Clink or Sink: History of Toasting
Today on this festive New Years-themed episode we discuss a tradition so common, so ubiquitous, and so culturally widespread that you may not have thought it has a history. What is toasting? What defines it? How did it start? And why on earth is it called toasting anyway? Find out all of this on this week's Tipsy Timeline!
This is one our more straight-forward episodes. It's a history of toasting. How and why it started including nomenclature and how it evolved. Sources used for this episode can be found in the following locations:
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2014/12/26/drinking-alcohol-culture/
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/toasting-drinking-toast-bread-origin
- http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/05/the-origin-of-toasting-drinks/
- https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/articles/the-history-of-toasting
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor)