Keeping bread fresh

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Does anyone have any hints/tips? For some reason when I store bread in the cupboard it seems to go mouldy quite quickly, and keeping it in the fridge causes it to dry out.

[eyedrop]

Buy half-baked baguettes? Then you can make them when you nee them.

[Manifesto]

Keep it out of the dark and wherever its hot.

[FreeFocus]

I usually buy 3-4 loaves at a time, so I freeze whichever loaves I'm not eating at the moment, or keep one of them in the refrigerator.

I guess the best way to keep it fresh without having it dry out would be to eat it right away. :lol:

[which doctor]

buy bread with more artificial preservatives in it

[FreeFocus]

buy bread with more artificial preservatives in it

This also tends to be (actually, pretty much in all cases) bread with virtually no nutritional value..

[Pawn Power]

In a plastic bag, in the fridge is your best bet.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Mate buy a bread bin or keep em in the fridge.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

This also tends to be (actually, pretty much in all cases) bread with virtually no nutritional value..

Who on Earth eats bread without some kind of spread or filling?

[Delirium]

I usually freeze mine too. It seems to thaw out fine for me.

[bosgek]

Believe it or not, scientifically speaking the refrigerator is the worst place. Bread stales quickest on those temperatures. The problem is water absorption and aroma oxidation. I could post a long story about retrogradation of crystals that form the crumb, but the conclusion is: freeze it below -5 C.

When I had the time I baked my own bread, I used fermented dough to get a more stable crumb structure. It remained fresh for 3 days, was stale after 5 and only had wheat flour, rye flour, water, salt and yeast in it. Unfortunately fermented dough is tricky to make and for industrial application it's too expensive because of the extra storage costs.

[MarxSchmarx]

If it goes bad, you can always make "French toast".

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Well, freezing the bread is kind of not an option since I only have an icebox in the fridge. And it needs defrosting, only I'm lazy.

[ls]

Breadbin, you dun know the breadbin is nang.

[Pogue]

Get an air tight container, like the plastics ones that lock down. They are quite popular here in the UK.

[F9]

Buy half bread, or smaller one, so you eat what you want daily, and buy fresh one every day.Always works great;)

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Buy half bread, or smaller one, so you eat what you want daily, and buy fresh one every day.Always works great;)

Not in england.

[F9]

Not in england.

Why?

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

Johnny Foreigner bread > English bread.

[Das war einmal]

I eat a half bread in three days, I just make sure the plastic bag is closed and then I put it on the shelf. I eat only a few loaves, 4 a day and in the morning I just have some cornflakes, they stay better for longer

[Dr Mindbender]

Does anyone have any hints/tips? For some reason when I store bread in the cupboard it seems to go mouldy quite quickly, and keeping it in the fridge causes it to dry out.

When i was at uni my housemates used to freeze it. Not my preferred method but it works for some. Preserving milk on the other hand, thats another fucker. Freezing it doesnt work for me cause it takes ages to thaw out which isnt practical for me if i'm in a hurry for my cereal so i usually end up buying the cartons of UHT long life milk. Tastes like shit on its own but it beats the hell out of spoiled fresh milk.

[ellipsis]

yah i always put all my dumpstered bread in sealed bags in the freezer. I wouldn't say that they come out "fresh" but it is still good for a few days after.

[RotStern]

What my dad does is he just leaves it in the Fridge.
It stays fresh a bit longer. :)

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Right, that's the third mouldy half-loaf of bread I've had to chuck out. From now on I'm buying Ryvita or something like that instead.