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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I do the same. Toasted leftover hamburger or hot dog buns are just fine for me with my morning eggs. Even if you don’t have a toaster oven, they fit in the toaster slot too - since most made in the last 20 years are wide enough to handle a sliced bagel.
It’s amazing that bread in a slightly different shape can puzzle so many people.
Hub gets tuna salad on leftover buns. Or they get Turkey/ham on them. We use 2 most of the time. On the 4th we get Hamburgers, corn, chips, and 1 beer each. I got some of those 4 to the pack-marked-down burger buns, the other 2 will go with the rest of the pork roast I made Saturday when I shred the pork and use BBQ sauce.
Absolutely use them for sandwiches. Years ago I used to keep a paper bag and put in old bread to dry out. Then would either spice it up and going into bread crumbs to store and use or would make bread pudding.r
Sloppy Joes.
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