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MeAndTheBoys
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3626
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 5:31 pm: | 
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Crazy, I know.
Shortly after the Peapod man dropped off my groceries, before I could get them all put away, when I turned my back for a moment, child #3 stepped on the bag with my 2 loaves of bread and smushed them pretty badly!
Any way to get them to spring back to their original shape, or will we be eating smushed bread sandwhiches for the next week or so? |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14006
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 5:35 pm: |
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Make french toast?
Maybe incorporate smushed bread pieces into an omelette or something.
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las
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Username: Las
Post Number: 1702
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 7:20 pm: |
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Me, I can't imagine the synapses that occurred in your brain that led you to ask this question. I am fascinated. Really.  |
Fabulouswalls
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Username: Fabulouswalls
Post Number: 57
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 7:28 pm: |
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Get a straw.
Carefully place the bread on your dining room table leaving it in the sealed bag.
Call your kids into the room.
Make a small hole in the bag with the straw. Don't put the straw in the bread.
Have your kids walk around the table chanting 'Rise, Rise, Rise....' over and over again.
Slowly blow into the straw until the bread gets back into shape.
CAUTION!!!! DO NOT TRY TO MAKE THE BREAD BIGGER THAN IT WAS!!
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sbenois
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Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 14985
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 7:28 pm: |
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Make a small hole in the end of the bag that does not have the opening. Then take a hair dryer (clean) and blow warm (not hot) air through the open end for about 90 seconds over the bread.
Report back. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2248
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 7:44 pm: |
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Seriously - what Tom suggested is a good idea. We used to make "scrambled french toast" a lot - basically ripped up pieces of bread, egg, and a little milk - cook in a skillet like you would cook scrambled eggs. Serve with maple syrup. Yummy, and less messing around than "real" french toast.
Or, similarly, make bread pudding.
I don't think there is any way to really un-squash the bread. |
Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 642
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:24 pm: |
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This is simple. You use the same procedure for putting toothpaste back in the tube -- only backwards.
J.B. |
Jersey Boy
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Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 643
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:26 pm: |
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Oh I forgot this:
J.B. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4880
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:37 pm: |
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You don't. You feed it to the ducks! Ooops, I forgot. you aren't allowed to anymore! Well, if you get caught, just tell the police you're feeding the fish! |
MeAndTheBoys
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3628
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:42 pm: |
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You're all a big bunch of meanies.
So, I guess, what it comes down to, is we're having smushed bread sandwiches until we use up all the smushed bread. I do, however, like CLK's idea (sounds yummy). |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7492
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:52 pm: |
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Use a rolling pin and make roll-ups? |
sbenois
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Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 14989
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 8:56 pm: |
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Have you tried what I suggested? |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4884
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 10:39 pm: |
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Sbenois-
were you being serious?
Me- I don't think the ducks, ooops I mean fish, would think feeding them would be mean.
Do your kids like meatballs or meatloaf? Maybe you can mix it in the meat? Or as someone else mentioned, bread pudding? Mem might have some suggestions. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14021
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 10:41 pm: |
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Like duck soup?
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las
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Username: Las
Post Number: 1704
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 8:36 am: |
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Me, how's your loaf today? |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2251
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 8:42 am: |
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Is it really illegal now to feed the ducks?
That's a relief - I would never do it, and my kid used to get really aggravated with me because all the other kdis were allowed. ;-) |
melicious
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Username: Melicious
Post Number: 424
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:26 am: |
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Oddly enough, I have this problem all the time.
I just use cookie cutters and cut the bread (made into sandwiches) into shapes.
YUP, smooshed bread can be conquered!!!!
I EMPOWER YOU TO CONQUER THE BREAD!!! Laugh in its face!!!
Okay, done,
m |
LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1636
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 10:10 am: |
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Did you ever smush up a piece of bread into a ball when you were a kid and just eat it that way? Was I just a weird kid or did other people do that?
Anyway, maybe you can have your kids just smush the already smushed pieces into balls to get their bread intake. I think it tastes better that way anyway. |
ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4681
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 10:33 am: |
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I did that Lilb. My sister and i would even mold it into a cube and then nibble away at it. Kids are wierd, but hey.
If I had a squished loaf, I would turn it into bread crumbs in the cuisinart and put into a ziplock bag and put into the freezer for when I needed breadcrumbs.
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MeAndTheBoys
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3633
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:07 pm: |
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My loaves are still smushed. Thanks for asking las.
All these alternative suggestions are wonderful. Problem is, we go through 2 loaves of bread a week here, and it's mostly used for sandwhiches. Ocassionally, we have french toast for breakfast on the weekends. Very rarely do I cook anything with breadcrumbs. Haven't the slightest idea how to make bread pudding, and I'm not even sure I like bread pudding or if you can make it with whole wheat bread. We don't eat meat so I can't put it in a meatloaf or meatballs. And I really need to make "full-size" sandwiches, since my kids eat so little to begin with.
As for all the rest of the suggestions, I know it's a crazy question and fully expected folks to have some fun at my expense!  However, I've gotten so much useful information from this board, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Maybe I should just call the company that makes the bread and see if they have any ideas! 
Ah well. Lesson learned. Get the damn bread up off the floor when the Peapod man delivers so no one can step on it again! |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2257
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:19 pm: |
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You love bread pudding. Everybody loves bread pudding. I only ever use whole wheat bread and it is the easiest thing to make. I've often wondered why people don't eat this for breakfast as it really doesn't have a lot of sugar in it - probably less than most breakfast cereals.
Bread Pudding
3-5 cups bread, cut into cubes or torn into little pieces
3 eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar or brown sugar
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
Mix everything together. Put into a casserole. Bake in a 350 oven for an hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
If you really want to be fussy, put your casserole into a pan of water before you put it in the oven. That will prevent hard crunchies on the sides of the casserole dish.
You can throw in chopped up apple, banana, chocolate chips, chopped up dried apricots, really whatever you feel like instead of the raisins.
Or leave out the sugar and put in shredded cheese, chopped up ham etc. Makes a nice brunch dish. |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 3063
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:21 pm: |
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Also use a little vanilla extract. Yum. |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2258
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:29 pm: |
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Oh, right - thanks wendyn. And some nutmeg, maybe 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. I always forget to mention spices when I give recipes. ;-) |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2259
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:34 pm: |
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PS you can also do bread pudding in a crock-pot, if you have one and if your casserole dish will fit into the crock pot insert. Put a trivet or some balled-up aluminum foil into the crock pot, put your casserole in, fill with water about half-way up the side of your casserole dish. Cook on high for 2-3 hours. It comes out GREAT in a crock pot.
I have a big pot of bread pudding sitting in my fridge at home right now, if Mr. CLK hasn't eaten it all up already. Now I want to go home and eat it! |
ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4685
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:36 pm: |
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Never use bread crumbs? How do you make your meatloaf then? How do you make your eggplant parmesan? Or Chicken parmesan? And what about broiled tomatoes with bread crumb/parm topping? Kids love chicken parm. and eggplant parm, they love too, but you can't tell them that it's eggplant cause kids don't like the name, sounds yucky! |
ffof
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Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4686
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:37 pm: |
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I think I'm gonna make some bread pudding. Thanks, clk. |
MeAndTheBoys
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3634
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:37 pm: |
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Thanks. Seems easy enough. Perhaps I'll give it a try. Do I trim off crust or just throw that in too? Cooked raisins gross me out, something about the texture, but the apples sound yummy. Do you think I could throw in some cinnamon along with or instead of the nutmeg if I put in apples? Something about apples and cinnamon--seems like they should always be together. |
Wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2412
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:39 pm: |
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ffof, meand said they don't eat meat. I assume she means the kids as well. I agree about the eggplant though. Kids actually like eggplant parm and I certainly don't mind lying for a nutritious cause. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 887
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:49 pm: |
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You can make bread pudding into "Queen's Pudding" by spreading the top of the cooked bread pudding with a healthy layer of raspberry jam and then carefully spreading meringue on top of the jam until it is completely covered and all the edges are touching the sides of the casserole (or it will shrink while baking) and then bake until the meringue is cooked with browned peaks.
Double yum!
(and you certainly can do it with whole wheat bread) |
CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 2260
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 1:51 pm: |
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Crust - yes (though some will tell you no - but I always put it in - I even use the heels)
Cinnamon - absolutely! Maybe 1 tsp - cinnamon you can use more freely than nutmeg as nutmeg can be bitter if you overdo it. |
MeAndTheBoys
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Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3635
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 2:19 pm: |
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To borrow a phrase from mem: this thread is making me hungry! |
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