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#TipOfDay Do you use things that are made to go with other items but now you are using for something else entirely? I’ve found great deals on bread, English Muffins and other bread products. (It’s the sales for Easter that brought super low prices) I’ve never been successful at freezing bread but I’ll try again. In the meantime I’ve got a white metal rack meant to hold shoes, but perfect for bread products. It’s high over the large metal storage rack for extra storage and kitchen items.This way I don’t sacrifice counter space to bread. #Kitchen #Bread #Storage #GoodMorning #Today #Food

I know it may seem odd I get so much bread but this is twice normal. I can get a bag of 5-6 bagels for $2, and the English muffins on sale, same. The sliced breads were average $3 each on sale.

Bread prices are a categorically had very large price rises this last year. Some I would never buy at regular price. Example is the bag of hot dog buns. $5.49 for 6-8 “white bread” generic buns is ridiculous. I was still a bit grouchy paying $3.49 on sale. #TipOfDay #Kitchen #Bread #Storage #GoodMorning #Today #Food

Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎1d ago

@cobalt123 I love bread, but you can keep store-bought packaged bread. To me, it's a vehicle to carry meat, cheese, or almond butter into my mouth. I prefer fresh baked bread, either bought at a bakery or bagel shop or made at home. This is good and bad. Bad because when I have good bread, I gobble it right down. Good because bread is a lot of empty calories for people concerned about their weight.

Oh-oh, I enlarged this photo and realized there is Naan bread there, under other bread. I’ve got to use it right away or it will be too stale. #TipOfDay #Kitchen #Bread #Storage #GoodMorning #Today #Food

Netraven 1d ago

@cobalt123 I used to eat bread, but I found tortillas last longer.

@Netraven I have 2 packs of tortillas on the rack and I use them way longer than the “use by” date. My son sometimes asks for wraps because they are easier for him to hold while eating.

Netraven 1d ago

@cobalt123 I am glad you can have so much good food.

Paul Chambers🚧1d ago

@cobalt123 Not sure how big your household is, and bread consumption, but breaking it down to daily bread needs seems to work for my wife.

My wife freezes her bread in zip lock baggies, usually 4 slices to a baggie. She just pulls a baggie out at night and by morning it is ready... works great for bread types that aren't a staple daily bread.

@paul Oh! I like this idea! Now I’ll see if any freezer ziplock bags I have will hold just 6 pieces. That’s right for us. I read that if I put parchment paper between slices it will help separating the bread slices to thaw. Thanks Paul!

Paul Chambers🚧1d ago

@cobalt123 She did that at first, and has been doing this for decades, btw. She found that just leaving them out the night before with the bag unzipped around a quarter inch does fine and no need to add a separator...

@paul Excellent tip! Now I’m wondering if I can try bagels and English muffins this way. 2 to a bag laying next to each other and not stacked may work.

Paul Chambers🚧1d ago

@cobalt123 She does bagels and English muffins, too. She just tosses them in the bag and wiggles them to fit the bag size she uses and closes them and thaws the same way ~ the night before.

FYI, rye bread seems to get crystals fast, so within a couple weeks, I would use any rye bread you freeze.

Maddad ☑️1d ago

@paul @cobalt123

I use the ziplock bag method too. It seems to work well for what I use.

Lorraine 💜🦜🎶🍀🤘1d ago

Don't know if you've tried this ... I put a piece of paper towel in the bread bag and then freeze it. Helps with freezer burn. The daily method is great too!

@Lorraine ooh, great idea! I was thinking about freezer ziplock bag portions having extra space that would attract crystals of freezer burn. I wonder if the absorbent paper towel does work. I’ll try it, and thanks! I’m envisioning rolling one in a tube shape to put in the bag of bread slices at the tip right where that plastic ziplock is.

Lorraine 💜🦜🎶🍀🤘1d ago

Sounds great! Let me know how it works out! And, you're welcome! 🥰

Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎1d ago

@cobalt123 I don't eat much bread, so I do freeze it. Store-bought sliced bread, anyway. Homemade bread gets eaten almost immediately, and artisan bread usually gets eaten within a few days. But the stuff you make sandwiches with? Goes right in the freezer. The trick is to get as much air out of the bag as possible before freezing. And it doesn't last forever in there. Maybe a month or two?

MacCruiskeen 1d ago

@cobalt123 My freezer is already full of containers of tomato sauce, soup, frozen vegetables and fruit, fish, and film. There's no room for bread in there.

@maccruiskeen This makes me laugh for my large freezer is full of same! I’m already trying to figure out rearranging it all to fit in @paul suggested small portions of bread slices. Also, we are going “eat good” this week. Last night we had a family size 5 cheese lasagna. Regular price $16 is too much but $11.97 made it worth a try. (It was good!) If I made lasagna my way it would be about $18 now. Yes mine is better but I do think of saving my time and money.

MacCruiskeen 1d ago

@cobalt123 @paul If I made substandard lasagna the ghost of my grandfather would haunt me in my dreams.

Duckbilled Plattypus.1d ago

@cobalt123 You can easily freeze bread. The trick is in the thaw. I used to work in a deli. We'd pull store sealed frozen loaves of bread out when we closed at night, and leave them to thaw overnight, sealed, at room temp. In the morning, perfectly fine bread. Do not open the bread until completely thawed or any ice crystals will not reabsorb and properly redistribute, and you'll end up with hard dry spots and soggy wet ones. Works for bagels and most breads.

@pattykimura Oh my THIS is a valuable tip. Even needs to be searchable with hashtag. Thanks!
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