Rescuscitation of French Bread

[Zak33]

Right...its one day old...and HARD as nails!

Put the oven on HIGH..leave for 5 mins to get hot.

Cut the stale end off, if its got a cut end.

Put whole loaf under tap......drench the CRUST.....dont squeeze....just pout water all over for a few seconds

shake off excess and put straight in red hot oven onto shelf (not on tray) and cook for 5 mins.

The water vapourises and totally fixes the bread situ....it is even NICER if thats possible

and its then hot, smells lovely and needs butter and SOUP.

SO next time you see a french stick but dont need it for 24 hours....buy it anyway......

[Lowe]

Or just lob it in the microwave for 1 minute, does the same thing.

[Zak33]

does it? Dunno.....aint got a Microwave ...never really seen the need. Nice 1 Lowe

[Lowe]

Yeah, you don't even need to chuck water in with it. 30 seconds to 1 min in the microwave and it tastes like it's fresh.

[fondie]

no microwave zak??? everyone needs a microwave, especially if you're unorganised like me and get so hungry that there's no way on earth i'm waiting for the oven to heat up, can cook near enough anything in a microwave, or at least attempt to

[Tumble]

I must admit.. 'waves are dead handy. Heat up a tin of beans, some soup, really quickly. Perfick for those rushed lunchtimes when you aint really got time to eat..

[Blub2k]

Cept for the fact that the industry paid for research, that suggests that food cooked in micros is harmful, to be buried.

[Nick]

I gotta ask Blub, where and when was that, cos I've not heard a thing about that.

[Blub2k]

Guy beside me here at work told me that one of his best mates did the research as a student and it proved that the microwaved food was harmful to people as it promoted free radicals (or something similar) but he is now fairly rich as they paid him to bury the research, guy says he has not ever had a micro since, you wont hear anything about it and normally I am not one for hearsay but I do trust the guy that told me this.

[Blub2k]

I do still have a microwave.