Kitchen

[Meeras]

i used berad box for years

[Still Raining]

Thanks for the information betteb, I always thought mine tasted better when it was left out but had not idea why.

[Mominohio]

My mom used to have a metal bread box, in the gold of the 1970's. I have purchased the TT ceramic one, and use it for everything but bread.

The traditional drop front bread box takes up way too much room for my kitchen, but it is really handy to have bread, bagels, english muffins and crackers at the ready.

I have a deep drawer (one of a series of drawers in my cabinets) that we use as a bread drawer.

[Vamp]

I had one until a few years ago. It didn't keep the bread any fresher, just out of sight on the counter top. Mine had a cutting board in the door that you could use when the door was open. I'm sure they still sell them.

[Trix]

I always thought the old bread boxes were more for counter tidiness rather than preserving freshness. Bread was never intended to be an item which should be kept for weeks. My breadbox today is a Debbie Meyer bread container. It supposed to be ok on a countertop, but due to counter space limits, I keep mine in the refrigerator. I think it really helps keep the bread fresh longer, but it was engineered to do that. This is great for me because it allows me to keep a supply of bagels and rolls handy.

[Sweetbay magnolia]

I've recently considered the TT bread box (on that site), but I would probably keep other things in it, as I freeze our bread products as soon as I buy them. A couple of slices take just minutes to thaw and they are often toasted, anyway. The toaster has a defrost mode, also. I enjoy the convenience and freshness of storing it in the freezer.

We had a bread drawer as a kid, built into the cabinets.

[nomless]

I have a pretty wooden one at Target, but I don't keep bread in it. It's where I store all the papers that accumulate in the kitchen.....mail I need to go through, coupons, receipts and the like. It keeps the clutter at bay.

[Madisson]

On 12/3/2014 nomless said:

I have a pretty wooden one at Target, but I don't keep bread in it. It's where I store all the papers that accumulate in the kitchen.....mail I need to go through, coupons, receipts and the like. It keeps the clutter at bay.

Great idea! I don't have a bread box, but my mother had one when I was a child.

[morganjen]

Oooh, those are a sore spot for me. Used a big, heavy, wooden one for years until I put it out in the garage to give to his daughter. Later, something (me?) caused it to tumble down onto my husband's motorcycle, denting the top of the fender. It unceremoniously got smashed to bits by him on the driveway...

[chickenbutt]

I have one of those antique Lustro Ware breadboxes in red that I really like. But I wouldn't store bread in it unless it was inside of something else.

I'm, probably not surprisingly, pretty squeamish about bread so I used to only keep it for a couple of days before I couldn't eat it. Consequently, I didn't buy bread much because I also hate waste. But now I keep it in a Lock & Lock container and it will stay fresh for over two weeks.