A friend of mine who came over recently found it weird that I store my bread out in the open, cut side down. So, this is my question. How do you guys store your bread? In a bag, paper bag, box, nothing? Room temperature, fridge, freezer?
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Freezer. If I don’t, I’ll eat old dry bread all the time.
Paper bag in the pantry if It’s dark bread which lasts longer, and even that usually like 3-4 days max worth, depending which type it is. White bread aka buns and bagels i just put them in the freezer if i know i won’t be eating it the same day.
In a bag it came in, sealed and at room temperature. I never buy a lot of bread, just as much as needed for a few days, so we can still eat it fresh. If the loaf came in a paper bag, I transfer it to a plastic bag, otherwise it dries out and turns into a brick. Bread from the fridge tastes weird to me and its texture seems kinda off.
Crisp bread in paper packaging in room temperature.
Other bread in plastic bags in room temperature or in the freezer.
Generally in a sealed plastic reusable bag in the Freezer. Sometimes I leave it at room temperature at night to make it become more soft.
In the plastic bag the brad came in a cupboard or a bread box, but that is a unitasker cabinet that is harder to clean. In summer I put white bread in a refrigerator to prevent mold. Dark bread doesn’t mold easily and can be freely stored at 30°.
I remember that many years ago when I stayed at a French farmhouse in the Loire they had a special bread “bin” for their “pan” (?sp?) and baguettes. It was like a narrow umbrella stand with a lid. Old wooden construction.
I store my bread in the plastic bag it came from, at room temperature, in the kitchen. This summer was hot as hell so I bought smaller bread, so I could eat it before it went bad.
Store bought bread? In the plastic bag it came in, in the pantry. when it gets close to the expiration date I’ll put it in the freezer.
I only eat oat bread and it goes mouldy at any opportunity, so I keep it wrapped in clingfilm. The rest of the family eat “ordinary” bread. We keep both types in a drawer. One of those double depth drawers usually meant for saucepans.
We have a box for delicate things like rolls or brioche but the bread itself sits cut side down on a wooden cutting board. It’s gone in 3 days max anyway.
I have a bread bin (like a wooden box with a roll-top door) so I keep the bread in there, in the bag that it came in
I buy a huge loaf and 3/4 goes into the freezer, 1/4 I keep just out in the open as well.
In a wooden bread bin (box). Sometimes freeze some.
Spanish bread seems to last an improbably long time without going mouldy, I suspect the much drier climate than in the UK.
In Scotland in a bread bin too, but we buy more often due to being minutes from a decent bakery.
Fresh bakeries pack it in paper bags, and supermarkets also provide paper bags. Raisin bread and _sandwiches_ (soft oval bread rolls) are usually packed in plastic bags though, probably to keep it fresh for longer.
I store my bread at room temperate inside its bag. I never put bread in the freezer. In fact, if I put anything at all in my freezer it’s either consumed within two weeks, or thrown out after a year. No in-between.
In a beeswax bread wrap, on top of the bread bin.
(Don’t ask me why it’s on top of the bread bin, not in the bread bin. It’s just The Way Things Are Done In This House.)
Exactly like that. Sometimes in the paper bag it came in. It doesn’t last long in my house..
I keep mine in the oven, too. Lasts longer than the cupboard.
In the plastic or paper bag that it comes in kept sealed. And another bag around that if I opened it in an uncivilised manner.
With fresh store bread I find you get about 2 good days out of it then maybe another 3 ok days. Then there’s mold.
With prepackaged bread, I find you get over a week maybe close to two weeks, but you have to inspect and do the sniff test.
My wife’s parents keep one loaf in the fridge, for toast it’s ok, but for a regular sandwich it’s awful.
They keep a loaf in the freezer too, it’s like wrestling a weasel trying to break a slice off.
My sourdough, I keep like you on the counter. It doesn’t really survive past 5-6 days. Bakery bought, in the bag I brought it home in. Sandwich bread omon the counter, end of the bag tucked under the bread.
I keep my home baked sourdough bread in a bread bin – the Wesco Single Grandy bin. Keeps it fresh for a week. When I know I won’t eat it, I slice it and freeze it, then take out slices when I want.
I usually store it at room temperature, in the bag I bought it in. However I usually only buy bread when I’m sure that I can eat it all within 3-4 days. I also prefer rye bread which lasts a bit longer than white bread.
In the freezer and/or I never take more than 2 days to eat it.
In a piece of fabric, room temperature, right next to the butter
Freezer or on the counter. When I lived in France I just bought the amount I needed for a day or two every day or two. In Germany the bakery near me is terrible so I freeze.
We buy a baguette everyday. If there is any left it just stays in the paper bag and we toast it in the morning.
Fridge, original packaging.
Some days it’s too fucking hot during summer and I don’t eat enough to finish a whole loaf before the Blue creeps in
I store it in an old bread bin that I bought at a thrift store.
In the paper bag it came with, on top of the fridge. But I only buy baguette. When I buy a ball of bread, I keep it either in the paper bag, or in a dishcloth, still on top of the fridge
Big loafs are fine up to a week with just leaving them in a paper bag in the kitchen usually.
We buy one sliced bread per week. We keep it in the fridge so it doesn’t get moldy. Usually I toast it because I like the toasted seeds.
Estonia. Refrigerator always. If too much, then in the freezer.
Fridge, keeps it fresh but you don’t have to wait for defrosting like when you keep it in the freezer.
I bake my own bread so no packaging for it to come in and I keep it wrapped in a clean kitchen towel, then placed in a bread box.
When I’ve baked it myself, I store it the same way as you. When I buy (sliced) bread from the supermarket, I take enough slices out for the next two meals and keep them in a seperate plastic bag, and put the remainder in the freezer.
In a panera, which is a cloth bag where you put the bread in that hangs from the wall in my kitchen.
I don’t really eat bread anymore but in the past I kept it in a bag in the bread box.
Back when I lived with my parents we’d store it in a dedicated shelf in the bakers’ bag tucked tight. We were with 5 so we’d easily go through a full loaf every 2-3 days so it wasn’t a problem.
Now it’s just me and my wife, and with my wife rarely eating bread herself, we pop it in the freezer. The slices come off easily enough and usually thaw by the time I made coffee, so it stays pretty fresh and I can make one loaf last 2 weeks if I need to.
Cupboard beside the butter and eggs
Freezer otherwise
We bake our own usually and if we do buy it’s mother’s pride or Warburton’s brown Danish
Crack breads like ryvita stay in their packets in the cupboard
Paperbag placed in a plastic bag. Keeps it fresh for a decent while without having to eat cold bread.
41 comments
Freezer. If I don’t, I’ll eat old dry bread all the time.
Paper bag in the pantry if It’s dark bread which lasts longer, and even that usually like 3-4 days max worth, depending which type it is. White bread aka buns and bagels i just put them in the freezer if i know i won’t be eating it the same day.
In a bag it came in, sealed and at room temperature. I never buy a lot of bread, just as much as needed for a few days, so we can still eat it fresh. If the loaf came in a paper bag, I transfer it to a plastic bag, otherwise it dries out and turns into a brick. Bread from the fridge tastes weird to me and its texture seems kinda off.
Crisp bread in paper packaging in room temperature.
Other bread in plastic bags in room temperature or in the freezer.
Generally in a sealed plastic reusable bag in the Freezer. Sometimes I leave it at room temperature at night to make it become more soft.
In the plastic bag the brad came in a cupboard or a bread box, but that is a unitasker cabinet that is harder to clean. In summer I put white bread in a refrigerator to prevent mold. Dark bread doesn’t mold easily and can be freely stored at 30°.
I remember that many years ago when I stayed at a French farmhouse in the Loire they had a special bread “bin” for their “pan” (?sp?) and baguettes. It was like a narrow umbrella stand with a lid. Old wooden construction.
I store my bread in the plastic bag it came from, at room temperature, in the kitchen. This summer was hot as hell so I bought smaller bread, so I could eat it before it went bad.
Store bought bread? In the plastic bag it came in, in the pantry. when it gets close to the expiration date I’ll put it in the freezer.
I only eat oat bread and it goes mouldy at any opportunity, so I keep it wrapped in clingfilm. The rest of the family eat “ordinary” bread. We keep both types in a drawer. One of those double depth drawers usually meant for saucepans.
We have a box for delicate things like rolls or brioche but the bread itself sits cut side down on a wooden cutting board. It’s gone in 3 days max anyway.
I have a bread bin (like a wooden box with a roll-top door) so I keep the bread in there, in the bag that it came in
I buy a huge loaf and 3/4 goes into the freezer, 1/4 I keep just out in the open as well.
In a wooden bread bin (box). Sometimes freeze some.
Spanish bread seems to last an improbably long time without going mouldy, I suspect the much drier climate than in the UK.
In Scotland in a bread bin too, but we buy more often due to being minutes from a decent bakery.
Fresh bakeries pack it in paper bags, and supermarkets also provide paper bags. Raisin bread and _sandwiches_ (soft oval bread rolls) are usually packed in plastic bags though, probably to keep it fresh for longer.
I store my bread at room temperate inside its bag. I never put bread in the freezer. In fact, if I put anything at all in my freezer it’s either consumed within two weeks, or thrown out after a year. No in-between.
In a beeswax bread wrap, on top of the bread bin.
(Don’t ask me why it’s on top of the bread bin, not in the bread bin. It’s just The Way Things Are Done In This House.)
Exactly like that. Sometimes in the paper bag it came in. It doesn’t last long in my house..
I keep mine in the oven, too. Lasts longer than the cupboard.
In the plastic or paper bag that it comes in kept sealed. And another bag around that if I opened it in an uncivilised manner.
With fresh store bread I find you get about 2 good days out of it then maybe another 3 ok days. Then there’s mold.
With prepackaged bread, I find you get over a week maybe close to two weeks, but you have to inspect and do the sniff test.
My wife’s parents keep one loaf in the fridge, for toast it’s ok, but for a regular sandwich it’s awful.
They keep a loaf in the freezer too, it’s like wrestling a weasel trying to break a slice off.
My sourdough, I keep like you on the counter. It doesn’t really survive past 5-6 days. Bakery bought, in the bag I brought it home in. Sandwich bread omon the counter, end of the bag tucked under the bread.
I keep my home baked sourdough bread in a bread bin – the Wesco Single Grandy bin. Keeps it fresh for a week. When I know I won’t eat it, I slice it and freeze it, then take out slices when I want.
I usually store it at room temperature, in the bag I bought it in. However I usually only buy bread when I’m sure that I can eat it all within 3-4 days. I also prefer rye bread which lasts a bit longer than white bread.
In the freezer and/or I never take more than 2 days to eat it.
In a piece of fabric, room temperature, right next to the butter
Freezer or on the counter. When I lived in France I just bought the amount I needed for a day or two every day or two. In Germany the bakery near me is terrible so I freeze.
We buy a baguette everyday. If there is any left it just stays in the paper bag and we toast it in the morning.
Fridge, original packaging.
Some days it’s too fucking hot during summer and I don’t eat enough to finish a whole loaf before the Blue creeps in
I store it in an old bread bin that I bought at a thrift store.
In the paper bag it came with, on top of the fridge. But I only buy baguette. When I buy a ball of bread, I keep it either in the paper bag, or in a dishcloth, still on top of the fridge
Big loafs are fine up to a week with just leaving them in a paper bag in the kitchen usually.
If it’s not gone by then: slice and freeze.
in a bread bag [(smth like this)](https://img.bndlyr.com/ndvrdhnomb/_assets/ncuvusipian6qdvevq9po.jpg?fit=cover&w=800&h=520)
We buy one sliced bread per week. We keep it in the fridge so it doesn’t get moldy. Usually I toast it because I like the toasted seeds.
Estonia. Refrigerator always. If too much, then in the freezer.
Fridge, keeps it fresh but you don’t have to wait for defrosting like when you keep it in the freezer.
I bake my own bread so no packaging for it to come in and I keep it wrapped in a clean kitchen towel, then placed in a bread box.
When I’ve baked it myself, I store it the same way as you. When I buy (sliced) bread from the supermarket, I take enough slices out for the next two meals and keep them in a seperate plastic bag, and put the remainder in the freezer.
In a panera, which is a cloth bag where you put the bread in that hangs from the wall in my kitchen.
I don’t really eat bread anymore but in the past I kept it in a bag in the bread box.
Back when I lived with my parents we’d store it in a dedicated shelf in the bakers’ bag tucked tight. We were with 5 so we’d easily go through a full loaf every 2-3 days so it wasn’t a problem.
Now it’s just me and my wife, and with my wife rarely eating bread herself, we pop it in the freezer. The slices come off easily enough and usually thaw by the time I made coffee, so it stays pretty fresh and I can make one loaf last 2 weeks if I need to.
Cupboard beside the butter and eggs
Freezer otherwise
We bake our own usually and if we do buy it’s mother’s pride or Warburton’s brown Danish
Crack breads like ryvita stay in their packets in the cupboard
Paperbag placed in a plastic bag. Keeps it fresh for a decent while without having to eat cold bread.