Sliced bread - in fridge or out ? (freezer, consume, buy)

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by Gorges

Freezer. I take out a slice as needed and toast it.

Exactly - and you don't have to toast it "all the way" if you don't want actual toast. Using the toaster to unthaw it just ensures it won't be soggy (like if you'd microwave it).

[mapleguy]

I have read this entire thread and..........


Is bread refrigerated at the STORE ? Of course it isn't ......


I rest my case.

[Scooby Snacks]

Originally Posted by saibot

Out! The refrigerator makes bread go stale very fast. Either keep it out, or put it in the freezer until you need it.

We can't keep it out of the fridge. It's so humid here it molds in just a couple of days. It goes on the freezer or fridge if there is an immediate use for it.

[ralphfr]

Originally Posted by Just Zola

I buy a new sliced loaf, and split into about 3 or 4 stacks of 7: put them all in freezer bags, write the dates on, and then put them in the freezer. So much more convenient and less waste

Freezing is the only way to preserve fresh bread. Slow cooling in a fridge actually speeds up the bread going stale. Bread becomes hard when the starch crystallizes as it cools from the oven and freezing keeps the crystallization to a minimum. Learned this from Chris Kimball.


Oddly enough we don't freeze sliced bread but we do freeze bagels, Italian bread and assorted rolls and such. We leave them in the bags that we carried them in from the store and then put those bags inside of a paper grocery bag. We found the perfect setting on our microwave for defrosting these and they stay very fresh for about a month.

[5-all]

Freeze it. On days when you know you need bread take out the slices you need ahead of time to let them thaw or if last minute put the frozen bread in toaster oven to thaw.

[yellowsnow]

Tastes better out! But I leave mine in the fridge because it molds too quickly when I leave it out!

[TabulaRasa]

Originally Posted by mapleguy

I have read this entire thread and..........


Is bread refrigerated at the STORE ? Of course it isn't ......


I rest my case.

Stock also cycles through at a store more quickly than it might in a home, depending on the given composition of the household.

Various produce items aren't chilled in stores, but if I get them home and won't be using them up right away, they may get refrigerated.

[TruckWife518]

Originally Posted by raidgirl

How do you store store-bought sliced brown or white bread ?
I used to store inside refrigerator- but since I started keeping it out-it stays softer for longer .

Is there any recommendation one way or another ?

I can't say which is the right or wrong way but I personally prefer to keep my bread in the refrigerator and if I have more than 1 loaf, I like to keep the unopened one in the freezer.

[HomeIsWhere...]

Originally Posted by saibot

Out! The refrigerator makes bread go stale very fast. Either keep it out, or put it in the freezer until you need it.

Originally Posted by Gorges

Freezer. I take out a slice as needed and toast it.

Originally Posted by emm74

this.
I can't use it up before it goes moldy, keeping it in the fridge makes it stale. Frozen and then toasted as needed is the best compromise.

This, this and this!

Oatnut bread; only me so it goes in the freezer until I want some toast or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

[lubby]

Never in the fridge!!!