A LOAF OF CRUSTS

Erm... have I been eating bread wrong? 

It’s just that there’s a story out today about a lady who found a whole loaf of crusts. All crusts and no slices, sealed up in a Kingsmill wrapper!

"It's not funny first thing in the morning, when you have half an hour to get the kids to school and there's no time to get another loaf," she said.

What?

You do know, don’t you, that crusts are... still bread? They’re not like the skin on an Edam or a ream of banana peel! You can still eat them!

As I read the article I started to wonder though, whether it was me that was in the minority...

“The mum-of-two posted photos of the find on [flumpbook] and friends shared ways to use the crusts and old sayings about the benefits of eating them.”

Do most people...  throw the crusts away because they ‘don’t want curly hair or a hairy chest’? That’s just mad. Isn’t it? It’s still bread! Are the kitchen wastebins of England full of loaf-ends? There’s nothing wrong with the crust!

Kingsmill (who come across as baffled as to how this could have happened, even though it seems fairly obvious) have already apologised and sent her a replacement. A replacement!

Well. I might be a weirdo it seems, for saying it but I don’t care - I eat the crusts. Every time. I’m a happy crust-crunching customer (you can’t say that with a mouthful of toast, I discovered). They’re excellent for buttering, and they stay firm because they’re a little thicker.

“Maybe I'd like curly hair but I don't want a hairy chest," she added.

"I don't mind eating them. I love baguettes with butter on them, or an end of sourdough or tiger bread, but these ends are not as tasty.”

"You can't make sandwiches with them and the kids won't eat them."

Well, yes you can. Sure it’s not quite as easy, and no they’re not as congruous, but if you had to if, for example you found that all you had in the breadbin was a loaf of crusts, I still argue that the creation of a sandwich is largely possible without sending off for a new one, or reinventing the laws of physics.