When you open a fresh loaf

[powellrj]

Love the heel on homemade bread and will eat it well buttered. Commercial bread, no, will always go a few slices back.

 

[ronandannette]

Cake hump???? That's another unknown term to me. Do you mean this?

If it makes you feel any better, I despise the crumbs and dust in the bottom of a cereal box.

{{sigh}} Heavens no... it's the rounded top of a cake that you slice off to make nice, uniform and flat layers. Where did you learn important stuff like this before you met me?

 

[dotfurio]

The end pieces stay in the bag until they're all that's left. I honestly don't know why I don't just it throw away as soon as I open the bag.

 

[kimblebee]

{{sigh}} Heavens no... it's the rounded top of a cake that you slice off to make nice, uniform and flat layers. Where did you learn important stuff like this before you met me?

I've never heard cake hump before. That part usually just gets eaten with a glass of milk. As for the end pieces, I call them the crust and I bypass them for the pieces in the middle of the loaf. They're the biggest..

 

[ksjayhawks]

No, I leave the end piece in place. It helps keep the next slice soft, not dried out. Toward the end of the loaf, I'll use the end piece as one side of a sandwich.

This is what I do as well.

 

[aprilgail]

The first 2 pieces go right into the garbage- no sense keeping them in the bag when they will just sit there and then get thrown out later!

 

[ten6mom]

I save the heels to make toast out of. Sandwiches for my little guy are made with the non-heel pieces.

 

[AppleDumpling]

No one in my family likes the ends. We leave them in the bag until the rest of the loaf is eaten, then toss them in the yard for the birds. Except for crusty style bread like Italian or a French baguette; those we eat.

 

[threecrazykids]

My dog always gets the first and last pieces (the heels) UNLESS it's summer here in Iowa. Then the heels are saved for buttering sweet corn! They hold up like champs in that dept. Otherwise the dog comes running when he hears the bread sack start to crinkle.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

I never heard of bread heels or cake humps either.

When opening a new loaf, I'll take the end and the next piece. I'm not fussy. But I often buy rye bread (with caraway seeds) in those smaller packages, where the end pieces are already removed.

 

[HM]

The heel is left behind to 'protect' the inside pieces. I take the 2nd and 3rd piece for my sandwich. The heel is now keeping the 4th piece moist.

 

[wishesuponastar]

The ends are put in the freezer to use when making meatballs.

 

[RedAngie]

{{sigh}} Heavens no... it's the rounded top of a cake that you slice off to make nice, uniform and flat layers. Where did you learn important stuff like this before you met me?

How could <I> be expected to know about such plebeian trifles??? I have a personal pastry chef to bake my cakes. He works for me the one day per year that GDD lets him have a day off.

 

[ronandannette]

How could <I> be expected to know about such plebeian trifles??? I have a personal pastry chef to bake my cakes. He works for me the one day per year that GDD lets him have a day off.

Riiiiiight (I totally asked for that, didn't I). Well, he seems like a good guy from what I can tell. Pretty sure he'd save the humps for you if you asked him.

 

[jevs]

Riiiiiight (I totally asked for that, didn't I). Well, he seems like a good guy from what I can tell. Pretty sure he'd save the humps for you if you asked him.

Humps has a totally different meaning in 'Straya Netts

 

[Prose]

The end piece is the Tupperware of the loaf....keeps the next piece from drying out. Leave it in.

 

[North of Mouse]

of bread and got the heel staring at you, do you eat it ?

I take the two pieces behind it, and put it back, leaving the dilemma for the next person

Maybe I'm a bit of minority - but I 'love' the ends! Can't stand regular 'white' loaf breads - my bread has to have some 'substance' to it - whole grains/nuts, etc.

The plastic wrapper bag keeps ours fresh, doesn't matter whether the first/end heel is left there.

 

[North of Mouse]

What is a 'stump' from romaine lettuce? I love the whole crunch - down to the base (root).

 

[RedAngie]

Riiiiiight (I totally asked for that, didn't I). Well, he seems like a good guy from what I can tell. Pretty sure he'd save the humps for you if you asked him.

Seriously, I never heard of a cake hump before. I don't think I've ever baked a layer cake, so no leveling off the hump was necessary. But now that you mentioned it, yes, I do recall seeing some type of Wilton adjustable height saw to insure uniform levels.

On the rare occasions I do bake, I use a tube or Bundt pan, or make a rectangular sheet cake. Or cupcakes.

 

[RedAngie]

What is a 'stump' from romaine lettuce? I love the whole crunch - down to the base (root).

I suppose it's the last inch or so of white next to where it was cut from the ground.

Look!!! You can regrow romaine from the stumps......I tried this with celery a few times before.