"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.
>
Running argument at our house:
My spouse twists the bag (in a wild manly manner!) then puts the tie "ABOVE
the twists! It immediately untwists, of course. I say, why twist? This
makes me nuts! tee hee