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| 3729.1 | | PATE::MACNEAL | ruck `n' roll | Mon Jan 11 1993 14:30 | 3 |
| Sounds like you did everything properly. Drying the bread first will
prevent mold since mold thrives in a moist environment. Dried bread is
stale.
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| 3729.2 | Speed up the drying to avoid staleness? | FLUKES::SUTTON | He roams the seas in freedom... | Mon Jan 11 1993 15:21 | 6 |
| You could prevent the process of going stale by drying the bread in
a warm oven (thereby accellerating the drying process and not giving
the bread time to get stale), then making your bread crumbs in the
food processor or blender and storing them in an airtight container.
/Harry
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| 3729.3 | Toast if first | MR4DEC::APONTE | | Tue Jan 12 1993 10:57 | 3 |
| To make homemade breadcrumbs, we toast the bread first then put in the
food processor. And you have great breadcrumbs. Hope you can use this
idea.
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| 3729.4 | Thanks, I'll try again! | SPICE::LUPIEN | | Tue Jan 12 1993 11:05 | 7 |
| Hi,
Thanks for the input. I'll try toasting it first, maybe then it
won't taste so stale.
Sandy
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| 3729.5 | | SMURF::HAECK | Debby Haeck | Tue Jan 12 1993 14:50 | 4 |
| When I was growing up we put heal pieces of store-bought bread in a
brown paper bag, and kept it in a cool dry place. I don't recall
having a problem with mold - but that was a few years ago and my memory
isn't what it used to be :-o
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| 3729.6 | dry them in the oven | AKOCOA::BBAKER | | Wed Jan 13 1993 09:52 | 8 |
| You can always put the end/leftover slices on the rack in the oven (gas
oven work, don't know about electric) and just leave 'em. No need to
turn the oven on, just leave them in there and they get dry. Then grind
them up with whatever spices you use.
I'd leave them in over night, I guess. (Don't forget to take them out
before you pre-heat the oven for something, tho!)
~beth
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| 3729.7 | try freezing | LEDS::SIMARD | There's no traffic jam on the extra mile! | Thu Jan 14 1993 08:08 | 12 |
| I store them in the freezer in a plastic bag and just take what I need
when I need it. The bag is a help because it it clumps you just bang
it on the counter to get what you need.
I also store the leftover bread in the freezer for things like bread
pudding. I just keep a bag going and pop in whatever is left over
until I get enough for a desert or bread crumbs, whatever.
If it's sat in the freezer for too long I take it to the reservoir to
feed the Canada geese.
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| 3729.8 | brown bag | KAOFS::M_FETT | alias Mrs.Barney | Thu Jan 14 1993 08:55 | 8 |
| We use the brown paper bag method for all kinds of stale bread
(you know - the last few slices in a bag that got lost in the bottom
of the freezer, the old english muffins, even pita bread).
A suggestion though, is to rip the bread into smaller pieces, because
then you do not have the aggrevation of trying to fit the rock that the
english muffin has become, into the processor. 8-)
Monica
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| 3729.9 | store crumbs in the freezer | MCIS2::KOSKINEN | | Fri Jan 15 1993 13:58 | 14 |
| My method:
- I let leftover pieces of bread hang around in the toaster oven for
a couple of days. The residual heat after toasting in the morning
will dry them out ( and protect them from my cat who loves bread).
- Store the well-dried pieces in a plastic bag. They won't mold when
dry. I use these dried pieces for bread pudding or to make a batch
of dried breadcrumbs in the food processor.
- I keep a container of the dried crumbs in the freezer. You can spoon
out as much as you need for adding to meatloaf, topping for fish,
etc., and return the rest to the freezer. Dried breadcrumbs do taste
different from fresh breadcrumbs, however.
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