My Vintage Toaster

At my house, we don't eat oversized bread, fat bagels or frozen thick belgian waffles, because we do not have the correct toasting device.  I don't have a lot of appliances to which I am emotionally attached, but I (heart) my toaster.  It is a shiny, two-hole Sunbeam, given to my parents as a wedding gift in October 1959. While it works just fine, I discourage guests from using it unsupervised because you have to get to know it.  For the first toast of the day, you have to pop the bread up manually before the the auto-pop up, otherwise it will burn. Subsequent toastings can go through the process without interference.  Yesterday, I gave the ol' Sunbeam a good cleaning. I polished and degreased and scraped 40 year-old gunk out of crevices.  I had a vague fear that I would somehow upset the delicate balance of such an old and venerable piece, as if all the gunk I scraped was precisely what made it more than a beautiful hump of chrome. I'm relieved to say that the ol' gal is newly shiny and good to go,  toasting bread products that are neither too wide nor too thick.   My mother, by the way, has been through at least two new-fangled, distinctly inelegant, toasters since passing this one along to me 15 years ago.      UPDATE: 5/16--Here's a nice site, Toaster Central, that shows and sells vintage toasters and other small appliances.  Shiny!

Comments

[Norma]

It looks like the toaster I got for a wedding gift in 1960. I think it lasted about 30 years. We had one that used to throw the toast several feet so you really had to be alert.