Living Car Free - bring home the bread

I have a question, how can I bring home the bread, it keep getting crushed in my bag. any suggestions on how to prevent it from crushing my bread.

--Put it in its own plastic bag and hang it from your handlebars or rear rack separate from everything else.

--Get a grocery pannier or rack basket so you can fill it up and put the bread on top.

--Get a detachable front basket that the bread can ride in.

--If you are carrying stuff in a backpack or messenger bag, clip the bag with the bread in it to the outside.

I use primaryreality's first approach--dangle the bread in its own plastic bag from the bars. I do the same with cartons of eggs. They keep safe, aand are light enough that they don't affect steering. Of course, I do look like a dork, but I'm used to that! :)

Well for long French bread I just put it at the top of my mesenger bag and fold the flap over it. For regular sliced bread I use a Coke (o rother soda) empty 12 pack box. The long kind they use now will let a loaf of wonderbread slide in snug. Then I put that in the bag. You can either cut it down to loaf length or use the extra space for other stuff.

I once padded a 12 pack box to carry a bottle of wine in. I also use a bigger shoe box (I have bigger feet) padded to carry a dozen eggs in my bag. ;)

I carry it in its own bag and tie it to my backpack, so it hangs on the back of my backpack.

Smooshed bread sucks.

Koffee

I carry it in its own bag and tie it to my backpack, so it hangs on the back of my backpack.

Smooshed bread sucks.

KoffeePrimaryreality suggested this too. I'm going to try it. Sounds more dignified than dangling off the handlebars. And I really do need all the dignity I can get! :)

Get some heavy duty bread. That stuff is dense. It's more nutritious too.

http://brownberry.gwbakeries.com/product.cfm/upc/7341001745

Get some heavy duty bread. That stuff is dense. It's more nutritious too.
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Yeah, I had no idea why everyone was talking about "squished" bread. Then it dawned on me that they were talking about ...



...and I was thinking about...

I usually pack it last, so it ends up being on the top of everything else. Of course I have a short trip to the grocery store, maybe that helps too?

Get yourself one of these: http://www.drleonards.com/detail.cfm?EDP=10343481&Type=Category&Criteria=None&StartRow=17

or these

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=bread+keeper

Get yourself one of these: http://www.drleonards.com/detail.cfm?EDP=10343481&Type=Category&Criteria=None&StartRow=17

or these

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=bread+keeper


Those are pretty cool boxes. I had looked for something like that in the past with no luck. I guess my empty Coke 12 pack box is the ghetto version of that. ;)

I'm going to have to get one of those. . .thanks.

Buy the raw materials and bake it at home!

Al

noisebeam that is a great idea.

I'm glad you think so. I thought my suggestion could be taken the wrong way, but glad it wasn't. Baking bread is great if you have the time or have a machine. I did regularly for about a year the 'traditional way' and my mom found out and bought me a bread machine about 3yrs. ago. I still use it regulary about 3x per month - maybe not as good texture or looks as hand kneeded and risen bread (but better than store bought), but so simple and less time consuming/messy so I prefer it. If you get in the habit of making bread, then perhaps a bread machine will be a tool you will use regulary instead of putting in the cabiniet and forgetting about like many people do.

Al

After seeing the picture of the heavy loafs, and reading noisebeam's comment...

I might just have to look into that... If I can make a good "campagnar" style bresd it will last me two weeks... And make yummy sandwiches...

I get that German bread that's like a dark brick with grains in it, it's good!

I had some salad greens I didn't want to get squished though, so I tied it so the bag it was in hung off the bottom of the messenger bag, worked great.

Carrying stuff hanging from the handlebars is a last resort, but it does work too. And some handlebar baskets attach/detach easily so you can put one on for the grocery run.

Shoebox?

I'm glad you think so. I thought my suggestion could be taken the wrong way, but glad it wasn't. Baking bread is great if you have the time or have a machine. I did regularly for about a year the 'traditional way' and my mom found out and bought me a bread machine about 3yrs. ago. I still use it regulary about 3x per month - maybe not as good texture or looks as hand kneeded and risen bread (but better than store bought), but so simple and less time consuming/messy so I prefer it. If you get in the habit of making bread, then perhaps a bread machine will be a tool you will use regulary instead of putting in the cabiniet and forgetting about like many people do.

Al

I switched to homemade bread when I went carfree, not because I couldnt get it home un-smushed, but because the ingredients carry better and are cheaper in bulk :D

much easier to carry 5lb bags of wheat flour,yeast packets,salt, and honey

I make wheat bread the old fashioned way once or twice a week, its become a habit, and it blows the store bought stuff away.