I'm tired of food without preservatives

Um...you could make your own bread.

*runs out of thread*

Did you store it in the fridge and check the freshness date? If yes, then the problem is probably the place where you purchased it.

All our bread is loaded with preservatives. Lasts forever.

*ducks*

Bravo, check the "best before" date before you buy. If you're buying bread that's been on the shelf in the store for a couple of weeks, it's not going to help you any at home.

And I generally store my bread in the fridge, because it lasts longer that way.

IN the fridge. Not ON the fridge. I found that the heat from the coils comes up and speeds up the molding process that way.

Unless, of course, you're following vixey's advice and making your own. Then on the fridge is fine for letting it rise...

Oh, the good thing about making your own? It NEVER lasts long enough to go mouldy.

Yeshanu said:

Oh, the good thing about making your own? It NEVER lasts long enough to go mouldy.

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My point exactly!

Bravo

When you buy a loaf, divide it in half. Put one half in the fridge, and freeze the other half.

I hate cold bread

Trouble with freezing & then thawing is that the crust tends to become tough...

Honey wheat bread tends to last long enough, and it's nice & soft

Bravo said:

that's actually a really good idea.

although.....i dont like the idea of freezing bread because it doesnt taste as fresh, they should just start selling half a loaf.

that'd be perfect.

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Still gotta be better than all those preservatives.
And, on this side of the pond at least, you can buy half-loaves.

When I make my own bread a get a double benefit. After a few days I can cut it into cubes and use it for sinkers when I go fishing. If it's not eaten soon it goes hard as a rock.

Bravo said:

they should just start selling half a loaf.

that'd be perfect.

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If someone isn't already doing that, I'm going to steal this idea and millions. Millions I tells ya...

stick half in the freezer *insert shrug guy*

I hate frozen bread. The process seems to break it down so it changes the texture.

I just put it up in my food pantry. Lasts at least a week there.

Would someone please change Cray's avvie back??!!! I can't understand why with all that movement the poor guy hasn't wasted away yet.

HE definitely doesn't need to eat bread - with or without preservatives.

At my age, I want all the preservatives I can get. I figure I'll either live forever or die looking great....

Bread never lasts that long at our house. We open a packet and it's gone within 2 days. I'm a breadaholic.

Bread is overrated. What's wrong with a bowl of fake Fruity Pebbles instead? I think they call them Dyno Bites.

Pagey's_Girl said:

At my age, I want all the preservatives I can get. I figure I'll either live forever or die looking great....

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Pagey!

Who gives a damn what you look like in your coffin! Just have a hell of a time getting there, darling!

I have to agree on the bread thing. Natural bread only lasts a few days; it's so irritating. But for some reason, organic milk lasts at least twice as long as regular milk. I'm still trying to figure that one out...

Teleute said:

I have to agree on the bread thing. Natural bread only lasts a few days; it's so irritating. But for some reason, organic milk lasts at least twice as long as regular milk. I'm still trying to figure that one out...

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It depends on how long it takes the milk to reach the customer. Local milk is *almost* always fresher than national brand milk. I can't say if that's the case for organic vs conventional, but either way, if it takes an extra 2 or 3 days for the milk to be shipped across the country (not including mishaps with continuous refrigeration), then it's going to spoil faster.