I keep bread in the fridge. Deal with it.

[midwestfisherman]

We buy it, then eat it. Later we buy more.

This!

 

[Thebobo]

We buy it, then eat it. Later we buy more.

Interesting concept.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I put mine in the fridge also, keeps it fresher longer, however it doesn't taste as fresh as if you leave it out.

But putting bread in the fridge makes it go stale much much faster.

 

[MadScientist]

We keep bread in a breadbox, similar to this one. http://www.amazon.com/Cook-Home-Stainless-17-inch-11-inch/dp/B009XPRLCS/ref=lp_13880451_1_13?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1408465141&sr=1-13 If we go to Costco and buy multiple loaves the extras go in the freezer. There's enough preservatives in supermarket shelf bread to keep it at room temp for at least a week. Bakery bread will start to mold after just a few days.

Don’t Put Your Bread In The Fridge
http://consumerist.com/2014/03/29/dont-put-your-bread-in-the-fridge-other-important-food-storage-tips/

 

[surfsatwerk]

Carbs are the enemy.

 

[pontifex]

But putting bread in the fridge makes it go stale much much faster.

then going stale goes slower than getting moldy if you leave it out.

 

[clamum]

I grew up with bread in the fridge as far as I can remember, and I like it that way (tastes fine and lasts longer), but if I could I'd keep it out cause it seems fresher. But since I live by myself and I hardly eat bread, even in the fridge it goes bad for me cause I don't eat enough. Freezing seems to work alright. I don't get why the bastards don't make half-loafs or something, though.

 

[Homerboy]

Frozen bread makes the best toast.
Truth.

 

[compuwiz1]

Ugh.

I'll pass on the fridge-dried bread.



With as cheap as bread is, why?

That's a very good question that deserves an honest answer. Hold on....tighten your lug nuts, here it is:

We don't consume enough bread fast enough before it goes bad, so therefore we freeze it to prolong it's consumable life, rather than be wasteful.

 

[D1gger]

I started storing my bread in the fridge (or freezer sometimes) after we had a brief mouse infestation. Lost a full loaf to the little buggers and just didn't like the idea of mice or insects getting into my bread.

 

[ElFenix]

if nothing wrong is happening to it then you're probably not buying bread.

wunderbread. you wonder if it's bread.™

 

[Fritzo]

The science behind avoiding bread in the refrigerator:

Bread goes stale when the starch molecules in it dehydrate and begin to crystallize. This process is called retrogration, and it happens up to 6 times faster in the environment inside a refrigerator than it does on your kitchen counter.

 

[MrPickins]

That's a very good question that deserves an honest answer. Hold on....tighten your lug nuts, here it is:

We don't consume enough bread fast enough before it goes bad, so therefore we freeze it to prolong it's consumable life, rather than be wasteful.

My question was also about buying day old bread.

You save a pittance, but never get fresh bread.

As for putting it in the freezer because you don't eat it fast enough, try buying less bread. :sneaky:

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Frozen bread makes the best toast.
Truth.

technically, toasters make the best toast

 

[phucheneh]

The science behind avoiding bread in the refrigerator:

Bread goes stale when the starch molecules in it dehydrate and begin to crystallize. This process is called retrogration, and it happens up to 6 times faster in the environment inside a refrigerator than it does on your kitchen counter.

The fridge inhibits the growth of mold. That's the purpose.

Anyone who think it prevents staleness is definitely a 'tard.

My stance is that it's not a sin with shitty bread products like generic sliced sandwich bread, or maybe hamburger buns.

But good bread from a bakery (or just the bakery section of the grocery store)...ugh. Keep that shit outta the fridge.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

We buy it, then eat it. Later we buy more.

What sort of madness is that?

 

[Markbnj]

if nothing wrong is happening to it then you're probably not buying bread.

wunderbread. you wonder if it's bread.™

True story: some friends and I once explored an abandoned WWII fortification and discovered some 1950's era civil defense rations that had been stored in it and then forgotten. There were meats and spreads and shit, which we left alone, but we did open up a tin of crackers and a tin of this sort of bread-like stuff in a little loaf. It was still edible after... 35 years or so at that point.

 

[Fritzo]

True story: some friends and I once explored an abandoned WWII fortification and discovered some 1950's era civil defense rations that had been stored in it and then forgotten. There were meats and spreads and shit, which we left alone, but we did open up a tin of crackers and a tin of this sort of bread-like stuff in a little loaf. It was still edible after... 35 years or so at that point.

If it's completely air tight, canned goods can in theory last indefinitely. The problem is if the can isn't coated, the metals will slowly dissolve into the food and eventually make it toxic.

 

[Markbnj]

If it's completely air tight, canned goods can in theory last indefinitely. The problem is if the can isn't coated, the metals will slowly dissolve into the food and eventually make it toxic.

I've probably been slowly dying since that night.

 

[Fritzo]

I've probably been slowly dying since that night.

It's OK. Tin poisoning is rare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_poisoning

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I've never heard of freezing bread. I'll try it out.

Works great. Especially for bread that gets hard quick (baguettes, etc). Thaw it in the microwave for 5 seconds then put it in the toaster and bam, amazing bread.

 

[Slacker]

Bread, much like butter, should never be kept in the fridge.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Bread in the fridge is ok, peanut butter OTOH rips delicate bread up like a virgin on prom night. Cold peanut butter turns to knives and becomes unspreadable.

that's why toy toast the bread and then add the peanut butter...duh

 

[poofyhairguy]

I am normally against this concept but this sprouted wheat bread I switched to pretty much requires that I put it in the fridge.

 

[yuchai]

Stale bread is edible, and actually pretty much fine if toasted. So keeping bread in the fridge is not the worst idea in the world if keeping it out would have caused it to mold before it can be finished.