Let’s talk about bread

[Gaer]

When I was a kid, my older brother reached way in the loaf to get all the soft bread.
We had cocoa and toast every morning before school and he would turn the toaster
on extra high when I put my bread slice in the toaster. It always came out burnt.
So, I learned to love the taste of burnt toast! haha.

 

[Murrmurr]

Mom used bread heels to make these firm but creamy, very cinnamen-y little individual deep-dish desserts. She put a small handful of blackberries on top when they were in season.

She also used bread heels in her Thanksgiving stuffing, along with the regular slices.

 

[Murrmurr]

When I was a kid, my older brother reached way in the loaf to get all the soft bread.
We had cocoa and toast every morning before school and he would turn the toaster
on extra high when I put my bread slice in the toaster. It always came out burnt.
So, I learned to love the taste of burnt toast! haha.

That's mean. But from my perspective, the way I was raised, you don't do stuff like that to your sister.

 

[Disgustedman]

The ends of a loaf, I call "Usable" and have them for sandwiches, eggs and toast (but never toast it) mom would save 4-6 and add them to meatloaf.

 

[Georgiagranny]

That's mean. But from my perspective, the way I was raised, you don't do stuff like that to your sister.

Yup. Mean. My brothers weren't raised that way, either, but they'd have done it in a heartbeat if they'd thought of it

 

[Mizmo]

In Scotland we called them Ends ...toasted , buttered , marmalade. yum.
Loaves were tall with brown crusty top.
I still toast and eat ends.

 

[Wren]

I’ve always called them crusts and never been very keen on them, maybe eat half with a bowl of soup

 

[Georgiagranny]

Home made bread? My kids would call dibs on the end piece as soon as it was cool enough to slice. Slathered with butter and maybe jam? Nirvana!

 

[perplexed]

We call it the heel and it is my favorite part. I wish they sold just heels lol. We make toast out of them. Nothing is wasted in our home food is much too high.

 

[CallMeKate]

When I was a kid, my older brother reached way in the loaf to get all the soft bread.
We had cocoa and toast every morning before school and he would turn the toaster
on extra high when I put my bread slice in the toaster.

Wow, you are the only other person I've ever heard mention one of my all-time favorites, cocoa and toast. I still get a hankerin' for it sometimes.

 

[IrisSenior]

The crust - I never like them as a kid but I eat them now toasted with generous amounts of butter and jam (or honey). Sometimes it is used in my turkey dressing (when I have turkey).

 

[Jules]

The end always seems to toast or burn easier. Nowadays I’d never consider eating burnt toast. I remember my mother trying to scrape it so not to waste anything.

 

[NorthernLight]

My then-boyfriend was "strict" with the outdoor cats. One day we came home with groceries, and the cats jumped into the vehicle, tore into the tops of the bread bags, and started eating the bread.

I ran into the house and got a few saved bread bags, ran out, and rescued most of each loaf. Each loaf was now slightly shorter than it had been. Whatever slices the cats had already mangled, I gave them to eat (around the corner somewhere).

I don't know where my bf was while all this was going on, but I'm sure he never knew about it.

 

[horseless carriage]

We don't eat bread, we eat blotting paper.

My wife is wheat/gluten intolerant. The only time I eat it, is when we make scrambled egg on toast, I'm extra generous with the scrambled egg.

 

[Jamala]

The entire loaf has "crust" not just the end bits.
I don't eat the sort of bread in OP's picture, preferring
artisan bread. I love the end bits!

 

[oldaunt]

Agreed. I eat either my home made bread or an Italian bakery loaf.

 

[Pappy]