Posted on 07/02/2022 4:50:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It is the age-old problem. Balancing buns. Whether you are doing the math of 8 hot dogs in a package and 12 buns in a bag, or half your guests are eating their burgers "keto-style" on slabs of lettuce, it seems inevitable that you will wake up the morning after any backyard barbecue with a lot more leftover buns than you have leftover meat to put in them. And we all know that despite the logic, thinking of them as bread for sandwiches tends to not go over terribly well with kids.
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I have the unique problem of a husband who gets an occasional craving for burgers on nights it is just the two of us. Which means I am always opening the bread box to six leftover buns the next day. Buns, because they are pre-sliced, tend not to freeze terribly well; they are prone to freezer burn and iciness. So, I have had to come up with some creative uses for these orphaned breadstuffs so that I don't end up tossing a bag full of penicillin the week after burger night.
Here are some of my favorite ways to use them up!
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ya they kind of turn to dust in the freezer ,LOL
What is the family dog employed for?
But some more hotdogs and hamburgers.
It’s a quandary
I feed them to my chickens.
Lots of bread, can’t count, and mostly no there there. Hmmmm. Make a bust of Joe Stolen?
I use them to pack Amazon return packages.
Feed the birds.
Feed the homeless (away from your abode).
Insulate your garage.
Burn them and run a generator.
If you soak them long enough, you can make a vaccine!
Cmon FReepers! Get creative!
Make bread pudding?
Peanut butter sandwiches for me...
When I worked in Convention Services at a five-star resort, one of the banquet menu items was bread salad. Delicious!
Squish them flat, freeze them and save them to make breadcrumbs for meatloaf or meatballs.
FReegards
Garlic bread
The bun makers realized 30 years ago they could charge almost the same for 8 buns as they did 12 and removed the superfluous buns to match the packs of dogs. Haven’t seen anything bigger than an 8-pack in 30 years except at Costco or restaurant supply places.
At Walmart last week I found a package of 4 buns, but they were Keto. Still bought them ‘cause I hate throwing away half of a package. They were delicious.
bread puddin...
Bread pudding’s good, but I remember once when friends of mine had a whole lot of leftover buns after a big party. They discovered that you could throw them at the TV as hard as you could, even after the buns had dried out completely, without breaking the picture tube. Plenty of fun, but also plenty of vacuuming.
One thing I have never understood, is why they can’t make uniform-sized hot dog rolls. Either the bottom of the bun is so thin, it bends when you pick it up, and/or falls apart as you eat it, or one end is narrower than the other. There is no such thing as a package of hot dog rolls that are all of equal size.
We take left over, stale bread to the bridge down the road ( using our golf cart) and feed the fish and turtles. Magnolias in blossom right now so a very enjoyable way to spend late afternoon.
Chicken or turkey stuffing!
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