Using up old sliced bread - any ideas other than bread pudding and breadcrumbs?

[TheKitchenWitch]

I've ended up with a loaf of sliced white bread that is a bit stale and I was wondering if there was something wonderful I could do with it, preferably savory.
When I have a few slices, I make panzanella, but it's too much for that.
Ds doesn't like bread and butter pudding, so something which doesn't have similar consistency to that would be great.

Otherwise it's going to be dried and breadcrumbed, but really, it'll take us forever to use them up! :)

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Does this help?

[mawbroon]

I remember once eating a delicious dish that was basically ham sandwiches with egg poured over then baked in the oven.

I don't know the exact quantities, but I am sure you could use your skill and judgement

Saying that, it might be a bit too much like B&B pudding.

[IpsyUpsyDaisyDo]

all our stale bread gets fed to the ducks by DD

[bramblina]

Croutons.

[TheKitchenWitch]

Well, I clearly need ducks. Will just text dh to let him know I'm putting in a pond :o

mawbroon I think I'm imagining something not as soggy as bread pudding iyswim, so if the eggs were just poured over and there were still some crispy bread bits then that would work fine.

bramblina - a whole loaf's worth?! we'd never get to the end of them! It'd be croutons with everything! :o :o

[MrsLettuce]

We usually just bung it in the freezer and use for toast, as and when

[trice]

glamorgan sausages?

[MeeWhoo]

If it is crusty you can make a saled with the hardened bread, chopped tomatoes, green and red peppers and a dressing made with ground black pepper, lemon, salt and olive oil. If you like smokked mackerel orkippers you can add some too.

[minipie]

French toast
Mozzarella in carozza
chop up and fry in oil to use as croutons in soup and salads

[Allalonenow]

Queen of Puddings
Treacle tart
Poor Knights of Windsor
Savory bread and butter pudding
Pain Perdu

[makeminea6x]

OK I know this is a stupid q question but ¢^a he how do you make breadcrumbs?

[Allalonenow]

You can make them in your blender mmx6

[goshhhhhh]

Nigel Slater's courgette crumble - yum!

[Longdistance]

Tear the old bread up, and put it in the oven after you have used it. Let the bread crisp up, then used a food mixer to make bread crumbs for things like fish, schnitzel, crumb topping with herbs.

[TheKitchenWitch]

Thank you for all these fabulous suggestions!
I decided to investigate mawbroon's idea further and came across the strata.

This proved to be a huge success! I didn't use too much milk, so it wasn't as soggy as a bread pudding - more like sort of layered savory french toast with cheese on top.

The rest I made breadcrumbs with. But next time I am definitely go for minipie's Mozzarella in carozza :)

[pleaseaffixstamps]

If you ever want to try making bread pudding again to see if your DS has changed his mind, spread each slice of bread with butter and marmalade, and don't put too much custardy milk in. It's lovely like that.

[TheKitchenWitch]

I was surprised that ds liked this so much, actually, so I think i will give bread and butter pudding another go - thanks for the tip, I think that would go down well!

[JonSnowKnowsNothing]

Summer Pudding.
God I need to make one of those soon.

[JonSnowKnowsNothing]

Summer Pudding.
God I need to make one of those soon.

[BertieBotts]

There's a Jamie Oliver pasta recipe with breadcrumbs which always goes down well.

[Secretsquirrel13]

I was thinking summer pudding too. It made me want to go and make one!