Please settle a furious family argument....

[TheValeyard]

...do you keep bread in the fridge?

Humid countries like the US do it as normal.

Nope, but if it’s sliced bread it always goes straight in the freezer then I toast the slices I want from frozen.

No.

absolutely not!!!

No. There's no need.

No.

@PerseverancePays

Humid countries like the US do it as normal.

Humid countries like the US?

You know the US has deserts, right? And rain forests. But also deserts.

I live alone, so my bread goes in the fridge during the summer because it gets hot in my flat. In the winter it stays on the side. If I leave it out in the summer it goes mouldy quicker.

If I have extra yes

i do but its because i mainly have toast so it doesnt matter to me if its hard

no

Yes in this weather I do

Yes

Yes but usually in the freezer.

a bread bin isnt in the fridge, is it.

it goes really stale in there

Yes in the summer. We have a huge kitchen/diner/living room and it gets really warm!

No I keep it in the cupboard

No I don't. Mine is stored in the freezer.

No. Bread goes stale more quickly at colder temperatures due to the starch crystallising (retrogradation).

No! Never heard of / seen anyone doing that.

Meant to add, it's warm and we find the bread goes mouldy fairly fast if not in the fridge.

Depends - keeping it in the fridge makes it stale faster but it stops it going mouldy as fast. I used to sometimes keep it in the fridge as a student because I didn’t get through it quick enough on my own, only used it for toast anyway and I didn’t have a freezer.

Are we talking chorleywood bread or sour dough?

No

No. But I often keep a loaf in the freezer, and toast from frozen.