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little_tippler · 07-06-2005, 06:04 AM

ok ok I don't usually freeze bread but I've had it frozen before at my mom's house. I much prefer my bread fresh and unrefrigerated but it doesn't keep well. It seems to only last a day truly, I mean really fresh. I either have to have it fresh or toasted. Inbetween sucks. So...if I froze my bread....how do you defrost it to ensure near fresh results?

deri · 07-13-2005, 11:21 AM

We buy our bread from the bakery and it lasts about 3-4 days on average. Unfortunately, there are times when mold sets in the day after we buy it... It pains me to think of how many times I have thrown out half a loaf or more of bread because of the mold issue. I've tried the fridge method a couple times but my wife doesn't like that it gets dried out so it usually ends up in the pantry until retiring to the trash.

I'll have to try out the saranwrap trick; maybe it will help out when it goes in the fridge.

dlish · 08-02-2005, 04:05 AM

me and my mrs usually fight over where we keeep the bread. ive now given up and its not worth fighting over it anymore..ive succumed to keeping it frozen.

shes a dietitician and says its keeps better frozen, but i hate the taste of microwaved bread.

Xazy · 08-02-2005, 04:07 AM

On a side note, I normally put a single piece of bread in the fridge, on a napkin. Bread sucks in odors, and help keep smells out!!

Azrael · 08-08-2005, 12:42 PM

I dont live in a house full of people who love bread, and i dont have kids. So for me the obvious option is freezing it. Since if I did not I am sure it would all go to waste. i dislike white bread though. Most commonly I only obtain whole wheat, or other more expensive types. (yes even those strange herb breads, they are the best)

Suave · 08-09-2005, 11:45 PM

I'm all about refridgerating my foodstuffs. Anything even remotely perishable gets refridgerated if there's room, because I tend not to eat enough of one thing to get it all before it starts going bad.

Jinn · 08-10-2005, 08:06 AM

Hmm.. my parents would always buy 10 or so loaves.. and freeze them. Then they'd take one out at a time and defrost them in the refridgerator. Since they're both from huge families that ate a LOT of sandwiches, this was probably what I should have done with I bought two loaves the other day. As of now, they're both sitting on the top of the fridge instead of inside.. man I hope they're not moldy..

ryfo · 08-15-2005, 04:35 AM

I dont really like the thought of frozen bread, to me fresh means soft. I have heard that keeping it in the fridge dries it out so I normally use it for 2 days then use it for toast for the third day if there is any left. We both have toast and sandwiches, so not much goes to waste.

07-06-2005, 06:04 AM	#41 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	ok ok I don't usually freeze bread but I've had it frozen before at my mom's house. I much prefer my bread fresh and unrefrigerated but it doesn't keep well. It seems to only last a day truly, I mean really fresh. I either have to have it fresh or toasted. Inbetween sucks. So...if I froze my bread....how do you defrost it to ensure near fresh results? __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

08-02-2005, 04:05 AM	#43 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	me and my mrs usually fight over where we keeep the bread. ive now given up and its not worth fighting over it anymore..ive succumed to keeping it frozen. shes a dietitician and says its keeps better frozen, but i hate the taste of microwaved bread. __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

08-08-2005, 12:42 PM	#45 (permalink)
Azrael Upright Location: Calgary	I dont live in a house full of people who love bread, and i dont have kids. So for me the obvious option is freezing it. Since if I did not I am sure it would all go to waste. i dislike white bread though. Most commonly I only obtain whole wheat, or other more expensive types. (yes even those strange herb breads, they are the best) __________________ Life withers and beauty fades, forever alone we drift away.

08-09-2005, 11:45 PM	#46 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	I'm all about refridgerating my foodstuffs. Anything even remotely perishable gets refridgerated if there's room, because I tend not to eat enough of one thing to get it all before it starts going bad. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

08-10-2005, 08:06 AM	#47 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Hmm.. my parents would always buy 10 or so loaves.. and freeze them. Then they'd take one out at a time and defrost them in the refridgerator. Since they're both from huge families that ate a LOT of sandwiches, this was probably what I should have done with I bought two loaves the other day. As of now, they're both sitting on the top of the fridge instead of inside.. man I hope they're not moldy.. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

07-13-2005, 11:21 AM	#42 (permalink)
deri Tilted	We buy our bread from the bakery and it lasts about 3-4 days on average. Unfortunately, there are times when mold sets in the day after we buy it... It pains me to think of how many times I have thrown out half a loaf or more of bread because of the mold issue. I've tried the fridge method a couple times but my wife doesn't like that it gets dried out so it usually ends up in the pantry until retiring to the trash. I'll have to try out the saranwrap trick; maybe it will help out when it goes in the fridge.

08-02-2005, 04:07 AM	#44 (permalink)
Xazy People in masks cannot be trusted Location: NYC	On a side note, I normally put a single piece of bread in the fridge, on a napkin. Bread sucks in odors, and help keep smells out!!

08-15-2005, 04:35 AM	#48 (permalink)
ryfo Psycho Location: melbourne australia	I dont really like the thought of frozen bread, to me fresh means soft. I have heard that keeping it in the fridge dries it out so I normally use it for 2 days then use it for toast for the third day if there is any left. We both have toast and sandwiches, so not much goes to waste.