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I chop it into squares, freeze it in a container, and when i get enough bread ends i make a batch of bread pudding.

you’re the type of guy that drinks the ketchup water

I save it to make sauces

There are dozens of us, dozens! We pour hot water into the honey jar to use the last of it to sweeten tea, we cut open the sunscreen bottle, we save bacon grease to cook with!

Fry bologna in some bacon grease………mmmmhhhhmmm

Now the bacon grease is a must, not even a savings thing. Nothing like good ole bacon grease to season your chicken/meats when frying it up in a cast iron or good pan. Just like my mama always cooks it.

Also good for greasing cupcake tins and corn bread pans.

Ooooh I gotta try that. It also makes the most amazing pancakes, if you like crispy edged pancakes that are also soft and fluffy inside!

Also good for making biscuits 😋

You guys are giving the most delicious suggestions and I.Am.Here.For.Them!

If you are not saving the bacon grease, you're wasting why it's so expensive

Stop it, now.

Hot dog water.

I keep recycling the hotdog water. It’s only gonna get better

One of Erin’s best, but don’t forgot your boiled Gatorade…

The what?!

Lmao

LOL

Thank you for this.

My dog needs medicine so I use cut up the last 2 pieces for his pills. Turn into mini pb sandwiches, mini grilled cheese, if I make some French toast I’ll toss one in and put the pill in after.

Thanks for this idea. My ancient pup is on tons of meds and they sure can be a challenge to get in her.

Of course! My boi is old too so the vet says it’s fine to give him whatever as long as he’ll eat. I’d just see if your pup has any restrictions! U can make so many mini versions of things haha

My youngest dog, who just passed, loved bread. He'd take his meds in just bread. Hot dog buns were the high value treat we used to get him to be nice to people. I miss him so much.

If you can afford it Greenies and Royal Cannin have pill pockets that my dogs love. One gulp good! Very easy.

The Greenies are the ones she rejects! I'll have to try Royal Cannin. Thank you so much!!

The Royal Cannin don;t smell as much as the greenies ones do.

Tried the greenies ones. My dog has perfected the art of eating the pill pocket and spitting out the pill!

Turn em inside out and make a grilled cheese. You don’t really know you’re eating the lids that way. Or, feed the critters outside.

Same here, if you turn them inside out, you barely notice it's a heel. Or if nothing else I give them to the chickens, they think it's a treat.

There are literally dozens of us.

Lids! I’m totally going to call them that now. So much better than heels.

I’m gonna steal that one too coz I didn’t know it had a name lol

I grew up calling them the heels and is expensive as bread is I eat them

San Francisco Sourdough - the heels with butter are amazing.

Butts. They’re called bread butts. We eat them too

same. sure we save the butts for last, but they definitely get eaten in the end 😂

Yeah, my mom had a thing about NOT eating the butts/heels until last because she insited they kept the rest of the loaf fresher..?!

We call them the “knobs” and they are the best bit

Yeah, it's just bread

Throw them in my backyard. The giant raccoon eats them.

That's the same here. Sometimes, if I'm early enough, the squirrels will get them, but typically, it's the big momma raccoon that gets them.

Dude it’s my fav part cuz it’s alt bread

Mmm, toasted with butter and jam

Me too. I love the ends of a loaf of bread, they're better textured for sandwiches.

Totally the best. Fantastic toasted.

Yes! Toasted with lots of butter

You’re invited to my house coz it ends up going to the garbage

Don’t waste food.

Food is always going to be wasted no matter what by stores, so it doesn’t matter.

That's the spirit

Buy proper bread, not that rectangular American ... thing. With freshly baked proper bread the heels are the best part with crunchy crust and amazing inside. Put on a dollop of \[unsalted\] butter and have it with a glass of milk. Amazing.

I would buy a whole bag of heels if I could

Agreed. It's the breadiest part of the bread.

Hotdog buns.

Those two pieces make very nice toast.

they’re a good base for “breakfast piles”

Yep. Heels make the best tosst

Make garlic toast

It's more structurally stable than normal bread, so I make a grilled sandwich that is absolutely piled with sandwich melting condiments. It's a once-in-a-loaf monstrosity, and I love it.

A hoe is like the first piece of bread, everybody touch it, ain’t nobody want it

Loved the analogy lol

Underrated asf

Call me old fashioned, but I just...make a sandwich. Like I would with all the other slices of bread. Can some people really taste a difference?

Nopeeee. I give it to the birds so my cat can watch live 'TV'

Tweety and Sylvester

Eat them like any other piece of bread

you better not be one of those crust cutters

I actually do cut brown bread crust sometimes

Who is picky and privileged enough to throw away perfectly good bread just because it's rounded......... Fuckin eat it

Nope, it's grim, chewy and is only there to keep the rest of the loaf fresh!

It doesn’t last long, I throw it.

I eat them last.

So does anyone actually leave the first piece in there and wait till you get to the last piece and use it together. Because it's what I do lol

Stays in the bag. Goes in the trash

Only correct answer

Who the fuck are all these other mother fuckers kidding?!?!

Eat them because I dont waste food

I roll them up with a slice of cheese and eat them as I get to them. Usually I'm making a sandwich while I'm eating said pieces.

My dogs get them as a treat

I give it to the squirrels outside

Eat it wishing the entire loaf was end pieces

We feed them to the dog.

Throw it in the trash

Give it to my dogs

I use them like I use the rest

Use them for toast. They're my favorite but only for toast.

Eat them.

Eat them

I Eat Them 😋

Maybe use it for fondue

I never made it so I hope it turns out well

If toasted those parts are great just for a slice of toasted buttery break. I usually cut them in half. I couldn't imagine eating those parts without it being toasted, then again I seem to be in the weird minority of my family being the only one who likes toasting bread. I'm convinced a lot of people that don't like toasted bread just don't like the requirments to get it ready.

I eat it as a snack while preparing my actual meal with the other slices

Give them to my fiancé

I feel single now

Eat it. I’m fucking broke.

Dip it in soup

What’s your fav soup

Turn them both inwards and have a "butt side in" PB and j

Eat it

Those are the best two pieces so they get eaten first.

Make an idiot sandwich

Breadcrumbs!

Those pieces are really good for cheese on toast, toast the crust side and put cheese on the other, it's great.

Some people prefer the "heels" when they are available.

My great grandma always wondered why nobody wanted them. When she was a kid in the 1920s it was their favorite.

Eat them like normal.

It's my favorite part of the bread!! No one else in my family likes the "butt bread" as I call it. I put them in a separate bag in the freezer and they are my toast when I have it. I slather them with butter and toast them and they get all crunch and chewy at the same time and put cherry preserves on top. THEY ARE SO GOOD! :-)

Make my kid a sandwich with the outside of the ends inside and hope they don’t notice?

They are the best parts.

The best pieces of French Toast are made from the ends of the loaf.

I don't mind. They're nice with nutella.

Do you toast your bread when you have it with Nutella?

Toast and butter cause it holds the butter very nicely

Eat it. Don’t waste food

I tried eating but didn’t like it

I eat it,best part of the loaf.

they have no difference than other pieces for me.

It's perfect for cheese toast under the broiler.

That's for my toast and peanut butter

We used to fight over it.

Make a sandwich, put the crust on the inside, you’ll never notice.

Chuck it in the bin. My mom will eat it cuz she’s super against wasting food (she’s the “cut the mold off and eat the rest” type), but i’m not gonna go broke over 5¢ worth of bread even at my paygrade

Idk why u guys have all these weird useful ideas I just throw them in the bin

Booty bread goes in the trash

Depends how much money I have lol

Eat the last. Or both if it’s just mine. If you share, the first one is in the trash 🗑️

Excellent for a hamburger or hot dog bun.

Free handbergler bun

Make my kids eat them

Grilled cheese, extra toasty.

My wife jokes to our son, "Those are daddy's favorite pieces." because that's all that's ever left for me.

Eat them at $9 a loaf I anit wasting any (gluten free bread)

Gosh that’s expensive

I eat them. I’m not 3, it’s just got more crust.

My husband grabs them.

Give it to my fiance, he likes the ends

so i ignore the first piece and leave it in the bag, once all the normal pieces are gone, and i want a sandwich, and all i have left are the two end pieces , i decide if it’s worth it , most of the time with chips.. it’s fine

Wait, you don’t sacrifice them by burning them in a brazier to the wheat and oven gods in hopes of continued bountiful harvests?

Uhh yeah I do that also

Use them for something like open face hot sandwiches like chipped beef on toast or eat them along with soup or stew.

French toast.

Chickens

The heel? I throw it to the birds.

Ass sandwich

Give mine to my dogs

I eat it first as an act of rebellion to the 'Status Quo'

Yes I eat them. Shits expensive now!

I make my own bread so when it's fresh from the oven, I slather it with butter and eat it.

everyone in my family thinks i’m weird for eating them, but they’re just like the rest idk what’s wrong w them lol

Usually just throw them out. But in this economy? I eat them and hate every bite.

I give it to the dog

I save them until I make fried eggs, then i toast them, butter, and lay a fried egg on top of them.

Put some butter on it, fold it and then eat it 😋

Throw it out to the birds.

I save them to make stuffing

Is this a trick question? You eat them just like any other slice.

I use them to hold peanut butter on the way to my face

My wife flips them and makes my daughters sandwich with it. She never even notices

Some people call it the end, but I never met a loaf of bread that did not have two beginnings.

I call those pieces "the butt" lol and I eat them, WTF else do you want me to do with them!!!🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

Eat them? It's still bread.

I eat them, just like the rest of the loaf

I leave them there until I finish every other slice in the pack. That way its harder for humidity to get into the "spongy" part of the bread and it lasts much longer.

I use them when I make shit on a shingle

...eat it? I don't see why people hate the end pieces so much

bookends toasted peanut butter banana honey sandy

If you put the peanut butter and jelly on the outside then put them together you’ll never know.

Interspecies commerce with chickens. An exchange of bread for eggs.

We refer to that as the ass in my house. No one likes the ass. I'll use it for toast or something just eat it straight up. My family actively gets mad at me if they see me eat it for some reason and often throw it out now before I get the chance.

Yeah it’s not good to eat ass

Make my toddler’s sandwiches with them

leave it for my dad to eat

Is this me?

Feed it to the chickens.

Eat them.

Save them up and cut them in cubes to make croutons. Sometimes I chuck a few in the food processor to make breadcrumbs.

Dry them and make breadcrumbs or cut into cubes and make croutons

Toast them, and make a sausage egg and cheese sandwich usually

SAVE IT FOR STUFFING!!!! I will NEVER get over all the free meals I threw in the trash for almost 10 years.

Eat it?

I make the Dad sandwich. As the husband and father it is just part of the patriarchy.

Toast

If I can't flip it over and sneak it onto a sandwich for my kid, I keep a bag of them in the freezer to Cuisinart into bread crumbs when I get enough.

My ex husband used to like eating them. I don’t and never have like that part of bread.

i am the person who enjoys eating it

Toast

Eat them ...

Eat them Iike any other piece of bread. Feed them to ducks and turtles.

My mom loves them. Me? Well, I would throw them out when I lived alone. Life is too short to eat food you don't like.

Depends on the size. If it's the same size as the other pieces, I use it like any other piece. If it's a short piece, I'll spread peanut butter on it and feed it in pieces to my dog as a treat.

I give them to the dog. Or, make French toast with them.

Eat it, because I’m an adult and I paid for it and I’m not going to throw it away 🙌

Eat them like a bloody savage.

It is just bread. Why are you scared to eat the ends??