Bread bin

Baldbloke · 8 May 2023 at 14:20

I cleaned my kitchen today. Finally got tired of seeing the various breads, rolls and wraps lying loose on the kitchen surface. So, I says to my ladyfriend 'i want a bread bin'. Can you get me a decent one next time you're at the shops? (She loves shopping).
She'll be on the lookout in the next few days.
I thought maybe fifteen quid would do the job for a semi decent looking bread bin.
Out of interest I looked at the prices on Amazon. I WTF!? £50 is not an expensive one. A hundred quid is not unusual.

please transport me back to the previous century. Everything made more sense back then.

labbby · 8 May 2023 at 14:30

If you want to impress your lady friend I wouldn’t go below £500 for a bread bin.

robfosters · 8 May 2023 at 14:37

Gucci bread bin or nothing in my house.

Top revenue earner sandwiches here you know.

Baldbloke · 8 May 2023 at 15:07

labbby said:
If you want to impress your lady friend I wouldn’t go below £500 for a bread bin.

robfosters said:
Gucci bread bin or nothing in my house.

Top revenue earner sandwiches here you know.

£500?, Gucci? I may consider those. However I might just find a halfway compromise between those options and my initial choice.. A Lidl carrier bag will do the job just fine.

jpaul · 8 May 2023 at 19:05

traditional sized bread bin is rather outmoded for modern consumption
- what we use - just a large plastic tub only one loaf at a time, old loaves get relegated to small tubs for toast,;

Have it with marmalade
Or butter, cheese, tomatoes, beans, banana
Or chocolate if you're strange
It doesn't really matter
Oh no, it all goes with toast

aVdub · 8 May 2023 at 19:16

Judging by previous posts and those from another forum that is ****, I would suggest if you can stretch to £399.56 :cry:

Or Ik Ear (Ikea) £19

gingergundog · 8 May 2023 at 19:55

Bread bins just get full of mould, tend to just get a loaf from tesco in the paper bag which seems to last longer.

robfosters · 8 May 2023 at 19:59

Modern packaged bread is so stuffed full of preservatives, you could keep it anywhere.

Not like the old days when my Nan used to go down to the bakers every morning for a freshly baked loaf.

aVdub · 8 May 2023 at 20:04

robfosters said:
Modern packaged bread is so stuffed full of preservatives, you could keep it anywhere.

Not like the old days when my Nan used to go down to the bakers every morning for a freshly baked loaf.

Still do that daily in France.

Such a shame the UK has lost that way tbh

drakulton · 8 May 2023 at 20:11

We ordered a replacement bread bin from the rain forest. It wouldn't even hold one of those small, single person loaves. Okay for transporting s hamster to the vets, but that's about it. It was returned.

aVdub · 8 May 2023 at 20:14

drakulton said:
We ordered a replacement bread bin from the rain forest. It wouldn't even hold one of those small, single person loaves. Okay for transporting s hamster to the vets, but that's about it. It was returned.

Cut down 3 tree's to make and then returned :cry:

gingergundog · 8 May 2023 at 20:17

robfosters said:
Modern packaged bread is so stuffed full of preservatives, you could keep it anywhere.

Not like the old days when my Nan used to go down to the bakers every morning for a freshly baked loaf.

Isn't that only for cut loaves like Hovis(sry OCUK) etc. The uncut loaves from the bakery section in a supermarket are less likely to have those preservatives?

gingergundog · 8 May 2023 at 20:25

aVdub said:
Still do that daily in France.

Such a shame the UK has lost that way tbh

I reckon a fresh loaf every 2/3 days is optimal, maybe everyday if it was a small loaf that I could maybe use up later in the day. I remember my old man sending me down the shop on a sat morning to pick up the fresh bread, cheese and ham, its like a different world now. Standing there watching the ham being sliced on this massive machine, miss seeing that.

drakulton · 8 May 2023 at 20:27

aVdub said:
Cut down 3 tree's to make and then returned

Pygmies could re-use it as a canoe.

robfosters · 8 May 2023 at 20:35

A whole loaf of bread every day does seem a ridiculous amount to consume.

Back in the old days though, families could have 5 or 6 kids. If everyone has toast that’s at least 14 slices in one hit.

My Nan and grandad got a loaf in the morning and they would have 5 slices for toast, 4 slices for lunch sarnies, 4 slices with dinner and sometimes a bit of cheese on toast for supper.

jpaul · 8 May 2023 at 20:52

we don't buy a 800g loaf daily in france though, it's a 250g baguette ... and that will be hard as nails the following day

don't know what UK smkt packaged bread you buy, but, unless (not good) you keep it in the fridge, it sweats (high water content) and goes off fast sat in a bag , so decanting it into a tub it lasts longer -
bring back home economics lessons.

tom_e · 8 May 2023 at 20:55

gingergundog said:
Isn't that only for cut loaves like Hovis(sry OCUK) etc. The uncut loaves from the bakery section in a supermarket are less likely to have those preservatives?

The bakery ones tend to go stale rather than mouldy whereas the pre packed stuff seems to fine for ages and then goes straight to mouldy and in the bin.

robfosters · 8 May 2023 at 20:56

Warburtons farmhouse for me atm. Lovely bread.

As a kid we always had Mothers pride or Sunblest. Dont think they’re still about.

gingergundog · 8 May 2023 at 21:10

tom_e said:
The bakery ones tend to go stale rather than mouldy whereas the pre packed stuff seems to fine for ages and then goes straight to mouldy and in the bin.

You might be right. I'm ok with stale tbh still good for toast, sometimes better. Normally I'll only eat cut mass produced bread if I am desperate, some of it is ok but much of it has a weird chemical taste to it.

gingergundog · 8 May 2023 at 21:37

robfosters said:
As a kid we always had Mothers pride or Sunblest. Dont think they’re still about.

Blimey that takes me back, amazing the things you forget as you get older. Looks like Mothers Pride is part of the same company as Hovis and Sunblest is part of the same company who make Kingsmill.