Stale bread?

[Dixiedoodle]

I have a large loaf of really, really stale garlic bread. It is so hard I have a terrible time trying to cut it for toast, when it's toasted it is so tough we can't chew it.. I am determined to do SOMETHING with it..LOL. I tried soaking a few slice in some milk and it was so hard I threw it out --it was to tough to even feed to the dogs. I was afraid they would get chocked. Anyone have a recipe to use it --maybe in stews, soups etc--something that the juice could/would soften it.. I feel so guilty when I throw out something.. Thanks for any tips..Dixie

 

[hoosier]

I love tough bread!

Could you toast it really crunchy for croutons?

My dogs would have no trouble with it, but they are large.

Sorry I am not much help. Cooking is not an area in which I excel!

 

[farmerlor]

Did you ever have bread pudding?

 

[Beekissed]

Bake it in slices on a cookie sheet until light and crumbly.....put it in a bread sack and roll it with a rolling pin until its in fine crumbs.....and roll chicken in it to bake or fry!!!

 

[freemotion]

YUM!

 

[Dixiedoodle]

I love bread pudding but with garlic?? LOL It's really good bread, I too love tough bread but this will break a tooth I am afraid...

I'll have to try making bread crumbs.. I'll put it in my food processor--I had not thought of that.. Italian bread crumbs!

 

[Beekissed]

That's how my grandma used to make her chicken breading and sometimes mixed it with crushed corn flakes. The garlic makes it even tastier!

 

[patandchickens]

Bread crumbs made that way are much bettter than prepackaged storeboughten dry breadcrumbs... and from garlic bread they should be *wonderful*

You can also put chunks in your blender, supposing you have a blender, to reduce them to crumbs.

Have fun

Pat

 

[ams3651]

bread crumbs here too. I have a large ziploc bag in the freezer I just keep adding hard bread too, when I need it I take it out and smash it. The garlic would add such a nice flavor.

 

[Dixiedoodle]

Well, I made the bread crumbs with my food processor, they turned out beautifully.. I used about 1/8th of them last night for breading my chicken and served it with Feta cheese and noodles, toss salad..and it was wonderful!! I don't know why I never thought of crumbs..Thanks everyone Dixie