# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/61 "2017-01-12T17:22:27Z")
Only problem with heels is that on sandwich loaf bread, they are thinner than the regular slices. I like crust on my bread, so heels are great, but they’re never the right thickness, at least the brands I buy. As for “real” loaves of crusty bread, I love to cut a nice, thick heel for an open faced sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/62 "2017-01-12T19:40:12Z")
I’ve been forgoing sliced bread altogether and just buying rolls. In that case, they’re all heels. ---
**Author:** ![Maurie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Maurie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maurie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/63 "2017-01-12T20:55:29Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > I would call the end slices _crusts_. > The _heel_ is the uncut end of a loaf that has a crust. I don’t understand the distinction you’re making here. Like a few others, for me it depends on what kind of bread. Wonder-style bread like the pic in the OP, maybe for toast. Crustier or chewier breads, it’s the best part. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/64 "2017-01-12T21:08:07Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I’ve been forgoing sliced bread altogether and just buying rolls. In that case, they’re all heels. I tried [these](http://www.warburtons.co.uk/products/wraps-thins-pittas/thins/6-white-sandwich-thins) - they are just two heels. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/65 "2017-01-13T02:30:13Z")
Oh yeah, that’s one of my favorite parts. I bake my own bread and go out of my way to have a dense, chewy crust. The ends are hell on my TMJ but so worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/66 "2017-01-13T19:51:10Z")
Absolutely! And on fresh baked bread I eat the heels first - the crustier the better! ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/67 "2017-01-13T23:10:16Z")
Not only do I not eat them, I dont eat the pieces next to the end either. In fact, I routinely reach past the first several slices to grab a pair from closer to the middle of the loaf. Nice and soft, plus more likely to be the same size and shape for a more perfect looking sandwich. I can’t be the only one who does this. Before anyone freaks out, there is no waste…plenty of other people in the house don’t care. When she was little, my daughter referred to them as the “elbows”. Not sure where she picked that up, as no one else I know referred to them as such. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/68 "2017-01-13T23:34:26Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Of course, it’s the best part. But then, I also eat apple cores, banana peels, lettuce hearts, etc. > > I grew up with a depression-era mommy who didn’t waste anything. You eat banana peels? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899/69 "2017-01-14T00:04:45Z")
Sure, but when I was a kid I wouldn’t have done it on a bet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-the-ends-of-bread-loafs/776899.md?page=3)