Musty Bread
Dear Aurt Daisy, } For years I kept bread ina drawer, one of a tier, and did not have any signs of mustiness till lately. I changed the contents of the drawers, exchanging cake tins for bread, and so on, but still the. mustiness persists. I have scrubbed, aired, and sun-dried the drawers, also tried charcoal, but all with no effect. Also, could some Link in the Daisy Chain give me directions for ripening green bananas?
Worried
Port Chalmers.
I think you may have had some of the bread made with flour which had been too long in ships held up on the waterfront. The bakers had to use this flour, of course, and were distressed at having to do so. Probably your trouble is now over, Keeping one or two apples in the bread-bin is said to keep bread very pleasantly fresh. For ripening bananas, I believe one simply keeps them in a dark place, looking at them frequently, of course, and turning them about so that they do not crowd each other. Does any Link know of any other way?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 23
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183Musty Bread New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 23
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