“isn’t the obvious point that inanimate objects toughed by Jesus are to be venerated as relics?”
I thought the point of blessing the loaves and fishes was so they could be eaten with thanksgiving. I don’t think the hungry crowd took them home to spread flowers around them.
Well, the bread was given to be eaten — but the disciples also were told to collect the crumbs, perhaps for that reason.
Or to sell them. Don't forget some poeple think there's good money to be had in those relics.