About a month ago on Berts show they mentioned Ciabatta bread and every
since then I've been hooked on it !

I live a long way from the only bakery in the area that sells Ciabetta
bread so I have to buy in lots to last me a week.

So I'm forced to freeze it.

The woman in the bakery suggested after freezing to place the bread in a
pre-heated oven on high for about 10 minutes.

Seems to work ok, but wondering if there's a better method.

I've tried using the microwave but bread always seems to come out soggy
even although I've heard people having success reheating Ciabatta in this
sort of oven.


Any help appreciated,

Thanks

Jenny

"Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message
s.com...
> About a month ago on Berts show they mentioned Ciabatta bread and every
> since then I've been hooked on it !
>
> I live a long way from the only bakery in the area that sells Ciabetta
> bread so I have to buy in lots to last me a week.
>
> So I'm forced to freeze it.
>
> The woman in the bakery suggested after freezing to place the bread in a
> pre-heated oven on high for about 10 minutes.
>
> Seems to work ok, but wondering if there's a better method.
>
> I've tried using the microwave but bread always seems to come out soggy
> even although I've heard people having success reheating Ciabatta in this
> sort of oven.

You are an idiot.

Pardon? What was that for?

Jenny

"Darkfalz" > wrote:

>"Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message

>> About a month ago on Berts show they mentioned Ciabatta bread and
>> every since then I've been hooked on it !
>>
>> I live a long way from the only bakery in the area that sells
>> Ciabetta bread so I have to buy in lots to last me a week.
>>
>> So I'm forced to freeze it.
>>
>> The woman in the bakery suggested after freezing to place the bread
>> in a pre-heated oven on high for about 10 minutes.
>>
>> Seems to work ok, but wondering if there's a better method.
>>
>> I've tried using the microwave but bread always seems to come out
>> soggy even although I've heard people having success reheating
>> Ciabatta in this sort of oven.


>You are an idiot.

"Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Pardon? What was that for?

Why are you posting to a TV group about methods of reheating frozen bread?

NOTE: My Correct Address is in my signature (just remove the spaces).
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:59:39 +1000, "Darkfalz"
> wrote:

>"Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message
ws.com...
>> Pardon? What was that for?
>
>Why are you posting to a TV group about methods of reheating frozen bread?
>
Yes, that wasn't smart. But you could be a bit nicer about it, you
know.

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Jenny Taylor > wrote in message
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> Pardon? What was that for?
>

ROFLMAO!!!!

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Darkfalz > wrote:

> "Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message
> s.com...
> > Pardon? What was that for?
>
> Why are you posting to a TV group about methods of reheating frozen bread?

If you read the post in the first place you would have seen that she saw
the original siory on GMA on Network 10, a TV show. Fair call.

Ihave been known to freeze ciabatta on many occassions, many breads
actually, and I find that just leaving it out to defrost naturally
without applying any heat works well. If you want that warm crusty vibe
then heat it in a moderate, not hot, (120-150deg) oven for about 10
minutes . If you want it not too crusty and a bit soggier, wrap it in
foil. Never use a microwave. They're un-natural!

--
peeby

Darkfalz > wrote:

> > Ihave been known to freeze ciabatta on many occassions, many breads
> > actually, and I find that just leaving it out to defrost naturally
> > without applying any heat works well.
>
> Except you have to wait for it to thaw that way.

Patience is a virtue. Just you wait and see.

> Actually, half thawed bread into the toaster produces nice results, toased
> on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Agreed. I have been known to hack into the odd half frozen loaf for
toast like that too.

--
peeby

> Ihave been known to freeze ciabatta on many occassions, many breads
> actually, and I find that just leaving it out to defrost naturally
> without applying any heat works well.

Except you have to wait for it to thaw that way.

Actually, half thawed bread into the toaster produces nice results, toased
on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:18:46 GMT, Jenny Taylor
> wrote:

>The woman in the bakery suggested after freezing to place the bread in a
>pre-heated oven on high for about 10 minutes.
>
>Seems to work ok, but wondering if there's a better method.

I lightly wet the outside of the bread and stick it in a 300 oven for
8-10 minutes. Ciabatta is very airy bread; doesn't take much to thaw
or heat.

For a chewier crust, wrap in foil for a pleasant texture.

-sw

> Agreed. I have been known to hack into the odd half frozen loaf for
> toast like that too.

Frozen bread is easier to slice than fresh bread!

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:42:36 +1000, "Darkfalz"
> wrote:

>> Agreed. I have been known to hack into the odd half frozen loaf for
>> toast like that too.

>Frozen bread is easier to slice than fresh bread!

And it's chewier too.

"Darkfalz"

> You are an idiot.


And I bet you're a legend in your own mirror aren't you clown?


Nat

"Jenny Taylor" > wrote in message
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> Pardon? What was that for?
>
> Jenny


Try not to take any offense from this clown, he HATES the entire female
population. Seriously.


Nat

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:28:00 +1000, "The Improved Charmed One"
> wrote:

>
>"Darkfalz"
>
>> You are an idiot.
>
>
>And I bet you're a legend in your own mirror aren't you clown?
>
>
>Nat

"Men, too, secrete the inhuman. At certain moments of lucidity, the
mechanical aspects of their gestures, their meaningless pantomime,
makes silly everything that surrounds them. A man is talking on the
telephone behind a glass partition; you cannot hear him, but you see
his incomprehensible dumb show. You wonder why he is alive. This
discomfort in the face of man's own inhumanity, this incalculable
tumble before the image of what we are, this 'nausea' is called the
absurd. Likewise the stranger who at certain moments comes to meet
us in the mirror, the familiar and yet alarming brother we encounter
in our own photograph, is also the absurd."
--Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

In article >, "Darkfalz"
> wrote:
[>In article >,
(peebs) wrote:]
>> Ihave been known to freeze ciabatta on many occassions, many breads
>> actually, and I find that just leaving it out to defrost naturally
>> without applying any heat works well.
>
>Except you have to wait for it to thaw that way.
>
>Actually, half thawed bread into the toaster produces nice results, toased
>on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
>

We like the results we get by taking frozen bread out of the freezer and
leaving it sealed in its bag on the counter until the bread has fully
thawed. It doesn't take that long really.

To reheat (and recrust) the bread, we preheat the oven to 500F. Then we
turn the oven OFF and put the bread in the oven for ten minutes.

(Even if we had a microwave oven, we wouldn't use it to thaw bread.)

--
ejmorris aka llizard

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "idirct"

> (Even if we had a microwave oven, we wouldn't use it to thaw bread.)

It's a good way to make mini toasts which are soggy on the underside.

"EJM" > wrote in
> In article >, "Darkfalz"
> > wrote:
> (peebs) wrote:]
> >> Ihave been known to freeze ciabatta on many occassions, many breads
> >> actually, and I find that just leaving it out to defrost naturally
> >> without applying any heat works well.
> >
> >Except you have to wait for it to thaw that way.
> >
> >Actually, half thawed bread into the toaster produces nice results, toased
> >on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
> >
>
> We like the results we get by taking frozen bread out of the freezer and
> leaving it sealed in its bag on the counter until the bread has fully
> thawed. It doesn't take that long really.
>
> To reheat (and recrust) the bread, we preheat the oven to 500F. Then we
> turn the oven OFF and put the bread in the oven for ten minutes.
>
> (Even if we had a microwave oven, we wouldn't use it to thaw bread.)

no, but if bread is a little stale about 10 seconds in the microwave will freshen it up!

Herc