Eliana (who is a fan of recursion) insists that I also post this picture of what you get if you re-toast the toast. http://jamespropp.org/BurntCurvedToast.jpg She also asked me to eat it, but that's pushing things too far. Incidentally, negatively-curved toast should be buttered with care, since the downward-pointing corners will channel excess butter, instead of giving it time to soak into the bread. On the plus side, negatively-curved toast can be buttered on both sides and placed temporarily on a plate, since it will only contact the plate along the boundary of the bread, not the interior. Jim Propp On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:50 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
My daughter Eliana was holding her cream-cheese-coated banana bread by two opposite corners this morning, creating a saddle shape that I realized could be imposed on the bread more durably if it were toasted.
So, I put a fresh piece of bread in the toaster oven with two support-pillars made up of bread: one short pillar for the middle of the intact piece of bread, and two tall pillars for two diagonally-opposite corners.
Press the button and what do you get? (drumroll) CURVED TOAST!
(Cf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRlcpKu9aqI )
Anyway, the result looks like http://jamespropp.org/NegativelyCurvedToast.jpg . Note the ironic juxtaposition of a positively-curved globe in the background.
Jim Propp