Toasty

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I've been making good use of my new toaster oven. So far I have melted swiss cheese on a thick slice of toasted Italian bread under the broiler (and I toasted the Italian bread, which was thick, in it), cooked a frozen lasagna-for-one in it, and I'm currently baking a chicken breast. It feels thrifty not to have the oven on for what are fairly small things. And the friend that I had dinner with the other night said that toaster ovens reminded her of being a student, so I don't think I need to feel spinster-ish about it, either. And anyway, another friend said that she (who is also "of a certain age" and single) regards spinsterhood as a time of delightful freedom and relaxation. So there.