THE DEVIL SUGGESTS
Measure exactly how long your toaster takes
Treat breakfast as a serious timing experiment and discover how repeatable your toaster really is. You will probably learn more about bread thickness than about science.
Do it
- Choose one bread type and one toaster setting.
- Use a stopwatch to time a full toasting cycle.
- Repeat the test a few times after the toaster has cooled.
- Record the times and any differences in browning.
- Make a tiny chart nobody asked for.
What next?
Keep the useful notes, photograph the result if there is one, then go and find something else to do.