World’s poshest toaster !

I expect people were staring because he’d gone out in his slippers.

My niece has got one of those robot vacuum cleaners that go round the room by themselves, I know they’re a lot more expensive than the Goblin cylinder I’m still using. I’ve had it many years but it still works !
( Probably since it’s only been used about three times since the Coronation - Queen Victoria’s ???)

Savvy

For £500 I'd expect it to grow the wheat, mill it and make the bread as well as the toast! No toaster is worth that much.

Spot on Savvy

I still can't take appliances seriously if they have 'SMEG' written across them.

I wonder if Craig Charles has SMEG appliances in his kitchen?

Infinity2

Maggiemaybe - by gum you must lunch in some posh places if the patrons are wearing such expensive footwear ! ???

Ah, we’re on holiday, Infinity2. We’ve upped our game temporarily.

The only time I was ever in a posh restaurant was when I was a waitress ! Ah those were the days ! Not ?
Sure you’re not Lady Maggiemaybe !
Enjoy your holiday - you lucky thing ?

Maggiemaybe

The poser chap on the next table to us at lunch yesterday was obviously very proud of his velvet D & Gs. All eyes were on him….

I looked them up later. They’re a snip at £975.

I bet he’s got the toaster at home.

I think I saw him too Maggie and I would have waved if I had seen you, in McDonalds in Heckmondwyke wasn’t it??

All I can say Infinity ( in a Red Dwarf-ish kind of way ) about that toaster is SMEG!

lemongrove - shame on you ! Implying that Lady Maggiemaybe would frequent such an establishment ! Everyone knows they have no parking outside for her Rolls Royce ?

Ummm I have one - but I’m in Australia and they’re not that expensive here Aud220 so about Gbp120 - I’m not sure why you guys are being charged so much - it’s actually the best toaster I’ve owned. I also have the kettle and it’s brilliant.

Oh hang on - I didn’t realise it was the Dolce & Gabbana branded one - I the exact same one but without the fancy painting- that paint isn’t going make the toast cook any better! That thing is Aud899 here !

Infinity2

lemongrove - shame on you ! Implying that Lady Maggiemaybe would frequent such an establishment ! Everyone knows they have no parking outside for her Rolls Royce ?

Exactly, Infinity2.

Actually, D & G man ran outside (in his slippers) when the driver of the car by the restaurant window moved it, so that he could drive his own very posh car three feet forward to have it in his sight line. From the number plate we all learnt that his name is Johnny.

We’d left the Roller at the B & B, and travelled in by bus. I have a limited edition bus pass, don’t you know.

Glad to hear of your eco lifestyle Lady Maggiemaybe! I don’t blame that rich chappy for moving his car a bit nearer. He probably lives in mortal dread of someone like me tucking their used chip paper under one of his windscreen wipers ?

Actually I did tuck my empty chip bag under his wipers ( am well known for it.) Hope he won’t mind a slightly greasy window.

Why on earth would anyone wear slippers having lunch in a restaurant? Johnny clearly lacks taste and refinement. I hope his choice of restaurant was better than his taste in sartorial elegance. Sorry I also dislike the Smeg toaster.

Although...this chat about toasters has made me ashamed of our dingy old Argos one that burns everything in sight.

Mine is clogged up with burnt sweet potatoes.

Lemongrove - surely you aren’t a …. a bit of a yob ?
Oh thank God - at least that makes two of us on here !
Next toaster will have to be from Argos as at least they’ll deliver in my locality.
I can’t use the grill on my cooker as it’s wired wrongly and turns the oven on whichever way I turn the knob. I’d had it three years before I noticed or I’d have sent it back to Currys ?

I've got a new one, it's posh because it matches the new kettle.

Smug ? (not Smeg)

I really want one of those with two long slots that will take different sizes of bread. Something I can toast a hot cross bun in ( ever the optimist ! ).
If I buy a white one and get a packet of coloured permanent markers I could probably have a go at that D&G design. Maybe I could flog a few on eBay !

I flatten hot cross buns and shove them in the toaster on a low setting.....they still come out as burnt offerings.

DH bought our last toaster. He got the cheapest he could find. It's useless. Two very short slots. I'm working up to buying another one but am not a fan of designer labels. It's function over form for me. Any recommendations? I'd like longer slots but with the capacity to toast the odd bun or slice of sourdough.

I think I got mine from argos, but it was a few years ago. I went for one with long slots which is supposed to take 4 slices, it does, but you still have to turn the bread upside down as the slots aren't deep enough for a normal sized slice if you're toasting 4. This means you end up with striped toast, two lighter ends and a darker band in the middle.

Oh dear, that is awful, ugly and expensive- can’t imagine anyone wanting that even if it was only £30!!! Just shows that if you put a D & G label on it then it will sell. More money than sense.