Kitchen equipment - question for American persons

[squirell nutkin]

We've got all that shit tough guy. (Obscure American comedy reference)

We've got more gizmos and crappy little knick knacks (Obscure English comedy reference) than you can shake a stick at.

Toaster oven are really good at making open faced sandwiches with melted cheese, and reheating things that need to get crisp and or brown, like a small portion of lasagna, or a bagel with melted muentser cheese.

They pretty much suck when it comes to making regular old toast. In fact, most tosater suck at making toast. They lack the oomph with real bread. Cheap, commercial bread has a lot more sugar in it and it browns easily, but real bread w/o so much sugar usually gets dried out too much before it develops its proper browning.

The best toast, (toast tangent) is when there is a nice browning on the surface, but the interior is still moist. And lots of butter.

We don't own a toaster oven, because they suck now too. The old ones from the 70s kicked ass, you could burn down a house with one, and I think many people did. I expect that's why they no longer have the 'nads that they used to.

I boil water for tea in a kettle on the stove. With Gas. We have a coffee maker.