“I would stress that there is no evidence that the amounts of acrylamide that you are exposed to via burnt food are enough to cause cancer,” says Prof Jones. The average slice of toast has ...

A slice of toast with burnt edges, smeared with jam. Charred vegetables from the grill. Burnt-to-a-crisp marshmallows ...

While this is a great attitude to have in life to keep you from sweating the small stuff, the burnt toast theory can also be applied to online dating.

Article continues below Chelsea's Keira Walsh and Aggie Beever-Jones both agreed that three was the ideal toast shade. If they received a burnt piece, they would "go again" rather than scrape off ...

Chelsea's Keira Walsh and Aggie Beever-Jones both agreed that three was the perfect shade of toast. And if they got a burnt piece they would "go again" - they wouldn't scrape off the burnt bits.

A slice of toast with burnt edges, smeared with jam. Charred vegetables from the grill. Burnt-to-a-crisp marshmallows smooshed between graham crackers along with a square of dark chocolate.