The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread (Breakfast & Brunch Recipes)

Member Name: funzo

Product:	Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Date:	01/04/09 (271 review reads)
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Advantages: Uncomplicated and Cheap Cheerful Easy To Make Meal

Disadvantages: Can take up to 3 mins to make

Breakfast is without doubt the most important meal of the deal, certainly in terms of providing energy needed for you to work sufficiently during the day or even just to have the energy to knock out meaningless reviews *cough*. With breakfast in mind and still in stomach I thought I would share with you my favourite breakfast and the second best way to start the day.

I'm not sure where the recipe came from but it was passed down to my mother from her mother and in turn from her mother and so on. The origins of this recipe have become lost, shrouded in mystery and the midsts of time, but I will try and do my best to give you as accurate as possible step by step process in how make to this breakfast.



**** Ingredients Needed ****


BREAD - Choosing what bread to buy will have a huge impact of upon the final results. There are so many choices to cater for so many tastes. White? Brown? Granary? Seeded? Thick? Thin? .....the list goes on. To keep the breakast process as uncomplicated as possible and for taste I plump for Hovis Wholemeal Sliced Bread at £1.29 ...because it is the only bread my local village shop sells.


BUTTER - As important a choice as the bread. This is again down to personal preference with a wide variety of "spreads" to choose from. I go for Flora Light at £0.89..... because it is the only butter my local village shop sells.



**** What else you will need ****

A toaster, a plate and a knife or spreading untensil.



**** Instructions ****

Ok, now the tricky part. Open bread packet and take out slices dependant upon need. I go for two slices. Insert slices of bread into Toaster ensuring that the toaster is ON. The toaster may well have a variable setting allowing you to alter the length of time the bread is 'cooking' in the toaster. I prefer my bread to be of the medium rare variety and thus have the toaster at a low setting. You will know when the bread is cooked by either a popping up effect or having to spend the next 2 mins frantically waving your arms at your smoke alarm.

Once cooked bread has 'popped up' as it were, leave to stand in toaster or in rack for about 1 minute in a vertical position to ensure best results. By leaving the cooked bread to stand vertically allows the cooked to breathe and harden up but be careful not to allow the cooked bread to get too cold. the enjoyment of which is severely lessoned in letting the cooked bread go to cold before applying the final stage to the recipe.

Once cooked bread has been left to stand for 1 minute, take out of toaster and place onto plate. Use your knife or spreading utensil to extract a knob of butter. If anyone is unsure of the exact measurements of a knob of Butter - please refer to The Last Tango In Paris.

Place the cooked bread on a plate and spread the butter over the cooked bread evenly with your knife or spreading untensil. Once butter is spread you have the option to either further cut the bread into pretty aesthitically pleasing triangles or halves. It is also understood that if you don't eat your crusts it may well make your hair go curly. This has not been proved but is understood to be highly likely. My mother has also told me about further additions to the meal, such as Jam, Marmalade and Cheese but I have yet to try these. maybe for another review?


**** Final Thoughts****


The cooked bread is ready to be eaten and enjoyed...mmmmmmm I like to wash the hearty breakfast fayre down with a cup of tea, and occassionally a cheeky custard cream. Although two slices of this cooked bread are the norm, I have been known to consume up to four slices of this cooked bread recipe, and I would recommend this simple easy to make tasty breakfast meal to everyone.

Summary: Cooked Bread. - The best thing since sliced bread.