Wot - no soldiers for my egg?

The EU have now said that we shouldn't eat toast!  Well, not exactly - it's all about acrylamide (see post dated 22/4/12) which is a substance which has been linked to cancer in rats and mice, and which is created naturally by grilling food - that is, exposing it to a close source of high heat.  Which is of course precisely how you turn bread into toast.  The longer the exposure, the higher the amount of acrylamide.  So the EU's advice (and despite eyecatching headlines, that's all it is) is that you shouldn't cremate your bread - just a nice light brown colour is fine.