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Every few months or so I try to share one of my mouth-watering recipes and today is no exception. What follows is something I call Toast with a Twist or sometimes Toast with a Kick. Feel free to use either term. You'll need two pieces of bread, either white or the funny-looking brown kind. You'll also need JIF chunky peanut butter and milk.

Acquire loaf of bread from refrigerator. Examine individual slices for mold; if moldy, give to dog. Experience has shown that it won't hurt him.

Place two slices into what I call a toaster. Snooty types may refer to this useful appliance as a "toaster oven" but be not fooled as I think it's the same thing. Press down on button using thumb or index finger until it locks into place. This begins the toasting process.

If you own a mixer, now's a good time to throw stuff in it and watch it mix! This is an entertaining sideshow while waiting for the bread to heat. You can throw fruit, milk and whatever in it but I recommend milk and Hershey's chocolate syrup. Hmmmm hmmm good!

Remove bread from toaster after two minutes or until they pop up, whichever comes first.

Remove pieces carefully (they will be hot - no lawsuits please!) and then take Jif^TM peanut butter and apply liberally to the toast.

Serve with apertif of chilled chocolate milk. Bon Appetit!

Still not convinced? Not sure if you want to incur the cost or time for this recipe? Take not my word for it. Here is what one erudite soul wrote of Toast with a Kick or a variant thereof:

"I introduced Auberon Waugh to [it] ten years ago when he first visited America..It quite changed his writing style: for about ten months he was at peace with the world. I think that was the time he said something pleasant about Harold Wilson. In the eleventh month, it was easy to tell that he had run out. It quite changes your disposition and your view of the world if you cannot have peanut butter every day." - William F. Buckley

Stay tuned for next month's recipe when I'll be featuring something I call La' Chef Boye Ardee served with Al fresco!