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A toast to toasters and roasters: Breakfast with Ohio pioneers
['Paul Locher', 'Of Wooster', 'Ohio', 'Is A Lifelong Journalist Who Spent Years As A Writer For A Daily Newspaper. In Addition', 'He Spent Decades Covering Significant Antique Auctions', 'Shows For Major Antiques Publications. He Is An Ardent Collector Of Early American Antiques', 'A Lecturer', 'An Author Of Numerous Books', 'A Co-Superintendent Of The Antiques Department For The Wayne County Fair', 'Is A Director']
Farm and Dairy
The pioneers enjoyed bread — especially toasted bread — every bit as much as people do today.
Before I delve into that actual process, however, let me say a little about bread in pioneer times.
The first was the “kick toaster,” a wrought-iron basket for the bread slices which revolved on a base with three or four legs.
Coffee roasting actually began in the 15th century in Africa and the Middle East.
Early coffee roasters seldom turn up in today’s antiques market.