Everyone has tried toasties in its symbolic shape of a triangle. Has it ever occurred to you why they are also being called flying saucers, when you knew all so well that flying saucers are, nothing but round?
During a recent spring cleaning of a pile of tupperware, my mom unearthed a sandwich grill of yesteryear and it was that 60-year-old antique which solved my little mystery.
Researching something vintage made in the 40s has its challenges but with a little digging, it soon becomes pretty clear all at once that this thing named Toas-Tite, is no longer being produced.
I listened in awe as my mom describes how she, as a little eager kid, had fun giving the adults a hand by holding this Toas-tite on top of a flame on the old gas range. That has us firing up the stove this morning at breakfast and made sandwiches out of this kitchen collectable.
We buttered each slice of bread, fitted them into the Toas-Tite, placed thick wedges of cheese inside, along with stir-fried eggs and corn beef, closed it, looped the ring around, and then cut off the excess edges of bread.
As the sandwich cooked over an open flame, circular rings from the metal gave it the look of - there you go - a flying saucer!
Watching my folks hold their flying saucers like a kid reminiscing the old days, I felt lucky and joyful being able to savour a tidbit of this legacy together with them.
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I showed this to my grandparents and they said if your household owned one of these kitchenware in the old days, you guys must have come from a well-off family background - you lucky bastard!
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