Nancy2 wrote:
> On May 18, 11:32 am, gtr > wrote:
>> Relating this discussion to my food-preservationist wife she offers
>> her opinions on every facet. Living in palm desert she says it
>> doesn't
>> make any difference what you do with bread it dries out be the time
>> you
>> finish eating your sandwich. Other physics screw you in the humidity
>> of Costa Rica.
>>
>> "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.
>
> But her point is not well made here in the US, where the corner
> market, bodega, or mom-n-pop store has long been missing from most
> residential areas. It is not practical for many of us to go the store
> multiple times a week when we have to drive there.

I actually can go there every day. But... Bread is packaged in such a way
that I could never eat it all if I had to buy a bag or loaf every day!