Long before making toast became aAt first glance, this strange old kitchen appliance might look like something from a science-fiction movie.It certainly doesn’t resemble the sleek pop-up toaster sitting on a modern kitchen counter. There are no familiar slots where you simply drop in bread, no convenient settings to choose from, and no automatic pop-up signaling that breakfast is ready.But nearly a century ago, a turnover toaster could be found sitting on breakfast tables, quietly heating bread while someone watched and waited.And here’s the part that makes this old appliance so fascinating: you had to turn the bread yourself.
matter of pressing a button and walking away, breakfast required a little more attention.
You watched the bread.
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