I doubt the end being there makes much of a difference, it’s already sliced and air can easily get into the cracks. Plus you’re always taking the front piece which has supposedly had the most contact with the environment, so it doesn’t have much of a chance to go bad. Furthermore by reaching your grubby fingers around to sneak a middle piece you probably pose a bigger risk of contamination to the loaf.

I’m not convinced this method keeps bread longer until it’s put to the test.

In days of old, my father ate the bread ends.

Now that I have a daughter, I am the one who eats the bread ends

We do this not because we enjoy them, but because it is our duty as fathers.

That or because otherwise my wife will just throw them to the dog. What a waste of perfectly good bread!