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> On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:18:18 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> 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 just read precisely that. Put a damp paper towel over it and
>> leave overnight. I think in a closed container, although that
>> wasn't specified.

>
> I just beat it with a large hammer!!!!
>

That sounds effective.

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Jean B.