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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I have never in my entire life seen an actual bread box, I thought they were a thing from England or something

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My grandma used one. Personally I think the real function was to keep mice from eating your bread, but that hasn't been a problem for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

that hasn't been a problem for a long time.

Mice are still a thing, dude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

People are so privileged and they don't even know it. Every place I have lived I have had to catch mice, and we're not messy with food and don't leave stuff out. We don't kill them either. We just can't afford to live in some new-ass house or apartment, and we're above median income.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Houses tend to be built tighter so mice can't get in as easy as it was when we had old drafty log cabins, dude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh good, then I can tell the ones in my basement my house is built too recently for them.

I saw a dead mouse at work two hours ago. Mouse traps, bait, and poison are still sold in grocery and hardware stores. You are just wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hmm other factors: Traps and poison to keep the population down. Amazing. City ordinances to keep trash levels down and thus mice populations down. Incredible. A refrigerator to keep your bread in. Lasereyes.jpg

It's not if mice still exist lmao, it's whether we still need breadboxes to stop them eating our bread. Since you are so insistent on moving the goalposts I'll leave you to have your last rage comment. Ciao.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look at this guy, living in a house less than 70 years old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'd think most things post WW2 would be pretty good if kept up and neighbors kept up. Probably even older if they went through checking for gaps and air leaks. Neighbors play a role, if there's a mice outbreak they'll find more weaknesses.

Also we have fridges now. Yes you might argue to not put bread in the fridge but if mice are eating it you'd probably do it pretty quick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They serve to keep bread at a cool, constant temperature, keep the mice away, and help keep the bread from going stale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, you originally said, "the real reason," but have just listed three different equal reasons.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Bread can't go stale if the mice keep eating it. There's an order of operations here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know that I agree that breadboxes were solely used in times/cases where the risk of mice getting to the bread was present but I get your reasoning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

As with many things it starts for one reason, then a different benefit comes up, becomes a norm just because, then peters out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

English here. Anyone I know with a bread box use it in combination with one of the others. I have one, so we’re Bread Box + Twist and Tuck.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same, my mom said I should get one when I moved out but we didn't even have one at home?? 😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

She probably is just afraid you will leave the bag open and then eat moldy bread.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Open bag will just dry out, it'll get moldy quicker with a sealed bag

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'd see myself leaving a bread box open faster than the plastic bag the bread comes in tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Free healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How else to store real bread?
So not just the sandwich/toast bread, that comes in plastic bags, but real bread, with a crust and in plastic wrap it would lose its crust, but without any protection, it dries out.
It's a delicate balance act, where paper and a bread box seem to work best

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think most people just leave it in the plastic bag, but personally I have a bread bag that breathes so the crust doesn't become spongey

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

They're pretty common here in Sweden, at least in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My grandma had one. Growing up we just kept our bread & bagels in the microwave.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Gf does this with baked goods. It's awful for me because I microwave a lot and don't always remember to put stuff back and it gets stale.