Keeping Bread in the drawer

I can't solve the mystery, but I'm with you on this one, and in the basic controversy within the home. Although, it's my wife that just stuffs the seal wire or clip back on; the girls simplify the entire process to leavin the bag standing on the counter, wide open!

Gotta pass the day somehow!

Dave

Neither. IMHO the best is a combination of both. First, spin the bag as per Method 2. Then, get a twist tie and twist it tightly round the twisted area of the bag. This prevents untwisting and adds more seal.

Or, better still, don't use the old bag at all. Use a zip-loc bag.

Note that using any plastic bag will accelerate moulding, though. A paper bag prevents this problem but of course accelerates staling. Thus, it is best for long-term storage to freeze it, generally in Zip-Locs.

I feel exhonerated. : )) Wil

NO. no. no.

If you simply twist the tie around the 'spun' section, the 'spun' section will UNspin. You would have to double over the spun section, THEN twist the tie around it. Don't you see? Try it.

Re. the paper bag and the freezing: We are talking about 4 to 7 days here, so freezing isn't on the table... so to speak.

Yes. That is the more complete method; however, simply laying the bread on top of the twisted end is just as efficient and takes less time.

Clearly, you should remove the bag entirely, place it inside another, paper bag, staple that shut, throw it away, get out a new bag, re-bag the bread, and then perform the above procedure.

Alternatively, you could start worrying about the way to hang rolls of toilet paper Graham

What worry? There *is* only one way...

Dave

Running argument at our house: My spouse twists the bag (in a wild manly manner!) then puts the tie "ABOVE the twists! It immediately untwists, of course. I say, why twist? This makes me nuts! tee hee

{Really, really pedantic response}

Only if you tie loosely, or use a very slippery twist-tie (e.g. a plastic one). As I said, twist it *tightly*. You need really to be sure it's on there well. Ideally, the edges of the tie will seat into the folds of the twist, supplying a third locking/sealing mechanism. In any case, IME, with a tightly twisted tie, the twist unspins a LOT less than when you lay the bag over the open end.

OK. I must have gotten something wrong. Because after I threw away the bag... AS YOU CLEARLY INSTRUCTED, ERIC, I then remembered the bread was IN the bag. So, anyhow, that just don't work... or it was a trick.

Toilet paper? We use bread.

So that's why it's called "Wonder Bread"

Graham

OK, Dave and Graham: You both are clearly getting very close to being out of bounds here, or in I'netesse, OTS. We had a very intelligent conversation going here and were getting very close to resolving one of the major problems with marriage and then you two obviously single dudes just jump in and spoil it all. Now it's all ruined. Shit!!!!

Escuuuuse me?!? You should check that one with my wife and 4 kids! (OK, only the three girls are still at home, but it does leave me seriously outnumbered!)

Dave

Yay! Someone with some sense!!!!

We use plastic clips which we keep in the bread box. They sell them at the supermarket and most kitchenware stores for a nominal price. They last for years. Usually get lost (no, I don't know how) before they even start to wear out.

Like this:

Also, if you are troubled by mold forming on your bread, you can obtain some radioactive material from your favorite covert source and leave it in your bread box or drawer. Also helpful for finding the bread in the dark when you go into the kitchen for that late-night snack.

Cheers, The Old Bear

Yes, that is lame. However, even if the tie is placed on or in the twist the twist will UNtwist. The tie does not keep that from happening. Don't you see? You would have to twist the end in a section of several inches, bend it and secure the 'bend' with the twist in order to keep the twist in the end. Probably too complicated for a woman. TEE HEE