Important Question Regarding Bread: Please Read

Degag

A topic of some importance has arisen in another thread.... what are the bits at the end of a loaf of bread called. I have always referred to them as "the crust(s)" but some imposter... Keith something or other refers to them as "the heel"

AH, your input is needed!

Xivilai

The heel

crusts

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Atari

your friend is right, you are wrong

crust is the brown stuff around a slice of bread

the big bit at the end of a loaf is called the hell

Degag

The heel

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

your friend is right, you are wrong

crust is the brown stuff around a slice of bread

the big bit at the end of a loaf is called the hell

It's the same thing dammit!

OPENROAD

Atari

The Heel.

Don't throw it out, toast it very well, beautiful

Buceph

Atari

It's proper name is the heel. The crusts is just a colloquial term for it. But surely once it gets the point across... But I guess that's not enough for a pub argument.

jaffa20

I would say heel but according to wiki, you're both right

The first and last slices of a loaf (or a slice with a high ratio of crust-area to volume compared to others of the same loaf) are sometimes referred to as the heel or the crust of the loaf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread

Ruu_Old

Atari

Heel.
Crust.

NOT THE SAME! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Atari

I dont want to offend anybody, truly.
but how ****ing stupid do you have to be to not know what part of the bread the crust is

Dravokivich

I remember being brought into a discussion about this once in work...

...I said I call'em the end or first/last slice.

fúckers stopped asking me pointless questions after that!

:cool:

Superbus

Heel, clearly.

rep8888

Heel

Degag

The heel

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I dont want to offend anybody, truly.
but how ****ing stupid do you have to be to not know what part of the bread the crust is

But.... there is no difference between the crust as you refer to it or the heel as you refer to it.... so you are wrong!

Xivilai

The heel

Its basically one big slice of crust..

Dravokivich

Degag wrote: »

But.... there is no difference between the crust as you refer to it or the heel as you refer to it.... so you are wrong!

Depends on how wide yer fúcking slices are...

Smartly Dressed

An Tóin.

Terry

Degag's Mammy cuts the crusts off his Jam sandwiches.

Degsag's Mammy cuts the heels off his jam sandwiches.


The first is right. The second is wrong.

Yahew

The heel

Only Dubliners, alone in the world, call it heel.

Yes, the crust is also across all of the outside of the bread - the bit which is harder, but if we were mad bastards and cut the bread in any direction except diagonally we would be cutting the crust to begin with. Think about it.





There.



You got it.

Terry

Wait . I read it wrong. The bits on either side of the loaf are called the Heel. The bits either side of a slice are called the crust.

AnonoBoy

Atari

Crusties love the heels but heels always eat their crusts.

Yahew

The heel

Terry wrote: »

Wait . I read it wrong. The bits on either side of the loaf are called the Heel. The bits either side of a slice are called the crust.

The heel is a stupid name for a particular piece of crust, then. Imagine a square loaf of bread - do you think the crust around any slice of bread could also be the "heel" were the loaf of bread cut differently?

quite.

Penfailed

Atari

Yahew wrote: »

Only Dubliners, alone in the world, call it heel.

This is wrong. I'm not from Dublin. I call the slice at either end of a loaf the heel.

barbarians

Atari

Toasting the heel of bread is like toasting Heaven. WAAYYY nicer than actual bread.

Gummy Panda

The heel is the ends of the loaf. The crust is around the edge of each slice

Anyone who says different is either a culchie, a crazy or a woman.

watna

Atari

It's the heel - although I did think that was an Irish thing. Nobody in NZ calls it the heel, they look at me like I'm mad.

AnonoBoy

Atari

Yahew wrote: »

Only Dubliners, alone in the world, call it heel.

Untrue. It's called that in Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork too.

Yahew

The heel

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The heel is the ends of the loaf. The crust is around the edge of each slice

Anyone who says different is either a culchie, a crazy or a woman.

Or the rest of the world outside dublin. Obviously the heel is the crust. The around the edges could be the "heel" if cut differently.

The heel fanatics need to be learned.

themadchef

Wars were fought over less.

BluesBerry

Atari

Its called the heel as it have been for centuries before damn it ITS THE HEEL
on a non heel slice the outside of the bread is the crust :mad: get it right AH heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

Penfailed

Atari

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Untrue. It's called that in Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork too.

...and Derry and Tyrone.

themadchef

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The heel is the ends of the loaf. The crust is around the edge of each slice

Anyone who says different is either a culchie, a crazy or a woman.

I'd nearly disagree with you on the basis that i fit all 3!

Now roll over, belly rub time!

Scuid Mhór

Can't you see all this fighting is tearing us apart!

Aldebaran

I always just called it the end-bit. Avoids confusion and embarrassment.

Although, might I suggest that both heel and crust are the same thing?

CianRyan

Atari

This whole thread just reminds me of crusty heels... Ugh. Bloody feet.

Anyway, the heel.

AnonoBoy

Atari

Penfailed wrote: »

...and Derry and Tyrone.

Never been in either of those counties but I'll take your word for it.

But I will add Waterford and Carlow too.

Terry

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The heel is the ends of the loaf. The crust is around the edge of each slice

Anyone who says different is either a culchie, a crazy or a woman.

Correct.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Untrue. It's called that in Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork too.

Penfailed wrote: »

...and Derry and Tyrone.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Never been in either of those counties but I'll take your word for it.

But I will add Waterford and Carlow too.

AKA the idiot counties.

eternal

Atari

Yahew wrote: »

Only Dubliners, alone in the world, call it heel.

Yes, the crust is also across all of the outside of the bread - the bit which is harder, but if we were mad bastards and cut the bread in any direction except diagonally we would be cutting the crust to begin with. Think about it.





There.



You got it.

Im not a Dubliner and I call it the heel.Why ? cos thats the name for it .And on a side note
for the person who created this poll .If this is what goes on inside your brain ,please keep it to yourself ,its upsetting me .

AnonoBoy

Atari

Terry wrote: »

AKA the idiot counties.

Dublin too Terry.

Dublin too ya great big hunk o'burning love!

WindSock

I am more accustomed to the upper crust.

starbelgrade

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

your friend is right, you are wrong

crust is the brown stuff around a slice of bread

the big bit at the end of a loaf is called the hell

starbelgrade

When we were kids, there were fights over who got the heel.

It got to breaking point when both ends of the sliced pan were being opened before the loaf was finished.

WindSock

starbelgrade wrote: »

When we were kids, there were fights over who got the heel.

It got to breaking point when both ends of the sliced pan were being opened before the loaf was finished.

No recession in your house.



I have no idea what that means anymore.

Scarinae

The heel

In my house, the end bits were the slices nobody wanted, usually my dad ended up eating them. Unless it was batch bread, then we all wanted them.

I call them crusts by the way.

Degag

The heel

eternal wrote: »

Im not a Dubliner and I call it the heel.Why ? cos thats the name for it .And on a side note
for the person who created this poll .If this is what goes on inside your brain ,please keep it to yourself ,its upsetting me .

Lol, you think this is bad.... i should show you the porn i just watched!

Yahew

The heel

The Heel is winning the poll, it seems that the world has gone mad.

elekid

Atari

The crust is the hardened brown stuff on the outside of the loaf.
The heels are the specific slices at either end which are mostly made of crust.

If you cut the loaf horizontally instead of vertically, the top and bottom slices would be called the heels, since they would be the end slices which are mostly made of crust. Referring to the heels as the crusts as if they are the only pieces of crust on the entire loaf seems strange and I've never heard anyone do it before.

It's good to see this important issue being discussed.

Yahew

The heel

elekid wrote: »

The crust is the hardened brown stuff on the outside of the loaf.
The heels are the specific slices at either end which are mostly made of crust.

If you cut the loaf horizontally instead of vertically, the top and bottom slices would be called the heels, since they would be the end slices which are mostly made of crust. Referring to the heels as the crusts as if they are the only pieces of crust on the entire loaf seems strange and I've never heard anyone do it before.

It's good to see this important issue being discussed.

Even by this insane definition it is clear that this absurd "heel" business is also a crust, so it may as well be called a crust - since saying " I'll have the crust" is obvious.


The heel fanatics should admit defeat. Its getting embarrassing.

Yahew

The heel

Apparently this is the most pressing issue in the US, as well.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080709171505AAP1VSj

Mrs Garth Brooks

The heel

The heel is on your foot, not on bread. Its a crust.

Another important issue to discuss is the plastic thingy that milk comes in with a lid. What's that called? I have always called it a bottle. Someone I know calls it a jug. So what is it?

emeraldstar

The heel

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

your friend is right, you are wrong

crust is the brown stuff around a slice of bread

the big bit at the end of a loaf is called the hell

Ah here, stop confusing things; that wasn't even an option in the poll.

It's the crust by the way.

Degag

The heel

Yahew wrote: »

Apparently this is the most pressing issue in the US, as well.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080709171505AAP1VSj

Lol at this guy!

This will be no help to you, but in my family the word was "grunchsteak."