u/crackermacker

I learned this trick from a bread baker years ago. I was at the farmers market buying from my favorite bakery and was lamenting how the bread goes stale faster than I can eat it. The baker recommended that I slice up half the loaf as soon as I get home, and wrap the slices (2 at a time) in foil and throw them in the freezer. When I want to reheat, just stick the foil packet into the toaster oven and run the toast cycle on the darkest setting (or in the regular oven at 375 for 10 min or so). This mimics a steam oven and the bread steams itself back to life while the crust remains crunchy. Works like a charm!

I discovered this works even better for bagels! I go to my local bagel shop and get bagels as fresh as I can, and immediately come home and wrap each one individually and freeze (unsliced). Then, reheat in the same way. What I’ll normally do is then is unwrap and toast the entire bagel (still unsliced) and then slice after toasting (cursing my burning fingers). The result is a beautifully crisp bagel on the outside, warm, steamy and soft on the inside. If you like the inside toasted, feel free to slice after unwrapping before toasting.

ETA: this advice centers around using a **toaster OVEN**, not a pop up toaster. You can also use a normal oven. Don’t put foil in a pop up toaster please.

I learned this trick from a bread baker years ago. I was at the farmers market buying from my favorite bakery and was lamenting how the bread goes stale faster than I can eat it. The baker recommended that I slice up half the loaf as soon as I get home, and wrap the slices (2 at a time) in foil and throw them in the freezer. When I want to reheat, just stick the foil packet into the toaster oven and run the toast cycle on the darkest setting (or in the regular oven at 375 for 10 min or so). This mimics a steam oven and the bread steams itself back to life while the crust remains crunchy. Works like a charm!

I discovered this works even better for bagels! I go to my local bagel shop and get bagels as fresh as I can, and immediately come home and wrap each one individually and freeze (unsliced). Then, reheat in the same way. What I’ll normally do is then is unwrap and toast the entire bagel (still unsliced) and then slice after toasting (cursing my burning fingers). The result is a beautifully crisp bagel on the outside, warm, steamy and soft on the inside. If you like the inside toasted, feel free to slice after unwrapping before toasting.

ETA: this advice centers around using a toaster OVEN, not a pop up toaster. You can also use a normal oven. Don’t put foil in a pop up toaster please.

So pumped to have our order in! We visited our local SC a few times and they have been great! We got our invite early in the week but wanted to wait until we drove it to place the order, which we did on Friday.

The line: We reserved in 9/24, and our lease was up this month (make sure you upload your paperwork, it works!). Got lucky, and pretty sure the uploading of our lease end paperwork really helped here.

Cloud interior / Borealis exterior: To clear some misinformation - the Cloud and/or Borealis ARE NOT available to order yet. If you try to order, it’ll let you get informed when they are available, but doesn’t actually let you order. We were bummed (wanted to cloud, but not enough to wait, especially since we would have to extend our current lease even more).

Order process: simple enough, did it at the SC but on my phone. You select your wheels, color, and any optional accessories. Then, it asks you for $400 (bringing the deposit total to $500). After that, you get an email stating your order is in! We are now awaiting fulfillment and to be informed when it will be available. Will also investigate financing options. I’ll report back once we have next steps!

For those that haven’t driven yet, holy smokes this thing is fast. We ordered it in Catalina Cove with the 21s. Everyone has been wonderful to work with so far!