Krusty Comments

The thing about making sandwiches for loads of people is that you end up with loads of crusts - 30 to be exact.
These were basic Lidl loaves, so not exactly the most flavoursome bread, and also they varied in thickness, depending where the loaf was positioned in the slicing machine.
But I could not waste them!
This is what I did with the leftovers...

Sunday - 4 crusts became the basis for a bread and butter pudding
Monday - 4 crusts were toasted and topped with baked beans
Tuesday - the rest were made into breadcrumbs. One quarter fresh breadcrumbs in the fridge, the remainder toasted and cooled, then put into airtight jars. Some of these were used in a dessert on Tuesday evening - tossed in a little butter and brown sugar, and layered with fruit and yogurt.
I like to keep the toasted crumbs less finely processed, so they add a bit of texture.
Good uses for breadcrumbs

• Toasted, pan fried with sugar, in desserts.
• Toasted, mixed with a few dried herbs and seasonings, used as a salad topping
• fresh in Queen of Puddings
• fresh in HFW's marmalade pudding
• sprinkled into home made soups as a thickener
• coating for home made fishcakes 
• to add an extra crunchy topping to macaroni cheese or cottage pie
• to pad out homemade meatballs or burgers

Krusty, Krumby, Krispy or Krunchy...but please don't waste your crust!
PS - my Mum always said if I ate my crusts I'd get curly hair. You have no idea how many crusts I ate in my childhood in the hopes this might be true.Were you bribed in similar ways?