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What do you keep in your bread bin ?

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Mollybest1 Tue 06-Apr-21 12:15:55

As my family at home is getting smaller, we are not eating as much bread so I now keep it in the fridge to last longer. My breed bin matches everything else in my kitchen ( and wasn’t cheep ) so I decided to put the dry pasta in it, leave more room in the cupboard as well. I can Romberg my Nan keeping her letter in hers, what’s in yours ?

PamelaJ1 Tue 06-Apr-21 14:02:36

Got my grannies old bread bin. I love it and think of her every day. It has bread in it. The lovely broken GI loaves with lots of seeds in. Last weekend it housed a few hot cross buns.
Never keep bread in a fridge but do cut the large loaves in half and freeze till needed.

Cherrytree59 Tue 06-Apr-21 14:11:08

We no longer use a bread bin.
When we did it was either empty or had packets of biscuits in.

We had an egg hen as a wedding present (anyone remember them?)
It went from storing eggs to storing my shopping receipts.

Mapleleaf Tue 06-Apr-21 14:14:20

Have recently started to use the bread crock again that was a wedding present. As well as bread, it houses the hot cross buns at the moment.

Franbern Tue 06-Apr-21 14:59:24

It is all very well saying that bread goes stale quicker when kept in the fridge. However,, I purchase a small Nimble loaf most weeks. If I keep it at 'room temperature', it is always stale and nasty after about five days. I keep it in the fridge, and can still be using nice fresh slices in eight days. I do keep it as airtight as possible.

So, for me, I will ignore that advice and stick to doing what works. I used to try that idea of keeping it in the freezer, but defrosted bread is fine for toasting, but not good for such things as dipping into my boiled eggs.

ginny Tue 06-Apr-21 15:07:03

I don’t have a bread bin. Bread and buns etc. are kept in the freezer. Doesn’t take more than a minute to defrost. Plus I don’t like too much stuff in the worktops.

timetogo2016 Tue 06-Apr-21 16:07:27

My cheque book,spare car key and loose change.

AGAA4 Tue 06-Apr-21 16:23:22

Left my bread bin at my old house and haven't had one since.

Patsy70 Tue 06-Apr-21 16:31:16

We keep bread in our bin. We also have a counter surfing dog, who has carefully lifted the lid off the slow cooker and consumed the remains of a lamb casserole! ?

DanniRae Tue 06-Apr-21 17:00:51

No bread bin - bread goes in a cupboard. Two lots......white sliced for Mr R and wholemeal, seeded for me. A few slices of each - the rest in the freezer grin

FlexibleFriend Tue 06-Apr-21 17:08:19

I don't have a bread bin and never have.

shysal Tue 06-Apr-21 17:10:14

I have a small cylindrical bread bin which I use for biscuits and sweets. I have a tiny kitchen with no spare cupboard or counter space so the bread lives in the microwave!!

Puzzler61 Tue 06-Apr-21 17:13:26

Don’t own a bread bin. Don’t know why - we just don’t.

SpringyChicken Tue 06-Apr-21 17:43:35

I freeze all our bread that isn't eaten on the day of purchase. Rightly or wrongly, I think they are unhygienic and a waste of worktop space.

kittylester Tue 06-Apr-21 18:00:39

In our bread bin you will find an assortment of gf breads (it's scary how long they last) plus half a loaf of DH's Jackson's bloomer (the other half will be in the kitchen freezer) There might also be gf crumpets and a fruit loaf.

On top is where we keep the butter in it's pot.