January 17, 2002giving a sandwich the look of a flying saucer---------------------
Temperatures hovered around 30 today with blue skies occasionally peeking through the clouds. There was a little ice fishing activity on the lake today. Today's quote discusses the Toas-Tite sandwich maker. When I was a kid, my parents had a couple of them and we used them often on our many camping trips. My favorite Toas-Tite sandwich was an "apple pie," which consisted of a dab of applesauce between the bread. You could jazz it up a little bit by topping it with a generous heap of white sugar, cinnamon and, of course, butter. New Slide Show! Ice Fishing Outing (14 Pictures) -------------------- The beauty behind Toas-Tite's unique design was that it allowed the user to make grilled cheese sandwiches, toast and hamburgers over an outdoor campfire or, in my case, over a gas flame in Grandmother's kitchen. You buttered two slices of bread, fitted them into the Toast-Tite, placed thick wedges of Velveeta inside, closed the Toast-Tite, 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 aluminum casing pressed into the bread, giving the finished sandwich the look of a flying saucer. Stephen J. Lyons, My grandparents' legacy, Salon.
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