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(Alex Rast) wrote in message >...
> at Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:15:58 GMT in
> >,
> (William Parrish) wrote :
>
> >My wife (and therefore, my children) and I have for years had this
> >nutty disagreement as to whether it is best to:
> >
> >1.) Simply retwist the plastic or paper covered wire around the bag
> >(to, supposedly, reseal the bread)
> >
> >or
> >
> >2.) Hold the open end of the bread bag, spin the sucker, thereby
> >twisting the loose bread bag material (plastic of some sort?), and
> >laying the bread bag on top of the loose, twisted end so as to secure
> >the tightly twisted area.
>
> Neither. IMHO the best is a combination of both. First, spin the bag as per
> Method 2. Then, get a twist tie and twist it tightly round the twisted area
> of the bag. This prevents untwisting and adds more seal.
>
> Or, better still, don't use the old bag at all. Use a zip-loc bag.
>
> Note that using any plastic bag will accelerate moulding, though. A paper
> bag prevents this problem but of course accelerates staling. Thus, it is
> best for long-term storage to freeze it, generally in Zip-Locs.

NO. no. no.

If you simply twist the tie around the 'spun' section, the 'spun'
section will UNspin. You would have to double over the spun section,
THEN twist the tie around it. Don't you see? Try it.

Re. the paper bag and the freezing: We are talking about 4 to 7 days
here, so freezing isn't on the table... so to speak.

[Their going to lock us up, ya know?]