Bread bin

[Llamatron]

What's the point of a bread bin?
What's wrong with just sticking the bread in the cupboard?

[crete]

put it in the fridge

[shaneystar2]

I think it's just one of those tradional things that we do.
I have a bread bin which was my Mothers ..a round enamel bin with a lid .Years ago we didn't have sliced wrapped bread .So a bin kept it dry and crusty and prevented creepy crawlies ,weevils etc getting to it. Also stopped other foodstuffs from tainting the bread possibly.

[fiction-factory]

Not in the fridge.
http://www.stilltasty.com/questions/index/18/page:1
Loads of other sites confirm this

[douglas9401]

We had the best fed birds in Scotland till we decided to keep our bread in the fridge.
No more stale or even mouldy offerings now.

[Cloverjo]

No, not in the fridge, as F-f says. I don't even put mine in a cupboard - not that we eat it. We only have it in the house when anyone is staying over.
I can't see the point in using up worktop space. They all seem way too big for what they do.

[Cloverjo]

Oops, we seem to have resurrected an old thread.

[fiction-factory]

Oh yeah. Confusion cause by two threads one old one new called Bread Bin.

[fiction-factory]

Looks like this one has gone stale now

[douglas9401]

Baguette and bin it then?