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> One of the best tips I learned about reducing food waste is to freeze bread and avoid putting it into the fridge. Frozen bread stays fresh and can go directly

> One of the best tips I learned about reducing food waste is to freeze bread and avoid putting it into the fridge. Frozen bread stays fresh and can go directly into a toaster or toaster oven: As a french person, the idea that you would put bread in the fridge just horrifies me. But then most of the stuff labelled as bread in the US really isn't bread. A bread machine will make both your bread a million times better, both taste and ingredients-that-are-inside wise.

antisthenes 7y ago
The "good" expensive bread that is sold in the US at $5-6 a loaf never lasts more than a few days anyway - it's just too tasty and gets eaten quick And the imitation "sandwich" bread that tastes like cardboard and sawdust easily lasts for 3+ weeks regardless of where and how it is stored. Which makes me marvel at what it's made of that it doesn't go bad in a month. Bread machines are tricky and very messy. They don't produce enough heat to fully cook bread through like it would in a proper commercial oven. At least that was my experience with all the consumer-grade bread machines. YMMV
- joshuahughes 7y ago
  I have a breadmaker and love it. Pop the ingredients in as you go to bed and come down in the morning to the smell of fresh, warm bread. The bucket is non-stick so really easy to pop out your loaf and clean up. You're right that some models are a poor experience though. If you ever fancy giving one a go again, I'd recommend one of Panasonic's (https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/breadmakers.html https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/breadm...) machines. I'd never use anything else.
  - rdtwo 7y ago
    Once you get the bread bug you have to keep getting better and better bread till you just end up making home made sourdough
pkaye 7y ago
How long does the French baguette last in France? Do you get them fresh daily and finish them off? Or is it just the baguette we get here dry out so quickly?
- indemnity 7y ago
  Not French, but moistening the baguette, putting it in foil and back in the oven for a couple of minutes gets it back to almost new state, and still nice and crusty.

antisthenes 7y ago

The "good" expensive bread that is sold in the US at $5-6 a loaf never lasts more than a few days anyway - it's just too tasty and gets eaten quick And the imitation "sandwich" bread that tastes like cardboard and sawdust easily lasts for 3+ weeks regardless of where and how it is stored. Which makes me marvel at what it's made of that it doesn't go bad in a month. Bread machines are tricky and very messy. They don't produce enough heat to fully cook bread through like it would in a proper commercial oven. At least that was my experience with all the consumer-grade bread machines. YMMV

joshuahughes 7y ago
I have a breadmaker and love it. Pop the ingredients in as you go to bed and come down in the morning to the smell of fresh, warm bread. The bucket is non-stick so really easy to pop out your loaf and clean up. You're right that some models are a poor experience though. If you ever fancy giving one a go again, I'd recommend one of Panasonic's (https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/breadmakers.html https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/breadm...) machines. I'd never use anything else.
- rdtwo 7y ago
  Once you get the bread bug you have to keep getting better and better bread till you just end up making home made sourdough

pkaye 7y ago

How long does the French baguette last in France? Do you get them fresh daily and finish them off? Or is it just the baguette we get here dry out so quickly?

indemnity 7y ago
Not French, but moistening the baguette, putting it in foil and back in the oven for a couple of minutes gets it back to almost new state, and still nice and crusty.