subject: You Say Bread Bin I Say Bread Box [print this page] While Europeans and Brits often call it a bread bin, their cousins across the sea in America call it a bread box. Humans use bread bins to prevent their oven baked goods from going bad extremely quickly. Bread bins used to be a very common household fixture, and every home in the 1950's most certainly had a bread bin. Then breads initiated to be processed with preservatives, etc, and stored in plastic bags. Preservatives maintain food fresh longer, and so they would no longer expire so quickly. Plastic and polyurethane packaging and bags are a great help in reducing and slowing down the going bad process. Now bread bins are exploited to preserve the life of ritzier foods, such as bundt cakes or other sugary treats, from going bad.
Today bread bins are manufactured out of metal, whereas they used to be produced out of wood, clay or pottery. Anyone who has an original bread bin from the old days may want to start a bit of a celebration. You can commonly sell an original bread bin as a collectors item, they are really in demand when it comes to people that like this sort of stuff.
There are normally a few common features of a bread bin irregardless what material it is made of or what time period it came from. It normally has a hinge that opens easily to transport the bread in and out. Also, when a bread bin is sealed, little to no air can get inside. The seal works to keep the bread from getting mold or getting all dried up and hardening. Another great thing is that you will no longer have to worry about household pests like insects, rodents, etc, getting into your FOOD! And you'll no longer have to juggle dinner rolls and the top of the bread box at once because all the modern bread bins have touch-button tops or roll tops.
My preferred bread bins are the type you find from manufacturers like Brabantia and others who make modern bread bins that are some of the best that exist. A Brabantia bin, particularly, has some slap-up features that aren't oftentimes standard on bread bins, like touch button tops. If you haven't noticed, stainless steel is really popular nowadays to use as a kitchen decor and yes, modern bread bins are often made out of stainless steel too. Chances are that if you've bought a home or remodeled within the last five years, you've got all stainless steel appliances, and granite counter tops just like I have. Those interior decorating trends truly caught on, so if you've acquired a stainless steel theme in your appliances, these bins are right at home next to the microwave, or on top of the fridge.
The look, feel and functionality of each bread bin and their uniqueness compared to other appliances will make any person who acquires one know they made the right choice. You really have to put a bread bin in to use before you can really know that it is right for you. Put on your baking hat and cook up some banana bread, corn muffins, or english muffins. And although it is difficult to not eat it all up (especially if you live with your family), try putting your masterpiece in a bread bin, and test it out by seeing if there is an improvement as opposed to when you used to leave food on the counter. You shall be stunned!
