The heel of the bread - yay or nay?

RefulgentGnomon · 18-07-2007 11:18PM #1

Do you eat the heel of a sliced pan or is it for throwing out/giving to animals?

Personally, I think it's better than an ordinary slice (Was gonna say the best thing since sliced br...) and enjoy it more.

This is what I'm talking about if you don't know:
The top slice on this

18-07-2007 11:36PM

sometimes i like it, sometimes not
depends how hungry i am

and it's "yea or nay"

2 stroke · 18-07-2007 11:38PM

Get a life.

January · 18-07-2007 11:40PM

Nay! It's too... rough for me to eat, too thick... I like thin bread not doorstops.

Dudess · 18-07-2007 11:41PM

Heel of bread - rotten. Hard and dry.

sidneykidney · 18-07-2007 11:42PM

YEA love it. It's is the best bit of a sliced pan. Buy an unsliced loaf and cut yourself a heel as thick as you like.

*drools*

Irish Wolf · 18-07-2007 11:43PM

YES! Especially toasted and buttered about 3 times.. plenty of bread to soak up the melted butter..

ziggy · 18-07-2007 11:44PM

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Anto McC · 18-07-2007 11:45PM

Jaysus it's horrible.

yom 1 · 18-07-2007 11:48PM

sidneykidney wrote:

YEA love it. It's is the best bit of a sliced pan. Buy an unsliced loaf and cut yourself a heel as thick as you like.

*drools*

couldnt have put it better myself

Thrill · 18-07-2007 11:48PM

I love it. I always try to get to the sliced pan first for the heal. Yummy.

Dudess · 18-07-2007 11:53PM

Irish Wolf wrote:

YES! Especially toasted and buttered about 3 times.. plenty of bread to soak up the melted butter..

Hmmm. That puts a different spin on things. But... how on earth would you fit it into the toaster?!

Thrill · 18-07-2007 11:58PM

Dudess wrote:

Hmmm. That puts a different spin on things. But... how on earth would you fit it into the toaster?!

You stick it in the toaster area of the gas/electric oven.

Irish Wolf · 18-07-2007 11:59PM

Dudess wrote:

Hmmm. That puts a different spin on things. But... how on earth would you fit it into the toaster?!

:eek: Toaster!!! They should be banned - but that's a whole other issue for a whole other day!

You grill it.. the outside first and then the inside til it's nice and golden...

Oh yes!

Nehpets · 19-07-2007 12:02AM

Love it!

Dudess · 19-07-2007 12:06AM

Irish Wolf wrote:

:eek: Toaster!!! They should be banned - but that's a whole other issue for a whole other day!

You grill it.. the outside first and then the inside til it's nice and golden...

Oh yes!

Ah but that shaves a good ten minutes off the day/my sleep. Surely there's a toaster that would facilitate me?
To use an analogy: a slapper wide toaster, as opposed to a tight one that won't let the whole slice in?

Irish Wolf · 19-07-2007 12:11AM

Dudess wrote:

Ah but that shaves a good ten minutes off the day/my sleep. Surely there's a toaster that would facilitate me?
To use an analogy: a slapper wide toaster, as opposed to a tight one that won't let the whole slice in?

Ah but you see you have to invest some time to get the proper result..

Ruu_Old · 19-07-2007 12:16AM

Oh yes, put it on the grill, comes out nice and crunchy. Nicestestest part of the loaf in my opinion. *sips tea*

Wishbone Ash · 19-07-2007 12:21AM

Yuck! - eating the end slice is a bit like asking your publican for the first pint of Guinness drawn from the tap! :eek:

..and as for the heel in a batch loaf......*vomits*

Limerick Dude · 19-07-2007 12:21AM

My brother and I always fought over it when we were kids!

Agamemnon · 19-07-2007 12:23AM

Love the heel almost as much as I love Lady Heather's spiked heel on my chest. Slather it in Panda chocolate spread and it's almost a meal in itself.

smashey · 19-07-2007 12:26AM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Yuck! - eating the end slice is a bit like asking your publican for the first pint of Guinness drawn from the tap! :eek:

..and as for the heel in a batch loaf......*vomits*

The heel of the pan is good but not as good as that of the batch loaf. Toast and loads of butter on either.

Kinetic^ · 19-07-2007 12:26AM

As long as it's a freshly opened batch of bread I'll eat it.

Capt'n Midnight · 19-07-2007 12:27AM

crusty burnt heal off a fresh warm batch

Wishbone Ash · 19-07-2007 12:28AM

Limerick Dude wrote:

My brother and I always fought over it when we were kids!

Limerick Dude - You must have been in Angelas Ashes!

FunkZ · 19-07-2007 12:30AM

I hate it! But I also hate white bread as well!

SpitfireIV · 19-07-2007 12:30AM

Love that really thick 'crust' as we call it in this part of the world

, especially when fresh and toasted, nice!

OR, just eaten by itself, no butter, not toasted, just the bread folded in half. I'm just after finishing a couple of slices of dry, fresh bread, it could eat it forever!

MooseJam · 19-07-2007 12:31AM

big fat heel is great to chew on

Duff · 19-07-2007 12:33AM

nah its rotten, give me the heel of a french stick anyday though!

Irish Wolf · 19-07-2007 12:33AM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Limerick Dude - You must have been in Angelas Ashes!

Ah leave the poor creather alone - sure they're only after getting sliced bread here a few years ago..

Hermione* · 19-07-2007 12:55AM

CroppyBoy1798 wrote:

Love that really thick 'crust' as we call it in this part of the world /quote]
We also called it the crust in our house I don't think I encountered the phrase heel of the bread til I was at least ten.

Nay. Can't stand crust. Unless it's a home made soda bread (preferably baked by my dad), fresh out of the oven, with real butter. Nyom. Sliced pan crusts, never.

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