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2009-05-15, 3:00 PM #1
A hypothetical situation: You go to a shop with the intent of buying a loaf of bread to find the shop only has 3 loaves of bread, identical in every way apart from the packaging. One has a printed plastic packaging, one transparent plastic, and one paper. Which do you choose and why?

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2009-05-15, 3:17 PM #2
Plastic holds the fresh in, and I can see the bread.
2009-05-15, 3:39 PM #3
Paper, because it makes it feel more RAW and REAL RARRR
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2009-05-15, 3:41 PM #4
I've eaten it before I get out the door, so it doesn't matter.
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2009-05-15, 3:41 PM #5
I pick paper because it feels more crisp and I associate it with freshness in that situation. Freshness and chip suppers.
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2009-05-15, 3:52 PM #6
I pick plastic because it results in the bread actually being more crisp and fresh.
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2009-05-15, 4:34 PM #7
I take the loaf of bread out of the bag and put it in my own thicker plastic reusable shopping bag that the store sold me for 99c. Oh wait my wife goes to the store, not me.
2009-05-15, 5:34 PM #8
Printed plastic label.

I always get Kingsmill, and I kind of associate transparent packages as cheap loaves that go manky in an hour or own-brand loaves with slices thinner than a sheet of paper.

And paper? Never seen bread in paper packaging. :psyduck:
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2009-05-15, 5:39 PM #9
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2009-05-15, 7:13 PM #10
I wonder if plastic actually does keep things fresher, I know that paper bags are much better for things like Potatoes because it prevents the contents getting too humid (plastic traps any moisture and creates a nice breeding ground).

I imagine plastic is better until you actually open the loaf, at which point paper would work best (I keep bread in the fridge anyway because I don't eat enough to get through a loaf before it would get mouldy whilst kept in a cupboard)
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2009-05-15, 7:40 PM #11
plastic bag in a paper bag
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2009-05-15, 8:19 PM #12
Around here if it's in paper then it was baked in the store.
2009-05-15, 8:37 PM #13
Paper is more environmentally conscious.
2009-05-15, 9:07 PM #14
clear plastic, i want to see when it gets too old
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2009-05-15, 9:15 PM #15
Originally posted by Vin:
Paper is more environmentally conscious.


:eng101: I agree!

2009-05-15, 10:04 PM #16
I'd probably go with plastic because the food I buy I consume mostly by myself and want it to last for a while. Bread in paper bags is usually the "gourmet" stuff and goes stale after a day or two, and is only good fresh or used in french toast.
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2009-05-15, 10:16 PM #17
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2009-05-15, 11:44 PM #18
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2009-05-16, 4:03 AM #19
Paper - it'll keep fresh in the bread bin and it's better for the environment (or so I hear).
2009-05-16, 1:35 PM #20
Originally posted by Emon:
I pick plastic because it results in the bread actually being more crisp and fresh.

That's not actually true as plastic can trap a lot of humidity, depending on how warm the bread was when it was packed.
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2009-05-17, 12:01 AM #21
skin, preferrably human. duh
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2009-05-17, 12:15 AM #22
Originally posted by Baconfish:
That's not actually true as plastic can trap a lot of humidity, depending on how warm the bread was when it was packed.
Came to post this. Every boutique bakery I've ever been to uses paper bags for exactly this reason.
2009-05-18, 1:19 AM #23
What Jon'C said.
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2009-05-18, 4:27 PM #24
I try to stick to breads from the bakery, so paper.
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2009-05-19, 8:08 AM #25
Originally posted by Martyn:
Paper - it'll keep fresh in the bread bin and it's better for the environment (or so I hear).


Uhuh, right sure.. paper keeps killing trees, which are alive. Plastic is made from dinosaurs, which are already dead. Sounds way less cruel to me..
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2009-05-19, 8:14 AM #26
paper is a false sense of fresh if the bread is identical in every way. We associate the paper with fresh because paper is commonly used in local bakeries that make the bread daily.
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2009-05-19, 8:29 AM #27
Originally posted by Dormouse:
Uhuh, right sure.. paper keeps killing trees, which are alive. Plastic is made from dinosaurs, which are already dead. Sounds way less cruel to me..


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2009-05-19, 11:34 AM #28
Originally posted by Dormouse:
Uhuh, right sure.. paper keeps killing trees, which are alive. Plastic is made from dinosaurs, which are already dead. Sounds way less cruel to me..


Paper bags are made of a bio-degradable starch called cellulose. Over tens of years, with exposure to sunlight, water and micro-organisms, the entire mass of paper will be converted.

Plastic bags are made of a biologically-inert polymer called polyethylene. Over millions of years the plastic bag will break apart into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic. Eventually this plastic will resemble a silt and be mixed in with the soil thanks to our garbage burial efforts. Earthworms will eat the polyethylene silt and die of digestive blockages. This will greatly impact the aeration and fertilization of soil and kill off animals that depend on worms to survive, like most species of terrestrial bird.
2009-05-19, 11:36 AM #29
I eat them all, punch the cashier in the jaw, hop on the counter, flash my goods and then fly off into the night.
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2009-05-19, 11:49 AM #30
Paper. It won't keep it airtight, which means it'll mold faster. Which means it's fresh baked and therefore better than plastic wrapped crap.
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2009-05-19, 11:54 AM #31
What the paper people are saying. I love me some real fresh bread
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2009-05-19, 11:57 AM #32
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2009-05-20, 12:32 PM #33
Whichever is cheapest
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2009-05-20, 1:55 PM #34
They're identical, they all cost the same.
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2009-05-20, 7:06 PM #35
Plastic bag... that I put the bread in after I slice it myself.

...Because who the hell actually pays for bread when they they work at Panera and can get it for free?
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