gtr wrote:

> "The way" of bread is to buy it fresh and eat it, citing the way folks
> make a daily run for tortillas in Mexico, French bread in France or
> Vietnam and sangak or barbari in Iran (or in Irvine/Yorba Linda!).
>
> Her point is well made: There is fresh bread and then there is everything else.

I often freeze bread. Then it has to be toasted, but that's not a
drawback for me.