Why is Bread in Japan SO EXPENSIVE??

[@Ash_Wen-li]

"I don't think I've ever bought bread that was not pre-sliced in my life" To be fair, this is coming from the guy that thinks all bread tastes the same

[@SgtPotShot]

He probably bought pretzels and thought they were salty baguettes.

[@Tiasung]

He said the opposite: ''I don't think ive ever bought bread that's *not* been pre-sliced''

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@Tiasung I'm surprised no one else caught my typo

[@ile9223]

Really? You do know the freshness quality is expired mush faster?

[@alfredsrensen1277]

Just my thought. No wonder he doesn't like bread...

[@albalupus4525]

I'm german, and we often put our glorious bread in the freezer and we also always put eggs in the fridge, thats what those egg holder trays in the fridge door are for. But ice in beer, that is just unacceptable...

[@hiymanhphi4035]

I feel Like a hypcrite as German who Likes His Beer cold and a Vietnamese who Puts ice in his beer

[@rufioh]

The egg holder trays are because some people like to put eggs in the fridge. But if the supermarket sells the eggs outside a fridge area, you don’t have to refrigerate the eggs

[@animefreakjex]

@@rufioh In Belgium, they sell eggs in the fridge so we put them in the fridge.

[@yacc636]

As a german i have to say 1 up to 2 small ice cubes in the beer are acceptable in the heat of summer but other than that? no.

[@tharealmb]

Dutch here, also put the bread in the freezes. You just let it sit and it is fine and as if fresh... Instead of being moldy and crusty. So I agree with Joey. And especially when you're gonna toast it, does it even matter?

[@Casiv]

I'm German and my mom keeps a loaf or two of bread in the freezer as "backup". As someone from the superior bread country I declare this case closed.

[@Broke_AF_FR]

Freezing bread is terrible

[@Pynot]

I'm french, my father do the same. If you want the bread, either defrost it during the night for the next morning or if you want it right now, toast it. But as you say it's "backup" bread, so most of the time you have fresh bread on the table

[@nathansteele4358]

@@Pynot Im british and we call toast bread bread and everything else is baguette or too fancy No bread in freezer case closed

[@damakameliowa34]

My mother does the same. Polish bread is better. :p

[@Boogerdick69]

In cuba our bread is meant for daily consumption. Should be thrown out, always taste completely different the next day

[@notuxnobux]

Garnt: All bread tastes the same. Also Garnt: I have never bought bread that isn't sliced. Well no wonder. Garnt has never bought good bread.

[@HENTAICOMBO]

Try finding good breads in Asia It's easier to find good rice in the west

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

To even just stay edible this long sliced and uncooled it needs to consist of like 40% preservatives. No, I am not on the preservative vilification front, my point here is it will taste like preservatives. So of course they all taste the same, they taste like the preservatives used.

[@PropaneWP]

I guess baking the bread yourself is entirely out of the question here lol

[@thisisaloserwithnolife8836]

@@HENTAICOMBO make bread

[@HENTAICOMBO]

@@PropaneWP ofc it's out of the question

[@hostedbysimples5416]

Joey is actually kind of right about freezing bread. I work in a Café, and each morning I receave a loaf I put them on the freezer (cool enough to preserve but not hot enough to freeze it). The Hamburger bread on the other hand is freezed in a compartiment inside the ice cream freezer. So when it gets to mid-day when people order hamburgers we have to warm the ones we take out. Edit: Itdoesn't change the taste of bread, and the texture is actually the same, it might get a bit more dry, but it's unnoticeable unless you just compare them on the spot.

[@elicious7574]

If u ate it plain without condiments or any side dishes, u could taste the difference if u tried hard enough. But at that point u should be eating fresh bread everyday.

[@hostedbysimples5416]

@@elicious7574 yeah. I normally serve then with some seasoning. For the hamburgers kind of warm them when we cook the patty, putting on the top to absorb some of the oil. So it's almost irrelevant if they are frozen. The only situation where you shouldnt freeze them is when people order from the bakery section. It's not that it makes a big difference, but it would be bad faith to sell yesterday's bread.

[@slendydie1267]

It does change the taste and the texture and it is noticeable, not that much for burger buns but for sliced bread it absolutely is noticeable but most sliced bread is not good anyways so it doesnt matter that much

[@jamescanjuggle]

even in the frozen food warehouse i work at most bread that arrives in delis is pre-bakef frozen bread thats just completed in the restaurant or delo

[@Jack-xt4vn]

"not hot enough to freeze it"? What? not "hot" enough to "freeze" it. Cold enough to preserve it but warm enough to not freeze, is what I think you meant.

[@Shirofeather]

American here, I agree with Joey. Ants would get our bread too, as it is they still attack the toaster given the chance. Sliced bread for sure or full loaves from the bakery, either way they’re going in the pantry away from ants, not in a bread bin.

[@LuisCortes-dk1hu]

I live in a rural town in Latin America and yeah you can put it on the freezer but you dont want than a piece of cold bread in the morning breakfast and sometimes we don't even have a toaster or some appliance like that at home. We put the bread in plastics bins or in the oven and if everything is properly closed insect shouln't get there.

[@Boogerdick69]

@@LuisCortes-dk1hu he’s gringo bro, he don’t know about wrapping the bread in the grocery bags… Cuban bread is amazing but goes stale the next day. It’s how we do it lol

[@LuisCortes-dk1hu]

Same here

[@doggogod462]

I’m European and I I put bread in freezer too Cause we buy so much bread and after just one day the bread starts to harden But if I put it in freezer and take it out before tomorrow morning it’s soft as if it was just taken out of the oven just not warm

[@dragonballoblivion8273]

Wtf is a bread bin

[@Mitaka-Asa]

Japanese people use the Tangzhong, a flour glue to make the bread softer. Plus they love adding expensive/high quality milk, butter, and sugar. European bread uses different yeast cultures, different water to flour ratio, and very very less sugar. Which is why it's strong in yeast flavor and very affordable.

[@Dreamw4lk3r]

Thank you for explaining why Japanese bread generally costs more! I hear a lot of positive things about the Japanese Milk bread and am curious to try it but from what I hear, I don't think the majority of Japanese bread can top French/Belgian/German bread... (no offense intended, it's part of a difference in history, culture and as you say, ingredients used.)

[@eleonarcrimson858]

*and better(japanese bread is atrocious)

[@Mitaka-Asa]

@@Dreamw4lk3r no offense taken. As an Asian American, I love all breads. Except Matzo, thats just a dry cracker pretending to be bread.

[@ZigZagKangaroo]

Does that mean Japanese bread is more meant to be a snack instead of a full on meal?

[@eugene12310mobile]

@@ZigZagKangaroo kind of, since Asian culture in general tends to have us eating rice on the side of a lot of things. or if not noodles. from when I tasted japanese bread (which is expensive as hell wtf) it is meant to be almost a pastry since they tend to be on the sweeter side

[@pennyinheaven]

"Excuses to live like savages" No Connor. You just haven't lived in a country where everything spoils or contaminated easier. Refrigeration is a staple and heaven scent household equipment in countries that deal with heat, humidity and insects. We just put bread in the fridge. Freezing is better but bread lasts 2 days in our home anyway. And eggs are refrigerated to last longer. If fresh eggs are used within a week, it's fine to store outside. But never wash eggs before storage, only when it's about to get used/cracked.

[@Nettietwixt]

I personally just think he's never paid a lot of attention to keeping food in as best condition for as long as possible. I live in the UK and regularly freeze bread, refrigerate most fresh things in the warmer months when it does go off super fast. The only thing we don't refrigerate is eggs because they happily last a few weeks here even in high summer.

[@Drkbowers1]

Putting bread in the fridge is going to make no difference at best, or make it go staler at worst. A refrigerator is a low humidity environment, staleness is lack of moisture. Freezing is different because the water freezes before it absorbs into the air.

[@pennyinheaven]

@@Drkbowers1 I did explain it in the 2nd paragraph...we don't mind it since bread goes by fast in our house. We are only doing it to prevent insects to get to it. My statement on refrigeration in the 1st paragraph is general, not specific to bread. Just saying.

[@madbruv]

@@Drkbowers1 no bro you close the bread bag then put it in the feidge, cool and not stale

[@Drkbowers1]

@@madbruv Why do you want cool bread at all? Either way moisture can easily make it out of the bread bag.

[@elicious7574]

bread in the freezer seems weird but in practice its fine. If u eat untoasted bread maybe you wouldnt like it, but if u toast it, the taste and texture isnt compromised. Freezing always has such a bad connotation in terms of food when its such a revolutionary invention that preserves the food freshness. Same thing with meat and vegetables.

[@tuaprima1211]

And if you let it defrost its almost as good as fresh

[@ZigZagKangaroo]

As someone who lives in Europe I want to say that I always freeze my loafs of bread so I don't waste any of it. Ofc not with Turkish, French etc breads.

[@bayraktarx1386]

Why?

[@ZigZagKangaroo]

@@bayraktarx1386 why what? Why not with Turkish, French etc breads? That's because those breads are made to be eaten the same day it's bought. One day after is okay too although it'll be very dry. Standard bread loafs are made to be eatable for at least 1 week after buying. Slowly drying up in the process of course.

[@benbit]

It's common in Germany as well. Buy bread in bulk for the week, freeze it, and unfreeze one every day or two. It can also easily last 3-4 months if you want to keep some for emergencies. It's better fresh but there's not a huge quality loss imo.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Exactly, I live in the UK and freeze my loaves all the time. You can buy it cheaper that way and freeze it to the day you want to use it and once it comes out, defrosted, it tastes just as good as purchased.

[@jackfrostee736]

@@bayraktarx1386 why?

[@gojibo1834]

Over here in the United States of America, we don't even have to slice our bread. Not even the Manufacturers of that bread company have to slice it up. We got pre bread slicers, right before it goes right into the bag.

[@kevinchin7260]

I was literally searching just to see someone comment this

[@ozidanni]

Can confirm, my Aussie bread is in the fridge and freezer (Some in the fridge for sandwiches, freezer for toast). Goes moldy and stale if you leave it out. Also, yeah, generally everything goes into the fridge. The only things not in the fridge is basically, the rice, the pasta and vegemite.

[@ronaldvexdian2182]

When I comes to bread, I’ve never had non pre-sliced bread. For my family, we mostly get a name brand sliced bread called SunBeam. Near where two of my uncles live there’s this Hispanic bakery, and I like get bread from there for breakfast with hot chocolate or coffee. Not beats Pan Dulce and a Croissant with coffee for breakfast.

[@CrimsonKage]

You know, that might just be worth a try. I've seen a few hispanic bakeries, but never a non-hispanic one. Might be worth a try next time I see one.

[@krysin]

As a Aussie, can confirm, when i buy a loaf of bread i put 1/2 - 2/3 straight into the freezer.

[@KitsuneHound96]

Ok i live in the uk and I do freeze my bread, although that’s mostly because I do like a huge shop once every three months and buy like 4 loaves so three go in the freezer and one is left out to eat

[@nunosilva187]

In Portugal, whenever we go to our village, we buy lots of local bread to bring back to our friends and family. If we have too much we freeze it and it's pretty easy to defrost and toast later on.

[@Synrune]

ayyy a fellow portuguese, we have lovely bread

[@realkingofantarctica]

I think it's because in Japan they get their carbs from rice, not from bread. Sandwiches are cute little things for them to make and post on social media or it's just convenience store food. At that point, you might as well start baking your own, which is probably the superior alternative unless flour and yeast is also expensive for whatever reason. I am a racist.

[@luisiana1121]

The hell is that conclusion lool

[@sophia9689]

One of these statements is not like the others.

[@revolvingworld2676]

I gotta say I wasn't a fan of your comment until the last sentence. Now it's based.

[@chrisk6759]

Yeah, its weird that my brain would not recognize bread as a major meal, just a snack. As long as I haven't eaten rice, I would not feel satisfied for the whole time.

[@jamescanjuggle]

cant bake the bread when your tiny apartment doesnt have an oven 🥲

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

Spaniard here, and for me freezing bread is nothing strange either. It's not something I do regularly, but when you occasionally have too much bread in the house, any extra amount can be put in the freezer for later consumption, no problem at all. Also, it has become more and more common for industrially made bread to be frozen and warmed up in the stores before sale, so it's not just something done at home either.

[@Asmodelta]

"In Europe we don't freeze our bread". Tell me you don't eat daily bread without telling me you don't eat daily bread.

[@Mryodamiles]

These three opinions/knowledge on food are always dumpster fire lol.

[@MimOzanTamamogullar]

We freeze our bread in Southeastern Europe

[@Tiasung]

Why would someone that eats bread daily freeze it? You freeze it when you dont eat bread often, so you can keep it ''good'' for longer. Since that fucks with the taste a lot, its not something you want to do if you eat bread a lot. Tell me you dont eat daily bread, while telling me you do~

[@eleonarcrimson858]

that's like the opposite. If you eat daily bread, u just go to ur local bakery and get fresh bread. u freeze it if u dont eat daily bread.

[@dirt8718]

i eat bread daily but don't freeze them

[@Harunax3]

the only time i put toast in the freezer, was in England. My roommate told me i should do it so the toast doesn't go bad. it was mind blowing and i would always take out the frozen toast and make toast pizza in the oven :D (toast + tomato sauce + american cheese or gouda + salami). Toast pizza is probably a very german thing though XD

[@Henry-qt3py]

It's pretty normal to store loaves of bread in the freezer.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@Henry-qt3py Already toasted though.. XD

[@Henry-qt3py]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks lol I wouldn't call that normal

[@hortehighwind8651]

Personally I buy a whole loaf at the local bakery and chuck it in the refrigerator. It’ll stay good for at least a week. Frozen bread loses it’s texture imo.

[@acmiguens]

The problem with eggs is that once they're refrigerated, they have to remain that way. Once a refrigerated egg is left at room temperature, it will generate condensation on the outer shell (just like anything else taken out of the fridge). The issue is that this moisture creates a bridge for bacteria to enter the egg and that harmful to us. So the overall rule is simple. If never refrigerated, you can keep them at room temperature. Once refrigerated, they must remain that way until consumption.

[@gagamba9198]

No, the problem begins if the eggs are washed. Fresh eggs have a protective membrane on the shell called the cuticle. A fresh egg's shell tends to be a bit dirty, for example feathers, dirt, and faeces. These are OK because they do not harm to the egg, but consumers dislike this so eggs are washed at the processing plant. This removes the cuticle. When this is removed, bacteria can ingress the shell when the egg is left at room temperature. The rule is if it is refrigerated at the shop, then most likely it was washed at the processing plant, so refrigerate at home. If stored at room temperature in the shop, you may store at room temperate at home or put in the refrigerator.

[@acmiguens]

@@gagamba9198 Non-washed eggs are extremely rare, at least where I live. And I wouldn't trust the word from the person working the market anyway since they don't work on the farm. So, thank you for the long answer, but it's such a small exception that it renders it mostly moot.

[@Hypern0va]

Poland: Bakeries and small supermarkets are abundant and close by, I buy bread every day/ other day All shops are closed on Sunday so we do freeze bread but only before some holiday or if we are expecting guests There is always an option to have your bread cut in a bakery (not always in a supermarket) but many people chose not to since intact crust preserves freshness Three of our most popular pre-sliced breads are: cheap cardboard tasting white loafs, full grain/ dark bread and toast bread that is about as sturdy as a wet tissue

[@soggycracker5934]

I grew up poor in the States, we only bought bread on sale, and it went straight into the freezer. It doesn't hurt it one bit. Fresh eggs, with the poo still on, can sit on the counter for quite a while. Once the coating is washed off, they need to be chilled.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Joey defending his Bread in the Fridge take like “hey man, we had to do what we had to do to survive…”

[@adrianam.9567]

I’m Italian and I agree with Joey. We put our bread in the freezer so it lasts longer 😌

[@Whitewingdevil]

As an australian, yeah we freeze bread here IF you don't go through a loaf in 2-3 days, and I can confirm, one person cannot eat a full loaf of bread in 2-3 days unless you're eating nothing but toast for every meal. It toasts perfectly straight out of the freezer so it's pretty convenient if you're not planning on making sandwiches.

[@mattm2975]

As long as you have a microwave, making a sandwich with frozen bread isn't an issue. Just heat up the bread for 10-20 seconds beforehand. Comes out warm and seemingly fresh. But owning a microwave is an American thing, I guess.

[@gojibo1834]

And our bread price even ranges between $2-$5

[@moaen1]

Bro here in the middle east 1 pita bread is less than a 0.25$

[@ignatz2]

@@moaen1 that's still more than in eastern europe, a whole big loaf is 1 dollar edit: well, used to be, now inflation basically doubled the prices

[@enzoabbacchio3326]

@@moaen1 here in Serbia you can get a whole thick loaf that's 40 cm long for 0.35 dollars

[@moaen1]

@@enzoabbacchio3326 ngl if someone from the balkans say that he eat pizza and spaghetti with bread I will not be shocked

[@moaen1]

@@ignatz2 yah I guess

[@lucamidena6386]

As an Italian, we also freeze our bread for "backup" purposes. But we do it very rarely. There's types of bread here that last 3/4 days and it's still good as new. We also put eggs in the fridge, there's literally a spot for them in it.

[@gjigaqaquj]

Since i started working at a bakery here in canada i cannot eat day old or previously frozen bread. When customers come in and they ask "is it good after a couple days?" I say "no, not at all" And when customers ask "does it freeze well?" Im like "hell naw" My bread tastes have changed so much, bread will never be the same to me. Also, connor, our loaves are 21 slices.

[@SapphireRavenmoon]

I'm a UK native and I've frozen bread, mostly cos I was a student and if I bought a loaf as normal I couldn't eat it quick enough by myself before I started going mouldy so a flatmate said to freeze it so it lasted and cos I only used it for toast a the time it worked really well

[@PupCake1025]

7:20 "YOUR FAMILY HAD A FINANCIAL ADVISOR" had me actually crying. I'm gonna start using that one

[@Wedgez]

People definitely freeze bread in Europe lmao, ESPECIALLY in countries where eating bread daily is very common.

[@acemurasaki2166]

The white on the chocolate is the cacao-butter that has separated. The chocolate isnt bad then either then. just when u put it on your tongue the taste comes in later cuz the cacaobutter doesnt REALLY have much taste. BUT it happens when the choco is stored too HOT and not too cold. Cold chocolate just lacks flavors to a degree.

[@raisak.6262]

Joey: I'm not saying you should (put bread in the freezer), I'm just saying that's what we did. and I thought it was normal me: yeah, I thought it was normal too cuz here in Canada we do that too but then again, Canada adopts most things from America, so...

[@arcanask]

When chocolate gets white, it's called blooming. It's like sweating. It's not gone bad, technically. I don't think I've ever heard of chocolate legitimately going bad.

[@ahmadbugshan9603]

6:46 LOL CONNER FACE

[@nidohime6233]

I did sometimes froze tin loaf bread in the freezer, if you only had it for toast is a good way to make it stayed longer, is not just an australian thing. The only downsize is you cannot do sandwiches. 10:00 That's because most eggs produce in the USA are from huge poultry farms where hygiene conditions are so low there have to wash the eggshells with water. The problem is by doing that there remove the exterior layer making it more likely to get contaminate by bacteria such as salmonella, so there have to always kept them refrigerate. This issue doesn't happend with european eggs because there don't have the need to wash them so there can be kept cool outside of a fridge. 11:40 Never heard of such thing, in fact is better to keep chocolate in the fridge if the weather is too warm or it would melt.

[@ky...]

African American from New Orleans here (for context), everyone in my family freezes bread. it changes nothing about the texture or flavor, been doing it all my life as otherwise the bread will mold before you get through it all. we usually buy 2-3 loaves on grocery day, leave one out and freeze the others til the previous is gone through.

[@seethruyou255]

i think im gonna try that.. sorry brits

[@noha7688]

What we do is like buy 3 loaves because there's always a deal to buy 3, cut every loaf in half and then freeze them. Then each night you can take one loaf half out of the freezer to thaw during the night so you can have some bread the next morning. It's not perfectly fresh but it's better then pre-sliced store bought bread.

[@Beneficiis]

Freezing bread is normal... in Europe as well. It's not popular though - it's something you do when you buy more bread than you can eat... It won't be as good, but it will still be far better than alternative.

[@markwuahlbuargg4780]

The thing about freezing bread. In america often your only option for shopping are the Mega Ultra Giganto Marts that are so huge you could fit like a small town fully inside the store. The thing is, the store is so huge and the checkout lines so long, its really a pain to shop there so you try to stock up on stuff as much as possible so you don't have to go there often. Hence, you buy like a month's worth of bread and you freeze it.

[@dix_neuf]

I'm starting to think that Connor lived a sheltered life or he's stupidly rich back in Great Britain, living in a giant castle and 50 butlers, waiting to cut bread for him at a moment's notice.

[@pennyinheaven]

Yes and no. Hahaha If I get it right, they're not rich but they sure have practices that in other countries would consider them as posh.

[@astralnight3493]

englands cold bro

[@ChristopherMcLarenExperience]

I've almost never even seen bread that isn't pre-sliced in britain. I can't think of an example, and I'm 28, unless you buy bakery bread, which is really specific.

[@alisonshellum9870]

All of the big supermarkets in the UK have both pre-cut bread and un-cut, but they have a machine out back to cut the un-cut bread to whatever thickness you want.

[@Kaemonarch]

Freezing bread in Europe is pretty common practice. You usually have at least 1 (often more) loafs frozen for the day you suddenly need/want one and you can't get one, or just don't feel like going to get one. And while in some houses they buy the bread they are going to consume each day; others got used to just fill the freezer and unfreeze it on a weekly or daily basis; specially if you want to make yourself a sandwich to eat at work.

[@feena9241]

I'm german and a lot of people freeze their bread here, it's not something cultural but something that just makes sense sometimes, If you have space in your freezer and don't want your bread to go bad or just want some emergancy bread close. People usually do this with basic kinds of bread like Toast, not the slightly more expensive really flavorfull stuff from the bakery tho

[@connoissuer_of_class]

Connor isn’t entirely wrong, pre-sliced bread was a Revolution. During WWII the US reversed a civilian production ban on sliced bread because it reduced bread waste quite a lot.

[@まみめむも]

Japanese people do not secrete much saliva, so foods with little water content are inevitably difficult to eat. This is the reason why bread with authentic flavor made from rye, which is eaten in Germany and other countries, is not widely available in Japan. Also, with regard to rice, Japanese rice has a higher moisture content than Thai rice. So bread and sandwiches used in Japan are made to be sticky and fluffy with a high water content to suit Japanese people. Basically, foreign bread and Japanese bread are different foods, and if you think of them as such, you may experience a different sensation :-)

[@davidlandup5043]

I lived most of my life sheltered from sliced bread. Had a giant bread knife and big, thick, rustic loafs of bread to cut all the time. 100% with Connor on this one. Every sliced bread I got was sponge shit but man, I'll never slice that manually ever again.

[@firalia]

During summer in Australia, the bread (especially brown bread) often gets moldy really quickly, which is why we freeze the bread when it's really hot. It's a pain in the ass tho.

[@desired397]

9:25 My family did (and does) that all the time. With the normal loaves you buy from a grocery store it works fine, they aren't crispy crunchy like some artisanal bread so the quality really doesn't change. Its like meat right, most folks freeze their meat instead of working with fresh stuff all the time, yet people pretend like their is some huge drop in quality when you freeze meat when there really isnt (as long as its vacuum packed so its doesn't get freezer burn or anything)

[@khianidude]

11:52 The white stuff on chocolate is crystalized sugars and milk solids. It's part of the tempering process. It's just an indicator of what max temperature the chocolate reached and how quickly they cooled to back to a solid state.

[@LarryJ602]

Conner "I'm not slicing bread, I want that shit precut" Also Conner "where's the knife, I need to cut a block of cheese."

[@MrPibATF]

In the US the eggs are deep cleaned during processing, removing the waxy coating on the shell. The eggs need to be refrigerated. The importation of European eggs is illegal. In Europe, the eggs are lightly washed to remove dirt but not the waxy layer. The waxy layer protects the eggs and they can be left outside of the fridge. The importation of US eggs is illegal because the American eggs don't have the waxy coating.

[@jeffdaman6969]

😂

[@nickhatessnow763]

Chocolate blooming happens when it's stored in a warm humid environment so it's actually a good idea to store it in the Fridge assuming it's covered.

[@AmirhoseinHerandy]

Bread in the freezer is actually fine. You gotta try it. Even amazing sourdough bakers do it.

[@WatsonandSherlock]

Hello American here. We have these huge markets (Costco, Sams Club) where you can only buy things in bulk. So yes everything goes in the freezer so it will last longer. Eggs here also have to go in fridge because I think (and I might be wrong) eggs have a different protective shell that is taken off in America and some countries. So you have to put them in the fridge or they go bad. But some European countries like France leave that extra layer on so they don't need to be put in the fridge.

[@dkrol997]

He was referring to chocolate bloom which is the fat/sugars separating, also chocolate is supposed to be melted in your mouth and not chewed as when you chew it a lot of the flavors don’t come out. Hersheys has a very nutty flavor and some of their under ones that only come out when you let it melt on your tongue

[@Youconix]

Bro bread preserves perfectly in the freezer for months even years. My boss at my genuinely super authentic Italian deli did it to almost all the bread he had. We literally had a chest freezer of just bread.

[@Gr00t]

"bread isn't an everyday thing" wut... I have toast for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch everyday for the last 20+ years.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Chocolate you don't put in the fridge because the optimal temperature for eating chocolate is regular temperature. It melts around body temperature so that's when you're able to enjoy its flavour the best

[@maly_dinosaurik]

In eastern parts od EU it's completely normal to put bread in the freezer - you buy bulk sliced bread or bigger bread loaf (and have it cut in the supermarket - there are often machines for it) and cut how much you can eat in a day or two and put rest to freezer. Also the eggs are naturally coated in a waxy substance protecting them from bacteria, if you wash it (like in the US or Japan) it's safer to keep them cool. Unwashed eggs can last for weeks without refridgeration.

[@mishiroro]

My mom started to freeze our bread too because she would buy multiple loaves at once (the pre-sliced with preservatives kind) but honestly it always ends up freezer burned and/or partially soggy when it defrosts.

[@sharielane]

Defrost it in the fridge. Less condensation that way. Especially if you live somewhere hot and humid.

[@dannyw.b6447]

As a Canadian, i too put my bread in the freezer.

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

In Canada we also freeze bread. We also have giant loaves. I think it's largely to do with the fact that so much of the Canadian/American/Australian population is really spread out across large areas. So our food tends to be imported, and also processed, and needs to have a longer shelf life. If you have to drive 20+ minutes for groceries, you aren't doing that trip every day if you can help it

[@Srootus]

Eggs have a natural waxing on their shells to protect them from contamination, here in the UK, we dont wash our eggs. But in other countries, they wash their eggs, which remove the wax coating, meaning you need to refrigerate them to prevent bacterial infection.

[@flippy7035]

Bro even in Canada we freeze our bread to preserve it, but only if we have way too much of it. I usually go through 2 loaves in about a week and it has never gone bad within that time.

[@insanelystuart6764]

Everybody I know here in the UK freezes their bread and milk. In fact some say the best toast is straight from frozen.

[@onionrelish]

9$ bread.....my brother in Christ I get bread for about 10-20¢

[@zednik8956]

Here in norway I atleast take my loaf of bread, take half of it and keep it in the fridge to try and keep it longer and then keep the other half in the freezer for when im done with the first half. I think its the best of both worlds

[@Ms.Rican787]

I’m Hispanic so growing up (till this day) my abuela put all condiments in the fridge like hot sauce, syrup, ketchup etc. & liquid medicine. We also put jar items like Peanut butter & jelly etc. in the fridge as well.

[@PnPride]

5:23 i can attest to it, I'm putting bread to freezer all the time and it rly works, when i take them off the freezer it's fresh.

[@carolithe]

As an Australian, I put about half a loaf of sliced bread into the freezer, separated by baking paper so they don't stick. I only started putting bread in the freezer once I had kids - some days they'll devour an entire loaf in one day, some days they don't want any.. and with warm/sunny/humid weather the uneaten bread was popping mould in 2-3 days. So I started putting part of it in the freezer.

[@hundvd_7]

1:34 BRUH That explains so much about the "all bread tastes the same" take

[@NoblePineapples]

I am Canadian and relate to Joey here. We have like, 1' long loafs of bread. Pre-sliced but they are meant to last a family a week or so, and my mom puts the bread in the freezer as well as it "keeps it fresh longer" idk about that. We also refrigerate our eggs.

[@sortfaar3]

us in norway usually eat bread 1-3 times a day (usually breakfast and/or lunch, sometimes as an evening meal). we pretty much only get to buy whole loaves of bread BUT there is a machine in store that can cut it for you if you don't wanna do so at home. usually we store our bread at room temperature, but i've heard of people that store it in the fridge (but thats weird even by our standarts). freezing bread is fine (as joey said you just pop that sucker in a toaster and its all good), and its not uncommon to freeze half a loaf of bread if you live alone so you can enjoy it over multiple weeks without worrying about mould. chilled eggs is gucci, and ice cubes in beer is heresy :)

[@LuisCortes-dk1hu]

The reason why you do not have to wash the egg before consumption is because the eggshell is characterized by being porous and having a thin cuticle layer that waterproofs it from bacteria. The clean eggs you see in supermarkets where properly washed in a solution with disinfectants, such as hypochlorite. I'm from a rural town in Latin America and I always wondered why here some local farmers didn't wash or recommend washing the eggs, apparently if you only do it with water all kind of bacteria can get into the egg due the porosity of the eggshell.

[@discreetscrivener7885]

Living in the US, my family makes our own bread. Being homemade, the bread isn’t shelf stable since there are no additives. We make a big batch each time, so we eat one loaf fresh out of the oven, leave the second loaf out to be eaten that week, then the left over loaves are put in the freezer to be eaten later. You toast it and it’s just as good, though a little denser?

[@jouebien]

bread in Australia goes off in the summer heat - the lack of sugar and preservatives. As Australia is so car dependent shopping is typically a weekly or fortnightly trip so bread has to last between trips. If you leave bread out in the summer heat it goes moldy with in a day or two.

[@mvk4343]

Connor and Garnt showing off their British peasant brained mentality in this one regarding freezing bread

[@billnyetherussianspy2415]

I don’t know what what part of Australia that putting bread in the fridge is normal, but I’m positive that that’s not normal in Sydney.

[@TheBigGSN5]

You got yakisoba pan, at least. 13 SENTINELS

[@Pluneto]

In the Netherlands its common to freeze sliced loaf of bread which is not gonna be consumed within 2-3 days. Doesn't change the flavour of the bread.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

My Grandfather is Polish, he freezes his bread all the time. Also German bread is really the best

[@animereverie4380]

We buy like 3 loafs of bread for like a $1.30 here in Canada freeze 2 and use as needed. Freezing bread is fine because if your bread is cooked right and has cooled already there should be no excess moisture in the bread that would destroy it.

[@ties114]

I'm dutch and I currently working stuff out for an internship at a bakery in Japan. The guy who I have contact with is also a dutch guy who lived there for 20 years(he's a cook not a baker but he's helping me still very nice of him), he said he bakes his own bread 3 times a week cuz of all the stuff u guys pointed out

[@ties114]

Also as a baker freezing bread is extremely normal most restaurants u eat at has had bread in the freezer cuz fresh bread is doable but for most restaurants not worth it so they just order bread on one day and put everything in the freezer for the rest of the week.

[@Vortex-7358]

no sure what its like in japan but from experience in baking and where i am right now (Australia) bread is borderline profitable from a non supermarket bakery. after taking out all costs involved your barly making any money. anything like sourdough or anything you could consider artisanal bread is an exception as people generally are willing to pay more for that, but just regular block bread or rolls, if the baker is slow on a shift and stays back by an hour or two or has a busy day, that could be the difference between making any profit or non at all. we really only make it since its the first thing most would expect from a bakery and one of the basic things most people want from one. the profit from bread is a fraction of what is made on sweet/savory pastries, donuts, shortbread, cakes, and artisanal bread/sourdough so from what i have learned while being in this line of work is either you up the price, absorb the loss and supplement it other products or start cutting corners (the last one is not recommend)

[@jameswoodard4304]

As an American, I think freezing bread is an economical and practical option, I put ice in my...tea (I don't drink beer), and couldn't give half a damn what anyone thinks about it. For the bread thing, we often buy multiple loaves at once of fairly thin-sliced stuff and expect the grocery store haul to last several days. Buying fresh food from the shops every day isn't really the norm in most places here. A family with kids can go through bread pretty quick, though because we make a lot of simple sandwhiches (especially for packed lunches). So buying an extra loaf or two and putting some in the freezer is a convenience and economy thing. And you know how we are about convenience and economy. As to putting ice in tea or beer...get over yourselves. You guys said you visited New York at some point and found it pretty hot during the Summer. Most of the country gets significantly hotter than New York! Where I live, 100+F (38+C) temps are the norm durning the Summer with humidity that would strangle most Brits, and I don't live in the hottest region of the country! When you live in a hot and humid environment, much of the pleasure of drinking beverages is in refreshment and hydration. I still don't get how Aussies come in from hot temps and say, "Man, I could really go for a warm glass of dark fermented bread-juice." So, get over your prissy little feelings about the "correct" way to drink beer and realize that people who live and grew up in Thailand might prefer a light, cold beverage to a warm, heavy mug of stout. People can be way too pretencious when it comes to beer anyway. It's just beer.

[@DEMNPOF]

I'm Portuguese and I live in the UK. Freezing bread is fine. Dude as long as the bread put in the freezer is for toasting (aka loaf), it's fine. Baguettes are normally a no go tho and better on the spot.

[@b2serious]

Alot of people freeze bread because it actually does help long laster. The bad thing is if you refrigerate bread, that would cause mold. Heck freezing white bread and then defrosting it in the toaster actually makes it a little more healthier.

[@ishashka]

I'm Polish, my parents would usually buy bread and buns for the whole week and put them in the freezer, microwave them when needed. Personally, I don't do that because my freezer is too small, and also I don't have a problem with buying bread every day or two. Also, 20 slices is what I go through alone in a day or two.

[@catmarques2880]

In Portugal (at least my family) we put eggs (although it’s not necessary) in the fridge, and chocolate as well, otherwise it melts in the summer. The bread in the freezer I know some people do, and usually it’s so they don’t have to go and buy it everyday. We lived surrounded by padarias so one of us would get it coming from work/school - there’s nothing like coming home after school and making a sandes with the afternoons batch of bread. And it was cheap, I think compared to other places like the UK it still is. And we never got sliced bread, especially the industrial one, that was a big no (and I think more expensive at the time? And much much worse)

[@Jaakkoism]

Best invention since sliced bread kinda references to the industrial process of being able to mass produce bread in a way/quantity where slicing it didn't involve actually paying someone to do it for every loaf. Just having the ability to do it quickly and cheaply was a massive turning point in the way basic food was supplied to a population. Sorry for the nerding out.

[@freakklomp]

here in netherlands we put the bread in the freezer too. we buy it on the day, take what we need, then toss it into the freezer. just toss it into the toaster for quick defrost or leave it out for literally 5 minutes and its defrosted. tastes the same as the fresh bread really.

[@DuckyTheGod]

As a low income American: Frozen bread is the best way to save money. They got a BOGO sale or like a 2 for 5 deal on loaves of bread, you buy 4, and 2 or 3 of them (depending on your intake) go right into the freezer and now you have bread for the next 3-5 weeks.

[@Saya_562]

I freeze bread and it tastes exactly the same. It’s still very soft too once you heat it up. The only thing I wouldn’t put in the freezer is fresh meat. The freezer makes it rubbery

[@itscoffeetime4090]

A back-up loaf in the freezer was pretty standard growing up.

[@sanuku535]

5:25 Good Joey. I aprove this. I AM Polish and we do The same here. We freeze bread.

[@anniemz6887]

Connor is right , in Europe freshly made bakery bread is made to be eaten on that day or the morning after and the bread is usually eaten almost every day

[@merlinmeurer5339]

Me, a german:"You guys don't have a bread slicing machine in your kitchen?"

[@michaelachoo4914]

my mum just always buys those pre packaged sliced breads

[@milo4707]

I live alone so I always put my bread in the freezer. I usually buy rye bread and it tastes the exact same. It lasts a long time and i don't have to throw it away because it has gone moldy if I'm not in the mood for bread

[@kyrayc]

Eggs go in the fridge, Potatoes in the pantry and chocolate goes in the freezer.. fight me.