To not put the toaster in the cupboard?!

[CeruleanSal]

Obviously not a serious topic but…

I keep my toaster on the side in the kitchen. I regularly visit my brother and sister in law and they keep theirs in a low cupboard. I find this insane. Like me they use it daily (if not multiple times a day) and they’re forever getting it out and putting it back. Their kitchen is not tiny or anything, it’s probably larger than mine.
I just want to know… is this normal and am I a weirdo for having my toaster out all the time?!

YABU - I keep my toaster in a cupboard
YANBU - what is this lunacy, my toaster is out on the side!

Also, do they like Abba? 😂😂

No, the Catholic position is out. It’s only Protestants who have closeted toasters.

My
Cupboards are bursting and full to brim

Lucky them!

In our new kitchen I got outlets in large pantry type cupboards and I keep mine in there but can be used with the door open and is plugged in so not a faff

Ah but is it a Protestant toaster or a Catholic toaster?
That'll be it

Maybe it's because Norn Irish bread is soo tasty, that there's literally NO POINT putting it away in the cupboard, sure you'll only need it in a wee minute hey.

Mind you, Catholic people do eat bread hmmmm
It's a tricky one

OMG I now understand why my Northern Irish Protestant mother keeps the toaster in a drawer!!

Ex-Catholic here and the toaster is on the countertop, but then as a Dualit it is a lovely piece of design. While I would never comment on someone's kitchen preferences, I find the empty surface idea weird; I like a kitchen to look like one.

Our bread is different. Because of transubstantiation. Or something.

Ah yes that'll be it right enough.
We have a mixed marriage microwave, it's kept in the utility room, a bit like no man's land really

My kitchen is unmistakably a kitchen, it just doesn’t have clutter. The only things allowed out are based on aesthetics.😂 So the swanky Sage coffee machine is permitted and the KitchenAid has a shelf under the island. But nothing else apart from maybe flowers, a candle, and a bowl full of lemons and limes that get replaced like fresh flowers.

Apart from that, everything else is hidden. Am I a ponce? Yes. But kitchens with stuff all over the place make me twitch. Plus it must be a right old faff to clean the worktops.

Our toaster will never be in a cupboard but I don't see why someone having one in cupboard if it works for them is a problem?

It does not make me want to put it in a cupboard because if I did it would make it harder for it to talk to the kettle when no one else is around

I put my toaster in the cupboard (well, not the cupboard, I put in a sort of big, deep kitchen drawer).
I only use the toaster about twice a month (I'm not British), so there is no need for it to be up on the kitchen counter.
When I use it, it is up on the counter. I always let it cool off for an hour or so, before I put it back in the drawer.

Interesting discussion!

My toaster is out on the side, moving it around would make lots of crumbs!

My microwave however is also in a cupboard! There is a plug socket in the cupboard especially for it so I don’t get it out I use it in situe. I have very limited counter space.

I'm from Tyrone and we had a "big, long press" in our kitchen growing up 🤣 - in case you are wondering it was indeed big and actually tall but long sounded better.

I'd love to keep mine in the cupboard, but there's no space. We don't even use it all that often really!

That'll be the William of Orange influence 😉🤣

Snort.

Mine is on the worktop, only cause it cost me a small fortune and matches the kettle. I like my worktops clear....the Ninja is living on borrowed time!

😂

I'd LOVE a pantry! I kind of have space so maybe I'll see if it can be repurposed? The luxury & notions 🤔😄

But you only have to look at a toaster for it to scatter crumbs! Moving it to a cupboard constantly is going to create a very large crumb situation.

I have never put mine away, we use it too often to pull it out and plug in every time.

In the words of a PP, mine is out and proud (non Catholic to boot!)

I'd never heard of this before but it's got me thinking. I don't use my toaster more than probably once a week and I do have a tiny kitchen. I use my air fryer more often and that lives in a cupboard. But for the first time I've adulted and got a matching kettle and toaster and don't really want to hide it away - but I could really use the extra space!