Did You Know - about toasts?
An interesting snippet from a BBC email highlighting the background to toasting ones health -
According to them ‘toast water’ was a restorative drink during the 18th and 19th centuries and a highly popular one to boot. It was made by pouring boiling water over toasted bread and left to infuse until cool. It was then strained and drunk. Such were its perceived health-giving properties, that it was often used when drinking to someone’s health.
Hence our current tradition of raising any glass as a toast to someone.
