The boot/heel

[mikeandjenn2001]

That's right...I'm talking about bread, lol. Jen was raised that you skip the first piece of bread and leave it until the last so you can eat them together. I was raised that "who wants to eat that first piece of bread after it's been touched a million times". Just curious to see what other people's take on this is.

[Additude]

I don't eat the end pieces of a loaf of bread. It would go for the birds or compost. Besides, I don't think it gets touched a million times....but I never considered how many times it was touched.

I will now.

[socolais]

I bake my bread and everyone in the house knows the end pieces are mine! I especially like the crust and the end pieces have the most crust. I keep the loaf in a big ziplock bag, everyone grabs it and slices off however much they may want. So, yeah, it gets handled, but I like to think we wash our hands before we handle food and it doesn't usually last long enough for "handling" to be much of a concern.

[sweet_tna]

Our crusts get saved for Mr. Sweet or me to use, unless they go bad first. Never gave much thought to how much they're handled, but that could be resolved with a ziploc baggie.

=)

[exploringRM]

The crusts for us are typically not used. We don't got through a loaf of bread that quickly and by the time we are down to the crusts they are usually stale or worse! But in the event we need bread and they are good we'll use em.

[Additude]

A lil' story 'bout bread. Not to hijack...

When I was in the Navy I was going to a school in Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

In each room of the Petty Officers barraks we had two people, and a refridgerator. So we kept stuff in there...bread..beers, munchies, whatever...

Those were my wildier years...ya know, when hangovers were history before noon and missing a nights sleep just meant you were a bit more tired.

Well one night I'd been out, just gettin' whacked on beer, smoke and whatever...I rolled in around 3 or 4AM, I had a few hours before class started, it was pitch dark and I didn't turn on the lights or I'd wake my roomie.

I knew there was some bread in the refridg and though it would help soak up some of the booze in me so I opened the refridge door. The light in it had long burnt out who knows how many roomates before me...we didn't fix it either. I grabbed the bread in the pitch dark and opened the bag, and started munching on a few pieces standing there.

At the time I thought, This stuff is sure chewy....but just discounted it to my enebriated state of mind...

I got a few hours sleep that morning and was off to school..came back later that afternoon after school and remembered the bread and maybe I'd put some peanut butter on it or something to tie me over until chow time.

I opened the bag of bread..and discovered why it was so chewy...I swear to god I have never seen a more green mold encrusted bread in my life. I mean it was more fungus than bread. I didn't get sick, I suppose I got a small dose of penicillin tho....

[SecretAsianMan]

I like the crust/ends on some breads - not on the store bought white/wheat loafs though (unless they've been dipped in egg-batter and turned into french-toast).

In response to Additude's bread-story... ummm... "Eeeeeeuw!!!"

I had a similar story once when I was rushing out the door 'cuz I was running late - I grabbed a hot dog and threw it on a bun and ran out the door with it. I had already taken a big ol' bite and was about a third of the way down the bun when I finally looked at the bun. Yup - not COMPLETELY green with mold but definately growing mold in some rather big patches.

I first went ... EEEEeeeew!! ... at the bread in my hand. Then I went "EEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!" at the the thought of the bread in my mouth!

[funcouple2010]

Wow! I never thought about the end pieces of the bread. I(Mrs) don't like them but my husband will eat almost anything so I just skip over the first 2 pieces. Then when we're down to just those pieces I buy new bread but leave the old stuff for him.

[Alura]

I'm the family bread-baker, using a "bread machine." Eighteen and I usually split the top crusted piece, which I slice a bit thicker so we'll each have more.

Alura