On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:50:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> wrote in message
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>> On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 6:34:34 PM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>
>>> > I was pretty poor growing up, and we usually bought sliced loaf bread
>>> > at
>>> > the "day old" store of a local bakery (sunbeam or colonial brands), and
>>> > kept it in the fridge. It was very cheap compared to the same branded
>>> > bread at the grocery stores, and often no more than a day or two older.
>>> >
>>>
>>> My mom always bought the day old, something like 4 loaves for a dollar
>>> back
>>> then. There were a lot of us, so it saved money. We ate what was
>>> served...period!
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>>
>> Dang, same way here! Did we three grow up in the same neighborhood??
>>
>
>
>Hell, I think we might just be cousins at least.

When my grandmother would get her hands on some very rare white bread
in the Japanese war camp, she'd put it in a jar, to let it go mouldy
and double in size. Then she'd divide it and hand it out. Her children
were only too happy to eat it.