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Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:22 pm
by SEP
I buy two loaves every fortnight. One goes in the freezer until it is required. A loaf of bread lasts a week sat on the worktop next to the microwave.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:24 pm
by OnlyShallow
It has been scientifically proven that keeping bread in the fridge is WRONG!
"According to food scientists, the major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.
Retrogradation occurs about six times faster at refrigerator temperatures (36 - 40 degrees) than at room temperature, thereby making the refrigerator the worst choice for bread storage.
However, the retrogradation process does slow down significantly when bread is stored below freezing temperatures. The water molecules in the bread freeze, which immobilizes the starch molecules and prevents them from forming crystalline structures."
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:24 pm
by Cuban Pete
Steve wrote:I have a bread bin.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:24 pm
by Zellery
Why the strawberry float would you need to chill potatoes?
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:35 pm
by Octoroc
Zellery wrote:Why the strawberry float would you need to chill potatoes?
Maybe if they're over-excited?
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:40 pm
by BobbyDigital
Zellery wrote:Why the strawberry float would you need to chill potatoes?
Cause mutha fuckas need to chill out and be kool like the Fonz.
Plus, you ever tried holding a hot potatoe mayne???
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:15 pm
by Loire
Steve wrote:I have a bread bin.
I knew you'd warm to BobbyD eventually.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:41 pm
by Tragic Magic
Nein Fraulein.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:47 pm
by Knoyleo
I keep my bread in the freezer.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:48 pm
by chalkitdown
Red Devil wrote:Bread lasts longer in the fridge.
Don't worry bro, I'm on your side. My mother always did this and it's been passed on to me. All bread goes in the fridge. I don't even have a bread bin. If you live on your own like I do, where a loaf of bread lasts a week, I'm not gonna let it out and get hard after 2 or 3 days.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:50 pm
by SEP
chalkitdown wrote:I'm not gonna let it out and get hard after 2 or 3 days.
FNAR!
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:50 pm
by jamcc
No, but I can see why people do it.
I normally freeze bread. Toasts back to normality. Just means you have to have your bread toasted. Meh.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:53 pm
by Eyes of God
Bread in the fridge is poor form in my opinion. Bread bin makers throughout the land would be disgusted at this thread.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:58 pm
by Dandy Kong
Doesn't bread dry out in the fridge?
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:00 pm
by chalkitdown
Hasn't happened to me in 20 years.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:01 pm
by Dandy Kong
Okay. Well, maybe it depends on the kind of bread...
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:06 pm
by Bene Version 2
I've never even considered putting it in the fridge. It goes in the bread bin, thats what it's there for.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:41 pm
by Bunni
For some unknown reason, in our house, biscuits go in the bread bin, and the bread sits on top.
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:45 pm
by Eyes of God
Bunni wrote:For some unknown reason, in our house, biscuits go in the bread bin, and the bread sits on top.
Same at my old dears. Mind you, she buys biscuits and tells us they aren't for eating....
Re: Do you keep bread in the fridge?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:19 pm
by HrC
Freezer for me, it lasts far longer and helps keep sandwiches cool before you have lunch.