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[userkevinchien]

i like to live on the edge so i eat them as well :3

 

[entremet]

Garbage.

 

[Monocle]

Avoiding the ends of a bread loaf isn't just abnormal, it's perverse. Everyone knows the crust is the best part.

 

[suzu]

I don't like the ends or the crust. lol

I will eat it if I'm making like a grilled sandwich.

 

[krae_man]

I like them but I normally save them until the end. I have no idea if it's true or not but my brain thinks keeping the end pieces will help prevent the rest of the loaf from going stale and hard as quickly. Like the outer crust is more resistant to air or something :lol

 

[overcast]

I don't eat them.

You ever have a PB&J composed entirely of the ends? Shit is a nightmare.

 

[Damaniel]

End slices on mass market, pre-packaged bread (especially white bread) are pure garbage.

End slices on home made bread loaves are heavenly. Hot, crusty... I should really make some bread.

 

[The Real Abed]

They're basically garbage. In fact, when I open a loaf, I grab from the middle.

 

[Jamie OD]

I think it's normal. I know I rarely eat them.

 

[.GqueB.]

Tell your friend to buy a better brand of bread.

It has nothing to do with brand. It's how his parents did it and it's pretty much the same as me. I've been doing that for as long as I remember and I'm not even sure why. It's automatic at this point.

 

[I'm an expert]

End slices on mass market, pre-packaged bread (especially white bread) are pure garbage.

End slices on home made bread loaves are heavenly. Hot, crusty... I should really make some bread.

What this guy said. But fuck that I'll eat the end of any loaf of bread first. When I open any bag I reach my hand all the way in to the other side to grab the other end cause I need that shit NAO. Fuckin gaf, first sitting while peeing, now this.

 

[arab]

communist

 

[Himynameischris]

I skip the first part only until I reach the end then I use them together in a sandwich.

 

[sikkinixx]

I keep them in the freezer until I have a bunch, then bake them until rock hard and make my own bread crumbs. Don't prefer to eat them *store bought mind you, when I bake my own they get eaten while still warm*

 

[A Human Becoming]

Always avoid them with packaged sliced bread, but I probably shouldn't. I sometimes do for other types of bread too, but less commonly.

 

[DJ_Lae]

On Wonderbread I can see avoiding them as it's limp-wristed crust anyway and half the time the end slices are thinner than a slice anyway. Combine that with Wonder bread having the density of toilet paper and you have a recipe for disaster.

With homemade bread, however, the end pieces are the best part. I always steal the first slice for myself after taking a loaf out of the bread maker because it's all deliciously crunchy.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Nobody eats end pieces, that's what birds are for.

 

[Symphonia]

I usually make toast out of them.

Toasted crusts are the bomb.

 

[I'm an expert]

Nobody eats end pieces, that's what birds are for.

Of some shit super market packaged bread, I get it, but on any bakery or Italian or French bread I'd slap the shit out of you if you didn't inhale the ends.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Grilled cheese, yo

 

[bobbychalkers]

I don't mind them but I only use them for sandwiches. I never eat the 2 pieces together though, I just pair them off with a middle slice. They make pretty good struggle hotdog buns though.

 

[Mudkips]

That bread is reserved for ducks. It's the law.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

I love em. They go great as the top slice of a sandwich. You guys know what they call the ends in spanish?

Spoiler

Suegras

 

[Ryaaan14]

Cat treat.

 

[Skerj]

The fuck! Is that to commit suicide?

It's from Trailer Park Boys, although I do believe that it can also be used to commit suicide.

 

[Kater]

I eat the ends of the bread too. It's perfect to dip into some tomato soup.

(Don't throw good food away while other creatures on this planet starve to death! )

 

[Konka]

I use them to make my own croutons.

 

[Stinkles]

Th In fact, when I open a loaf, I grab from the middle.

MADNESS

 

[senahorse]

We make our own bread, and goddam the ends (crusts) are the best bit. Fresh out of the oven, still warm, a bit of butter, so damn good.

 

[Kid Ska]

Of course. Who would eat those foul things?

 

[Hazmat]

I always wonder what kind of bread people are talking about when this topic comes up. My sandwich bread is really cheap, and in addition to being mostly crust the end pieces are only half as thick as a regular slice. That means that they get used for toast if they're left and I want toast, otherwise they get tossed.

Now, when I buy a decent loaf of bread that costs more like $4-$5, every last bit of that gets eaten because it's delicious. Basically, the crust of nice bread has an awesome crunchy flavor, but the crust of American sandwich bread is just dry.

 

[Shambles]

Bread is bread, you people are crazy to avoid it just because it's a different colour and a tiny bit tougher? Do you only ever eat the softest bread in the world? If someone bought you a loaf of rye would you just throw the whole thing out since the inside of it will be just as tough as a normal crust? Do you peel buns like an apple? It's madness!

If I'm making toast I might skip the first two pieces since the crust slice might be really thin and not serve toast well. I keep the 2nd one so when I end up making a sandwich for it there is another piece of bread that's shape is a perfect match to the crust piece

 

[MNC]

Those are the best parts you motherfuckers

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

I always ate the end slices of bread growing up, since the rest of my family avoided them. I never understood why.

 

[Auron_Kale]

I actually save them for last. Toasted up, they seem to hold more butter due to not being as porous as regular slices.

Same goes for French loaves, love the ends.

 

[Miles X]

I don't just skip the first 'end' I go straight to the middle, by time I reach either end it's gone off and fed to the ducks.

 

[I'm an expert]

I don't get the toasting the ends thing. Do you not toast regular pieces too? Why differentiate?

 

[Diprosalic]

wonderbread,

i googled this. wtf americans, you eat this shit? disgusting.

do you have real bread?

 

[Sethos]

Best piece.

 

[Alaskanbullworm]

End pieces are really good as toast

 

[soco]

I eat the ends last because I find the crust tends to be slightly more resistant to becoming stale than the actual bread itself. Thus leaving the ends in the bread in the bag, I find tends to keep the rest in better condition.

Plus, doing a PB&J or some other creamy sandwich kind of thing works best with the ends.

 

[Riposte]

If you are in kindergarten, yes.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

Bread makes you fat.

Bread makes you FAT?! :O

 

[Huevos de Oro]

I don't toss away good food. They are in the bag, they get eaten like the rest of the slices, even if they are a bit deformed I don't discriminate.

 

[Slowdive]

I never eat them.

 

[fredrancour]

I was always taught that the end slice dries out ever so slightly, so leave the crust there til you're done with the loaf to mitigate that deterioration.

My mother loves bread-ends. I would say that she were lying to save them for herself but I've actually noticed that the slices closer to the opening are less soft when I don't save the end slice for last, so I guess she wasn't full of crap.

Sliced bread has nasty crust anyway.

 

[VASPER]

you know why there is bread ends right? Its so you don't have to tighten the end of the bag and still have fresh bread, the only slice that goes bad is the end.

 

[Cat]

More common than I would have thought, based on the replies in this thread. I avoid the ends too.

 

[2MF]

One word: dog.

 

[Derwind]

It is but you're a selfish, wasteful fuck if you do.

Seriously tho, its normal but I usually eat the ends anyways. It doesn't boyher me.