Do you actually use them? I always chuck them away. I deem them not suitable for sandwiches but...are they?

I make toast with them or dry them out & make breadcrumbs & freeze.

Perfectly OK, although sometimes a bit thick (Warburtons seeded batch, I mean you). Great for toast especially with cheese as it doesn't go right through, and sarnies are fine. Also good for dunking in soup.

Why waste it?

They're the best slices!!

My favourite part of loaf, Perfect for toast or sandwiches.

The crusts

Lovely spread with butter and jam.

i love the heel its yummy toasted

I love the crusts, I use them for sandwiches, toast, or just as a slice of bread with some spread on it.

You can beat a heel for toast with a big mug of tea!

I have just done an experiment. I only had the heels of Warburton toasty small sliced bread. I grilled the crusty side, then turned it over and added baked beans, cheese, dried herbs, then back under the grill.

It was great! I think it was actually better using the heel rather than the non-heel!

All these years I actually thought the heels were just there to keep the rest of the bread slices soft, I thought everyone threw them away!

Mmm, the best bit for toasting Nice and thick and chewy.

When I lived at home my stepmum also liked them and i'd regularly find the other end of the bag had been opened and she'd pinched the other end!

That's what I do but minus the butter. Can't stand the stuff.

the queen would not eat the crusts. at the palace, they buy a big loaf of kingsmill, and cut 2" squares from the centre 4 slices to make their cucumber sandwiches

Kingsmill - really ? I don't like this bread - it feels ' damp ' to me and sticks to the roof of your mouth.

For sandwiches, no, for toasts, yes!

Kingsmill smells iffy. Has to be Braces for me, if they haven't got any - Hovis.

I love the nobblys! I like them on their own with lashings of butter

Another nobby fan here....I'll have one in a sarnie but not two...they are great for toast though.

Somehow the queen doesn't come accross as being wasteful, so I find this hard to believe.

Perfect for soup dipping.

All white bread is like that to me!..... it's all 'nuck na nair nair' as my mum used to say!......




You have obviously never eaten in 'polite' society La!......
cucumber sandwiches never have their crusts on!... that would be too common for words, don't you know!........

Nah. It's bird food in our house. I don't even eat the crusts. I always find the 'heel' rather leathery.

Polite or posh or snobbish ? Because, trust me, the people I eat with are always polite.
What I don't believe is that only the 4 MIDDLE slices of the bread get used for cucumber sandwiches.

Hovis wholemeal brown bread thick nice best bread ever

Four 2" diameter cut-outs per slice.

http://www.fitforafeast.com/cucumber_sandwiches.htm