Photo Source: FreeFoto.com

What is the difference between fresh bread and day old bread?  This is actually a great question.

Day old bread is just a common term, and often the bread can be a few days old.

As time passes the moisture begins to dry out in bread making the bread eventually stale and hard. Day old bread is when it’s at the stage ‘in between’ fresh and stale (Different breads take different lengths of time to reach this point).

Day old bread is often better for cooking. An example would be when making meatballs…day old bread is a better binding agent to hold the meatballs together because it absorbs moisture better than fresh bread. You can often tell that someone has used fresh bread in a meatball if they fall apart on the plate instead of holding together.

Eat Well!