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Thu Jul-24-08 11:14 PM
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Bread does not go in the fridge. |
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I went to a friends house and they had the bread in the fridge and it was so weird.
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:15 PM
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1. What's worse is frozen bread. |
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I really, really hate the taste of previously-frozen bread. I can only stand it toasted after it's been frozen.
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:41 PM
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14. I'm in agreement with you. |
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For whatever reason, one of my relatives buys huge quantities of bread and then freezes.... I always think to myself, why don't you just buy a normal quantity and eat it fresh? :shrug:
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:17 PM
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In my neck of things, bread goes stale inside a sealed bag pronto. Fridge extends that.
Also, in cockroach land, cereal boxes go in the oven. :D
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:19 PM
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5. Yep. Nothing stays out with palmetto bugs around! n/t |
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:20 PM
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41. this is why my cereal all goes in Tupperware, tightly sealed. nt |
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:10 AM
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we used the fridge
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:18 PM
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3. Bread does go in the fridge here. |
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:18 PM
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otherwise it molds almost overnight.
Actually, keeping as many items as you can in the fridge saves a good bit of energy. A mostly empty fridge works harder to stay cold.
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:21 PM
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...It's the cold air falling out, and having to be re-cooled when you close it, that makes that happen.
More stuff in the fridge = less air.
...I shall now take my home-ec geekness elsewhere. Away! :D
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:20 PM
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6. Where are you from, Mars? |
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Edited on Thu Jul-24-08 11:40 PM by MrScorpio
Of course it goes there
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:21 PM
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Zing!
OK, I should toddle off to bed now. :D
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:22 PM
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and we keep it in the cabinet.
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:23 PM
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10. My bread is always in the refrigerator. |
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I don't eat it very quickly, so it goes moldy before I finish the loaf if I don't keep it in the refrigerator. :shrug:
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:35 AM
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32. Yup. If we don't want to waste it, we have to refrigerate it. nt |
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:25 PM
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one of the gazillion reasons I left home :P
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:25 PM
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12. I keep the Cinnamon Bread in the fridge...the regular sandwich bread goes in the pantry |
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And I haven't had bread in MONTHS.
The family likes it though.
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Thu Jul-24-08 11:32 PM
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:07 AM
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15. Not by itself it don't. If m'bread gets up to get into th'fridge, I'll shoot it. |
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Don't mind puttin in there m'self tho
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:15 AM
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16. do you eat an entire loaf of bread in a day or something? |
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If not, you better keep it in the fridge. Keeping bread in the fridge is the only way to keep it eatable unless you scarf it down right away.
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:19 AM
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17. Keeping it in the fridge dehydrates it |
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makes it taste like crap.
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Fri Jul-25-08 09:59 AM
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:21 AM
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18. Bread in my mom's house goes into the fridge |
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I tend to put it out of the fridge because my fridge is damned small.
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Fri Jul-25-08 12:24 AM
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19. If you live where it's humid, there's no other option |
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unless you want moldy bread. :)
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:04 AM
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We don't always put ours in there but if it's extremely humid I will put it in the fridge.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:04 AM
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22. I buy bread with no preservatives... |
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I have to put it in the frig, otherwise it goes bad rather quickly.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:05 AM
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23. Of course not. It goes in the freezer. |
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:08 AM
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24. In the summer it does or it gets moldy in a real hurry |
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:11 AM
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26. The fridge simply accelerates the staleness setting in |
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if you want to keep it, put it in a plastic bag, but keep it out the fridge.
Also, don't eat shit bread with lots of sugar in it. Find a bakery, and get some real bread. It'll keep much longer.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:11 AM
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27. My bread goes moldy in less than a day if I leave it out. |
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Basically, if I want to eat bread more than 6 hours after I bought it, I have to keep it in the fridge.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:18 AM
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28. Depends on how fast it's consumed, and whether it's preserved or not.... |
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... and where you live. I keep some kinds in the fridge- it just depends.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:19 AM
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29. Depends on the place... |
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My last apartment had an ant infestation, the fridge was the only safe place, unless you wanted a little extra protein with your bread
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:20 AM
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30. It does and it doesn't. |
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:P
In humid climes, it goes in the fridge since it will get moldy otherwise. Also if there's only one person eating off of a single loaf. That's too much bread for one person to consume before it goes bad on the counter.
In less humid or drier climes, you can keep it out of the fridge until it goes stale or everyone eats it ;)
However, refrigerating bread does cause it to go stale faster but that is not the case with freezing it.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:29 AM
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31. Same with ketchup & mustard! |
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:35 AM
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33. I keep it in the fridge |
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I'm too cheap to throw halves of loaves away :blush: I make sure to use it before it dries out usually.
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:23 AM
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37. However, if it does dry out |
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keep it anyway. You have to use stale bread to make bread pudding :9
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:31 AM
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38. right on, I can never toss food |
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What I do with it is give it to the birds and squirrels. Bread pudding sounds delish though :9
I had to start mulching because I can't even stand throwing peels and seeds away.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:44 AM
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34. But it stays fresher in the fridge. |
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:06 AM
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35. If We Leave Our Bread Out |
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The mice will eat it. Such is life in NYC.
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:11 AM
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36. I eat sprouted grain Ezekiel bread. It stays in the friggen fridge, ya hear me? nt |
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:32 AM
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39. Yes it does. Stays fresher longer. |
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:40 AM
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40. In my house, bread goes in the fridge. |
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Fri Jul-25-08 03:39 PM
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42. Food pros say skip the fridge |
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Harold McGee is the author of the book "Food and Science." He says the best way to preserve bread runs counter to our expectations.
"It turns out that the staling process, which involves a change in the structure of the starch in the bread dough, happens at a much faster rate at temperatures right around refrigerator temperatures. So in fact, if you want to keep bread edible for a few days, the best thing to do for it is just to keep it at room temperature. It'll actually stale much more slowly at room temperature than it will in the refrigerator, which we normally think of as a place to make things last longer. If you want to keep bread for more than just a few days, the best thing to do is to freeze it, because the temperature of the bread passes through refrigerator temperature pretty quickly on its way to getting completely frozen. And so it spends relatively little time in that critical temperature range and doesnt stale as badly."
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Fri Jul-25-08 04:53 PM
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48. I'd rather have stale bread than moldy bread. |
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It has it's own little space on the second shelf of my fridge.
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Fri Jul-25-08 03:53 PM
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43. Honestly, I never heard of putting bread in the fridge. |
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Do they keep tomatoes in there too?
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Fri Jul-25-08 05:03 PM
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51. Gack...of course tomatoes go in the fridge. |
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Lordy me, you must live in the north pole or something. Guess what, I keep potatoes there too.
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Fri Jul-25-08 05:14 PM
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52. They probably put it right next to the bananas |
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Eeeek, I would never put a home grown or local tomato in the fridge. The ones that come from Mexico or S/A have already been fridged and ruined.
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Fri Jul-25-08 03:54 PM
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44. We keep our bread in the fridge. |
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And if we're not gonna use it very quickly it goes in the freezer.
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Fri Jul-25-08 04:49 PM
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46. thank you charles -- and i live in louisiana |
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Edited on Fri Jul-25-08 04:52 PM by pitohui
i cannot eat bread once it has been in the fridge, my parents thought i was strange because they never "got it," well they're old now and when i visit...they may have learned to quaff a glass of red wine before dinner, they may have learned to eat cheese, but they STILL have bread in the fridge
the horror the horror
are your friends over 70? i thought we younger kids didn't do this :-)
i'm amazed at all the people on this thread who never heard of breadboxes, why buy bread if you're going to put it in the fridge since it will taste nasty anyway? and many southern homes these days have this thing called air conditioning, inside the kitchen is not humid!
old trick from the 1970s, if you couldn't afford a breadbox, scour and paint a recycled metal mailbox -- put the flag up if you need to buy more bread -- never actually did this myself but thought it looked cute
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Fri Jul-25-08 04:50 PM
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47. In Iowa during the hot humid months bread defiantly goes in the fridge |
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or you'll be eating a mold sandwich for dinner :puke:
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Fri Jul-25-08 04:59 PM
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49. you are wrong. bread does go in the fridge. |
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it keeps the bread fresh. Dont be insane. Only an insane person would not put bread in the fridge. I cannot say enough about this. If you want moldy bread you go ahead, but do not spread your bread hate here on DU.
That is all I have to say about the subject.
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Fri Jul-25-08 05:01 PM
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50. No it really isn't if it's summer time and your kitchen is hot. |
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It helps fight mold and dry-out.
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Fri Jul-25-08 05:16 PM
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The bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes all have their own drawers under the counter.
All fruits and veggies except greens and berries go on the counter.
This is the natural order of things.
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