Breville made this the year of the toastie, when every meal had to come wedged
between two slices of bread, neatly sealed around the edges, and
heated to over a thousand degrees.
When traditional cheese and tomato lost its appeal kids experimented
with ever more exotic fillings - giving each combination a name
like Nuclear Afterblast, or Biochemical Warfare.
Mums were left to scrape the charred remains out of no longer 'non-stick'
hotplates.
But, by 1982, Brevilles were consigned to the kitchen drawer. They
are probably still there, next to the ice cream maker and waffle
iron.
