No 1146 - Toast (To Make)

Ingredients-
Bread made the day before.

Method-
Cut the bread into slices a third of an inch thick, trim them neatly, and toast them in front of a clear fire until evenly brown on each side. Bread neither new nor very stale makes the best toast. If very new bread has to be used, hold it in front of the fire until the steam has evaporated, then turn it, and do the same to the other side. Turn it again to brown on each side, and do not hold it too near the fire.

Time- To toast a slice of bread, about half a minute on each side, if very new rather longer.

source: A Practical Dictionary of Cookery, Ethel S. Meyer, London (1899)