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Where is your bread?

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Needspaceforlego · 05/03/2025 23:46

A bit lighthearted but I am trying to declutter the kitchen worktops. I currently have a bread bin, on the worktop but I want rid.
If you don't have a bread bin where do you put the bread?

YABU - keep the bread bin on the worktop
YANBU - get rid they went with the ark. Bread is.....

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Liann811 · 06/03/2025 09:44

On the counter I once had a bread bin open it one morning and a mouse was eating the bread so I got rid of it

Limth · 06/03/2025 09:39

In the freezer.
I started keeping bread in the freezer to reduce food waste.
But now it just lives there.
Bread that's been frozen and then lightly warmed in the oven is the food of gods.

loopyloo52 · 06/03/2025 09:31

Freezer - I just get out what I need each time. I don't eat a lot and this way it stays fresh and doesn't get wasted.

AlteredStater · 06/03/2025 09:30

Some is left in its original packaging in the kitchen, the rest is in the freezer.

SummerHouse · 06/03/2025 09:29

I keep bread on top of an empty bread bin. Why? Laziness and mould fear.

It's really never occurred to me to put it in a cupboard. This is a revelation!

Dearg · 06/03/2025 09:26

Bread bin , in the cupboard above the toaster. Eggs sit on top of bread in, tea sits to the side.
I don’t like to move around too much in the morning.

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 06/03/2025 09:25

In the freezer then migrates to the bread bin as needed. I have a double height two shelf bread bin and use it for cakes etc too.

InMySpareTime · 06/03/2025 09:22

@Menobaby79 I forget things I can't see (ND and object permanence issues), we have a lot of stuff in observatör baskets round the house. My inhaler sits in front of the bread in that basket to help me regularly take it while I make toast.

MiddleAgedDread · 06/03/2025 09:20

I don't think I have any sliced bread at the moment but if I did it would be in the freezer because I don't use it much (hence I'm not even sure if i've got any!!).

Myengagementring · 06/03/2025 09:19

In the freezer we just take slices out as we need it, but we don't eat much. I buy bagels and slice them all out then back in the bag and freeze them too. Paninis etc are taken out and defrosted as and when.

Menobaby79 · 06/03/2025 09:15

InMySpareTime · 06/03/2025 09:12

@Menobaby79 it’s IKEA Observator:

Check out this OBSERVATÖR from IKEA.
Here’s a little more information:
<a class="break-all" href="https://applink.ikea.com/?link=pip/20312492&fbd=www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/observatoer-clip-on-basket-grey-brown-20312492/&utm_campaign=user_share&utm_content=linkit_share&utm_medium=share_PIP&utm_source=share&guid=eauD9f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://applink.ikea.com/?link=pip/20312492&fbd=www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/observatoer-clip-on-basket-grey-brown-20312492/

Brilliant thankyou. I'm embarrassed to say, my bread actually goes on top of the bread bin or everyone forgets its in there and it goes off! 🙈
This would solve that little problem!

InMySpareTime · 06/03/2025 09:12

@Menobaby79 it’s IKEA Observator:

Check out this OBSERVATÖR from IKEA.
Here’s a little more information:
<a class="break-all" href="https://applink.ikea.com/?link=pip/20312492&fbd=www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/observatoer-clip-on-basket-grey-brown-20312492/&utm_campaign=user_share&utm_content=linkit_share&utm_medium=share_PIP&utm_source=share&guid=eauD9f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://applink.ikea.com/?link=pip/20312492&fbd=www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/observatoer-clip-on-basket-grey-brown-20312492/

Sourisblanche · 06/03/2025 09:11

In uk it sits on top of the air fryer (I do move it when air fryer in use!) and in France bread lives in a baguette bag which hangs on the back of the kitchen door.

Newname71 · 06/03/2025 09:11

In its original bag in a cupboard with the jam/butter/peanut butter.

Menobaby79 · 06/03/2025 09:08

InMySpareTime · 06/03/2025 07:23

In a basket hanging from the wall unit in the corner:

Ooh I love this. Where did you get the hanger from?

LostFuse · 06/03/2025 09:06

jeaux90 · 06/03/2025 08:19

Fridge, it lasts for ages in there.

The fridge
A household fridge temperature and humidity are very variable, depending on the amount of food you have stored in it and the number of times you open it in a day.
At 3 to 5 °C, bread stales faster than in the freezer or at room temperature. The fridge will prevent moulds growth and spoilage, and lower moisture loss than when at ambient conditions (without plastic bag) but starch properties change a lot faster here, leading to faster staling.

WingsofRain · 06/03/2025 09:06

In a large, sealed Tupperware box.

Deedeesharpwhatkindoflady · 06/03/2025 09:05

Carnation25 · 05/03/2025 23:51

In the cupboard.

Next to the eggs.

HarrietJonesFlydaleNorth · 06/03/2025 08:59

Mostly in the teenager. 🙄

We have a breadbox like this with two front opening doors so I can keep the breadknife on top. It has see through windows so we can see what's in there so things don't get forgotten.

I do keep the bread in a plastic bag though otherwise it dries out too quickly.

Where is your bread?
SpeedyBulletTrain · 06/03/2025 08:52

SpeedyBulletTrain · 06/03/2025 08:48

Our bread lives in a bread bag on top of the bread bin 🙃 It never seems to make its way in 😅

Actually just looked inside my bread bin. No bread but I did find some out of date meds, a ping pong ball, a drumstick lolly, a pompom, a plaster and a thomas the tank engine badge 😂

SpeedyBulletTrain · 06/03/2025 08:48

Our bread lives in a bread bag on top of the bread bin 🙃 It never seems to make its way in 😅

jeaux90 · 06/03/2025 08:19

Fridge, it lasts for ages in there.

LittleGreenDragons · 06/03/2025 08:14

We are a tall family so all our cupboards are high up. This leaves plenty of space between the cupboards and work top to have a full length shelf where our tea/sugar, cereals, bread etc live. I'm going to miss that shelf when I move 😥

Lobsterteapot · 06/03/2025 07:52

DS no allergies = stylish nigella breadbin on countertop
DH is gluten free = vacuum bread container in cupboard
I’m diabetic so there is no bread 🍞