Random French Stick Question...

headoutthesand

I have posted this on the old style board but as I am ready for bed and had no reply i thought i'd try my luck on the old faithful.....

Can I freeze a french stick?

I bought one for 19p today and it is still pretty fresh. I won't use it all tomorrow but don't want to waste any.

I think I can but my mum doesn't......please let me be right

HOTS

immoral_angeluk

It's just bread so I can't see why not? We freeze bread all the time.

headoutthesand

Me too - I have a loaf in the freezer now.

It's only a different shape so I don't see the problem. I'll just try it and see how it goes at the weekend.

Thanks for replying so quickly

immoral_angeluk

The worst that could happen is you'll have lost 19p to the pigeons.. lol
Can't see why it wouldn't freeze..

poorandindenial

I'm with IA, although it might only be good for toasted stuff if it is already beginning to go slightly stale (seeing as it only seems to last three seconds before it goes hard)

I say give it a go. Worst case scenario, cut it into discs, toast until fairly crunchy and then have with dips, delicious. (I have done this with 3 day old french stick before)

sparky0107

It will freeze, when you take it out let it defrost, then wrap it in tinfoil and warm it up in the oven, it should come out crusty again

headoutthesand

sparky0107 wrote: »

It will freeze, when you take it out let it defrost, then wrap it in tinfoil and warm it up in the oven, it should come out crusty again

Brilliant tip - will do this over the weekend to eat with some soup :T

Thats if DS1 doesn't eat it all with butter and jam:D

rayday2

Some instore bakery french sticks cannot be frozen as they were frozen but it usually says so on the barcode label if its not suitable. A lot of instore bakery items are previously frozen.

smashedbooboo

They freeze very well. I used to run the catering in a golf club. Cut it up into manageable pieces, then freeze. take out what you need. Splash a little cold water over the top of bread stick and put straight into the oven. It wont take long to warm up again. And i think its better second time around after being frozen. x x x

Bismarck

thanks for your tips....

unfortunately the Bismarck household can devour a French stick in the time it takes me to get my plate out so I doubt I'll be able to test the freeze process unless the hungry mob are out for the day...