Beadiscisity lost after freezing bread?

[mrk]

Crumbs, I'm at work on a Sunday with a colleague and we are having a serious discussion on if you put bread in the freezer and then take it out after x days past its sell by date if it loses its breadishness or stays fresh and retains its wholemeal goodness.

The current bread loaf expired on the 3rd but after defrosting it looks like new, it feels soft too with no signs of being out of date.

My argument is that if freezing bread kept it fresh then shops would do the same too but if the flavour is lost after sell by date passes even when frozen it's no good anymore for healthy eating.

It's lost its breadiscosity ?

 

[mrk]

Not a student by any chance?

Nope

 

[mrk]

Picture is for illustration purposes only and final product may differ slightly

 

[mrk]

Not quite true. It stales quicker in the fridge because the reduced temperature drives the moisture out the gluten, but the low temperature reduces moulding. So it's 6 of one half a dozen of the other.

See what I did there with the baker speak. I know what I'm talking about

Have you seen an anime called Yakitate Japan? it's a whole anime (and hilarious too!) dedicated to baking bread from around the world!