Keeping rye bread and pitta bread

JWBH said:

We have taken to eating Rye bread on a regular basis.

My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread that you slit
open and put things inside, like they use in the middle eastern kebab
shops). However when i decided to put that pitta bread in an air tight
plastic bag (it normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that

it

Quoted message said:

seems to go hard very quickly.

Tell the SONS to get on the stick and take care of the problem
THEMSELVES...LAZY bastids.

Jeez...

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Best
Greg

JWBH wrote on Tue, 08 May 2007 11:17:13 GMT:

J> My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread
J> that you slit open and put things inside, like they use in
J> the middle eastern kebab shops). However when i decided to
J> put that pitta bread in an air tight plastic bag (it
J> normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that it
J> seems to go hard very quickly.

J> Since the air tight bag does not seem to suit the pitta
J> bread, we wonder what is the best way to keep the rye bread?
J> Put it in the fridge? Put it in an air-tight plastic bag, or
J> not?

Keeping in the regular part of the fridge is probably worse than
useless but, in my experience, most breads freeze well (in
closed plastic bags to avoid picking up odors) and can readily
be defrosted in a microwave. If it is sliced bread that you are
going to toast, you don't even need to defrost before toasting.
For frozen bagels, my accidentally discovered technique is to
nuke for 30 seconds and then either split and toast or put in a
cold oven, set for 350F and take out when the oven reaches
temperature.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

JWBH said:

My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread that you slit
open and put things inside, like they use in the middle eastern kebab
shops).

Unleavened? Pita is not unleavened. It is made with yeast. It is flat but
it is leavened.

Quoted message said:

However when i decided to put that pitta bread in an air tight
plastic bag (it normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that it
seems to go hard very quickly.

The pita I get comes in a plastic bag. It keeps for a few days. I usually
brush them with olive oil and warm them. If I am not going to be using them
up within a few days I keep them in the freezer and take them out a few
minutes ahead of time to thaw.

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Quoted message said:

We have taken to eating Rye bread on a regular basis.

My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread that you slit
open and put things inside, like they use in the middle eastern kebab
shops). However when i decided to put that pitta bread in an air tight
plastic bag (it normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that

it

Quoted message said:

seems to go hard very quickly.

Since the air tight bag does not seem to suit the pitta bread,
we wonder what is the best way to keep the rye bread? Put it in the

fridge?

Quoted message said:

Put it in an air-tight plastic bag, or not?

thanks for advice.
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I put it in a zip lock bag and keep it in the fridge.

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JWBH said:

We have taken to eating Rye bread on a regular basis.

My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread that you slit
open and put things inside, like they use in the middle eastern kebab
shops). However when i decided to put that pitta bread in an air tight
plastic bag (it normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that it
seems to go hard very quickly.

Since the air tight bag does not seem to suit the pitta bread,
we wonder what is the best way to keep the rye bread? Put it in the fridge?
Put it in an air-tight plastic bag, or not?

If it's ever been sealed in plastic/cello, anything airtight, it's no
longer bread... if it's ever been frozen, even if it used to be bread,
it's no longer bread. Once out of the oven more than 24 hours it's no
longer bread. Stupidmarkets don't sell bread, that [censored] in plastic
bags, that's bird snacks. Bread is one of those very few foods that
must be purchased fresh every day, kept in a paper sack in a breadbox,
and consumed within that day. And these days most of what's sold as
bread was never bread even right out of the oven... it's no more real
bread than cellulose is real sponge... in fact most of what passes as
bread these days you may as well eat that cellulose sponge. Just
peruse the ingredients label on any packaged bread... unless you have
a degree in chemistry you won't have a clue.

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

JWBH said:

We have taken to eating Rye bread on a regular basis.

Quoted message said:

My son mainly eats pitta bread. ( the unlevened flat bread that you slit
open and put things inside, like they use in the middle eastern kebab
shops). However when i decided to put that pitta bread in an air tight
plastic bag (it normally comes in sellophane bag) my sons complains that it
seems to go hard very quickly.

Quoted message said:

Since the air tight bag does not seem to suit the pitta bread,
we wonder what is the best way to keep the rye bread? Put it in the fridge?
Put it in an air-tight plastic bag, or not?

If it's ever been sealed in plastic/cello, anything airtight, it's no
longer bread... if it's ever been frozen, even if it used to be bread,
it's no longer bread. Once out of the oven more than 24 hours it's no
longer bread. Stupidmarkets don't sell bread, that [censored] in plastic
bags, that's bird snacks. Bread is one of those very few foods that
must be purchased fresh every day, kept in a paper sack in a breadbox,
and consumed within that day. And these days most of what's sold as
bread was never bread even right out of the oven... it's no more real
bread than cellulose is real sponge... in fact most of what passes as
bread these days you may as well eat that cellulose sponge.

Quoted message said:

Just
peruse the ingredients label on any packaged bread... unless you have
a degree in chemistry you won't have a clue.

Well said.

Having a Chemistry degree is a curse ..for I know what junk I am
swallowing....

Must you be so frank about those bread? Let me enjoy my pita bread,
wheat bread, French bread (which I keep it outside and goes hard
within 36 hours and hence a good excuse to throw it away) , my
sourdough bread, none of which I ever freeze thinking that they are
bread. Just let me.