Heel of the bread..Why do so many leave it?
@littlefranciscan (18327)
United States
November 12, 2007 5:00am CST
Even I have found..without even thinking I skip the first piece of bread in the loaf to get to the second piece..I decided to start eating the heal..It doesnt taste any different then the rest.
Why do so many throw it away or leave it?
6 responses
@SViswan (12051)
• India
12 Nov 07
Interesting! I don't eat it either. But my husband doesn't mind and he eats it. So, we don't actually throw it away. I think 'I' don't like it because I can't really make a proper sandwich with it(even if I use both the heels, it isn't exactly the same) and it sort of bulges a little and not exactly like bread on one side (if you know what I mean). It's like eating too much of the crust rather than bread.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Nov 07
Crust really is bread..only it's the bread closest to the pan when baking..It has all the same properties..just a little darker then all the rest..and usually the bread companies cut them pretty thin any more..that is the crust.
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
13 Nov 07
It definitely is in the mind; it's not in the mouth;) ..Put it in to the toaster..it taste no different then toasted bread:)
@ajesh_pullad (2251)
• India
12 Nov 07
I always leave the heel of the bread loaf. I dont like to eat its little hard surface.from my childhood days,it has been practicing.those days i used to throw away edges of a single loave.
Happy myloting.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
13 Nov 07
I know you use to do it as a Child and do tell me ..what the bible says about wasting food?
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
13 Nov 07
I do eat the heel of the bread. I usually toast it and put butter or jelly on it. I really like the heel on homemade bread. When I make homemade bread my hubby and both like to eat it.
@elemental69 (1561)
• Ireland
14 Nov 07
I used to do the same without thinking too!! No- one in our house eats it for some reason. My granddad always told me that eating my crusts would make my hair curly lol!!! I just leave them to one side and after a couple of days, (we eat a lot of bread), I make croutons for homemade soup, or if there is loads then I make bread and butter pudding. So my family dont mind leaving the heels of the bread!!! :-)
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
12 Nov 07
I dont know why so many people through the heel away...it is my favorite part of the bread!
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Nov 07
Well good for you:) Glad someone here likes the "heel"...When toasted ..it really tastes like regular bread and if you get enough..brush across some butter and sprinkle some garlic powder or salt and you will have garlic bread:)
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Nov 07
Nice to meet another crust eater: *heel* ..I think it's firmer then the other and not as crumby.
