[Closed] A round of toast = how many slices?

She is.

It doesn't matter who's right, she is.

A round of toast = 2 slices.
A piece of toast = 1 slice.

However as a wife she is right.

Nom just decided I need a round of toast Nom

A sandwich is made with two rounds of bread. If she asked for one round of toast, that would be one slice.

Round of toast = 1 slice.

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A round of toast is one slice.

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Why is it a round when bread is generally square/rectangular?

She is right btw.

It was on QI this... even Stephen Fry didn't know.

A round of toast is 2 pieces of toast from one slice. A slice cut in half in other words.

1 slice or 2 halves 🙂

So why is a round of beers more than one?

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rounds-of-bread-northern-or-in-general-use ]Bit more discussion here[/url]

It's only one beer each though.
Unless you buy multiples, if so where do you drink?

So why is a round of beers more than one?

Because they're not toast.

Unless you're making a toast with beer, then it gets very confusing

Two pieces of toast cut from one slice is Melba toast, names after the opera diva Dame Nellie Melba who requested this to help her keep her weight down. And she wasn't Welsh she was Australian.

What did she want on her toast?

Vegemite?

Why didn't she ask for a slice?

#firstworldproblems

You did cut it in half the 'right way' didn't you?

My OH always wants a slice and a half and considers this as a round of toast.

Two pieces of toast cut from one slice is Melba toast, names after the opera diva Dame Nellie Melba who requested this to help her keep her weight down. And she wasn't Welsh she was Australian.

Close but no cigar.

A round of toast is one slice.

ernie_lynch - Member

A round of toast is 2 pieces of toast from one slice. A slice cut in half in other words.

It's a different world south of Stockport, isn't it?
🙂

A round of toast is a toaster-full, so it depends whether you're running a 2, 4 or 8 slicer. For more info consult your butler.

Depends, are you in Wales?

A "round" of bread comes from the way bread was baked before industrial baking where tins were first used. Bread was shaped prior to baking into a mound type pile and then baked. It generally came out "round" or circular. So a round was a whole loaf.

Also because bread was often placed directly on to hot coals the bottom would burn and become black. The top crust of the bread was then the most desirable and would be served to the higher ranking members of the tribe / clan / group / family. These were then given the nick name "the upper crust".

The Wife has just said a round IS 2 slices of toast or a 2 slice sandwich. I'm not arguing..

definitely 1 round = 1 slice.

But if I had any confusion about the matter I'd have asked the wife 'how many slices do you want?'

A round is how many fit in the toaster. One slice is hardly worth the effort to make.

Honestly she knew exactly how many slices she wanted and told you. It's not her fault you didn't listen 😉

2 slices is a round

OP's wife is right.

Also because bread was often placed directly on to hot coals the bottom would burn and become black. The top crust of the bread was then the most desirable and would be served to the higher ranking members of the tribe / clan / group / family. These were then given the nick name "the upper crust".

Which is a theory generally described as "Internet twaddle" 😉

Round = Two slices for a sandwich, one slice for toast or bread.

So a round of sandwiches is one sandwich??

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nealglover - Member

Which is a theory generally described as "Internet twaddle"

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time. 😉

If it was a B&B, hotel etc I'd expect a round to be a toast rack filled with toast. Maybe that's 2 or 4 slices cut cut in halves.

1 round = 1 slice. Anything else is madness.

My 4 year old daughter uses "round" as a unit of toilet paper.

1 round = 1 sheet.

I won't bother explaining why, just tell her from me that she is wrong.

Definitely wrong.

Who knows / Who cares.

But what i DO care about is not having ENOUGH toast. So, always make MORE rather than less!!!

A round of golf involves visiting all of the holes on a golf course, this suggests that a round of toast involves visiting all of the holes in a toaster, which is generally 2, but may be more. Or it may mean that a round of toast = 18 slices of bread.

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time.

Ah ok.

So it was just known as "twaddle" in those days then.

bikeneil - Member

My wife asked me to make her a round of toast. I put two pieces of bread in. She then said she only asked for one piece i.e. a round. But I think a round is two.

Who is right?

Don't argue just let her be in the "right" but make sure you ride her hard. I mean harrrrdddd ... during the "riding" ask her how many rounds does she want ... ride her harrrddd. 😈

This answer from my son.

3.14 slices.

A pi on a barm?

Now you're talking.

a round of toast is one slice.

a sandwich is bread on top, bread on bottom, with a filling no matter what size. two slices of bread with a filling is one sandwich. cut it in half its 2 sandwiches but smaller ones. cut into quarters you now have 4 even smaller sandwiches.

So if a sandwich cut in half is two sandwiches.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

If so, I've got a great marketing campaign idea for Greggs

The beer analogy makes sense actually. A round is getting a round in, so you may be making more than once slice, but the key thing is you're making enough for once slice each.

So one slice for her, yes.

Normally if someone says they're doing a round of toast it would be for a group though, I'd say. Otherwise "stick a slice on for me" is a better request 😉

I've just had a terrible thought.

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

So if a sandwich cut in half is two sandwiches.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

forget about the logistics of cutting them for now..... if someone hands you a big wodge of bread that is a slice on top, a filling, then a slice on the bottom he would say "heres a sandwich for you mate".
if you were at a wedding and he brought you a plate with 2 vol au vents and one of those dinky little sarnies cut into quarters, he would say "ive brought you 2 vol au vents and a sandwich mate".

see? it works 😀

Normally if someone says they're doing a round of toast it would be for a group though, I'd say. Otherwise "stick a slice on for me" is a better request

ironic this topic has come up... mother in law asked me at weekend, 'how many butties you want?' i said just one thanks. she said 'two rounds tho?' 'what!? no just one.' 'one round, you sure?' yes please.... i got one slice of bread folded in half! i obvs wanted two slices. cock knows who is correct

One slice of toast? WTF use is that? 2 slices - call it what you want but two slices.

I've just had a terrible thought.

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

Don't even think about it. It'd be like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters!

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time.

Still rubbish though imo. Really annoys me that people seem to feel the need for extremely specific and detailed explanations for the origins of words and sayings - why? Why can't it just be something made up on the spot by someone once to sound vaguely appropriate?

I think 2 slices of bread is "two rounds", but I'd always rather have extra toast than not enough.

Round of toast = a slice for everyone who wants toast?

These guys should know:

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

What if, my wife disagrees with the op's wife?

They can't both be right. What happens now?

Ah, the well-known Schrodinger's Wife paradox. The Copenhagen interpretation would hold that each wife is simultaneously right in her own home, although if you asked Einstein he would say this was all just "internet twaddle because my wife doesn't play dice" or something.

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

Every so often one of these "perpetual toast machines" turns up, none of them ever stands up to rigorous study though.

This is where we need TJ.
He would proclaim with absolute certainty that a round = x slices. As usual, he'd be wrong so that's one answer ruled out.
The rest of the Internet would gang up on him to eventually provoke the Edinburgh Defense ("only joking"). The last bullypost before that would be the correct answer.

If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?

But as soon as one "pops" out, the toaster is no longer full, and therefore the round is not achieved surely?

No, but if you were to keep feeding the toaster until it broke down you would have enough toast to go round the hotel. Hence the term a "hotel round".

1 round of toast = 1 sliced loaf.

Is a pie that's cut in half, two pies ?

(edit: and damn windows won't let me paste a pi symbol)

I don't understand a person only wanting 1 slice of toast! 😕

So whats the correct unit of measure for a toasted sandwich, eh? eh?

Go figure that one out 😕

[i]whats the correct unit of measure for a toasted sandwich, eh? eh?[/i]

'The Breville' as in 'can I have a Breville of ham and cheese please?'

'round' just sounds plural, like a round of drinks.

[i]If a round involves filling the toaster, I stayed in a hotel where they had a perpetually moving conveyor belt type toaster. How do you do a round in that?[/i]

More importantly, will the round take off?

I asked the wife - she says two - and she knows everything apparently.