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Helpful person wrote:
> On May 18, 9:36 am, Roy > wrote:
>> On Friday, May 18, 2012 1:08:54 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> Bread Boxes are so 19th century. Freezers and refrigerators have
>> replaced them long ago. No thinking person uses them today unless
>> they have rats as big as cats. Most air has natural mold
>> spores...keep bread in plastic bags and handle in with clean hands
>> or sterile paper towels or cloths to avoid contamination. Most
>> bakery bread comes with its load of mold built right in. Commercial
>> bakeries use chemicals in their bread to deter mold but it cannot
>> get it all or the dosage required to do so would affect people's
>> health.

>
> Good advice if all you eat is Wonderbread. Refrigeration, plastic and
> pre sliced are the enemies of good bread. It should be stored in a
> box with a small amount of ventilation. The ventilation inhibits mold
> and restricting the ventilation reduces the drying process.
>
> If you live in very high or very low humidity then unfortunately there
> is not much to be done, except eat it quickly.
>
> http:www.richardfisher.com


Thanks! Looks like I got the right box then.