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So what's the deal with bread in supermarkets?
Posted on 4/26/14 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 4/26/14 at 10:52 pm
I've watched the "safety at all costs" mentality creep up on us over the course of my entire life...to the point that every little kid has to be constantly slathered in Purel goop and there are warning signs all over everywhere about everything - particularly when it comes to matters of food.
So, I ask you: how is it that "fresh" bread is still able to be put out in supermarkets in bags that are open at the top?
So, I ask you: how is it that "fresh" bread is still able to be put out in supermarkets in bags that are open at the top?
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Posted on 4/26/14 at 11:38 pm to Big Scrub TX
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So, I ask you: how is it that "fresh" bread is still able to be put out in supermarkets in bags that are open at the top?
I know I give them a little rub as I walk past them, just checking to see if they're warm and crusty, not that I plan on buying them.
Posted on 4/26/14 at 11:50 pm to Big Scrub TX
I like to bury my face in them and take a big whiff and then continue my shopping.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 12:11 am to Big Scrub TX
Are they in the deli? Maybe they were baked earlier that day. 
Posted on 4/27/14 at 12:41 am to la_birdman
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Are they in the deli? Maybe they were baked earlier that day.
What does that have to do with anything?
Posted on 4/27/14 at 12:48 am to Big Scrub TX
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What does that have to do with anything?
You asked how "fresh" the bread would be. Had the bread been baked earlier in the same day you saw it in the package, it would still be fresh, no?
Sure, maybe people came by and sneezed on it or whatever but it's still fresh. Contaminated with germs now but not stale.
That's what I was trying to convey. I've never seen these bags you mentioned so that's why I asked.
Fair enough? Not trying to get into a big war. I was really asking. I don't get a lot of bread so I wasn't sure what you were talking about.
This post was edited on 4/27/14 at 1:02 am
Posted on 4/27/14 at 2:12 am to la_birdman
In Europe, bread is stacked up. Grab a loaf, bag it and pay. They dgaf.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 7:36 am to Big Scrub TX
I like to take a little nibble out of the end and then flip the loaf around in the bag. Once, I flipped it and the other end was nibbled off. I almost threw up.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 7:37 am to BobABooey
Posted on 4/27/14 at 7:40 am to Big Scrub TX
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So, I ask you: how is it that "fresh" bread is still able to be put out in supermarkets in bags that are open at the top?
If this irks you I wouldn't eat any poboys in NOLA.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:00 am to BobABooey
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I like to take a little nibble out of the end and then flip the loaf around in the bag. Once, I flipped it and the other end was nibbled off. I almost threw up.
but being serious, if the bread is still warm I do like to break off a hunk in the car ride home
Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:21 am to ksayetiger
I don't like for folks to touch my food, but to be factual, you never eat anything that wasn't touched by someone else. Hopefully they didn't pick their nose or scratch their privates just before carefully decorating your plate at that three star restaurant I love to talk about, or the Wendy's I actually dined at.
No one lingers in a restroom, but we would all be shocked if we knew how many folks take a dump and then don't wash their hands.
See the good in all of this. What doesn't kill us will hopefully make us stronger.
I consumed a lot of dirt as a little kid. That stuff is full of worm crap, as is the skin of my tater or carrot before it is carefully washed by the salad chef.
Lots of food service people spit on your food, if they don't scratch their butt just before adjusting the angle of your pork chop on the grits and push that carrot over a quarter inch.
No one lingers in a restroom, but we would all be shocked if we knew how many folks take a dump and then don't wash their hands.
See the good in all of this. What doesn't kill us will hopefully make us stronger.
I consumed a lot of dirt as a little kid. That stuff is full of worm crap, as is the skin of my tater or carrot before it is carefully washed by the salad chef.
Lots of food service people spit on your food, if they don't scratch their butt just before adjusting the angle of your pork chop on the grits and push that carrot over a quarter inch.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 9:25 am to Motorboat
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In Europe, bread is stacked up. Grab a loaf, bag it and pay. They dgaf.
Hell that's how it is in the East and the Wank at the places that sell Vietnamese Bread.
Just grab your tongs and get some fresh bread out of the bin, and put it right into a bag.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 9:52 am to BobABooey
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I like to take a little nibble out of the end and then flip the loaf around in the bag. Once, I flipped it and the other end was nibbled off. I almost threw up.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 10:02 am to Big Scrub TX
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So, I ask you: how is it that "fresh" bread is still able to be put out in supermarkets in bags that are open at the top?
Baked fresh, or let's say pre made dough baked in house to bread made at a factory and sealed to preserve freshness and shelf life.
Honestly, it's the impulse item baskets that get me in places like Albertsons for instance. Fresh baked goods should be placed in a case like they do at WF and bakeries for the most part, and cut to order, or taken home whole to portion up at your house.
Posted on 4/27/14 at 2:46 pm to la_birdman
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You asked how "fresh" the bread would be.
No I did not.
My question was about open items in a safety culture that is over the top and fearful. It just strikes me as bizarre that the health authorities or whoever allow this to go on.
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