i bought some cheap bread the other day to make bread sauce & now its 5 days old it smells really strongly of nail polish remover  anyone have any idea why? normally have locally made wholemeal bread & never smelled it lke this before, its put me right offf buying cheap mass market bread again!!

I dont keep bread past 2 days,3 at the max,after that it goes to the birds.It probably smells funny coz it's 5 days old

Ooh I love bread sauce!

I would think it has gone off though - I tend to use bread up to max. 3 days (an uncut loaf from Sainsbury's bakery, say)
but after that it has usually gone or is overly stale.

Sam - are you sure your lovely local bread isn't full of preservatives?! :P

(Only joking!! )

Lindsay
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its acetic acid.....the very same stuff as in nail polish..............it has something to do with being able to use less yeast in the bread but really reduces shelf life [ as you found out!]...as the saying goes....ya gets what ya pays for!.....lol
Pauline

We keep bread in a large freezer bag in the fridge and it lasts for ages :)

Daisy

>We keep bread in a large freezer bag in the fridge and it lasts for ages

Yeah it does last longer in the fridge,but it also goes all hard and not a nice texture for making sandwiches... I need my bread to be soft and fresh.

I've also noticed,the cheaper the bread the stranger the mould is when it goes off.The last loaf of cheap bread i bought went black,different to the normal green colour, and it stained my hands AND my clothes

It doesn't go hard in you keep it in a sealed plastic bag :) We always use Klippits to seal bags etc - the best invention in the kitchen of the last 20 years :D :D

Daisy

Last time I bought 'plastic' bread it went black very quickly despite being in the fridge   also it stank like bathroom sealant would't eat the stuff if I was paid! - thankfully I don't have to as I'm wheat and Gluten free now :D

Haven't tried keeping 'plastic' bread :D Only buy wholemeal and, occasionaly, French bread and speciality bread :)

Daisy

I keep sliced bread in the freezer and when defrosted it's as fresh as the day it was bought :) 

Tyby what do you put the bread in to defrost it? I do not seem to have cracked the technique it is always a bit soggy or crusty. Joany

I store my bread in the freezer; I just take it out when I'm ready to use it. If I want the whole loaf I take it out in the original packaging. If I want a couple slices I carefully pull them off (you can usually find a couple that come off easily) and leave them on the counter to thaw. It only takes a few minutes. It's never soggy and is still soft. I find refrigerating it make it hard but not freezing.

Lori beat me to it, Joany :-D
I do more or less the same - just take out the number of slices I'll need for each day and put them in a food bag inside the bread bin. 
If you forget you can also defrost a few slices quickly using the microwave on a low setting :)

Do peeps find frozen bread is better if defrosted in a food bag, or if just left out on a bread board?

(I'm talking sliced wholemeal or white, here...:) ).

I'm asking as I've kind of had mixed results.

Lindsay
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We always defrost in the bag that it was frozen in :) We've never had a problem with frozen bread - but it is important to make sure that the bag is sealed properly and doesn't have holes in. Normal sliced bread freezes well in the bag just as it comes from the shop :)

If I buy crusty bread, I always put it into a freezer bag before storing it in the fridge (or freezer). It always goes rock hard if not put in a bag :)

Daisy

Lindsay - I find it stays fresher when defrosted in some kind of food bag, rather than left out on the worktop.
:)

well the geese ate it in the end & are still alive  but think i wil stick to our normal source of bread from now on, rather than mass produced chemical filled stuff

If I leave it out on the board it's only for about 5 minutes. If left out uncovered it would go dry.

Thanks guys, will experiment again. I usually get bakery bread but now and again do need to freeze some...

Lindsay
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