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I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.
— Julia Child

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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker calls toast difficult because it demands constant watching to avoid burning. A seemingly simple task becomes an exacting responsibility. Read as self-deprecation, the statement finds humour in a small kitchen frustration, giving ordinary bread the status of a challenge that cannot be neglected.
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