I just toasted a piece of rye bread.

In the toaster.

It took a bit longer because rye bread isn’t square cut, so I put it in length-wise, then when done, I flipped it to toast the other side that was sticking out of the toaster.

And it got me thinking because I had extra time to think.

I think I went over this once on Facebook.  Not sure.

You use a toaster to make toast. 

Right?

But why is it that when you toast a bagel, it’s a toasted bagel.

When you toast an English muffin, it’s called a toasted English muffin.

But bread …. When you toast bread, it’s just called “toast”.

You don’t call it toasted bread.

I mean sure, you might have whole wheat toast, or you might have rye bread toast.

But it’s still just “toast”.

AND – when you toast something other than bread, you put the word ‘toast’ first.

But when you toast a different type of bread, you put the type of bread first, THEN you say ‘toast’

You say, whole wheat toast, or rye toast or pumpernickel toast.

You’d not say, “I’ll make a bagel toasted.” 

NO – you say, “I’ll make a toasted bagel.”

Want a toasted English muffin?  You’d say, “I’d like a toasted English muffin.”

But when you want a piece of bread that’s toasted, you simply say, “I’d like a piece of toast.”

               *Side Note 1 – sure, you might be asked, “What type of bread”, but still, just throwing it out there as ‘toast’ means bread.

But here’s the thing, if you toast a pop-tart, it’s still just called a pop-tart.

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