Breville Classique Slice Toaster

Every dog has its day (or so they say) but some seem to lead the lives of cats, coming back for their nine lives. This is the way with the humble sandwich toaster. Originally a craze of the Eighties, (along with such other dubious contenders as leg warmers, puffball skirts and day-glo tops) this product has seen somewhat of a revival. Italian sandwich bars in the cities, public houses and roadside cafeterias are all offering the delights of “toasties” as they are affectionately known. ***** So? For the uninitiated, what is a toastie? ***** ___________________________________________ Put quite simply, a toasted sandwich is simply ...

It's gadget time again, so here we go with another of my favourite toys, the good old sandwich toaster. This machine makes two sandwiches at a time, which is quite enough for a family of four really as it's very quick to heat up and make the toasties, but primarily I chose this one because of the easy clean lift out cooking plates. When they are cool enough to handle, you can just unclip them and wash them, by hand or in the dishwasher. So it is nice and easy to keep it clean and looking nice. It's black and chrome so it'll go with any colour scheme, if you want it out on show and on the top it has a green and red indicator light. ...

The Breville Classique is a sandwich maker which makes 2 rounds of hot toasties. The sandwich toaster is chrome and cost me £30 from choice catalogue. I have also seen it in argos as well. You can get it other colours too which are white, blue and green. You can get it in either 2 slices or 4 slices. To use it plug it in at the mains and a red light will appear on the toaster. Prepare your sandwich, put one slice of bread buttured side down on the toaster. Then add your ingredients and then put the other slice of bread, buttured side up on top. Close the lid and leave to cook for about 3 to 4 minutes. The green light will go off once the toastie is ...