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

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Post by selimthegrim »

wrycoder wrote: post #97
Moru wrote: post #79

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In case you don't have a bread box: After bringing home the bread in a paper bag, put it on a cutting board with the cut side down. Pull over the paper bag. This is offcourse for real bakery bread, not the industry rubber bread that comes presliced.

^this I don’t bother with the bag, just keep the cut sides down. When you slice the loaf, start in the middle and work towards the ends. That way, the halves don’t fall over. The bread remains edible for two days, especially sourdough. (I’m talking about homemade bread here, not the white fluff.) Slice any remainder before it gets too stiff. Turn a few slices into croutons. Fry the slices and croutons in olive oil on…

I believe the Spanish have a fish stew with stale bread as an ingredient whose name I can’t recall atm

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

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Post by bobthepanda »

wrycoder wrote: post #97
Moru wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In case you don't have a bread box: After bringing home the bread in a paper bag, put it on a cutting board with the cut side down. Pull over the paper bag. This is offcourse for real bakery bread, not the industry rubber bread that comes presliced.

^this I don’t bother with the bag, just keep the cut sides down. When you slice the loaf, start in the middle and work towards the ends. That way, the halves don’t fall over. The bread remains edible for two days, especially sourdough. (I’m talking about homemade bread here, not the white fluff.) Slice any remainder before it gets too stiff. Turn a few slices into croutons. Fry the slices and croutons in olive oil on…

Bread pudding is also nice for stale bread.

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

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Post by hinkley »

eitland wrote: post #75
hinkley wrote: post #49

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TL;DR: banned during rationing in WWII, which is less sensational. Lots of things got weird during rationing.

Around here peeling potatoes b before boiling was illegal during rationing in WWII.

Maybe we didn't know that then, but that's actually dangerous. As potatoes start to go 'off' it starts to turn green on the outside, and the green bits contain alkyloids that are hell on the liver. You have to peel at least past the green.

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

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Post by jrochkind1 »

barrkel wrote: post #81
jrochkind1 wrote: post #50

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Interesting, I haven't noticed these sold but I haven't been looking. You buy at an ordinary grocery store? National brands? In the freezer section?

No, they are part baked, and sealed in a protective atmosphere (nitrogen, I expect). Here: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/fitzgeralds-2-sourdou... https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/bakery/bread-and-... They last about a month in a pantry, unrefrigerated. A significant fraction (if not all) supermarket bakery bread is shipped as frozen part-baked. This is roughly the same thing but in nitrogen rather…

Interesting! I see you are maybe in UK? I'm not sure this product exists in ordinary grocery stores in the USA.

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

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Post by timbit42 »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #32
bitdizzy wrote: post #25

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Microwaving frozen bread slices for 30-60 seconds (depends on how much bread and how powerful your microwave is) works like a charm too.

I think that makes a lot of breads very chewy. In my view best is to let them sit at room temperature for around 30 minutes.

They're a bit chewy when they come out but they go back to normal after sitting a bit.

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Post by washadjeffmad »

bobthepanda wrote: post #134
wrycoder wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

^this I don’t bother with the bag, just keep the cut sides down. When you slice the loaf, start in the middle and work towards the ends. That way, the halves don’t fall over. The bread remains edible for two days, especially sourdough. (I’m talking about homemade bread here, not the white fluff.) Slice any remainder before it gets too stiff. Turn a few slices into croutons. Fry the slices and croutons in olive oil on…

Bread pudding is also nice for stale bread.

We make croutons or baked French toast depending on how much is left. For baguettes or batards, I'll make molletes (bean toast) with pico de gallo after they've dried beyond regular use.

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

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Post by Falkon1313 »

a1369209993 wrote: post #98
Falkon1313 wrote: post #93

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My sister froze bread, but it always came out soggy and gross from condensation. Maybe it was the type of freezers we have in the U.S., but whenever you thaw things there's going to be condensation and that doesn't work well with bread.

Might be a stupid question, but you are heating it all the way to toasting temperature, right? (Whether or not it stays there long enough to toast.) Because (at least IME) if you only heat it to room temperature, it definitely will end up soggy.

I did not know that you were supposed to do that. Like anything else from the freezer, I just let it sit out for awhile to thaw. I had never used freezers much except for things like ice cream or ice cubes, we always had fresh and/or canned food.

To this day I don't really know how to make frozen food properly edible, but today I learned one new thing.

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