Frozen Bread

[Weird Harold]

The longer you keep bread in the freezer, the drier it gets. A month or two is okay. Any longer and you get a lot of ice crystals forming from the water in the bread - drying it out and making it unusable.

That's where the paper-bag or damp towel come into play. Besides, "freeze-dried bread" is great for Bread Pudding, Meatloaf, Croutons, and many other things besides sandwiches.

 

[carsonshepherd]

That sounds very peculiar... I think I'll stick to homemade strawberry jam for my toast if it's all the same!

Elsie

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It's not peculiar at all, but keep the jam - more apple butter for me!

Apple Butter Recipe

Apple butter
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Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of applesauce, produced by long, slow cooking of apples with cider or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes. The concentration of sugar gives apple butter a much longer shelf life as a preserve than applesauce. It was a popular way of using apples in colonial America, and well into the 19th century. The term "butter" refers to the thick, soft consistency, and its use as a spread for breads. Typically seasoned with cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, apple butter may be used as a side dish, an ingredient in baked goods, or as a condiment. The Pennsylvania Dutch often include it as part of their traditional seven sweets and seven sours dinner table array.

In areas of the American South, the production of apple butter is a family event, due to the large amount of labor necessary to produce apple butter in large quantities. It is also used on a sandwich to add an interesting flavour, but is not as commonly used as in historical times.

Yeah, something like that. But really, it has to be on waffles to be truly appreciated. *hoards*

 

[Tom Collins]

It's not peculiar at all, but keep the jam - more apple butter for me!



Yeah, something like that. But really, it has to be on waffles to be truly appreciated. *hoards*

Greedy gut. *pouts*

 

[SeaCat]

LOLOL

I wish I had a freezer large enough that I could freeze bread without it getting squashed.

My wife and I make our bread fresh every couple of days. (We have one of those bread machines.)

As for canning and freezing? I grew up with that and still live it to some extent. I make my own jellies and have been known to do things like pickling and canning. (Do not open my pantry unless you want a shock.)

When my parents come down from up north they always bring a ton of canned and pickled food for me.

The next steps for me here in my new place are to get a large Chest Freezer, and make my own smoker. (No not a smoke cooker, although that is something I've been thinking about. I want a true smoker like I used to have.)

Cat