Sabdwich Toaster Cleaning

[raro]

I have this kind of sandwich toaster with two teflon plated surfaces where you sqeeze two slices of toast wiht some cheese or whatever in.

Worked so far very well until today the taost was sticking to the teflon and totally disintigrated. biggest problem now is getting the toast off the toaster without damaging the teflon. As it is an electrical appliance, submerging it in water is not a good idea....

anyone out there with a smart(ass) advise?

[jingjingna]

Clean the toaster while it is still hot with a sponge, unplug from the mains first.

[TheDon]

Hot water always does the trick, I have one of those too and i always butter both sides of the bread, also tastes much better.

[kmart]

Anything non-metallic will do to remove the toast. I usually only ever use my sarnie-maker after a heavy drinking session, so sometimes I too forget to install the sandwich "butter-out" into the machine. This is usually the cause of a failure.

If the sandwich maker is totally knackered, you could always use your toaster to make cheese toasties. Just gently lay it on its side and carefully place the bread c/w cheese (side "up") into the machine. Make sure the toaster slots are facing a wall, or the toaster might eject your toastie onto the floor if not careful.

I might write a "Drunkard's Cookbook" sometime. Any other people have any inebriated recipes they'd like to share?

[pickel]

Don't the teflon plates detach? On mine they do.

[Tony Clifton]

To clean my sandwich toasters, I take a well soaked dish rag and cook it in there for a few minutes until just before it dries out, make sure it covers all areas, even spilling out on the sides. Most of the grit wipes off quite easily afterwards, for the tougher spots I use an old worn out green scrub pad.

If the black teflon coating is coming off, toss it. Eating that stuff along with your food is not recommended.

I often let electrical appliances soak overnight in heavily soap saturated water (toaster, electric pan) providing there's no electronics inside and that the water can drain out even if it can't be used for a few days while it dries out.

[rgs2001uk]

Anything non-metallic will do to remove the toast. I usually only ever use my sarnie-maker after a heavy drinking session, so sometimes I too forget to install the sandwich "butter-out" into the machine. This is usually the cause of a failure.

If the sandwich maker is totally knackered, you could always use your toaster to make cheese toasties. Just gently lay it on its side and carefully place the bread c/w cheese (side "up") into the machine. Make sure the toaster slots are facing a wall, or the toaster might eject your toastie onto the floor if not careful.

I might write a "Drunkard's Cookbook" sometime. Any other people have any inebriated recipes they'd like to share?

kmart,

i returned home one night starving after a heavy session, the mrs was in bed so didnt want to disturb her.

had a quick look in the fridge, saw what i thought was a raw egg on a saucer, thought to myself, i could just do with a fried egg sarnie

fired up the frying pan and set to it, wondered why the egg wasnt going white and was taking too long to cook, brainwave, turn up the heat.

the smell woke the mrs up, she couldnt understand why i was trying to fry an apricot.

seemed like a good idea at the time.