Serious Eats Gift Guide: Toast-Related Accessories
If you love toast, you probably already have the "toaster" part down. This isn't a guide to buying a toaster—these are accessories and tools that a toast lover might enjoy, especially if you wrap it in pretty paper and give it to him or her. Some items have to do with the edible slices of bread; others just look like them.
Useful
Silver Plated Toast Rack: Keep your toast from getting sweaty with this shiny toast rack, which holds six pieces of toast with adequate air circulation. The built-in tray keeps your table free of crumbs. $26 from Teapots N More
Crumb Sweeper: In case your toast rack fails to keep your table crumb-free, pick up those crumbs with this crumb sweeper. It's even good for non-toast crumbs. $4.99 from Organize.com
Toast-It Bags: Besides that these reusable plastic bags let you heat sandwiches in your toaster without making a mess, they also allow people with celiac disease to toast their gluten-free bread in a shared toaster without risk of contamination from regular bread. 1/$6.25 or 5/$30 from Celinal Foods
Less Useful
Tic Tac Toast: Use this to press a tic-tac-toe grid onto your toast and duke it out with peanut butter and jelly instead of Xs and Os. Works on all kinds of square, toast-able foods. You may also be interested in the Pirate Toast Stamper, Holy Toast, and I Love You" Toast Stamper. $4.50 from Archie Mcphee
Buttered Toast Wallet: Some people like to carry their money in sophisticated style. For those who don't, get this wallet that looks like a piece of toast topped with a pat of butter. It holds bills and cards, but unfortunately no coins. Someone should make an accompanying jam coin purse. $15 from fredflare.com
Toast Bandages: You'll want to fall off your bike just so you can cover you scraped knee with a toast bandage. Or just wear them to look stylish and garner attention. It even comes with a free toy! $9 from fredflare.com
Kind of Useless
Inflatable Toast: When you want the look at feel of toast without the crumbs, biodegradability, or edibility, just use inflatable toast. When would such an instance present itself? I have no idea. For the very special person in your life, there's also an inflatable toast mattress. Two for $6.50 from Archie McPhee
Mr Toast Doll: Mr Toast is an adorable character from Dan Goodsell's comic, The World of Mr Toast. He also comes in a vinyl figure form, but the plush version is better because you can hug it. Look at his little nubs—he just wants to hug you! $6 from The Imaginary World
Butter Buddies Pin Pack: Okay, this is only vaguely toast related, but I didn't have a "Butter Gift Guide" so I'm plopping it in here. Pats of butter go well on toast; pins resembling happy pats of butter go well on shirts, bags, and all other pin-able surfaces. $5 from Shanlogic
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8 Comments:
The toast bandages are hilarious. That must be pretty weird looking, having little pieces of toast stuck to your body.
Laurel E at 9:59AM on 12/10/08
the bandages were what i loved too-ha ha.
i did actually pass along the info about those toast it bags to my gluton-free friend. can you really stick plastic in the toaster though? that seems like such a recipe for melty disaster?
gastronomeg at 11:16AM on 12/10/08
you should have added the darth vader toaster you posted a few weeks back
dozertx at 11:58AM on 12/10/08
@gastronomeg: I'd hope they're using a type of plastic that won't melt in a toaster.. :)
Robyn Lee at 2:06PM on 12/10/08
The toaster bags really do work! I bought a pair of them for making "grilled cheese" sandwiches in the toaster. Since you don't need to butter the bread this way, the sandwich is much less messy to eat, not to mention much more healthy! Sometimes I add a slice of ham or tomato to make the sandwich more hearty. You can add anything as long as it will fit in the toaster! I haven't had any problems with the bag melting or scorching.
MollieBeth at 2:35PM on 12/10/08
aw geeze..now I have to do another plug for Archie McPhees. Once again- I'm not a shiller just a happy McPhee Customer;
If you want a:
Virgin Mary toast:: http://www.mcphee.com/items/M6160.html
Pirate toast: http://www.mcphee.com/items/11735.html
I Love You toast: http://www.mcphee.com/items/11749.html
Toast clock: http://www.mcphee.com/items/11829.html
there you go. happy now? good.
bisbee at 7:29PM on 12/10/08
The buttered toast pins are made by Twinkie Chan! She is super awesome and makes amazing food inspired crocheted goodies.
msmeghan at 7:54PM on 12/10/08
@gastronomeg~recipe? punny
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 3:54AM on 12/11/08