Boron Elgar wrote:
>
> .... Bread freezes wonderfully. ..., scale down the sizes
> of your loaves when you bake, .... when it is past fresh, toss the rest into the
> fridge (OH, I know - a sacrilege!) and use it for toast within the
> next few days. Home made bread a week old made into toast is still
> better than any store-bought bread used that way. ....
>
All of that is true, I agree. I was thinking back to how hard it was
to learn that what I was imbued with about frugality and saving as I
was growing up didn't have to rule my life when my fortunes improved.
Some of my friends who grew up with limited means and now are quite
well off still cannot bring themselves to reward themselves with better
things. Throwing away the stale remnants of a loaf of bread and making
a fresh loaf had some symbolic worth to me. -aem