Texas Toast
Yesterday as part of my lunch I ate a piece of Safeway brand Texas Toast with some peanut butter on it.
This Texas Toast was basically a loaf of standard Safeway white bread sliced at wider intervals, resulting in really thick slices of white bread. I guess the size is what makes it "Texas."
The only other time I remember eating Texas Toast was at Sizzler. At that fine restaurant, Texas Toast was basically a large piece of white bread toasted with butter and perhaps some kind of spice on it. It came with the steak.
This Texas Toast was basically a loaf of standard Safeway white bread sliced at wider intervals, resulting in really thick slices of white bread. I guess the size is what makes it "Texas."
The only other time I remember eating Texas Toast was at Sizzler. At that fine restaurant, Texas Toast was basically a large piece of white bread toasted with butter and perhaps some kind of spice on it. It came with the steak.
posted by Mark Meritt at 11:38 AM
4 Comments:
"Texas Toast" is too thick.
Mark, I thought you were going to write an ode to Chocolate Blast 'ems? Get on it. What are your priorities?
You can get real Texas toast at finer establishments in Texas. The Safeway stuff is a pale imitation not even worth mentioning. By the way, I'm not too sure about putting peanut butter on it.
Mark, thick toast is the best, but let's not forget the need for fiber. I believe you have alluded to same in Toilet Paper comments below. M.B.
For this occasion, I shall call myself a Texan. I've lived here longer than I lived in New York, after all, so I'm at least a legitimate half-breed.
Texas Toast, in my experience, is thick-cut square white bread buttered and toasted on ONE SIDE ONLY. That's what's cool about it. You bite into it and the top part is buttery and crisp but supported on this fluffy cloud of untoasted soft goodness.
My husband, a native Texan, adds that the buttered side is often flavored with garlic. He says sometimes cheese is involved as well, but I don't see how. Nix on the peanut butter for sure. He adds further that if you don't like Texas Toast you're a goddamn un-American bastard.
Told you he was a native.
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