But a lot of that growth will be down to the fact that toast and jam – the subject of this How to Eat (HTE) – is a remarkable antidote to the gloom and exhaustion of lockdown. On the overcast, rain-lashed winter-spring mornings and afternoons of our perpetual pandemic incarceration, toast and jam can do a lot of heavy lifting. Look at how people treat one another through the prism of toast, butter and jam. Toast and jam excels in that mid-morning/mid-afternoon slump, when you need something and that something needs to be ready in seconds. So, toast and jam: how do you eat yours?

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2021 13:18 UTC