Do you put bread in the fridge?

Penelope_Penguin

ckerrd wrote: »

I put my bread in the toaster.
Is that an option?

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In the bread bin. The fridge acts by drawing off warm, moist air, so will make bread go stale more quickly, IME.

And I was told at a party recently, by a chap who researches into salmonella, that eggs should be kept in the fridge. I like to live on the edge, and mine are in the kitchen in a wire chicken.

Penny. x

Nikiya

I do as Ampersand: make my own (wholemeal) with seeds and keep it for a couple of days in the fridge. It keeps well. After, I slice it and freeze it. Whenever I have bought a similar bread, that is the advice I've been given too.
How you keep your bread will depend on how you like it: If you like it sliced and toasted, then definitely freeze without a second thought. If it is for sandwiches, we sometimes make them with frozen rolls or slices --it helps keeping the perishable filling safe and by the time you eat them it has defrosted.
We also freeze ciabattas and the like, then defrost them in a hot oven.
Rolls, we just keep well wrapped for a couple of days, then freeze if not consumed and give the same treatment. A short spell in a hot oven works wonders for any bread!
As for commercial sliced bread, I have noticed it tends to mould very easily. Even if you do not like it toasted, I would advice to keep it in the fridge of freezer and then defrost or warm up the slices in the toaster (or the defrost function of a microwave which will keep it moist).

Nikiya

Anne Willan says: "Eggs should be kept in a cool place or in the fridge, with the pointed end down to keep the yolk in the middle. To minimize dehydration, cover them or keep them in the carton".
I keep them in a cool place in their carton. I have heard eggs inside the fridge can contaminate other foods with salmonella.

black-saturn

I keep my bread in the fridge because my kitchen isn't big enough for a bread bin. My kitchen is 10ft by 6ft and I have 2 small cupboards. I also keep my vegetables and fruit in the fridge.

csarina

black-saturn wrote: »

I keep my bread in the fridge because my kitchen isn't big enough for a bread bin. My kitchen is 10ft by 6ft and I have 2 small cupboards. I also keep my vegetables and fruit in the fridge.

I keep my veg in the fridge but most of the fruit in a basket except bananas which I hang up......., I have also kept spuds in the fridge, but never eggs.....they are kept in their box on the work surface........none of us have ever suffered from any form of food poisoning, salmonella or any other type.....

liney

Nan told me never to put bread in the fridge as it 'ruins crust and crumb'. My nan was a wise old bird, so no, i never put it in the fridge unless i have made butties the night before which is unusual.

Roosh

I freeze sliced bread. When we want some we take out what we want at the time. (It takes no time to thaw out) We have a bread bin but rarely use it! I also make sandwiches for a packed lunch. Freeze small portions of meat, or whatever, enough for one sandwich (or how many you have). Take out of the freezer the filling the night before, but make up the sandwich using frozen bread. I find it makes the sandwich easier to butter, cut, and spreads etc don't make the bread soggy so much. Result, by the time you eat it everything is thawed, and you have a wonderful sandwich and never have mouldy bread!