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How can I make bread 'stale'..quickly!

  • 01-02-2008 4:43pm
    #1
    olaola
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    I'm doing a roast chicken for dinner tonight... am putting the bird in the oven at 5:30, and I'm going to stuff it.
    Ting is - just bought the bread for the stuffing... it's too soft.

    Any tips? Microwave it? Oven it? Lightly toast it??


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  • #2
    Alun
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    I'd slice it and leave it somewhere warm, like the hot press maybe.


  • #3
    catho_monster
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    Definitely not the microwave, that'll only make it soggy.
    If it was me, and Alun's plan hadn't worked to the sufficient staleness, i'd stick it in the oven for a bit...


  • #4
    Dizzyblonde
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    I use fresh bread for stuffing, I don't think it makes any difference really. And the breadcrumbs you buy in the supermarket are always fresh too.


  • #5
    Alun
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    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    I use fresh bread for stuffing, I don't think it makes any difference really. And the breadcrumbs you buy in the supermarket are always fresh too.
    It depends a bit on how you make the breadcrumbs. If you do it by hand and use really fresh bread you can end up with little doughy bits. Personally, I do it in the food processor, a bit at a time, and even with relatively fresh bread you get pretty decent crumbs although they tend to be quite coarse. If you want finer breadcrumbs, stale bread is yer only man.


  • #6
    olaola
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    Well it's upstairs snuggling with my pillowcases, so will see how that works out!


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  • #7
    Pigletlover
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    Just lay the slices out across the kitchen table or worktop, they actually start to go hard at the edges and curl slightly really quickly. If the bread is really fresh (as in baked today) it might take a little longer so I'd lay the slices out on a baking tray and stick them in a low oven (50 C max) for a few minutes each side.


  • #8
    olaola
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    Hot press wasn't warm enough... so lashed them on the radiator.

    Wasn't ideal, but it still tasted great - Everyone ate it anyway! :D

    Thanks for the tips!


  • #9
    Overheal
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    I had to use bread ccrumbs for a macaroni cheese bake - I figured since I was already grating 2 blocks of cheese for it I'd go ahead and grate the bread using the superfine grate-holes. Worked great. No doughy bits either: just get a big clump of bread in your hands and grate away.

    My arm is sore.


  • #10
    TequilaMockingBird
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    olaola wrote: »
    Hot press wasn't warm enough... so lashed them on the radiator.

    Wasn't ideal, but it still tasted great - Everyone ate it anyway! :D

    Thanks for the tips!


    I'm laughing at the vision of you taking slices of bread out of the airing cupboard and placing them on the radiators!!! Weird mental picture!:)


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