Random bread-ends are great for making breadcrumbs,which can be frozen,and used for loads of things……stuffing,adding to home-made burgers,coating fish chicken etc.
Stale bread is fantastic for good old gur cake,as is left over Christmas cake and plum pudding.
Oranges,apples,lemons can be sliced and dehydrated over a few days and used to make pot-pourri.
Of course,you acn make great dog food with gone of veg and meat…….just boil up bones,add barley and mix the veg and meat through.Bag up in portion size bags and freeze……more nutritious and a heck of a lot cheaper than commercial dog food.
Random bread-ends are great for making breadcrumbs,which can be frozen,and used for loads of things……stuffing,adding to home-made burgers,coating fish chicken etc.
Stale bread is fantastic for good old gur cake,as is left over Christmas cake and plum pudding.
Oranges,apples,lemons can be sliced and dehydrated over a few days and used to make pot-pourri.
Of course,you acn make great dog food with gone of veg and meat…….just boil up bones,add barley and mix the veg and meat through.Bag up in portion size bags and freeze……more nutritious and a heck of a lot cheaper than commercial dog food.
I find that bread in our house don’t go stale, it goes mouldy very quickly. It’s certainly due to the dampness as we live close to the sea. I’ve tried making it into breadcrumbs but ended up with bags and bags of frozen breadcrumbs. I now buy a loaf, we eat half of it fresh and I plan my meals around the remainder with cheese pudding, croque monsieurs, soups with croutons, etc… Home made bread will keep for much longer in fact as it dries out rather than mould.
I always forage at the back of the supermarket shelves for the longest use by dates (or BB dates). But sometimes the food goes off well before that date, I once had to bring back chicken that smelled like it had been dead for a month. Yuck.
For the rest, I trust my very sharp nose. If it smells ok, I’ll eat it, regardless of the date, evn the ‘use by’ dates. I also reckon nothing happens on the stroke of midnight, if it’s still good to eat the night before it will be ok the morning after.
For best before dates, I use common sense: it might still be ok to eat but not entirely pleasant. Yogurt is live bacteria and can be eaten weeks after the best before date without any problem. The best before dates on fruits and vegs remain a mistery to me: if it’s still firm and shiny, then it’s still fresh. If not, vegs go in a soup and fruits in fruit purees. Bananas go in cakes and muffins.
For eggs, I do the water test: lying on the side at the bottom of a glass of water = fresh. stand upright = still ok. Floating = bin
We keep our sliced bread in the freezer always. A slice of bread breaks off easily and defrosts quickly. When I make homemade bread I often slice it and freeze it in ice-cream tubs. We rarely throw out food, it either goes into smoothies, soups or the dog! I don’t believe in BB dates either, I agree with Nanazolie on using your nose!
My parents don’t believe in BB dates either, Dad makes his own cheese and keffir, the more pungent the flavour the better in his book. I am sure he’s full of natural antibiotics keeping him alive and well….
Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 1:48 am
Random bread-ends are great for making breadcrumbs,which can be frozen,and used for loads of things……stuffing,adding to home-made burgers,coating fish chicken etc.
Stale bread is fantastic for good old gur cake,as is left over Christmas cake and plum pudding.
Oranges,apples,lemons can be sliced and dehydrated over a few days and used to make pot-pourri.
Of course,you acn make great dog food with gone of veg and meat…….just boil up bones,add barley and mix the veg and meat through.Bag up in portion size bags and freeze……more nutritious and a heck of a lot cheaper than commercial dog food.
Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 1:48 am
Random bread-ends are great for making breadcrumbs,which can be frozen,and used for loads of things……stuffing,adding to home-made burgers,coating fish chicken etc.
Stale bread is fantastic for good old gur cake,as is left over Christmas cake and plum pudding.
Oranges,apples,lemons can be sliced and dehydrated over a few days and used to make pot-pourri.
Of course,you acn make great dog food with gone of veg and meat…….just boil up bones,add barley and mix the veg and meat through.Bag up in portion size bags and freeze……more nutritious and a heck of a lot cheaper than commercial dog food.
Wednesday 21 November, 2012 at 9:39 am
I find that bread in our house don’t go stale, it goes mouldy very quickly. It’s certainly due to the dampness as we live close to the sea. I’ve tried making it into breadcrumbs but ended up with bags and bags of frozen breadcrumbs. I now buy a loaf, we eat half of it fresh and I plan my meals around the remainder with cheese pudding, croque monsieurs, soups with croutons, etc… Home made bread will keep for much longer in fact as it dries out rather than mould.
I always forage at the back of the supermarket shelves for the longest use by dates (or BB dates). But sometimes the food goes off well before that date, I once had to bring back chicken that smelled like it had been dead for a month. Yuck.
For the rest, I trust my very sharp nose. If it smells ok, I’ll eat it, regardless of the date, evn the ‘use by’ dates. I also reckon nothing happens on the stroke of midnight, if it’s still good to eat the night before it will be ok the morning after.
For best before dates, I use common sense: it might still be ok to eat but not entirely pleasant. Yogurt is live bacteria and can be eaten weeks after the best before date without any problem. The best before dates on fruits and vegs remain a mistery to me: if it’s still firm and shiny, then it’s still fresh. If not, vegs go in a soup and fruits in fruit purees. Bananas go in cakes and muffins.
For eggs, I do the water test: lying on the side at the bottom of a glass of water = fresh. stand upright = still ok. Floating = bin
Tuesday 27 November, 2012 at 10:40 am
We keep our sliced bread in the freezer always. A slice of bread breaks off easily and defrosts quickly. When I make homemade bread I often slice it and freeze it in ice-cream tubs. We rarely throw out food, it either goes into smoothies, soups or the dog! I don’t believe in BB dates either, I agree with Nanazolie on using your nose!
My parents don’t believe in BB dates either, Dad makes his own cheese and keffir, the more pungent the flavour the better in his book. I am sure he’s full of natural antibiotics keeping him alive and well….