bread

[winterbadger]

In line with conversations I've had in the past with people here and elsewhere about 'bread, proper home storage of', I put the two sliced loaves I brought home last week out on the counter instead of putting them into the fridge right away as I always do.

Within a day or two, one of them had developed small spots of mold on some of the slices (on the crust). Being frugal, I cut those bits off those slices and then put both loaves in the fridge immediamente.

The last time I bought a whole loaf from the baker at the farmers' market, I kept it out all week in its paper bag. There was never any sign of mold, but the bread began hardening as soon as I took the first slice off, and by the end of the week it was near rocklike.

Can't win for losing...

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[redactrice.livejournal.com]

We just had a surprise the other way. Bought a nice loaf of sesame seed bread four or five days ago. We left it in its bag on the counter with about four slices left. I kind of forgot about them, but I looked at them this morning and they are A) still moist and B) show no signs of mold. And it's not that this bread is chock full o' preservatives; it's from the health food store. Melissa attributes this miracle to Vermont being a non-humid place. Long time since I've lived in one of those.

[winterbadger]

I'm telling you; if I don't move to the UK in the end, I'm going back to New England (or Canada) *soon*. I can't believe after all the times I thought I was going to leave that I'm stuck enduring *another* DC summer! I need my head examined...