Do you like the heel of the bread?

The Coffee Shop
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I think it is the best slice and will pull the whole loaf out of a bag to take both of them at once.

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I’m somewhere in the ‘don’t mind it” to “yes, it’s affirmatively good” part of the spectrum.

Depends on the type of bread and its use case. PB&J on untoasted white bread - not so much. Toasted sourdough for a chicken sandwich with cheese, mayo and sauerkraut - sign me up.

But at the end of the day, in my house my role in re: bread heels is to be the human garbage disposal for still-edible food that nobody else wants but we don’t want to waste.

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For sandwiches - Nope. I only eat it when I need the heel to give me two pieces. And it is funny you ask, because I just sat down with a sandwich that uses the heel because I didn’t have enough bread without it.

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Only if I cut it from the bread when it has just come out of the oven and is still crunchy.

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And in these situations, is the heel turned crust side out or crust side in?

Matt

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crust side out for me

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The only correct answer.

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Great for pbj. Not optimal for grilled cheese. Great for making croutons.

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Not if you don’t want your kid to know you gave them the crust!

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For Dutch people’s they are called cuppie"s. Generally avoided for some reason.

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I save them to make school lunch ends-only sandwiches when the kids are getting too entitled.

If they’re thin sliced I’ll eat them with fried eggs in the morning, thick ones go to the chickens.

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They know, they see all…

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Fresh bread right out of the oven with butter - hell yes. What I usually eat - no. It doesn’t help my usual is gluten free “bread”, which isn’t great to start with. The heels are worse.

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Wouldn’t touch it when I was growing up, now I dig it. Definitely great for croutons.

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This. It’s like eating a sandwich made of crusts.

So, a hard no for sandwiches.
A maybe for making croutons out of them.

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It can be hard to get the toasting right, but it’s worth trying.

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Only good for French Toast.

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I will eat it - but only after all of the interior slices have been consumed. I theorize that keeping both ends in the bag helps keep the bread fresher for longer, as they cap the other slices and prevent air from reaching them as easily.

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the heel isn’t good for french toast! It doesn’t soak the egg/milk as well!

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you people make your own CROUTONS? I guess that is something I need to try.