Bread Packaging

I smuggle twist-ties into the UK. Though I really like those plastic clippy things we have. I don't know where they come from. We seem to have a supply.

For bread, though, we usually buy unsliced Hovis loaves from the bakery. Which is nice, yes, but they come in a paper bag. And then we're under tremendous performance anxiety to eat it before it goes stale. Like, "oh, we better not have tea out. It would be a shame to waste that lovely Hovis!"

Feh. There will come a time when Hoviseses get put in plastic bags, mark my words. If not frozen.

And shoot, y'all...it's the minutiae of cultural differences that are the most fun. The big stuff you could learn staying home watching Masterpiece Theater. Twist-ties versus tape is something you have live through for yourself.

Bakery bread that comes in a paper bag is very easily put into a plastic freezer bag if it's not going to be eaten quickly enough.

We often buy lots of bakery bread - both sliced and unsliced - and stick a few loaves in the freezer.

Which is why I love the "frozen" button on my toaster.  I can have lovely toasted bread without having to wait for it to defrost!

Yes, sorry, that's what I meant...there will come a time when *I* will put Hoviseses in plastic bags. I haven't done it heretofor in an effort not to be pushy with my outlandish American ways. We must introduce all these foreign concepts gently, so that the frog is well and truly boiled before he knows the water's hot.

Which is apparently not true, the thing about boiling a frog slowly. Still, we'll see if it works for Englishmen and loaves of bakery bread. And twist ties. And ice cube trays. And...hmmm...I hope we live long enough.

I smuggle twist-ties into the UK. Though I really like those plastic clippy things we have. I don't know where they come from. We seem to have a supply.

Why on Earth would you need to smuggle them into the UK? You can buy them everywhere. I am British, my family is British, and we have never left the tape on the bread after opening it - as soon as it's opened, the tape goes in the bin and the twist-tie goes on... we've been doing it this way for 25 years.

For bread, though, we usually buy unsliced Hovis loaves from the bakery. Which is nice, yes, but they come in a paper bag. And then we're under tremendous performance anxiety to eat it before it goes stale. Like, "oh, we better not have tea out. It would be a shame to waste that lovely Hovis!"

Yes, sorry, that's what I meant...there will come a time when *I* will put Hoviseses in plastic bags. I haven't done it heretofor in an effort not to be pushy with my outlandish American ways. We must introduce all these foreign concepts gently, so that the frog is well and truly boiled before he knows the water's hot.

Okay, if I bought bread from the baker and it came in a paper bag, the first thing I'd do when I got home would be to put it in a plastic bag - not quite sure why you think this is a foreign, 'American' concept - I know plenty of Brits who do it.

FWIW, I'd never keep fresh-baked bread in plastic.

http://www.artisanbakers.com/storage.html

But I've been wanting to try Lakeland's bread storage bags.

Why not use bread bins?

Vicky

I don't have the counter space!

I'll top this...I very rarely eat or buy bread.
Strange huh?

Bread goes straight in the freezer in our house, although like Racheeeee it's a rare occassion.

I have plenty of counter space it's the freezer space I lack.

Bread goes straight into the freezer in our house, too. We don't get through it fast enough and I hate tossing moldy bread.

I find the tape things work better than I expected them to, but I still horde twist-ties whenever they show up. The idea of buying twist-ties is simply beyond me.

The idea of buying twist-ties is simply beyond me.

No, I wasn't thrilled with the idea either. But I bought a packet of them from Lakeland for £1.50 about four years ago and I've still got oodles of them left! (I don't eat much bread, though, so I probably don't use as many as others might.)

Are the twist ties everyone is talking about just those paper covered wire thingies? Where I come from we call them 'pony tail wraps'. If that's what you're all on about you can get them easy. I buy the cheap tesco freezer bags and it comes with a bunch of those ties.

Are the twist ties everyone is talking about just those paper covered wire thingies? Where I come from we call them 'pony tail wraps'. If that's what you're all on about you can get them easy. I buy the cheap tesco freezer bags and it comes with a bunch of those ties.

That's what I think people are talking about. The ones from Lakeland are covered with plastic-y stuff, though, not paper. But aside from that they're the same thing.

When I buy freezer bags, I tend to go for the zip-locky ones, so I don't get any 'pony tail wraps' (never heard them called that before!)