Ye Olde Bread Basket

17,5 x 17,5 cm

We keep a standard loaf of bread in the freezer. The first and last pieces are always soggy, even when we toast them. The alternatives are to toss them or let them dry out to be used in creative ways. My husband makes a delicious bread pudding that calls for dry bread, and meat loaf with bread crumbs. I decided to make noodles and cheese (aka macaroni and cheese) for lunch one day, using the dry bread.

I smashed a few pieces with the rolling pin, and toasted them in butter. We have Paniermehl that we use a lot like this, but we also have dry bread. I sprinkled the crumbs on top of the macaroni, cream cheese, white sauce mixture, and added a couple of rosemary sprigs from my very small herb garden (two or three pots). I like the crispy rosemary on top of casseroles, being careful with tough stems that can be pokey. Since this turned out to be more noble than mac and cheese from a box, thereby bringing the bread crumbs to a more noble position, I think it appropriate to have a more noble title with "ye", don't you?