Please settle a furious family argument....

[TheValeyard]

...do you keep bread in the fridge?

No The cold air dries out bread.

To slow down mold, make sure you keep it in a bread bin as heat at light encourage mold. The cooler and darker, the better (but not in a fridge)

Yes.

I used to disagree about this with the ex. I sometimes bought lovely artisan sourdough loaves from a nice bakery. On one occasion, I did it his way and kept it out of the fridge. Within 3 days it was as blue as a Smurf's bottom and useless. Kept in the fridge, the same type of loaf was fine for a week, albeit a bit stale. Staleness matters less than mouldiness as at least it's still good for toast.

I know this is going to get me chased out of here with a pitchfork by some posters but I put eggs in the fridge, too, and ketchup, and chocolate, and potatoes (they don't go THAT sweet). So there.

No!

Hell no!!

No, it goes stale more quickly in the fridge.

Strictly speaking it doesn't go more stale - it's the starch becoming stiffer making it feel like it's stale. This will be undone if you toast it!

Absolutely not. We have a bread bin thing in the pantry. I do freeze a lot of bread though.

No !
There was a pamphlet in the Mail on Sunday a coupe of weeks back about things that should not stay in the fridge and bread was one of them .
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9680233/The-definitive-guide-making-buy-long-possible.html

Bread lasts six times longer OUT of the fridge in a cool, dark and dry place

Bread, no.

Cookies, no.

Chocolate, no.

Eggs, yes.
Ketchup, yes.

@VerticalHorizon

Strictly speaking it doesn't go more stale - it's the starch becoming stiffer making it feel like it's stale. This will be undone if you toast it!

Or also if you add water and heat it up in the oven. Honestly I WOULD keep bread out if I could but we already buy the smallest pack and it's only me and DP. What are we supposed to do? not eat bread? Keep throwing away a pack every week? Would genuinely love some solutions as I grew up in a big family and the bread was gone before it had the chance to go mouldy. No comparison there..

No way!

Even based on experience in the most humid parts of the US, no. I won't say that no-one does, but it's certainly not universal or even nearly so.

It confused me when I went to Australia that this was apparently normal but I guess bread reacts differently in their climate. Plus, they mostly had bigger fridges.
We only have a tiny, under-counter one so good luck squishing bread in there!

When I lived in the US I knew people that would keep bread in the fridge. But it makes it go staler faster so I don’t.

No! But I will sometimes keep half a loaf in the freezer for toast if we have none

@PastMyBestBeforeDate

Freezer only here.

Me too.

Never store baked goods in the fridge. Ugh.

Freezer is fine then just take what you need. Stays fresh, no waste.

Oh, and to whoever mentioned ducks, bread is very bad for ducks 😔

I worked with people who did this. I resigned,

It tastes worse, takes up space and goes stale quicker in the fridge: why on earth would you keep it in there?

Not usually. Occasionally if it is really hot weather because it will go mouldy if I leave it out.

No! The only baked thing I’d keep in the fridge would be something like a pie or cake with fruit or cream involved.

No! Why would you?

@Sweetpeasaremadeofcheese

Yes....if you live in a tropical climate. Otherwise no.

I live in a somewhat tropical climate on the Gulf Coast of Florida and I don’t like stale bread. Freezer only, never the fridge.