In article >,
"Tom Del Rosso" > wrote:

> The method I learned from mom was to put a slice of bread in the bag. Here
> and there they say to use a slice of apple, but I don't always have apples.
> Usually not in fact.
>
> The bread always got dry and not moldy, until the latest instance in which
> the bread got green mold. Fortunately there was not much sugar left, but
> maybe that was the reason, since it didn't absorb all the bread's moisture.
>
> Is apple really better, and can't it get moldy too? Shouldn't a small wad
> of damp paper towel work, in theory?

I've found that just putting a couple of drops of water in worked as
well as anything else.