wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:21:18 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:58:05 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "graham" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> On 2018-09-20 10:38 AM, graham wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-09-20 10:34 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>> "graham" > wrote in message
>>>>>> news >>>>>>> On 2018-09-20 10:24 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When we buy bakery bread we don't have them slice it, we slice as
>>>>>>>>> needed, a loaf goes in the fridge and lasts us 4-5 days. When we buy
>>>>>>>>> packaged sliced bread it's kept in the fridge... if frozen the entire
>>>>>>>>> loaf is defrosted in the fridge.
>>>>>>>> If I could go through a loaf in 4-5 days I might keep it in the
>>>>>>>> fridge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NEVER keep bread in the fridge!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>> It stales faster.
>>>> To regular bread bakers, that's Bread 101!
>>>
>>>
>>> When I make my own it's gone quickly, within a day. I don't make my own
>>> often anymore, but I will agree that it would stale faster for sure in the
>>> fridge.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> I grabbed this explanation from the Web. Just search 'why does bread
>> stale' and you'll get lots of hits.
>>
>> "The crumb (the part inside) gets hard and stiff and the crust loses
>> any crispness it might have had. Most people attribute this to drying
>> out, but the opposite is in fact true. The bread is actually absorbing
>> moisture, as shown by an increase in weight as the loaf goes from
>> fresh to stale. The moisture absorbed by the crumb causes the starch
>> granules to crystallize, hardening the bread. This is why the fridge
>> is a bad place to store bread, even when it is well-wrapped, because
>> low temperatures speed up the starch crystallization process (although
>> freezing bread is fine because starch crystals don’t form at freezer
>> temperatures). It’s also why a brief visit to the oven can improve
>> stale bread, because the heat drives out some moisture and helps melt
>> the starch crystals."
>> https://kitchen-myths.com/
>
> Total nonsense... depends on storage duration and perssonal hygiene...
> a week in the fridge harms nothing, months in the fridge harms all
> foods. I store bread in a countertop bread box for a week and it
> stays very edible. The only time bread stored on ones countertop gets
> moldy in under a week is in a filthy kitchen. Some store blocks of
> cheese in their fridge for a week and it gets all moldy, soley because
> they handle cheese with unwashed crotch hands... it's amazing how many
> don't wash their hands after wiping because there's no restaurant sign
> in their shit house. Janet B, get yourself a surgeon's scrub brush
> and a bar of brown soap.
>

There yoose have it folks. Cap'n Popeye has ruled. He uses US navy
standards, so yoose can be sure it is sanitary.

If yoose cheese or bread goes bad, it's because yoose was handling yoose
crotch.