Bread Trivia...etc.

Boy, the things you find out. Realizing that most people probably don’t give a hoot about struggling with bread wrappers, an alert reader did provide some information on that pesky inner wrapper of Pepperidge Farms bread:

“The reason for the inner wrapper on bread is that the outer plastic wrapper is gas permeable (as is the case with virtually all vinyl derivative plastic wrappers). The inner wrapper is a different kind of plastic that is not gas permeable and therefore keeps the bread fresher until opened. Unfortunately that kind of plastic wrapper has no strength and easily tears.”

The knowledge base has been expanded…

Got my Nth "barbeque issue" of Bon Appetit yesterday. Turns out it's the 14th of the edition that appears every July. Cover has some golden brown "Honey and Ginger Glazed Baby Back Ribs. One marvels at how they come up with "new" recipes for these things. I'll have to delve into the issue and see if there is anything interesting (maybe the Cuban Sandwiches with Zucchini Pickles, or the Beer Marinated Flank Steak with Aji and Guacamole).

Also came in the mail the Food and Wine's "Best New Chef" issue. Okay, but under that cover headline it says: "& their easiest recipes". Great. the march to "quick, easy, value (Cheap)" is right in tempo. Report tomorrow (or.....)

enough for a tuesday..

DFD