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Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Re: Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Post by mgsouth »

jeffrallen wrote: post #5

If your bread lasts longer than it takes you to eat it, your bread is too big, or it is not yummy enough to make you eat enough. Get yourself to a proper boulanger and eat proper bread!

It's obvious why you were downvoted. Its Rye or go home.

Re: Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Post by jnellis »

I've been making two loaves a week, sourdough and rye, for over a year now. After they cool overnight they go in the fridge for a couple hours just to make slicing them easier, then they get bagged and go in the freezer. This seems like it maintains 'freshness' the best. The toaster is more or less set to defrost a frozen slice on the first run and toast it on the second. Ironically, the starter mix does live in the fridge on a daily basis, never goes stale and never goes bad.

Re: Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Post by dusted »

Yes. I don't eat bread regularly at home, so some times, it'll be a few weeks in the fridge, and it's just fine (after a trip in the toaster). Leave that same bread out and it'll be mouldy within the first week or two. This is regular french bread bought at the local bakery.

Here in Denmark, we also have black bread, which are more normal to keep in the fridge, that bread does not seem to go stale the same way as french bread, but I also know some weirdos who keeps black bread outside the fridge :P

Re: Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

prennert wrote: post #4

Pro tip: slice and freeze fresh bread and either defrost it over a few hours or just toast it before consumption. Refrigerated bread gets soggy fast and is not worth the space it takes in the fridge.

This is what we do and have done when I grew up; my parents would go to lidl or aldi and get a loaf of bread per day of the week and yeet it in their big chest freezer, every day (in the evening) they'd take one out to defrost overnight. We do it now as well although our freezer isn't that big.

Defrosting it is best done at room temperature, but in a bind can be done in the microwave; it's a very thin line between defrosting it and warming it up (making it soggy and warm and ugh) though.

Re: Does storing bread in the fridge make it last longer? (2019)

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Post by ycombinete »

jnellis wrote: post #7

I've been making two loaves a week, sourdough and rye, for over a year now. After they cool overnight they go in the fridge for a couple hours just to make slicing them easier, then they get bagged and go in the freezer. This seems like it maintains 'freshness' the best. The toaster is more or less set to defrost a frozen slice on the first run and toast it on the second. Ironically, the starter mix does live in the…

I’m very similar, even my toaster method! I bake bread for the household once a week. 1 kilo of flour, 2 loaves. Sliced up and frozen within an hour or so of coming out of the oven.

I don’t understand how a sourdoughs starter could go stale though, as it’s a liquid, not bread?

My starter recently got the orange streak of doom, and I’m back to an overnight biga artisan bread.

I avoid the fridge as it definitely stales homemade bread, and leaving it out too long ends up chasing mould. Freezer is the best option for sure.

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