The few seconds you get to put cold butter on warm toast and have the toast accept that butter and melt it in. If you wait a moment longer the toast is not quite warm enough and you risk tearing the bread or having a butter mess on toast.
Let's discuss what I call "The Threshold of Toast" which is the few seconds you get to put cold butter on warm toast and have the toast accept that butter, while it softens it and soaks it up. That my friends is the Threshold of Toast. Enjoy some soon.
by Twistedest March 14, 2009