"amandaF" > wrote in message
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> Q1: How long can a store-bought wheat bread be kept in the fridge w/o
> affecting the nutrient content?
>
> Does freezing cooked food (especially of non-meat) reduce the nutrient
> content? I have only frozen raw meat, frozen dinner or pizza, and
> sometimes, boiled chickpeas or yellow split peas I use to make some
> dish.
>
> It doesn't look like I will get to using newly bought wheat breads - 2
> loafs, total 3 lbs - soon. How long can I keep them in the fridge
> unopened? Should I freeze them? I guess freezing won't change the
> quality of carbohydrate content, right? Or should I just eat wheat
> bread in all meals instead of freezing? The other starch I have are
>
> - more than half a loaf of Oro Wheat wheat bread
> - Roti (3 piece left)
> - Santa Rosa wheat Tortilla (almost the whole pkg left)
> - Corn tortilla (almost the whole pkg left)
> - Fresh French bread (not wheat) which I eventually put in the fridge
> (probably should make crouton out of it)
> - I have egg noodle - 1/4 of the pkg left, which is already boiled -
> that I must soon soon aside from left over fried egg noodle
> - Basmatic rice which I avoid eating because it is white, but I made
> beef curry last night and , I can't avoid completely because they just
> go together too well; Last night, I also made a vegetarian dish with
> yellow split peas, Indian eggplants, and okra that would go with rice.
> (Indian curries seems to preserve food better in the fridge)
>
> Q2: As you can see, unless I only eat wheat bread, my wheat breads are
> not getting get used up any time soon; I would hate to freeze but if I
> do, I want to know whether the affect of freezing on the nutrient
> content. Also, can I wait some times before freezing in case I get to
> using those? Or should I freeze now?
>
>
I routinely freeze bread I don't eat the day I buy it. I wrap it tightly
with Costco clingwrap[750' rolls are cheap. They even have a 3000' roll now]
then with foil, and freeze it in a nonfrostfree freezer. This keeps all food
products, including any meat or fish, from drying out. This works very
successfully with baquettes.

Hugh