Bread vs. toast

Discuss. 

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

Toast.  Sometimes lightly toasted, but definitely toast.

Toast. Crunchy and tan outside, soft and chewy inside. 

A loaf of white bread. Toasted. 

Toast.

Maybe, maybe an exception for a really great homemade unusual bread like sourdough or pumpernickel, but even then toasted is usually better.

Duke said:

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

PB&J? More curious than doubtful at this point. Peanut butter on toast is good. Jelly on toast is good. Therefore PB&J on toast should be good but it's never crossed my mind until just now. 

Looks like I've got my weekend plans figured out now.

Duke said:

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

You are so wrong, I'm tempted to take offense of it.

Bread pudding is much improved by using toast.

STM317 said:

Duke said:

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

PB&J? More curious than doubtful at this point. Peanut butter on toast is good. Jelly on toast is good. Therefore PB&J on toast should be good but it's never crossed my mind until just now. 

Looks like I've got my weekend plans figured out now.

In addition to this, PB & Honey on toast is awesome.

Fresh homemade bread - bread.   After 1 day or anything else - Toast.

STM317 said:

Duke said:

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

PB&J? More curious than doubtful at this point. Peanut butter on toast is good. Jelly on toast is good. Therefore PB&J on toast should be good but it's never crossed my mind until just now. 

Looks like I've got my weekend plans figured out now.

Absolutely. Lunch today was PB and raspberry blossom honey on toast. Delicious noms. 

STM317 said:

Duke said:

Toast.  Almost anything you can make from bread is improved by toasting it.

Exception: bread pudding.

PB&J? More curious than doubtful at this point. Peanut butter on toast is good. Jelly on toast is good. Therefore PB&J on toast should be good but it's never crossed my mind until just now. 

Looks like I've got my weekend plans figured out now.

PB&J on toast is amazing.  The peanut butter gets a little melty and the cold jelly against the hot toast is heavenly.

PB & bacon on toast?

PB & bacon on squishy white bread.  Too easy.  

BTW, humans need to eat more grainy, course material, white bread doesn’t scrub pollups.

the interesting (ironic?) thing to me is, that "a loaf of bread" as people are used to buying in the 'states... would be found and purchased as a "toast" on the euro continent (dunno about England/UK)

so... uh, yes

914Driver said:

PB & bacon on toast?

I will confirm this is good.

Sourdough.

Toasted.

Crunchy outside, buttery soft inside.

Pure perfection.

Toast.  Almost exclusively. Particularly if it's Toast the Knowing.

There is no clear winner both have their place.  Squishy white bread should never be used for anything, toasted or not.

It depends on the use.

If one is packing a lunch to eat cold, it's best to leave the bread normal.

Grilled cheese sandwiches should not have the bread pre toasted. 

Avocado toast would absolutely not work as avocado bread. I know this seems to get mocked, but I think it's going to be this decade's equivalent of loaded potato skins from the '70s - it may end up regarded as a period piece, but it's good in its own right.

I mean, baguettes are something special with their crusty outsides and tender, chewy insides, but I'm with everyone else here. Toast is the real MVP.

MadScientistMatt said:

It depends on the use.

If one is packing a lunch to eat cold, it's best to leave the bread normal.

I politely disagree.  I always toast the bread when making sandwiches for tomorrow's lunches, whether PBJ, PBH, or deli meats.

What, no powdered toast?

I frikkin love toast.

Seriously though. Who baked a loaf of bread and was like "you know what? Bake it again"

 I'm a bagel man myself.

My grandmother spent most of her 90s subsisting almost entirely on all-day snacking on toast. At the time it kind of freaked me out and made me sad for her. I have since come to recognize her genius.

Margie