# Do you eat the ends of bread loafs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 11, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899 "2017-01-11T21:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/1 "2017-01-11T21:36:06Z")
The end of the loaf (or beginning, depending on your perspective)-- [this guy](http://cdn3.sbnation.com/assets/3996901/Loaf_bread.jpg). Do you eat it? My wife and kids won’t,and none of them can actually articulate a reason why. I quite enjoy it, much like any other slice in the bag. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/2 "2017-01-11T21:37:49Z")
No, the texture is all wrong on the heel portion. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/3 "2017-01-11T21:38:48Z")
Yes, but I still laughed when I first heard the following insult: “You’re like the end piece of a loaf of bread. Everyone touches you, but nobody wants you.” ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/4 "2017-01-11T21:44:32Z")
I get the heels, the rest of the family doesn’t like them. ETA: On that note, do you not call them heels? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/5 "2017-01-11T21:46:01Z")
I like the ends, especially when toasted. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/6 "2017-01-11T21:48:54Z")
Yes, but they are usually the last two pieces of bread in the loaf that I eat. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/7 "2017-01-11T21:49:01Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > I get the heels, the rest of the family doesn’t like them. > > ETA: On that note, do you not call them heels? Wife and kids call them the butts. I just call them the ends. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/8 "2017-01-11T21:55:18Z")
Sure. Makes your hair curly. Also keeps your fingers from punching through a PBJ. I’ll bypass the whole loaf to get both HEELS at once. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/9 "2017-01-11T21:57:59Z")
The more rust the better! Especially with really crunchy breads. All hail the heels. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/10 "2017-01-11T22:08:43Z")
I tend to leave the top heel in to keep the middle piece that would otherwise be on top from drying out. Often by the time I reach the end of a loaf it’s either dried out, starting to mold, or we have a fresh loaf. I don’t mind sacrificing them to the birds. If the loaf is still fresh and the heels are all that’s left I have no problem making them into a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/11 "2017-01-11T22:15:21Z")
They’re my favourite bits to toast, but I don’t dig them for sandwiches. (Also, they’re called crusts.) ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/12 "2017-01-11T22:18:00Z")
I would call the end slices _crusts_. The _heel_ is the uncut end of a loaf that has a crust. I love the crust when I am slicing our home-made multigrain loaves - soft, warm, and covered in butter. Since I slice the loaf horizontally in half then into slices, we get four. But I only eat one. The rest get frozen with the rest of the loaf, and once a few have accumulated I use them to make fresh bread stuffing for a roast chicken. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/13 "2017-01-11T22:21:46Z")
I love heels. They’re great when you are trying to sop up the last of the stew - still porous, but with enough structural integrity to not fall apart on the way to your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/14 "2017-01-11T22:36:20Z")
I call them the crust also. They usually end up as the last two pieces in the bag. Kids and wife usually leave them. I like to use them like presqueezed hamburger and hotdog buns. For hamburgers they are larger than the buns we buy and I can put a thicker layer of the fixins in between. Don’t have to worry about opening my jaws as far. And the grease and juices don’t soak through as quickly as the “regular” slices. For hotdogs they make like a wrap around the sausage. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/15 "2017-01-11T22:40:30Z")
Eat 'em preferentially. I’d buy a whole loaf of them if they put them out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Majestic\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Majestic\_Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majestic_Lee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/16 "2017-01-11T22:58:56Z")
The crusts are my favourite part of the loaf. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/17 "2017-01-11T23:03:57Z")
Nope. But my wife likes them so they don’t go to waste. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/18 "2017-01-11T23:25:12Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Yes, but they are usually the last two pieces of bread in the loaf that I eat. Me too. And for some reason, I prefer them toasted. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/19 "2017-01-11T23:26:41Z")
I don’t like the heels, but **geneb** enjoys them. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/20 "2017-01-11T23:32:13Z")
As toast, usually. I’d only use them for a sandwich if that was the only bread left in the house. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899.md?page=2)