Since I've been baking more bread at home, I found it usually was no good the next day. So I bought a bread bin (I think they are called bread boxes in the US), viz:
And now a home made loaf is good for 3 days.
But, I have no bloody idea how it works and google doesn't seem to have anything that explains the reason it works. Wikipedia only says:
Breadboxes are thus designed to:
Keep their contents at room temperature, prolonging edible storage time.
Have a lid loose enough to allow airflow, reducing condensation, which helps to prevent the formation of mould
Have a lid tight enough to protect their contents from mice and other pests.
Well, it is at room temperature on the counter, as well as on the counter in a bread bin so bollocks to that.
I don't have mice or other pests so bollocks to that.
And it's not going mouldy, just stale and hard if it is not kept in bread box.
So, I am still at a loss as to the actual reason how/why it works.
Any sciencey people understand it?
And now a home made loaf is good for 3 days.
But, I have no bloody idea how it works and google doesn't seem to have anything that explains the reason it works. Wikipedia only says:
Breadboxes are thus designed to:
Keep their contents at room temperature, prolonging edible storage time.
Have a lid loose enough to allow airflow, reducing condensation, which helps to prevent the formation of mould
Have a lid tight enough to protect their contents from mice and other pests.
Well, it is at room temperature on the counter, as well as on the counter in a bread bin so bollocks to that.
I don't have mice or other pests so bollocks to that.
And it's not going mouldy, just stale and hard if it is not kept in bread box.
So, I am still at a loss as to the actual reason how/why it works.
Any sciencey people understand it?
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