What’s the easiest way of browning bread? Toasting it of course!

But when was the first toast made and who invented the toaster? Interestingly, back in the days of the Roman Empire the shelf life of bread was increased by toasting it. The word toaster has been derived from the Latin word ‘tostum’ that means burning or scorching.

According to historical records, Crompton and Co of the UK deserve the credit of manufacturing the first electric toaster in 1893. In 1909, the toaster was re-invented in the US; though this toaster was able to toast only one side of the bread at a time and required a person to stand in attention to switch it off manually as soon as the toast looked like it was done. Our website Super Toasters has a wide range of toasters that can make your life easier and health better than ever before!

The credit of creating the first pop-up toaster goes to Charles Strite, who invested it in 1919. However, toasters would have been useless if Otto Frederick Rohwedder didn’t invent the bread slicer in 1912. And pre-sliced bread became popular from 1930 when Wonder Bread first manufactured the pre-sliced loaf of bread and further added to the popularity of the toaster!

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