicate · 17/07/2024 11:42

Neither. Tear a piece at a time and add butter and marmite/jam if necessary.

CocoapuffPuff · 17/07/2024 11:43

Who the heck cuts toast????
Whole slice here. I'm not a toddler.

IBegYourBiggestPardon · 17/07/2024 11:48

I just fold mine in half

BobandRobertaSmith · 17/07/2024 11:52

Triangles.

And buttered unevenly so the butter is mostly melted with tiny spots of unmelted butter.

There are actual scientific studies about the “perfect” slice of toast 😂

Toast and sandwiches do taste better in triangles because the average ratio of crust to bread for each mouthful is less (ie less crust) so you get more butter/filling in each mouthful except the last one in the top crust corner.

QED

AttackMeleys · 17/07/2024 11:58

I don't cut my toast. I take out of the toaster, butter it, marmite it, eat it. I can never get my head around pil people who fanny around with a million different steps, toast racks, wide choice of jams etc layed out, small pieces individually buttered etc. Crumbs everywhere, butter contaminated marmite/jam or worse, jam contaminated butter, and cold toast at the end of it. Absolute wrong'uns!

If toast needs cutting for toddlers, I quarter into squares....

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