I keep my bread in the Refrigerator. No room in the freezer. I read an article one time about a lady who dehydrated her bread and packed her bread away to make it shelf stable. She lived in a remote location and so had several months worth on the shelf.
When ready to eat it, she placed it on a rack above a pot of hot water or she’d just put butter on it and eat it - like a cracker. Her grandkids called it cake bread when she steamed it.
that’s interesting.