Mouldy Bread

Chipps

I'm with the "freeze it" brigade!

Unless my DD is visiting - and she gets through toast at a rate of knots - I keep sliced bread in the freezer & just take out what is needed as & when it's needed.

Home made bread isn't a problem......

.... it doesn't last long enough to go off!!!!

angelavdavis

1) Freeze bread. You can separate a loaf into smaller portions or you might have a battle to split the slices (sometimes they split OK, sometimes they don't!).
2) You can pop frozen slices into the toaster to cook (in fact my toaster has a frozen bread setting), it takes a bit longer but is no real hassle.
3) I make home-made rolls now for sandwiches, but even freeze these two at a time and get them out the night before they are needed.
4) Any loaf crust ends left get whizzed up into breadcrumbs and frozen.

I have found my wastage has gone to zero since then (we only really use bread at weekends or for sandwiches during the week).

CharleneUK

noonesperfect wrote: »

Are we talking white or wholemeal here?

I find both Hovis and Kingsmill thick sliced wholemeal freezes and thaws fine.

I just took an unopened pack of wholemeal pitta breads back to Asda (they still had 9 days to go to best before date) because they were mouldy. They'd been stored in a cupboard rather than a bread bin. Got my 34p back plus a £2 gift card

Wholemeal.

Maybe it's just me then! Never mind.

Primrose

We buy Vogel sliced wholegrain bread which is delicious but not cheap so can't afford for it to go to waste. We buy two loaves at a time, keeping the spare in the freezer and the loaf in current use in the fridge. We've never had a problem with mould. I should think that a metal bread bin is probably one of the worst locations for storing bread as the metal will heat up when the temperature in the kitchen rises, causing the temperature inside to fluctuate too.

daisyroots_2

I agree with the freezing idea, but if it's gone stale, what about bread and butter pudding ? Personally I don't bother with a recipe, just four eggs and a pint of milk, any old bread (and marmalade if any hanging around). Beat the eggs into the milk, add a bit of sugar (two or three dessert spoons) or some other sweetener, butter and maybe marmalade the bread, add sultanas or any other dried fruit you've got hanging around, grease a pie dish, arrange the bread in it, pour the custard over and squidge the bread down a bit to ensure it's soaked up as much custard as poss. Medium hot oven, precise temperature not important, this pud sits happily on the lower oven shelf when you're cooking something else, and it's ready when the egg custard is set.

Of course if you don't feel daring, there are loads of recipies for this pudding.

noonesperfect

Mmmmm that sounds good daisyroots :j

steph25

Hi ya,

Oooh i have this problem with bread cause there's only me and little'un ere so i normally freeze half the loaf if there's room....
But i brough the ingrediants to make my own bread for the 1st time since 3rd yr at school (about 11-12yrs ago :eek: ) so am gonna attempt to do a loaf tomorrow manually
But also after reading a lot of the old style threads i've been brave and started making my own flapjacks and yesterday made my 1st ever ever ever shortbread with toffee sauce to which my neighbour said and i quote
" thems are better then the finest ones in tesco" :D:D

Probably have to start a thread 2moro asking why my bread dough is like stringy sketti or something

grannybroon

Hi

I am one of the freeze it brigade! We buy a really nice Farmhouse loaf from local baker (just under a £1). Keep half out for daily eating (lasts about 5 days before becoming slightly dry but not mouldy). The other half goes in the freezer and we have as toast for breakfast. Sometimes we make up a batch of sandwiches and freeze and don't have problem with sogginess when defrosted.

GB

fizzel81

i again freeze mine otherwise i find it gets wasted, my boys mainly have bread for toast and i am not a huge bread eater (unless its made in a breadmaker and im getting one in a few days)

buxtonrabbitgreen

I get through a loaf a day. DS 14 makes himself many sandwiches at random times during the day (growing fast) and 4 of us take packed lunch. We are therefore more likely to run out than have any left. Occasionally my OH has bought bread when he knew we were going to run out and so have I, in which case I freeze it too. It seems to be fine when defrosted. The only thing I will say is that it goes dry more quickly than unfrozen bread. Not that it has much chance in our house.