Please settle a furious family argument....

[TheValeyard]

...do you keep bread in the fridge?

No.

My inlaws do. They're bonkers.

No.
Freezer or bread bin.

No at home. Yes at work. Strange eh?!

Nope, it goes stale faster plus we have no room in the fridge

Hell no

Freezer, yes. Fridge, no.

I make all our bread from scratch - not with a bread maker. I could never keep it in the fridge. Also, I make it fresh most days, just enough that we will need for a day or two so there’s no need to keep it in the fridge. The bread in our house is never more than 3 days past its bake date.

No - likewise cakes and tomatoes.

My partner thinks all food should go in the fridge it’s annoying

NO

@TheValeyard

No, but does it matter if you do?

At this stage in the argument there is literally nothing on earth that matters more, including, but not limited to, paid employment, children's health and personal wellbeing.

No. I keep a loaf in the freezer though.

No. Refrigeration removes moisture from stored items so your bread will go hard and stale faster. Keep it in a cool cupboard.

No.

No

Bread does not belong in the fridge.

Eggs and bread on counter, either in bread bin or egg rack. Butter in butter dish with cover on. Mayonnaise however in fridge, and ketchup, and anything else that can oxidise once opened. Despite what DP says.... When he starts doing the washing up more than once a week he can start having an opinion more than once a week. Although mine will naturally always continue to be the correct one !

Freezer only here.

Yes if it’s our backup bread (ie we’ve got a loaf on the go and I accidentally bought 2 more or whatever), and yes in the summer if I find it’s going mouldy too fast. Otherwise no.

No. It's something about the moisture content - bread and cake go hard/stale, while biscuits go soft.

Only old people do. I used to be carer and all the old people keep their bread in the fridge.

This reached a head when DCs and I made lovely chewy cookies and someone decided to put them in the fridge, with the result that, with a good overarm, I could now throw my chewy cookies through a double glazed window.

Not everything goes in the fridge!

yessss... at least in summer. I buy low salt version (Sainsburys), and We sometimes find it goes mouldy sometimes if I don't keep in fridge.

Regular salt levels bread no mould problems.

No

No.

No, it stops it going mouldy, but it goes stale quicker.

So you get shit bread for longer.

If I was short of space elsewhere I would but not by choice. Though I buy once a week and freeze until required.