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Sat Dec 1, 2012, 07:08 PM

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Bread that lasts for 60 days could cut food waste (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 OP

Easier and cheaper, just give over-age bread to those below the poverty level. nt jody Dec 2012 #1

A lot of that molds before anyone can use it. eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #4

We had that experience with our Occupy. EVERYONE bringing us old bread. It was a nightmare. nt patrice Dec 2012 #14

I do not eat much bread, but there are times when I must buy it, RebelOne Dec 2012 #56

when it is moldy, it is moldy. robinlynne Dec 2012 #5

Poor people should eat moldy bread? gollygee Dec 2012 #6

and muffin stumps think Dec 2012 #36

Better that those below poverty level should have the opportunity to make patrice Dec 2012 #16

I know a lot of DUers hate the poor, but goddamn does this post exemplify that. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #24

But what does 60 day old bread taste like? hobbit709 Dec 2012 #2

uh, NO! thank you. patrice Dec 2012 #3

There are a few too many frankenfoods already gollygee Dec 2012 #7

No frakenfood here, all they are doing is zapping the bread with a type of microwave Kurska Dec 2012 #9

Yup it KILLS DEAD all the life in the food Berlum Dec 2012 #39

I wasn't aware that people considered fungal spores "Value added" in their bread n/t Kurska Dec 2012 #42

No one with an iota of wit would infer that. IT kills ALL LIFE, not just fungal spores Berlum Dec 2012 #44

Is it important to you that your digestive system gets to kill organisms? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #47

There's also too many people ignorantly kneejerking without reading the articles, apparently. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #23

I read it gollygee Dec 2012 #27

Microwaving anything would be irradiating it Vinnie From Indy Dec 2012 #33

Yeah but they specifically chose not to say "irradiate" gollygee Dec 2012 #34

Because people cast 20 points of IQ aside whenever they hear the R-word. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #40

there's a difference between a microwave and radiation. Confusious Dec 2012 #54

You mean the ones who seriously re-publish the company JackRiddler Dec 2012 #45

I'm not sure about 60 days, but I have had loaves of HEMP bread that were extraordinarily patrice Dec 2012 #8

You mean anti-fungal properties? laundry_queen Dec 2012 #11

Thanks for the info! I used to be able to pick up hemp bread at the Target grocery store. They patrice Dec 2012 #18

I'm lucky enough laundry_queen Dec 2012 #25

BTW, hemp bread is not all just carbs. Hemp is a perfect/complete protein. nt patrice Dec 2012 #19

Understand that when they say "food waste," they mean theirs. They will be selling those HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10

Bread gets moldy here after it's opened XemaSab Dec 2012 #12

The air is full of spores NoOneMan Dec 2012 #17

"I've seen this in mushroom cultivation" Ya Basta Dec 2012 #20

Is even moldy bread wasted? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #13

You got it LeftInTX Dec 2012 #49

Microwave radiation also destroys nutrients Ya Basta Dec 2012 #15

My mom used to put bread in the freezer gollygee Dec 2012 #21

Sticking bread in the toaster is exposing it to radiation muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #48

Did you read my post? gollygee Dec 2012 #55

Well, if you did only have the toaster for defrosting bread to room temperature muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #57

Or, you could just freeze it. Or, make smaller loaves available. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #22

Smaller loaves! Are you out of your mind ! We don't have the technology for that! hedgehog Dec 2012 #26

We don't have the desire for it jmowreader Dec 2012 #30

That's a good part of the problem. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #37

This. ^^^ laundry_queen Dec 2012 #28

We freeze our bread, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #38

"One of my gripes with store-bought sliced bread is that the loaves ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2012 #32

This will lead to massive job loss in the bakery businesd jmowreader Dec 2012 #29

I wonder if that's part of the interest gollygee Dec 2012 #31

Now THAT is the Most Sensible Response So Far On the Road Dec 2012 #50

Another way is to break up the stale bread and feed it to the birds. Cleita Dec 2012 #35

If everyone had 2 chickens, there would be no problem with leftover stuff. morningglory Dec 2012 #41

I think last count we have seven chickens. They come and go as you know. Cleita Dec 2012 #43

Because that's such a feasible idea. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #51

That's what my dogs do nt Incitatus Dec 2012 #52

Oh thank god they found a way to save the Twinkie. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #46

ewww Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #53