Stale bread? No thanks!
My mum was a big believer in buying bread in bulk. Doing the math, (3 kids + 1 parent) x (1 sandwich + 2 slices of toast) per day = stale sarnies at the end of the month.

To stop the bread going stale she would freeze it. Each morning she would take a frozen loaf out of the freezer, whack it a couple of times against the counter-top to loosen up the slices and make our sandwiches for school.

This was fine during the summer, as the bread would defrost nicely by lunchtime. Can you guess what happened during winter?

Bread-flavoured popsicles. Yummy.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:25, closed)

Oh, God...
that takes me back...
(aeon chicken Like the Millenium Falcon, only slower and noisier, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:36, closed)

:-)
Am I your Mummy?

I used to do that with my two Sparklet's pack-up, although they were always kind of thawed out by lunchtime...
(Beer Elf Formerly known as Sparkie..My apologies, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 21:57, closed)

I've never understood the frozen sandwich thing.
I just get my slices of bread out of the freezer the night before and leave them to defrost!
( Completely Underwhelmed, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 22:32, closed)

Heh
That is cunning.
( HypnagogicMyoclonicTwitch, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 4:43, closed)

Exactly
There's nothing wrong with freezing bread, but it's stupid to make sandwiches out of it before it's defrosted.
Either take a few slices out of the freezer the night before - or defrost it in the microwave if it's urgent.
(EuroSong really loves horses, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 8:14, closed)

Microwave? Luxury!
This was before such things as microwaves and forward-planning.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 10:37, closed)

Toasters?
Was it before toasters? or how about grills?
(Not him., Sat 25 Oct 2008, 12:23, closed)

Grill? Luxury!
Besides, defrosting frozen bread in a toaster is a recipe for disaster.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 1:34, closed)

except
.. tis easier to spread butter on frozen bread.
(haberman (it blasted him with its awareness), Mon 27 Oct 2008, 12:56, closed)

...math...s
Maths.


Sorry
(Ellis, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 17:26, closed)

Math, not maths.
The phrase "doing the math" is perfectly acceptable. Look it up.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 1:37, closed)