The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger

Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by JoeAltmaier on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:56PM (#24510450)

Hm not surprised, from a country that has special racks to 'cool the toast'. So they don't have to eat it warm. So its properly cold and stale.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by kybernetikos on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:13PM (#24510622)

Toast racks are not to cool toast, they're to stop it from going soggy.

If you stack toast, the moisture from the toast below in the stack makes most of the stack soggy. Racking it lets the steam escape. You still eat the toast warm, just not wet.

If you find yourself without a toast rack, you can lean them against each other as if you're starting to make a house of cards to keep them crisp.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by JoeAltmaier on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:34AM (#24515865)

Yeah and they sell bagged loaves of toast. Not warm then.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by kybernetikos on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:23PM (#24522012)

I have never seen a bagged loaf of toast for sale in any of the countries I've been to.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by pbowyer on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:56AM (#24526141)

The closest I can think of is Biscottes / Zwieback / UK supermarket "French Toast"

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by laumars on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:10PM (#24510597)

There’s plenty of great places to eat in the U.K., and London especially.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of Pret a Manger by renewiltord on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:16PM (#24510653)

Yeah, London is a great place for food. I only take exception to Pret.

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