Thank you for doing this - I bought them also, and we’ll be (hopefully) baking ciabatta soon and I was going to try them out. Here, most bread without commercial processing gets mold within 5-6 days, so it’ll be interesting if this works.
Don’t you need a control bread that is not in one of the bags so you have something to compare it to? Maybe put one in a bag without the paper as your control.
@cinoclav You might be right about that but the paper is barely visible in the right bag too so I was thinking it was possible the paper is further down in the bag where we couldn’t see it on the left.
I suppose the only reason to use two bags in this experiment would to have one as a control but that wasn’t stated anywhere. This is real science so everything should be documented
I’ve used another brand of these (bread, and fruit/veggie saver bags) for a couple of decades, and while they are not miracle bags, they will help keep bread/rolls fresh for 3-4 days, and fruit/veggies for an extra 3-7 days, depending on how cut up the food is. I think they were called “Debbie Meyer’s” or something like that. And you can reuse them, if you wash them out carefully.
@CBL_WV We’ve been using these (used in outer space!) and they work great on fruits and veggies. One thing we noticed is that things don’t ripen in them, so you need to take that into account with fruits like peaches and such you’re planning on ripening up a bit.
My understanding of these is that for bread/baked goods, they’re meant to combat staleness, not necessarily mold or other spoilage. Homemade bread tends to get stale much faster than store bought, so if these work at all I’d expect it to become apparent pretty quickly. Thanks for sharing!
@cengland0 Now you’ve got me wondering whether you’re going to steal a loaf, or just squeeze it to test for freshness? I never know which mix of dialects people are using online…
Black on the piece with the sheet, green on the piece without. So a tie I guess. Unless you would eat bread with black mold and not green mold. I wouldn’t eat either.
Here they are, day 1:
Oh interesting! I snagged the fruit/veggies sheets. I don’t see a difference. Curious to see your results
Thank you for doing this - I bought them also, and we’ll be (hopefully) baking ciabatta soon and I was going to try them out. Here, most bread without commercial processing gets mold within 5-6 days, so it’ll be interesting if this works.
I wonder if these would help keep my graham crackers fresh when they are getting dangerously close to their best by date.
@zachdecker For some things, there is no credible “best by” date, because “best” could never apply.
@werehatrack @zachdecker
/giphy grumpy cat
@zachdecker I think stale graham crackers are actually really yummy
So, Day 2?
@mike808 Nope, nothing exciting yet.
Day 2:
@sammydog01 So those are just the shadows of the phone, eh?
@werehatrack Yeah. I need to figure out how to take a photo.
@sammydog01 @werehatrack I run into the same issue, our lighting in this house sucks, I found out if I stand back and zoom in there are less shadows
Following this thread, I have been curious too! Thanks for doing this
Don’t you need a control bread that is not in one of the bags so you have something to compare it to? Maybe put one in a bag without the paper as your control.
@cengland0 Pretty sure the one on the left doesn’t have the paper. What you’re seeing is the white label on the bag itself.
@cinoclav You might be right about that but the paper is barely visible in the right bag too so I was thinking it was possible the paper is further down in the bag where we couldn’t see it on the left.
I suppose the only reason to use two bags in this experiment would to have one as a control but that wasn’t stated anywhere. This is real science so everything should be documented
@cengland0 @cinoclav Bag on the right has the paper- you can see it underneath in the photo. I sliced the loaf vertically to get it symmetrical.
I’ve used another brand of these (bread, and fruit/veggie saver bags) for a couple of decades, and while they are not miracle bags, they will help keep bread/rolls fresh for 3-4 days, and fruit/veggies for an extra 3-7 days, depending on how cut up the food is. I think they were called “Debbie Meyer’s” or something like that. And you can reuse them, if you wash them out carefully.
@CBL_WV We’ve been using these (used in outer space!) and they work great on fruits and veggies. One thing we noticed is that things don’t ripen in them, so you need to take that into account with fruits like peaches and such you’re planning on ripening up a bit.
Interesting, I’ll be following!
My understanding of these is that for bread/baked goods, they’re meant to combat staleness, not necessarily mold or other spoilage. Homemade bread tends to get stale much faster than store bought, so if these work at all I’d expect it to become apparent pretty quickly. Thanks for sharing!
Day 3, now with lighting!
No signs of mold, both seem similarly squishy. Would eat. I’m opening the bags to air them out daily.
@sammydog01 if you’re going to be opening the bags daily, might as well cut a bit off each day and add taste to the testing. You know, for science.
@djslack I’m getting ready to make another loaf just for jam.
@sammydog01 You just reminded me, I have to go pinch a loaf. I’ll be right back.
@cengland0 Now you’ve got me wondering whether you’re going to steal a loaf, or just squeeze it to test for freshness? I never know which mix of dialects people are using online…
@xobzoo actually, I meant neither.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch_a_loaf
@xobzoo @cengland0
@cengland0 Wow! I really do learn something new every day!
Also, dialects and slang are weird…
Day 4:
No signs of mold. Both are still soft in the center but getting hard on the edges. Would eat if hungry enough.
Did I mention the sheets smell weird?
@sammydog01 What do they smell like? I wonder if the scent is affecting the taste of the bread?
@Kyeh Kind of unpleasant.
@Kyeh @sammydog01 the sheeet smell like sheeet?
Day 5:
WE HAVE MOLD.
Black on the piece with the sheet, green on the piece without. So a tie I guess. Unless you would eat bread with black mold and not green mold. I wouldn’t eat either.
@sammydog01
Well, that’s disappointing!
It looks like the piece with the sheet actually has more mold.
@sammydog01 Conclusion: No proof that the paper has any effect at all.
How about an update?
@cengland0 Both molded on the same day so I threw them out.