08 June, 2008

How many ways can you eat toast


This is a photo of the long country kitchen table we eat at 3 times a day. The shot was taken at breakfast. Lina had just finished a cup of tea and Dean was waiting for the bell on the toaster oven to tell him that his grilled mince and cheese on toast was ready. One of the workers eats her toast with jam and cheese. Sometimes she puts the cheese on the jam and sometimes she eats it half cheese half jam. Every single morning, the farmer squashes his thick toast with his fingers to make it thin, spreads jam on it with a spoon, then dunks it into his coffee. One time, another farmer squeezed a round layer of mayonnaise from a bottle onto his toast as though it were whipped cream on a scone. Another worker dabs a blob of butter just on one corner and the farmer's son eats his with a block of chocolate. All these creative methods of toast eating makes Lina's plain old margarine on toast a bit boring. Take your time at breakfast and these are the fascinating observations one can make. It's much more fun than gobbling something down and running out the door to get to work.

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