Leftovers

Food is too precious to waste; a truth that can be forgotten when so much is sold relatively (and even unrealistically) cheaply, but less so when you have paid an honest price or crafted it yourself.

“Wasting Real Bread? Who does that?”, you might ask, but these things happen, even to those of us who try our darnedest to avoid it.

There are several ways of reducing bread waste, including double checking with yourself (and your bread bin) how much you really need to buy or bake; choosing to make genuine sourdough (the process has a natural preservative effect); using a wetter dough, which slows staling; not putting bread in the refrigerator, which speeds staling; and slicing a loaf to freeze so you can keep it for when it’s needed.