Update on moldy bread.
On May 25, 10:49*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in ...
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> >>I bought the new chrome bread box. *I thought it had a window in it but it
> >>did not. *It does have a vent in the back though, which perhaps is
> >>important.
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> >> The bread company never got back to me about my complaint but oddly
> >> enough they had only one lone package of the bread at Winco today.
> >> Normally there are dozens of packages. *I had noticed before that the
> >> bread felt very cold and it did feel cold again today. *They have a rack
> >> for it set up on some meat freezer cases. *I wonder if that could have
> >> anything to do with the cause of the mold? *Perhaps the bread itself
> >> feels cold but perhaps the way the freezer is venting is affecting it?
> >> Or perhaps the way it is stored in the stockroom?
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> >> I checked the front and back pieces of bread well. *Didn't look moldy.
> >> But I was also afraid to buy it. *There was no white bread there at all.
> >> Only the lone package of the wheat. *So what happened to all the other
> >> bread? And there always is a ton! *I doubt that someone bought it all. *I
> >> opted to buy the whole wheat pita instead.
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> >> None of my other bread has gone moldy. *Neither did the bran muffins..
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> > Not sure what your question is. *Natural bread without preservatives goes
> > moldy very quickly so long as it is warm and moist. *The warmer and
> > moister the faster it goes moldy. *Mould spoors are everywhere. *You can
> > keep bread longer by keeping it in the fridge in a tightly sealed bag.
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> There was no question this time. *Apparently you missed my Greek flatbread
> saga. *To try to keep it brief... *I had been buying white Greek flatbread
> for many months. *No problem. *Then daughter went on the South Beach diet.
> So she has to eat whole grains. *I switched to buying the whole wheat Greek
> flatbread. *Same brand, same store.
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> But the whole wheat stuff was going moldy before it expired. *I checked the
> ingredients and it does have preservatives in it so this shouldn't happen..
> I finally wrote to the company after I threw out at least a couple of pieces
> and three entirely new, full packages that went moldy many days before the
> expiration date.
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> I wasn't sure what the problem was. *I didn't really think it was something
> in my home as many here claimed it was. *None of my other bread went moldy.
> But... *I did have a wooden bread box with no ventilation in it. *I have
> gotten rid of that and gotten a new bread box with ventilation.
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> When I wrote to the company I said I didn't know if it was something they
> were doing or something the store was doing. *I just found it odd that the
> store seems to have changed what they are doing. *In the past there were
> always dozens of packages of bread there. *Today there was one. *One whole
> wheat. *No white at all. *So did they check and find that all of the bread
> was bad? *Or...? *I don't know. *Just interesting.
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> The bread company never did write back to me. *I do like their bread. *I
> just don't want to keep wasting *my money on it if it is going to keep going
> bad so quickly. *And it's very disappointing to have your mind set on eating
> bread and hummus for dinner only to find that you have no bread!
Why don't you try making your own?
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