storing homemade bread

Lulubells

Good morning OS,

I did do a search before posting this - so I appologise if it has been asked before !. I need to get a bread bag or two to keep my homemade bread fresher for longer, could anyone please recommend the best place to get them as I know a lot of OS make their own bread too.

TIA

elvis_bloggs

Ask your friends and family to save their empty ones from shop bought loaves.

shetitasatic

My SIL uses the cloth ones from Tschibo - she says they are cheaper than the ones from Lakeland

MrsTinks

I just ordered two from Tschibo myself I think they were £2.99 for 2? (btw when on their site request a catalog and wait for the mail confirmation, in there is a code valid for 1 month entitleling you to free delivery )

rchddap1

Have to admit that my loaves don't tend to last very long at all....so I wrap them in a clean tea towel....well for at least a couple of minutes anyway.

RacyRed

The Tchibo ones are nice but do not have th plastic inner bag the Lakeland ones do. They are fine if your bread goes quickly though!

The vouchers board has a £5 of voucher for a £20 spend at Tchibo if you are getting a few things. The free delivery vouchers are also there somewhere

fizzel81

whats the best way to keep my bread fresh? meant to have put bread machine on timer and pressed start without doing this hence i have a loaf that will be ready tonight instead of tomorrow morning

any tips please whenever ive done it before its been hard by morning

sproggi

A bit late now, but I wrap mine in tin foil and find that it never goes hard, even though I have to pre-slice mine to stop kids making doorstops!!

Sproggi

Pink.

If it's gone a bit hard I pop it into a hot oven for a few minutes to refresh it and comes out like freshly baked bread again.

Pink

fizzel81

lol dont quite know what i did wrong but it had a solid crust and only was only risen a little amount

Queenie

fizzel81 wrote:

whats the best way to keep my bread fresh? meant to have put bread machine on timer and pressed start without doing this hence i have a loaf that will be ready tonight instead of tomorrow morning

any tips please whenever ive done it before its been hard by morning

If your crust goes a bit hard, you can trim that off, make into breadcrumbs and the 'flesh' of the loaf will still be fine. Easy to understand why sandwiches had the crusts cut off in bygone years

As Pink suggests, you can put it in the oven for a few minutes too - the only thing I would add to that, is to sprinkle it with some water first.

You could make your own cotton bread bag from two linen teatowels for future times.